The second season of Big Brother Célébrités premiered on 9 January 2022 on Noovo. Singer Marie-Mai Bouchard returned to host. Following the success of the first season, Noovo announced plans for a second season in July 2021.

Changes this season included the house being moved from its original home, a mansion on Île-Bizard retrofitted for the show, to a custom-built home in a soundstage in the Montreal borough of Anjou. The house is 16,000 square feet large, fitted with 69 cameras and 61 one-way mirrors. In addition, the winner will no longer be decided by all previously evicted housemates, but a jury of a determined number of recently evicted ex-housemates, keeping in line with the format used in the United States and English-speaking Canada. Also new this season is a weekly aftershow: Big Brother: Les gérants d'estrade (English: Big Brother: Stage Managers). Airing on Noovo immediately following the live eviction, the aftershow features commentary on the week that was and the progress of the celebrity housemates thus far. It is hosted by Kim Rusk and Jean-Thomas Jobin, both winners of previous Big Brother series, respectively Loft Story season 3 and Big Brother Célébrités season 1.

Housemates The housemate identities were fully revealed hours before the premiere of the show. Hugo Barrette was initially named as a replacement for Stéphane Fallu—the latter having tested positive for COVID-19 during the pre-show sequester and slated to no longer participate—but host Marie-Mai announced on the premiere that Stéphane would enter the house one week later on Day 8 as the 17th housemate.

Celebrity Age on entry Hometown Notability Day entered Day exited Result Stephanie Harvey 35 Quebec City Video game developer, retired professional gaming champion 1 92 Éléonore Lagacé 24 Montréal Singer, musical theatre actress, La Voix (season 2) quarterfinalist 1 92 Hugo Barrette 30 Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Olympic cyclist 1 92 Tranna Wintour 34 Montreal Anglophone stand-up comic 1 85 Claudia Bouvette 26 Bromont Singer-songwriter, actress, winner 1 78 36 Montreal Stand-up comic and comedian 1 71 Lysanne Richard 40 Chambly High diver 1 64 39 Goussainville, France Stand-up comic 1 57 52 Montreal Comedian, TV & radio host, author 1 50 Catherine "Peach" Paquin 26 Blainville Content creator and influencer, nurse, OD: Grèce winner 1 43 35 Montreal YouTuber and content creator 1 43 Marc-Antoine Dequoy 27 Montreal Cornerback for the Montreal Alouettes 1 36 Michelle Desrochers 27 Châteauguay Stand-up comic 1 29 Karl Walcott 30 L'Île-Perrot Actor 1 22 28 Trois-Rivières Singer, La Voix (season 1) winner 1 16 Walked 51 Chambly Stand-up comic, TV & radio host 8 15 51 Quebec City Musician, frontman of rock band Les Respectables 1 8

COVID-19 in the house The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the ongoing fifth wave caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant affected the early stages of the game.

Before entering the house, the 16 original housemates were sequestered (commensurate with the general format of the Big Brother franchise to cut off participants from any communication with the outside world for a period of time before entering the house) and subject to several tests to detect for the virus that causes COVID-19. As a result of these tests, Stéphane Fallu tested positive and was immediately quarantined. Though it was initially reported that he would no longer take part—his spot replaced by Hugo Barrette—it was later announced Fallu would enter the house as the 17th housemate; he entered the house on Day 8.

Shortly before Stéphane's entry into the house on Day 8, after exhibiting symptoms, Eddy King tested positive for COVID-19 and was immediately isolated from the rest of the house. However, he was still an active housemate, meaning he could still be nominated and evicted. On Day 11, Martin Vachon, Michelle Desrochers, Valérie Carpentier, Lysanne Richard, Stéphanie Harvey, & Tranna Wintour all tested positive for the virus and were all immediately isolated in the Head of House room.

All affected housemates fully recovered and none were taken to hospital or removed from the game.

The Condemned (Have-Nots) Week 1Week 2 Week 3 Week 4Week 5Week 6 Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13 none Catherine,Claudia,Éléonore,Lysanne Stéphanie,Guylaine,Martin,Eddy none

Voting history Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Day 36Day 43Day 92Final Boss ofthe House Michelle PL LysanneClaudia Martin Stephanie Claudia Éléonore Martin Claudia Hugo Stephanie Stephanie none Nominations(pre-veto) ÉléonoreStephanie EddyStéphane LysanneStephanie CatherineClaudia Martin CatherineClaudia ClaudiaÉléonore GuylaineStephanie LysanneStephanie ÉléonoreStephanie StephanieTranna ClaudiaStephanieTranna ÉléonoreTranna ÉléonoreHugo Veto Winner Hugo Eddy(Karl) Stephanie(Karl) LysanneMartin Catherine Claudia Eddy Tranna Stephanie Tranna Stephanie Éléonore none Nominations(post-veto) ÉléonoreSébastien ÉléonoreStéphane KarlLysanne ClaudiaMichelle GuylaineMarc-Antoine ClaudiaPL CatherineÉléonore GuylaineStephanie EddyStephanie ClaudiaLysanneStephanie MartinStephanie ClaudiaÉléonoreTranna HugoTranna Stephanie Sébastien Stéphane Lysanne Claudia Marc-Antoine PL Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Claudia HugoWinner Éléonore Nominated Nominated Karl Michelle Guylaine PL Nominated Guylaine Lysanne Martin Nominated Tranna Nominated Hugo Sébastien Stéphane Karl Michelle Guylaine PL Catherine Stephanie Eddy Lysanne Stephanie Nominated Evicted(Day 92) Éléonore Tranna Sébastien Stéphane Karl Michelle Marc-Antoine Claudia Catherine Guylaine Eddy Stephanie Martin Nominated Nominated Evicted(Day 85) Stephanie Claudia Sébastien Stéphane Karl Nominated Nominated Catherine Eddy Lysanne Nominated Evicted(Day 78) Éléonore Martin Sébastien Stéphane Karl Claudia Guylaine Éléonore Guylaine Stephanie Nominated Evicted(Day 71) Stephanie Lysanne Sébastien Stéphane Nominated Marc-Antoine PL Éléonore Guylaine Eddy Nominated Evicted(Day 64) Stephanie Eddy Sébastien Stéphane Lysanne Michelle Marc-Antoine PL Catherine Guylaine Nominated Evicted(Day 57) Éléonore Guylaine Sébastien Stéphane Karl Michelle Nominated PL Éléonore Nominated Evicted(Day 50) Stephanie Catherine Sébastien Stéphane Karl Michelle Guylaine PL Nominated Evicted(Day 43) PL Sébastien Karl Michelle Marc-Antoine Nominated Evicted(Day 43) Sébastien Stéphane Michelle Nominated Evicted(Day 36) Michelle Stéphane Karl Nominated Evicted(Day 29) Karl Éléonore Stéphane Nominated Evicted(Day 22) Valérie Sébastien Stéphane Walked(Day 16) Stéphane Not inHouse Nominated Evicted(Day 15) Sébastien Nominated Evicted(Day 8) Notes1 2 none3 4 none5 none6 none Walked none Valérie noneEvicted Sébastien Stéphane Karl Michelle Marc-Antoine PL Catherine Guylaine Eddy Lysanne Martin Claudia Tranna Hugo Éléonore Stephanie

Notes

: The first 16 housemates were divided into two groups to compete in the first Boss of the House competition of the season. Each group was further divided into pairs. The winning pairs would be immune for the week, and would then unanimously decide who amongst themselves would be the first Boss. : During Weeks 2 and 3, Karl was selected to play in the Veto competition by Eddy and Stéphanie as their stand-in, as they were both ineligible to compete because they contracted COVID-19. He won both competitions but the official Veto winners were Eddy and Stéphanie. However, as he was not the official holder of the Veto, Karl was still eligible to be named the replacement nominee. : Week 5 was Invisible Week, in which all power competitions were held privately, and the power holders remained anonymous. Claudia became the invisible Boss of The House and had to nominate in secret; her access to the luxury bedroom was prohibited. Martin won the invisible Veto and secretly used it on himself. Additionally, the result of the eviction vote was not revealed to the housemates. : This week was a double eviction week. Following the first eviction, the remaining housemates played a week's worth of games, including Boss of the House and Veto competitions, and Nomination, Veto and Eviction ceremonies, during the remainder of the live show, culminating in a second eviction for the week. : Martin won the "Safety for an ally" power and used it on Claudia. After she was named Martin's replacement nominee, she was revealed as safe for the week. : Because of the "Box of Trouble" twist, a third nominee was added to this week. This third nominee was chosen by a house vote between Claudia and Éléonore. The house chose Claudia. : With 3 nominees & Boss of House not being able to vote, only Stéphanie was able to cast a valid eviction vote.

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