Big Brother (franchise)

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{{Infobox media franchise

| title = Big Brother

| image = Big_Brother_(Franchise)_2019_Logo.jpg

| caption = International logo of Big Brother since 2019

| creator = John de Mol Jr.

| origin = Big Brother (Netherlands)

| owner = Banijay Entertainment

| years = 1999–present

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Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally beginning in 2000. The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The show has been cited as having had widespread influence on the status of television and celebrity.

The name is inspired by Big Brother from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, as the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, they are voted out of the house (usually on a weekly basis) until only one remains and wins the grand prize.

, there have been 508 seasons of Big Brother in over 63 franchise countries and regions. English-language editions of the program are often referred to by its initials BB.

Premise

thumb|250px|The international Big Brother logo used from 1999 to 2018

At regular intervals, the housemates privately nominate a number of their fellow housemates whom they wish to be evicted from the house. The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via telephone for the nominee they wish to be evicted or saved from eviction. The last person remaining is declared the winner.

Some more recent editions have since included additional methods of voting, such as voting through social media and smartphone applications. Occasionally, non-standard votes occur, where two houseguests are evicted at once or no one is voted out. In the earlier series of Big Brother, there were 10 contestants with evictions every two weeks. However, the British version introduced a larger number of contestants with weekly evictions. Most versions of Big Brother follow the weekly eviction format, broadcast over approximately three months for 16 contestants.

The contestants are required to do housework and are assigned tasks by the producers of the show (who communicate with the housemates via the omnipresent authority figure known to them only as "Big Brother"). The tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and community spirit. In some countries, the housemates' shopping budget or weekly allowance (to buy food and other essentials) depends on the outcome of assigned tasks.

History

Name

The term Big Brother originates from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, with its theme of continuous oppressive surveillance.

Creation

The first version of Big Brother was broadcast in 1999 on Veronica in the Netherlands. In the first season of Big Brother, the house was very basic. Although essential amenities such as running water, furniture, and a limited ration of food were provided, luxury items were often forbidden. This added a survivalist element to the show, increasing the potential for social tension. Nearly all later series provide a modern house for the contest with a Jacuzzi, sauna, VIP suite, loft, and other luxuries.

International expansion

The format has become an international TV franchise. While each country or region has its own variation, the common theme is that the contestants are confined to the house and have their every action recorded by cameras and microphones and that no contact with the outside world is permitted.

Most international versions of the show remain quite similar: their main format remains true to the original fly on the wall observational style with an emphasis on human relationships, to the extent that contestants are usually forbidden from discussing nominations or voting strategy. In 2001, the American version adopted a different format since the second season, where the contestants are encouraged to strategize to advance in the game; in this format, the contestants themselves vote to evict each other and a jury of evicted contestants vote for the winner. Occasionally, individual game twists and format changes may allow for some viewer voting, usually to give a game advantage to the Housemates selected by the viewer vote. Big Brother Canada, introduced in 2013, also follows the American format, while the Australian series also used an American-styled format when the series was rebooted in 2020, with the winner being decided by Australia's vote among the Finalist.

Other international versions have included aspects of the American format. In 2011, the British version controversially adopted the discussion of nominations before reversing this rule after a poll by Big Brother broadcaster Channel 5.

Reception

Overview

From a sociological and demographic perspective, Big Brother allows an analysis of how people react when forced into close confinement with people outside of their comfort zone (having different opinions or ideals, or from a different socioeconomic group). The viewer has the opportunity to see how a person reacts from the outside (through the constant recording of their actions) and the inside (in the Diary or Confession Room). The Diary Room is where contestants can privately express their feelings about the game, strategy and the other contestants. The results range from violent or angry confrontations to genuine and tender connections (often including romantic interludes).

In 2011, Brazilian sociologist Silvia Viana Rodrigues wrote a thesis at the University of São Paulo analyzing reality shows as spectacles that proliferate rituals of suffering. She analyzes such rituals in various cultural products from Hollywood and Brazilian television, with special attention to Big Brother Brasil. When investigating the openly eliminatory and cruel face of the game, Silvia Viana points out that such characteristics are liable to be entertainment with great and crucial public engagement because such processes of elimination, competition, exclusion, the affirmation of the war of all against all, of self-management and personal self-control through socio-emotional skills, entrepreneurship, the banality of evil, the naturalization of torture, the "battle for survival" logic and the incorporation of Nazi language and elements are already part of contemporary social life, especially in the context of work under neoliberalism. The thesis was later published as a book.

In 2010, Bruno Roberto Campanella, a Brazilian communication scholar known for his studies on media reception and fan culture, he defended at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) the doctoral thesis Perspectives of Everyday Life: A Study of Fans of the Television Program Big Brother Brasil, in which he analyzed, through digital ethnography, the interactions and interpretations of Big Brother Brasil fans in online environments.

The research addresses themes such as authenticity, mediated everyday life, and the relationship between public and private spheres in reality television. The study gained public visibility and was featured by Rede Globo in an interview published on its institutional platform dedicated to academic outreach. There is no record of a professional or consultancy relationship with the program.

The show is notable for involving the Internet. Although the show typically broadcasts daily updates during the evening (sometimes criticized by viewers and former contestants for heavy editing by producers), viewers can also watch a continuous feed from multiple cameras on the Web in most countries. These websites were successful, even after some national series began charging for access to the video stream. In some countries, Internet broadcasting was supplemented by updates via email, WAP and SMS. The house is shown live on satellite television, although in some countries there is a 10–15 minutes delay to allow libelous or unacceptable content (such as references to people not participating in the program who have not consented to have personal information broadcast) to be removed.

Contestants occasionally develop sexual relationships; the level of sexual explicitness allowed to be shown in broadcast and Internet-feed varies according to the country's broadcasting standards.

Isolation

Big Brother contestants are isolated in the house, without access to television, radio, or the Internet. They are not permitted routine communication with the outside world. This was an important issue for most earlier series of the show. In more-recent series, contestants are occasionally allowed to view televised events (usually as a reward for winning at a task). In most versions of the program, books and writing materials are also forbidden, although exceptions are sometimes made for religious materials such as the Bible, Tanakh or the Qur'an. Some versions ban all writing implements, even items that can be used to write (such as lipstick or eyeliner). Despite the housemates' isolation, some contestants are occasionally allowed to leave the house as part of tasks. Contestants are permitted to leave the house in an emergency.

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Contestants have regularly scheduled interactions with the show's host on eviction nights. Throughout each day, the program's producer, in the "Big Brother" voice, issues directives and commands to contestants. Some versions of the show allow private counselling sessions with a psychologist. These are allowed at any time and are often conducted by telephone from the Diary Room.

Season 16 of the Australian adaption of Big Brother has the house located inside the Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld, allowing patrons on certain rides to see into the house garden, with some overhead yelling to the housemates. Previous series at Dreamworld had the house located outside the theme parks grounds, separating the housemates from park visitors.

Format changes and twists

Regional versions

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Due to the intelligibility of certain languages across several nations, various regional versions of Big Brother have been produced. Some countries have multiple franchises based on language, for example, the United States has English- and Spanish-language versions of the show.

Twists involving single franchises

Multiple areas and houses

In 2001, Big Brother 3 of the Netherlands introduced the "Rich and Poor" concept, in which the house is separated into a luxurious half and a poor half, and two teams of housemates compete for a place in the luxurious half. The Dutch version continued this concept to the end of its fourth season. Other versions later followed and introduced a similar concept, of which some have their own twists: Africa (in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013), Albania (in 2010), Australia (in 2003 and 2013), Balkan States (in VIP 2010 and 2011), Brazil (2009–present), Canada (2013–2024), Denmark (in 2003), Finland (in 2009 and 2014), France (in 2009, 2011–2017), Germany (in 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008, 2008–09 and since Celebrity 2014), Greece (in 2003), India (in 2012 and 2013), Israel (in 2009), Italy (in 2006 and 2007), Norway (in 2003), Philippines (in 2009, Teen 2010 and 2011), Poland (in 2002), Portugal (in VIP 2013 and 2016), Slovakia (in 2005), Slovenia (in 2008, 2015 and 2016), Scandinavia (in 2005), South Africa (in 2014), Spain (in VIP 2004, 2008, 2009–10 and 2010), United Kingdom (in 2002, Celebrity 2007, 2008, Celebrity 2013 and 2016), United States (2009–present) and Tamil Nadu, India (2023–24)

In 2011–12, the seventh Argentine series added La Casa de al Lado ("The House Next Door"), a smaller, more luxurious house which served multiple functions. The first week it hosted 4 potential housemates, and the public voted for two of them to enter the main house. The second week, two pairs of twins competed in the same fashion, with only one pair allowed in. Later, the 3rd, 4th and 5th evicted contestants were given the choice of staying on their way out and they competed for the public's vote to reenter the house. Months later, after one of the contestants left the house voluntarily, the House Next Door reopened for four contestants who wanted to reenter and had not been in such a playoff before. The House Next Door was also used in other occasions to accommodate contestants from the main house for limited periods of time, especially to have more privacy (which of course could be seen by the public).

The ninth Brazilian season featured the "Bubble": a glass house in a shopping mall in Rio de Janeiro where four potential housemates lived for a week. Later in the season, a bubble was built inside the Big Brother house, with another two housemates living in it for a week until they were voted in and the glass house dismantled. The Glass House was reused in the eleventh season, featuring five evicted housemates competing for a chance to join the house again, and in the thirteenth season, with six potential housemates competing for two places in the main house. A dividing wall from the ninth season was reused in the fourteenth Brazilian season, when mothers and aunts of the housemates entered for International Women's Day and stayed in the house for 6 days, though they could not be seen by the housemates. Every season brings back the glass house. Some editions also featured an all-white panic room, where contestants were held until one of them decided to quit the show.

In the fourth English-Canadian season, two house guests were evicted and moved into a special suite where they were able to watch the remaining house guests. A week later, the houseguests were required to unanimously decide which of them to bring back into the house.

Evil Big Brother

In 2004, the fifth British series introduced a villainous Big Brother with harsher punishments, such as taking away prize money, more difficult tasks and secret tricks. This concept has also been used in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, South America, Scandinavia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico.

Twin or triplet housemates

In 2004, the fifth American season introduced twins who were tasked with secretly switching back and forth in the house; they were allowed to play the game as individual house guests after succeeding at the deception for four weeks. This twist was reused in the seventeenth American season without the deception element – the pair simply needed to survive five weeks without being evicted. HouseGuests who discovered this twist could use the twins to their strategic advantage.

This twin or triplet twist was used in several countries. Some made modifications to this twist; others have had twins in the house together without this element of secrecy. The following are the countries that have featured twins or triplets: Australia (in 2005), Germany (in 2005–06), Brazil (in 2006 and 2015), Bulgaria (in 2006, 2012 and VIP 2017), United Kingdom (in 2007, Celebrity 2011, Celebrity 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and Celebrity 2017), France (in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016), Spain (in 2007 and 2013), Poland (in 2007 and 2019), India (in 2008), Africa (in 2009), Balkan Region (in 2009 and 2013), Philippines (in 2009, Teen 2012 and 2014), Portugal (in 2010 and 2012), Israel (in 2011), Ukraine (in 2011), Argentina (in 2011 and 2016), Albania (in 2013, 2017, Celebrity 2021–22 and Celebrity 2022–23), Greece (in 2020) and Kosovo (in Celebrity 2022–23).

Pairs competitions

Several versions of the program feature variations of the housemates competing in pairs:

In the sixth American season, each HouseGuest had a secret partner with whom had a pre-existing relationship, with each pair being informed that they were the only secret pair. While each player was nominated and evicted as an individual, each pair had the goal of reaching being the Final 2 HouseGuests remaining. Should a secret pair succeed in this goal, the prize money awarded to the winner and runner-up would jackpot – the winner's prize doubling from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and the runner-up's prize quintupling from $50,000 to $250,000.
During the tenth week of the seventh British series, the housemates were paired with their "best friend" in the house and had to nominate and face eviction as couples.
The ninth American season added a romantic theme by pairing up the HouseGuests with their "Soulmate" and having them compete as couples. This twist was active for the first 3 weeks of the season.
The 13th American season featured a further twist to the pairs format by introducing the "Dynamic Duos" twist, where contestants formed pairs that would be nominated together but evicted separately. The nominee not evicted would be immune from further nomination until there were 10 HouseGuests remaining, at which point the pairs were dissolved. This twist was repeated in 24th American season, except with the surviving partner joining another pair to compete alongside.
The second season of the Philippine teen edition also featured the parents or guardians of the teens staying in the house; if a teen housemate was evicted, the coinciding parent or guardian would also be evicted. A similar twist was used on the fourth Greek season was dubbed Big Mother; it featured housemates accompanied by their mothers.
In the ninth season of Indian Big Brother, Big Boss: Double Trouble, contestants entered the house tied up in pairs by the waist. They had joint chairs, beds, spoons, and even mugs. The twelfth season of Indian Big Brother, Bigg Boss 12 also featured jodis (pairs) who were Teacher-Student, Policeman-Lawyer, sister-sister, etc.
In the ninth Albania season, all the housemates wherever were in couples and for the first time in the history of Big Brother Albania, the winner was a couple (Danjel Dedndreaj and Fotini Derxho).

Secret missions

Secret missions are a common element of the show since their introduction during the sixth British series. During these missions, one or more housemates are set a task from Big Brother with the reward of luxuries for the household and/or a personal reward if the task is successful. Some versions of Big Brother have secret tasks presented by another character who lives in plain sight of the housemate. Such characters include Marsha the Moose (from BB Canada) and Surly the Fish (from BB Australia).

The third Belgian season introduced a mole. This housemate was given secret missions by Big Brother.'De Mol' infiltreert in 'Big Brother', De Morgen, 2 September 2002

The sixth Australian season featured The Insider. Voted on by Australia, the Housemates deemed "The Most Competitive" had to complete secret missions tasked by Big Brother in order to win immunity from Nomination Voting and hence, Eviction. Failure in a mission would result in Automatic Nomination.

The eighth American season introduced "America's Player", where a selected house guest must complete various tasks (determined by public vote) in secret for the duration of their stay in the house in exchange for a cash reward. It was repeated in the tenth American season for a week. The eleventh American season featured Pandora's Box, in which the winning head of household was tempted to open a box, with unintended consequences for the house. The twelfth American season featured a saboteur, who entered the house to wreak havoc with tasks suggested by viewers. The sixteenth American season featured "Team America", in which 3 houseguests were selected to work as a team to complete tasks (determined by public voting) for a cash reward; this continued for the entire season despite the eviction of a team member.

The fourth Argentine series added a telephone in the living room. This telephone rang once a week for ten seconds, and the person to pick up the receiver was given an order or news from Big Brother (which typically no other housemate could hear). The order could be beneficial or detrimental, but a refused order resulted in the nomination for eviction. If nobody picked up the call, the whole house would be nominated for eviction.

Opening night twists

Since Big Brother 2, the British series has opened with a twist. This has included having potential Housemates being voted upon by the public for one to enter the house (Big Brother 2 & Big Brother 13); public voting for least-favourite housemates, with the housemates choosing between two nominees to evict (Big Brother 3); first-night nominations (Big Brother 4 & Big Brother 13); suitcase nominations (Big Brother 5); Unlucky Housemate 13 (Big Brother 6); Big Brother Hood (Big Brother 7); an all-female house and a set of twins as contestants (Big Brother 8); a couple entering as housemates, who must hide their relationship (Big Brother 9); housemates having to earn housemate status (Big Brother 10, with an altered version of the twist appearing in Big Brother 21); a mole entering the house with an impossible task (Big Brother 11); Pamela Anderson entering as a guest for 5 days (Big Brother 12); a professional actor posing as a housemate and a mother and daughter as contestants (Big Brother 14); one contestant gets a pass to the final (Big Brother 15); first night eviction (Big Brother 16); two houses with "the other house" featuring enemies from the main house housemates past (Big Brother 17); Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen (Celebrity Big Brother 3); a "fake celebrity" (a civilian contestant pretending to be a celebrity) in a celebrity edition (Celebrity Big Brother 4); a visit from Jade Goody's family (Celebrity Big Brother 5) and unlocked bedrooms allowing housemates to immediately claim beds with the last housemate becoming the Head of House (Celebrity Big Brother 6).

A common opening twist is to introduce only a cast of a single sex on the premiere of the show while having members of the opposite sex introduced over the next few days. The eighth British series first used this twist with an initial all-female house, adding a male housemate two days later. The same twist was used in the fourth Bulgarian series, and an all-male premiere was used on Big Brother Africa 4. The second Belgian season was used a similar twist in 2001, where eleven male housemates and one female housemate entered the house on launch night and the second female housemate entered the house on the third day.

Fake evictions

The fifth British series introduced fake evictions, where Big Brother misleads housemates that eviction has taken place, only for the "evicted" housemate to reenter the house sometime later.

In the eighth British series, one housemate was evicted, interviewed and sent back into the house.

In the fifth Philippine season, four housemates were fake-evicted and stayed in a place called bodega. In the second batch of the eight Philippine season, four housemates were fake-evicted due to losing their duel challenge and temporarily stayed in a secret room. In the adult edition of the tenth Philippine season, two housemates, and later three more, were fake evicted after failing in two different Ligtask challenges and temporarily stayed in the task room until the end of their weekly task.

The concept of the fake-eviction was incorporated into the Australian series for the first time in the sixth Australian season, when housemates Camilla Severi and Anna Lind-Hansen were both fake-evicted in Day 8 and were moved into a secret room in the house, the Revenge Room. Severi and Lind-Hansen could see who nominated them for eviction and were given the opportunity to wreak havoc upon the house and those who nominated them by constructing extravagant tasks for the housemates to complete and for making mess in the house when they were not looking. Severi and Lind-Hansen returned to the house in a live special on Day 10. In the tenth Australian season, Benjamin Zabel was fake evicted for 24 hours before being returned to the house with immunity from eviction for that week. In the eleventh Australian season Travis Lunardi was fake-evicted and received advice from Benjamin Zabel for 24 hours; Travis returned to the house after a 3-day absence with immunity from eviction for that week.

In the thirteenth Brazilian series, Anamara Barreira was fake evicted. She was removed and put into a small private apartment without the other housemates knowing she was still in the house. After 24 hours, she returned to the house as Head of Household and with immunity from eviction that week. In the sixteenth Brazilian series, Ana Paula Renault was similarly fake evicted, put into a small private apartment, and returned after 48 hours with immunity from eviction that week. In the eighteen Brazilian series, Gleici Damasceno was similarly fake evicted, put into a small private apartment, and returned after 72 hours with immunity from eviction and with the power to put someone to eviction.

In the first Turkish series, there is a fake eviction in week 10.

The Indian version Bigg Boss sees frequent fake evictions. In Bigg Boss Kannada season 4, winner Pratham and co-contestant Malavika were kept in secret room after fake eviction for one week and they were both allowed in the Bigg Boss house.

Similarly, in Bigg Boss Kannada season 5, firstly Jaya Srinivasan and Sameer Acharya were put into the secret room after fake eviction for one week and then Sameer Acharya was allowed into the house, but Jaya Srinivasan was evicted from the secret room itself. In the same season, the runner up Divakar was put into the secret room after fake eviction for one week.

Coaches

The fourteenth American season had four house guests from past seasons return to coach twelve new house guests, playing for a separate prize of $100,000. However, in a reset twist, they opted to join the normal game alongside the other house guests.

Red button

The seventh Argentine series incorporated a red button into the Confession Room, which would sound an alarm throughout the house. This button was to be used when a contestant wanted to leave the house voluntarily, and the contestant would be given five minutes to leave the house. A red button is also used in Secret Story series, however, in this case whoever presses the button will try to guess someone's secret.

Legacy rewards or penalties

In Celebrity Hijack UK, evicted housemates were given the opportunity to choose if a "ninja" delivered good or bad gifts to the house. Later that year, the eighth Australian series introduced the Housemate Hand Grenade, where an evicted housemate decided which remaining housemate received a penalty. A similar punishment used on Big Brother Africa was called the Molotov Cocktail, Dagger or Fuse.

Most valuable player

The fifteenth American season allowed viewers to vote for a house guest to be made M.V.P., who then secretly nominates a third houseguest for eviction (in addition to the two selected by the Head of Household).

In a further twist introduced part-way through the MVP twist, the viewers themselves decided who the third nominee would be, with the HouseGuests still thinking one of their own is the MVP. Like many such twists, this was ended halfway into the season as the pool of contestants shrank.

Multiple heads of household

The sixteenth and seventeenth American seasons featured two Heads of Household every week and had four houseguests nominated for eviction. There was also a "Battle of the Block" competition where the two sets of nominees competed to save themselves; the winning pair not only saved themselves but dethroned the Head of Household who nominated them, who was then vulnerable as a replacement nominee if a veto was used. It is also used in specific weeks in Brazil since Big Brother Brasil 16 where the HOH's have to choose which HoH will get R$10,000 and who is the one that will win immunity.

America's Favorite HouseGuest

In the American version, each season there are three cash prizes: $750,000 for the winner, $75,000 for second, and $50,000 for who was voted by the viewers to be America's Favorite HouseGuest.

Multiple winners

In 2011, Big Brother Africa season 6 was the first season of Big Brother to have two winners, each getting US$200,000.

In 2012, the four finalists from Gran Hermano 12+1 (Spain) were given the chance to choose a formerly evicted housemate to be their partner. The companion of the winner became the "+1 winner" and received a secondary prize of €20,000.

In 2015, the sixth Philippine season, also had two winners; one from the teens and one from the regular adults. Each of which received PHP1,000,000.

Bigg Boss 8 (India) ended with a twist, where the top five contestants were crowned 'champions'. The season was extended by 35 days (total 135) as a spin-off called Bigg Boss Halla Bol, where ex-contestants from previous seasons entered the house to compete with the five champions.

Reserve housemates

The fourth Philippine season introduced the concept of having reserved housemates, those of whom are short-listed auditioners who were given a chance to be a housemate by completing tasks assigned by Big Brother. It was eventually done also in the eighth Philippine season where the reserved housemates were placed in a camp (a separate House but is just adjacent to the Main House) and that reserved housemate must compete amongst other reserved housemates while gaining points by participating in various tasks, including those that required the participation of doing such tasks outside of the Big Brother House premises. As the eviction was done weekly, once an official housemate is evicted from the Main House, the with the most points earned for that particular week crossovers to the Main House and becomes an official housemate.

These reserved housemates twist was also used in Argentina's seventh season and Brazil's ninth season.

Big Brother Zoom

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Big Brother Portugal revival started with a twist, where all the contestants were isolated in different apartments for 14 days, in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations. Cameras were filming them 24 hours a day as usual, and they were able to communicate with each other and host Cláudio Ramos using tablets.

Twists involving multiple franchises

Housemate exchanges

In 2002, the Mexican and Spanish editions (BBM1 and GH3) made temporary housemate exchanges. Mexico's Eduardo Orozco swapped with Spain's Andrés Barreiro for 7 days. In 2010, the first 2-housemate exchange was held by Spain and Italy (GH11 and GF10). Gerardo Prager and Saray Pereira from Spain were swapped with Carmela Gualtieri and Massimo Scattarella of Italy for 7 days.

In later years, several housemate exchanges were done around the world: Argentina (GH3) and Spain (GH4), Ecuador (GH1) and Mexico (BBM2), and Africa (BBA1) and United Kingdom (BB4) in 2003; Scandinavia (BB2) and Thailand (BBT2) in 2006; Philippines (PBB2) and Slovenia (BB1), and Argentina (GH5) and Spain (GH9) in 2007; Africa (BBA3) and Finland (BB4) in 2008; Finland (BB5) and Philippines (PBB3) in 2009; Finland (BB6) and Slovenia (BBS1) in 2010; Spain (GH12) and Israel (HH3) in 2010–11; Finland (BB7) and Norway (BB4) in 2011; Argentina (GH7) and Israel (HH4) in 2012; Mexico (BB4) and Spain (GH16) in 2015; and Spain (GHVIP5) and Brazil (BBB17) in 2017.

Evicted housemate exchanges

In 2003, Mexico's Isabel Madow (BB VIP2) and Spain's Aída Nízar (GH5) were swapped for 7 days. This twist was also done between Russia (BBR1) and Pacific (GHP1) in 2005, and Argentina (GH4) and Brazil (BBB7) in 2007.

Other exchanges

In 2009, as part of the casting process for Italy's GF9, Doroti Polito and Leonia Coccia visited Spain's GH10.

In 2012, four contestants from Denmark's BB4 visited Sweden's BB6 and competed in a Viking-themed challenge. The Danish team won and 'kidnapped' Swedish contestant Annica Englund to the Denmark house for the following week.

In 2012, evicted housemate Laisa Portella of Brazil (from BBB12) was a guest on Spain's Gran Hermano 13 for a week; the following week, non-evicted Noemí Merino of GH13 stayed in the Brazilian Big Brother house for 5 days.

In 2016, Big Brother UK housemate Nikki Grahame and Big Brother Australia housemate Tim Dormer were voted in by Canada to be houseguests on the 4th season of Big Brother Canada. Similarly, Big Brother UK housemate Jade Goody appeared as a housemate on the 2nd season of Bigg Boss Hindi.

Big Brother Australia (2015) contestant Priya Malik joined Bigg Boss 9 (India) the same year as a wild card.

In 2017, GHVIP5 contestant Elettra Lamborghini visited Brazil's BBB17.

In 2019, the winner of Italy's GF15, Alberto Mezzetti visited Brazil's BBB19.

In 2022, Bindhu Madhavi, 4th Runner-up of Bigg Boss Tamil 2017 made her entry as a contestant in a Telugu back to win spin-off named Bigg Boss Non-Stop and emerged as the winner of that show respectively.

After winning the debut season of Bigg Boss Marathi (regional version of Big Brother), winner Megha Dhade made her entry in Bigg Boss season 12 as a wild card contestant.

After winning season 2 of Bigg Boss Marathi (regional version of Big Brother), winner Shiv Thakare made her entry in Bigg Boss 16.

Evicted housemate visits

Anouska Golebiewski, an evicted housemate from the United Kingdom (housemate from BB4) visited Australia (BB3) in 2003. In 2005, United Kingdom (Nadia Almada of BB5) visited Australia (BB5) again. In 2006, United Kingdom (Chantelle Houghton of CBB4) visited Germany (BBG6). This twist was used in later years by other countries: Africa (Ricardo Ferreira of BBA3) visited Brazil (BBB9) in 2009; Germany (Annina Ucatis and Sascha Schwan of BBG9) visited the Philippines (PBB3), and Italy (George Leonard and Veronica Ciardi of GF10) visited Albania (BB3) in 2010; Sweden (Martin Granetoft and Peter OrrmyrSara Jonsson of BB5) visited Norway (BB4) in 2011; Brazil (Rafael Cordeiro of BBB12) visited Spain (GH12), and Argentina (Agustín Belforte of GH4) visited Colombia (GH2) in 2012; United States (Dan Gheesling of BB10/BB14) visited Canada (BB1 and the BB2 Jury) in 2013; Canada (Emmett Blois of BB1) visited South Africa (BBM3) in 2014; and Spain (Paula Gonzalez of GH15) visited Mexico (BBM4) in 2015.

A similar event took place between the United States and Canada in 2014 wherein Rachel Reilly (from BB12/BB13) made a video chat to Canada (BB2). Rachel Reilly also appeared on Big Brother Canadas side show, which airs after the eviction episode.

Housemates competing in another country

There were occasions that a former housemate from one franchise participated and competed in a different franchise: Daniela Martins of France (SS3) competed in Portugal (SS1); Daniel Mkongo of France (SS5) competed in Italy (GF12); Brigitte Nielsen of Denmark (BB VIP) competed in the United Kingdom (CBB3); Jade Goody of the United Kingdom (BB3, BB Panto, and CBB5) competed in India (BB2); Sava Radović of Germany (BB4) competed in the Balkan States (VB1); Nikola Nasteski of the Balkan States (VB4) competed in Bulgaria (BB All-Stars 1); Žarko Stojanović of France (SS5) competed in the Balkan States (VB VIP5); Željko Stojanović of France (SS5) competed in the Balkan States (VB VIP5); Kelly Baron of Brazil (BBB13) competed in Portugal (BB VIP); Lucy Diakovska of Bulgaria (VIP B4) competed in Germany (PBB1); Leila Ben Khalifa of Italy (GF6) competed in France (SS8); Priya Malik of Australia (BB11) competed in India (BB9); Tim Dormer of Australia (BB10) and Nikki Grahame of the United Kingdom (BB7, UBB) competed in Canada (BB4) after beating Jase Wirey of the United States (BB5, BB7) and Veronica Graf of Italy (GF13) in a public vote; Leonel Estevão-Luto of Africa (BB4) competed in Angola & Mozambique (BB3); Frankie Grande of the United States (BB16) competed in the United Kingdom (CBB18); Fanny Rodrigues of Portugal (SS2) competed in France (SS10); and Tucha Anita of Angola (BB3); Amor Romeira of Spain (GH9) competed in Portugal (SS6) and Alain Rochette of Spain (GH17) competed in France (SS11); Despite being American, Brandi Glanville competed first in the United Kingdom (CBB20) then later competed in first Celebrity series in the United States (CBB1); Aída Nizar of Spain (GH5 and GHVIP5) competed in Italy (GF15); Ivana Icardi of Argentina (GH9) competed in Italy (GF16); Gianmarco Onestini of Italy (GF16) competed in Spain (GHVIP7); Michael Terlizzi of Italy (GF16) competed in Spain (GHVIP8); Heidi Baci of Italy (GF17) competed in Albania (BBVIP3).

Multiple-franchise competitions

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! Series participants

! Prize

! Points

! Winner

! Date

| nowrap="nowrap" | BB10 GermanyBB11 United Kingdom

| A screening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (round of 16) Germany vs. England game

| After five penalties, the score was 1–1 and the game went to sudden death. After 36 penalties, German housemate Robert shot the ball wide and UK housemate Ife scored, winning 2–1.

| nowrap="nowrap" | United Kingdom BB11

| nowrap="nowrap" | 26 June 2010

Eurovision Song Contest

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%; line-height:16px;" width="100%"

! rowspan="2" | Team and Song

! colspan="4" | Jury's points

! colspan="5" | Dates

! rowspan="2" | Winner

! Italy GF11

! Greece BB5

! Argentina GH6

! Total

! Tests

! Israel Performance

! Spain Performance

! Ratings

! Closed

| GH12: "A-Ba-Ni-Bi"

| 12

| 36

| rowspan="2" | 30 December 2010 to 4 January 2011

| rowspan="2" | 5 January 2011

| rowspan="2" | 6 January 2011

| rowspan="2" | 7 January 2011

| rowspan="2" | 8 January 2011

| rowspan="2" | GH12

| HH3: "Bandido"

| 10

| 30

Special editions

Celebrity and VIP Big Brother

The Big Brother format has been adopted in some countries; the housemates are local celebrities, and the shows are called Celebrity Big Brother or Big Brother VIP. In some countries, the prize money normally awarded to the winning housemate is donated to a charity, and all celebrities are paid to appear in the show as long as they do not voluntarily leave before their eviction or the end of the series. The rest of the rules are nearly the same as those of the original version.

Variations

The 2006 Netherlands series was entitled Hotel Big Brother. This variation introduced a group of celebrity hoteliers and a Big Boss, who run a hotel and collect money for charity without nominations, evictions or a winner.

Another variation appeared in the UK in early 2008, entitled Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. Instead of being housemates the celebrities became Big Brother himself, creating tasks and holding nominations with the help of Big Brother. The housemates were considered by the producers "Britain's most exceptional and extraordinary" 18- to 21-year-olds. The prize for the winner of the series was £50,000.

In 2009, VIP Brother 3 Bulgaria introduced the concept of celebrities competing for charitable causes, which changed each week. Housemates were sometimes allowed to leave the house to raise money for the charity. Ten out of Thirteen seasons of Bigg Boss (the Indian version of Big Brother) have been celebrity-only seasons. The 10th season of Big Boss had celebrities put up against commoners, where a commoner ultimately won.

American format

The American and Canadian versions of Big Brother differ from most global versions of the series. The American series began in 2000 with the original Dutch format—i.e., housemates, or HouseGuests, as they are styled in the United States, nominating each other for eviction and the public voting on evictions and the eventual winner. But due to both poor ratings and the concurrent popularity of Survivor, a gameplay-oriented format was introduced in the second season, with HouseGuests allowed to strategize, politic and collude to survive eviction, with the entire nomination and eviction process being determined by the HouseGuest themselves.

Each week the HouseGuests compete in several competitions in order to win power and safety inside the house, before voting off one of the HouseGuests during the eviction. The main elements of the format are as follows:

Head of Household (HoH): At the start of each week in the house, the HouseGuests compete for the title of Head of Household, often shortened to simply HoH. The Head of Household for each week is given luxuries such as their own personal bedroom and the use of an MP3 player but is responsible for nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The Head of Household would not be able to compete in the following week's Head of Household competition; this excludes the final Head of Household competition of the season.
Power of Veto (PoV): After the nominees are determined, the Power of Veto competition is played, with the winner receiving the Power of Veto. If a HouseGuest chooses to exercise the Power of Veto, the Head of Household is responsible for naming a replacement nominee. The holder of the Power of Veto is saved from being nominated as the replacement nominee. Only six of the HouseGuests compete for the Power of Veto each week; the Head of Household and both nominations compete, as well as three others selected by a random draw. The PoV was introduced in the third American season
Eviction: On eviction night, all HouseGuests must vote to evict one of the nominees, with the exception of the nominees and the Head of Household. The eviction vote is by secret ballot, with HouseGuests casting their votes orally in the Diary Room. In the event of a tied vote, the Head of Household will cast a tie-breaking vote publicly. The nominee with the majority of the votes is evicted from the house.

Before the sixteenth American season, HouseGuests competed in a Have/Have-Not challenge similar to the shopping tasks on Big Brother UK and other international editions. The winners become Haves and enjoy a full pantry of food, while Have-Nots, will be left with a staple diet of "slop" (fortified oatmeal), sleep in designated uncomfortable beds and take cold showers. In later seasons, the Haves & Have-Nots are determined either by the HoH themself or by the results of the HoH Competition.

When only two contestants remain, a jury formed of the most recently evicted HouseGuests (generally seven or nine) votes which of the two finalists wins the grand prize. Beginning in the fourth (2003) American season, jury members were sequestered off-site so that they would not be privy to the day-to-day goings-on in the house. (Celebrity Big Brother US does not sequester its jury members—all evicted celebrity HouseGuests vote on the winner.). The final Head of Household competition is split into three parts; the winners of the first two rounds compete in the third and final round. Once only two HouseGuests remain, the members of the jury cast their votes for who should win the series.

In addition, American and Canadian Big Brother do not air a live launch show, as is customary in international editions—by the time the network show and live online feeds begin airing, it is not uncommon for at least one HouseGuest to already have been evicted. Also, the North American editions currently air only three times a week, compared with daily or six days a week for the recently rebooted British franchise. As a result, the TV episodes focus primarily on the main events regarding the gameplay and house politics versus the day-to-day goings-on in the house; to see the latter, watching the live feeds is necessary.

In 2013, English-speaking Canada introduced its own version of the show on the cable channel Slice; the series moved to Global TV for its third (2015) season. The show followed the American format but with more elaborate twists and greater viewer participation in the game. Secret tasks were introduced, usually presented by the show's mascot, "Marsha the Moose"; also, as in most global franchises, Big Brother was a distinct character who interacted with the HouseGuests. The French Canadian version mostly followed the American/Anglophone Canadian format, but the public could evict a housemate on some occasions and decided the winner.

The 2020 revival of the Big Brother Australia series adopted a slightly altered version of the American format (having previously used the international format) while pre-recording the series months in advance. A "Nomination Challenge" is held to determine who holds the power to nominate for that round, with the winner naming three Nominations for Eviction. During each eviction, all Housemates (excluding the Nominating Housemate) vote to evict. There is no rule prohibiting individuals holding Nomination Power in consecutively between weeks and no Power of Veto is held. Additionally, the Australian public still decided the winner between the final 3.

Big Brother Brasil combines the American/Canadian and international formats. Brazil votes on evictions and the winner, but housemates compete for HoH, Power of Immunity, and Power of Veto; there is also a weekly shopping competition. HoH nominates one housemate for eviction, while the rest of the house nominates a second housemate. The winner of the Power of Immunity competition gets to choose someone to be safe from nomination.

The pilot for Big Brother China, which premiered exclusively online in 2015, had housemates voting on evictions but the public voting for the winner. A similar format was used for Big Brother: Over the Top, an online-only spin-off of the American series that ran in 2016.

The nineteenth series of Big Brother UK saw the adaption of the "Game Changer" competition which is very similar to the Power of Veto competition. The winner of this competition has the opportunity to save a nominee from eviction. Like the PoV, there are six people that play in the "Game Changer" competition. The process of how the contestants are chosen is different as the people who have been nominated play in the competition along with the richest housemate. If there are empty left in the competition, then the richest housemate hand picks who will playing in that weeks "Game Changer" competition. The winner of the competition, like the PoV, has the option to save housemate from eviction for the week or not use the power at all. Unlike the PoV however, if the winner does save someone then no replacement nominee was named leaving the remaining nominees up for eviction and facing the public vote.

Other editions

The Big Brother format has been otherwise modified in some countries:

Big Brother: All-Stars (Belgium, 21 days; Bulgaria: Season 1–5, 27–29 days; United States, 72–85 days; United Kingdom, 18 days; French Canada, 64 days; Africa, 91 days; Spain, 56 days; Portugal Secret Story: Season 1–4, 22–50 days): Previous housemates from previous seasons compete. Belgium was the first country to have an All-Stars season (2003). Bulgaria was the first country to complete 3 All-Stars seasons (2014). Portugal was the first country to complete 4 All-Stars seasons (2015). Portugal was the first country to complete 5 All-Stars seasons (2017). Portugal was the first country to complete 6 All-Stars seasons (2018).
Big Brother: Reality All-Stars (Sweden, 6 days; Denmark, 32 days; Spain, 56 days): Contestants from different reality shows, including Big Brother, compete.
Big Brother: You Decide / Big Brother: Back in the House / Big Brother: Try Out (Poland: Season 1–2, 7–13 days; Norway, 9 days; Serbia, 7 days): Housemates, new or old, compete for a spot in the next regular season without nominations or evictions.
Teen Big Brother (United Kingdom, 10 days; Philippines: Season 1–4, 42–91 days): Teenagers 13 and older compete.
Big Brother: All In (Philippines: Season 11, 13): A mix of teenagers, regular adults, and celebrities compete in one season. A variation, Big Brother: Lucky 7 and Big Brother: Otso, has three to four batches of housemates stay inside until a number for each batch is left and is joined by other members of other batches to form one new batch.
Secret Story (France, Lithuania, Portugal, Netherlands, Peru, Albania, Spain and Africa): Each housemate has a secret.
Big Brother Panto (United Kingdom, 11 days): Housemates from the previous series spent time in the Big Brother House to perform a pantomime at the series' end.
Big Brother – The Village (Germany: Season 6, 363 days): The village had a class system of bosses, assistants and servants, living in separate houses, who competed in mixed teams; winning bosses could promote employees, while losing bosses became servants. Cash prizes were awarded weekly in an ongoing contest.
Big Brother Family (Bulgaria: 81 days): Whole families entered the house with their spouses, children and relatives. They received a salary for their stay and the winning family received a cash prize, a car and an apartment.

There are also "test runs", with a group of celebrities (or journalists) living in the house for several days to test it. There are occasions where people who have auditioned for the show are also put in the house, most notably in the British edition, where many housemates claim to have met before. These series have been televised in Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the Pacific region, the Philippines and Spain. In some cases, it is not broadcast, but in others, such as the American edition, it is used as a promotional tool.

Versions

Currently airing

An upcoming season

Status unknown

No longer airing

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; line-height:18px; width:100%;"

! width="15%" style="text-align:center" | Country/Region

! width="20%" style="text-align:center" | Official name

! width="15%" style="text-align:center" | Network(s)

! width="32%" style="text-align:center" | Winner(s)

! width="18%" style="text-align:center" | Presenter(s)

|style="background:#ffc0cb;" | Africa

| Big Brother Africa

| M-NetAfrica MagicMzansi MagicDStv

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2003: Cherise Makubale
Season 2, 2007:
Season 3, 2008: Ricardo Venancio
Season 4, 2009: Kevin Chuwang
Season 5, 2010: Uti Nwachukwu
Season 6, 2011: Karen Igho & Wendall Parsons
Season 7, 2012: Keagan Petersen
Season 8, 2013: Dillish Matthews
Season 9, 2014: Idris Sultan

}}

| {{plainlist|

Mark Pilgrim
Kabelo Ngakane
IK Osakioduwa

}}

|style="background:#E0B0FF;" | Africa

|Secret Story Afrique

|Canal+ Afrique

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2024: Awa Sanoko
Season 2, 2025: Moctar Privé
Season 3, 2026: Upcoming season

}}

| Jean-Michel Onnin Stéphanelle

| rowspan="2" style="background:white" align="left" | Albania

| Big Brother Albania

| rowspan="2" | Top ChannelDigitAlb

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2008: Arbër Çepani
Season 2, 2009: Qetsor Ferunaj
Season 3, 2010: Jetmir Salaj
Season 4, 2010–11: Ermela Mezuraj
Season 5, 2012: Arbër Zeka
Season 6, 2013: Anaidi Kaloti
Season 7, 2014: Nevila Omeri
Season 8, 2015: Vesel Kurtishaj
Season 9, 2017: Danjel Dedndreaj & Fotini Derxho

}}

| {{plainlist|

Arbana Osmani
Ledion Liço

}}

| Big Brother VIP

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021–22: Ilir Shaqiri
Season 2, 2022–23: Luiz Ejlli
Season 3, 2024: Egla Ceno
Season 4, 2024–25: Besart "Gjesti" Kelmendi
Season 5, 2025–26: Selin Bollati

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Ledion Liço
Former
Arbana Osmani

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | AngolaMozambiqueMozambique became also eligible to participate since 2016.

| Big Brother Angola Big Brother Angola e Moçambique

| Jango MagicDStv

| align="left" | {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2014: Larama da Silva
Season 2, 2015: Luna Vambano & Mr. Norway Vunge
Season 3, 2016: Anderson Mistake & Papetchulo

}}

| align="left" | {{plainlist|

Dicla Burity
Emerson Miranda

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Arab world

| Big Brother: الرئيس

| MBC 2

| Season 1, 2004: Discontinued

| align="left" | Razan Moughrabi

| rowspan="3" style="background:#90EE90;" align="left" | Argentina

| rowspan="2" |Gran Hermano

| TelefeDirecTV Cablevisión Multicanal TDT Pluto TV

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Marcelo Corazza
Season 2, 2001: Roberto Parra
Season 3, 2002–03: Viviana Colmenero
Season 4, 2007: Marianela Mirra
Season 5, 2007: Esteban Morais
Season 6, 2010–11: Cristian Urrizaga
Season 7, 2011–12: Rodrigo Fernández
Season 10, 2022–23: Marcos Ginocchio
Season 11, 2023–24: Bautista Mascia
Season 12, 2024–25: Santiago Algorta
Season 13, 2026: Current season

}}

| align="left" |{{plainlist|

Main host:
Soledad Silveyra
Jorge Rial
Mariano Peluffo
Santiago del Moro
Debate:
Juan Alberto Badía
Mariano Peluffo
Santiago del Moro

}}

| América TVDirecTV Cablevisión

| {{plainlist|

Season 8, 2015: Francisco Delgado
Season 9, 2016: Luis Fabián Galesio

}}

| align="left" |{{plainlist|

Main host:
Jorge Rial
Debate:
Pamela David

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| Gran Hermano Famosos

| TelefeCablevisión Multicanal

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2007: Diego Leonardi

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| align="left" |{{plainlist|

Main host:
Jorge Rial
Debate:
Mariano Peluffo

}}

| rowspan="5" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" |

Australia

| rowspan="3" | Big Brother

| Network 1010 (VoD)

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Ben Williams
Season 2, 2002: Peter Corbett
Season 3, 2003: Regina Bird
Season 4, 2004: Trevor Butler
Season 5, 2005: Greg Matthew
Season 6, 2006: Jamie Brooksby
Season 7, 2007: Aleisha Cowcher
Season 8, 2008: Terri Munro
Season 16, 2025: Coco Beeby
Season 17, 2026: Upcoming season

}}

| align="left" | {{plainlist|

Current
Mel Tracina
Former
Gretel Killeen
Kyle Sandilands
Jackie O

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| Nine Network

| {{plainlist|

Season 9, 2012: Benjamin Norris
Season 10, 2013: Tim Dormer
Season 11, 2014: Ryan Ginns

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| rowspan="2" align="left" | Sonia Kruger

| Seven Network

| {{plainlist|

Season 12, 2020: Chad Hurst
Season 13, 2021: Marley Biyendolo
Season 14, 2022: Reggie Sorensen
Season 15, 2023: Tay & Ari Wilcoxson

}}

| Celebrity Big Brother

| Network 10

| align="left" | Season 1, 2002: Dylan Lewis

| align="left" | Gretel Killeen

| Big Brother VIP

| Seven Network

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Luke Toki

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| align="left" | Sonia Kruger

| rowspan="3" style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Balkans

| Veliki Brat

| Pink BH Pink M B92 A1 Pink RTL OBN RTRS Sitel Prva

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2006: Ivan Ljuba
Season 2, 2007: DiscontinuedDue to the car accident that killed three former housemates, Elmir Kuduzović, Stevan Zečević and Zorica Lazić, the producer decided to discontinue the series. The winning prize was divided by the surviving housemates.
Season 3, 2009: Vladimir Arsić „Arsa"
Season 4, 2011: Marijana Čvrljak
Season 5, 2015: Darko "Spejko" Petkovski

}}

| {{plainlist|

Marijana Mićić
Irina Vukotić
Ana Grubin
Antonija Blaće
Sky Wikluh

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| Veliki Brat VIP

| Pink M Pink BH B92 Pink A1 BN Prva OBN Sitel

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2007: Saša Ćurčić „Đani"
Season 2, 2008: Mirjana „Mimi" Đurović
Season 3, 2009: Miroslav „Miki" Đuričić
Season 4, 2010: Milan Marić „Švaba"
Season 5, 2013: Žarko Stojanović

}}

| {{plainlist|

Ana Grubin
Irina Vukotić
Milan Kalinić
Marijana Mićić
Dragan Marinković

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| Veliki Brat: Generalna ProbaThis version was only produced in Serbia.

| B92

| align="left" | Season 1, 2006: Jelena Provči & Marko Miljković

| align="left" | Marijana Mićić

| rowspan="4" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Belgium

| Big Brother

| Kanaal Twee

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Steven Spillebeen
Season 2, 2001: Ellen Dufour
Season 3, 2002: Kelly Vandevenne
Season 4, 2003: Kristof van Camp
Season 5, 2006: Kirsten Janssens
Season 6, 2007: Diana Ferrante

}}

| align="left" | Walter Grootaers

| Big BrotherCo-produced version with Netherlands and Belgium taking part.

| VIER/Play4Telenet

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Jill Goede
Season 2, 2022: Salar Abassi Abrassi
Season 3, 2023: Bart Vandenbroek
Season 4, 2024: Glenn Van Himst
Season 5, 2025: Jordy de Maar

}}

| align="left" |CurrentGeraldine KemperTatyana Beloy FormerPeter Van de Veire

|Big Brother VIPs

| VTMKanaal Twee

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Sam Gooris
Season 2, 2006: Pim Symoens

}}

| align="left" | No presenters

| Big Brother All-Stars

| Kanaal Twee

| align="left" | Season 1, 2003: Heidi Zutterman

| align="left" | Walter Grootaers

| style="background:#E0B0FF" align="left" | Brazil

| Big Brother Brasil

| TV GloboMultishowGloboplay

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2002: Kleber de Paula
Season 2, 2002: Rodrigo Leonel
Season 3, 2003: Dhomini Ferreira
Season 4, 2004: Cida dos Santos
Season 5, 2005: Jean Wyllys
Season 6, 2006: Mara Viana
Season 7, 2007: Diego Gasques
Season 8, 2008: Rafinha Ribeiro
Season 9, 2009: Maximiliano Porto
Season 10, 2010: Marcelo Dourado
Season 11, 2011: Maria Melillo
Season 12, 2012: Fael Cordeiro
Season 13, 2013: Fernanda Keulla
Season 14, 2014: Vanessa Mesquita
Season 15, 2015: Cézar Lima
Season 16, 2016: Munik Nunes
Season 17, 2017: Emilly Araújo
Season 18, 2018: Gleici Damasceno
Season 19, 2019: Paula von Sperling
Season 20, 2020: Thelma Assis
Season 21, 2021: Juliette Freire
Season 22, 2022: Arthur Aguiar
Season 23, 2023: Amanda Meirelles
Season 24, 2024: Davi Brito
Season 25, 2025: Renata Saldanha
Season 26, 2026: Renault
Season 27, 2027: Upcoming season

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| {{plainlist|

Current
Tadeu Schmidt
Former
Marisa Orth
Pedro Bial
Tiago Leifert

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| rowspan="4" align="left" style="background:white" | Bulgaria

| Big Brother

| Nova TelevisionNova+ Diema Family

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2004–05: Zdravko Vasilev
Season 2, 2005: Miroslav Atanasov
Season 3, 2006: Lyubov Stancheva
Season 4, 2008: Georgi Alurkov
Season 5, 2015: Nikita Jönsson
Season 6, 2024: Mario Todorov
Season 7, 2025: David Bett

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| {{plainlist|

Current
Bashar Rahal
Aleksandra Bogdanska
Former
Niki Kunchev
Evelina Pavlova
Milen Tsvetkov
Rumen Lukanov
Aleksandra Sarchadjieva

}}

| VIP Brother

| Nova TelevisionNova+ Diema 2 Diema Family

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2006: Konstantin Slavchev
Season 2, 2007: Hristina Stefanova
Season 3, 2009: Deyan Slavchev – Deo
Season 4, 2012: Orlin Pavlov
Season 5, 2013: Stanka Zlateva
Season 6, 2014: Vladislav Karamfilov – Vladi Vargala
Season 7, 2015: Georgi Tashev – Gino Biancalana
Season 8, 2016: Miglena Angelova
Season 9, 2017: Yonislav Yotov – Toto
Season 10, 2018: Atanas Kolev

}}

| {{plainlist|

Niki Kunchev
Evelina Pavlova
Dimitar Rachkov
Maria Ignatova
Aleksandra Sarchadjieva
Miglena Angelova
Azis

}}

| Big Brother Family

| Nova TelevisionDiema Family

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2010: Eli & Veselin Kuzmovi

}}

| align="left" | Niki Kunchev

| Big Brother All Stars Big Brother: Most Wanted

| Nova TelevisionDiema Family

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2012: Nikola Nasteski – Lester
Season 2, 2013: Zlatka Dimitrova
Season 3, 2014: Todor Slavkov
Season 4, 2015: Desislava
Season 5, 2017: Georgi Tashev – Gino Biancalana
Season 6, 2018: Stefan Ivanov – Wosh MC

}}

| {{plainlist|

Niki Kunchev
Aleksandra Sarchadjieva
Azis

}}

| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFC0CB" align="left" | Canada

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother Canada

| Slice

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2013: Jillian MacLaughlin
Season 2, 2014: Jon Pardy

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| rowspan="2" align="left" | Arisa Cox

| Global

| {{plainlist|

Season 3, 2015: Sarah Hanlon
Season 4, 2016: Nicholas & Philippe Paquette
Season 5, 2017: Kevin Martin
Season 6, 2018: Paras Atashnak
Season 7, 2019: Dane Rupert
Season 8, 2020: Discontinued
Season 9, 2021: Tychon Carter-Newman
Season 10, 2022: Kevin Jacobs
Season 11, 2023: Terrell "Ty" McDonald
Season 12, 2024: Bayleigh Pelham

}}

| rowspan="4" style="background:white;" align="left" | Canada

| Loft Story

| rowspan="2" | TQSOn 31 August 2009, TQS changed its name to V.

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2003: Julie Lemay & Samuel Tissot
Season 2, 2006: Mathieu Baron & Stéphanie Bélanger
Season 3, 2006: Shawn-Edward, Jean-Philippe Anwar & Kim Rusk
Season 4, 2007: Mathieu Surprenant
Season 5, 2008: Charles-Éric Boncoeur

}}

| {{plainlist|

Renée-Claude Brazeau
Isabelle Maréchal
Marie Plourde

}}

| Loft Story: La Revanche

| align="left" | Season 6, 2009: Sébastien Tremblay

| align="left" | Pierre-Yves Lord

| Big Brother

| V

| align="left" | Season 1, 2010: Vincent Durand Dubé

| align="left" | Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay

| Big Brother Célébrités

| Noovo

|{{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Jean-Thomas Jobin
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Season 6, 2026: Gabrielle Côté

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| align="left" | Marie-Mai Bouchard

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Chile

| Gran Hermano

| Chilevisión

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| {{plainlist|

Diana Bolocco
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| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | China

| 室友一起宅 – Big Brother China

| Youku.comTudou.com

| align="left" | Pilot season, 2015–16: Tan Xiangjun

| align="left" | Zhou Wentao Yang Ruilei

| rowspan="3" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Colombia

| rowspan="2" | Gran Hermano

| Caracol Televisión

| align="left" | Season 1, 2003: Mónica Patricia Tejón

| align="left" | Adriana Arango

|Citytv Bogotá

| align="left" | Season 2, 2012: Diana Hernández

| align="left" | Agmeth Escaf

| La casa de los famosos Colombia

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|{{plainlist|

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|style="background:#FFC0CB" align="left" | Croatia

| Big Brother

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Season 3, 2006: Danijel Rimanić
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Season 7, 2018: Antonio Orač

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Boris Mirković
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Antonija Blaće
Filip Brajković
Marko Lušić
Korana Gvozdić
Marijana Batinić

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|style="background:#FFC0CB" align="left" |

| Celebrity Big Brother

| align="left" | Season 1, 2008: Danijela Dvornik

| align="left" | Antonija BlaćeMarko Lušić

| rowspan="2" style="background:white;" align="left" | Czech Republic

| Big Brother

| TV Nova

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Season 1, 2005: David Šín

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| {{plainlist|

Eva Aichmajerová
Lejla Abbasová
Leoš Mareš

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| Big Brother Česko & Slovensko

| TV NovaVoyo

|Míra Hejda

| rowspan="4" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Denmark

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother

| TvDanmark

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Jill Liv Nielsen
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Season 3, 2003: Johnni Johansen

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| align="left" | Lisbeth Janniche

| Kanal 5The Voice TV 7'eren

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Season 6, 2014: David Feldstedt

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| {{plainlist|

Marie Egede
Anne Kejser
Oliver Bjerrehuus

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| Big Brother VIP

| rowspan="2" | TvDanmark

| align="left" | Season 1, 2003: Thomas Bickham

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Lisbeth Janniche

| Big Brother Reality All-Stars

| align="left" | Season 1, 2004: Jill Liv Nielsen

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Ecuador

| Gran Hermano

| Ecuavisa

| align="left" | Season 1, 2003: David Burbano

| align="left" | Toty Rodríguez

| rowspan="4" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Finland

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother Suomi

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| {{plainlist|

Mari Sainio (Kakko)
Vappu Pimiä
Susanna Laine
Elina Kottonen

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| NelonenJim Ruutu.fi

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Season 11, 2019: Kristian Heiskari
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Season 14, 2021: Jasmiina Yildiz
Season 15, 2022: Reeo Tiiainen

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| align="left" | Elina Kottonen Kimmo Vehviläinen Alma Hätönen Anni Hautala Tinni Wikström Sami Kuronen Janni Hussi

| rowspan="2" | Julkkis Big Brother Big Brother Suomi VIP

| Sub

| align="left" | Season 9, 2013: Jori Kopponen

| align="left" | Mari Sainio

| NelonenRuutu.fi

| align="left" | Season 13, 2021: Petra Maarit Olli

| align="left" | Anni HautalaTinni WikströmKimmo Vehviläinen

| rowspan="3" style="background:#E0B0FF" align="left" | France

| Loft Story

| M6

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Season 1, 2001: Christophe Mercy & Loana Petrucciani
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| align="left" | Benjamin Castaldi

| rowspan="2" | Secret Story

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Season 5, 2011: Marie Garet
Season 6, 2012: Nadège Lacroix
Season 7, 2013: Anaïs Camizuli
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Season 12, 2024: Alexis André Jr.

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Julien Geloën

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| NT1/TFXTF1 TF1+

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Season 10, 2016: Julien Geloën
Season 11, 2017: Noré Tir
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| rowspan="4" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Germany

| rowspan="3" |Big Brother

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Season 1, 2000: John Milz
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Percy Hoven
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Oliver Petszokat
Charlotte Karlinder
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| sixxSky 7TV Joyn

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Season 12, 2015: Lusy Skaya
Season 15, 2025: Marcel Schiefelbein

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| {{plainlist|

Jochen Bendel
Elena Gruschka
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Melissa Khalaj

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| Sat.1sixx Joyn

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Season 13, 2020: Cedric Beidinger
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| {{plainlist|

Jochen Schropp

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Season 1, 2013: Jenny Elvers
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Season 4, 2016: Ben Tewaag
Season 5, 2017: Jens Hilbert
Season 6, 2018: Silvia Wollny
Season 7, 2019: Janine Meissner
Season 8, 2020: Werner Hansch
Season 9, 2021: Melanie Müller
Season 10, 2022: Rainer Gottwald
Season 11, 2023: Yeliz Koc
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Season 14, 2026: Upcoming season

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| {{plainlist|

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Jochen Schropp
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Former
Cindy aus Marzahn
Oliver Pocher
Jochen Bendel

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| rowspan="3" style="background:white;" align="left" | GreeceCyprus

| rowspan="3" |Big Brother

| ANT1

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Season 1, 2001: Giorgos Triantafyllidis
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| {{plainlist|

Andreas Mikroutsikos
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Season 5, 2010–11: Giannis Foukakis

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Roula Koromila

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| Skai TVSigma TV

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Season 6, 2020: Anna-Maria Psycharaki
Season 7, 2021: Nikos Taklis
Season 8, 2025: Christos Ntentopoulos

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| {{plainlist|

Harry Varthakouris
Grigoris Gountaras
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Petros Lagoutis

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| rowspan="3" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Hungary

| Big Brother

| rowspan="2" | TV2

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Season 1, 2002: Éva Párkányi
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| rowspan="2" | {{plainlist|

Claudia Liptai
Attila Till

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Season 8, 2016: Soma Farkas
Season 9, 2018–19: Zsuzsanna Varga
Season 10, 2020–21: Vivien Szilágyi
Season 11, 2022–23: Krisztina Karnics
Season 12, 2024: Ádi Farkas
Season 13, 2025: Upcoming season

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| align="left" | {{plainlist|

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Csilla Megyeri
Former
Bence Istenes
Anikó Nádai
Vanda Schumacher

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| rowspan="4" style="background:white" | India

| rowspan="2" | Bigg Boss

| SET

| align="left" | Season 1, 2006–07: Rahul Roy

| align="left" | Arshad Warsi

| rowspan="2" |Colors TV Voot Jio Cinema JioHotstar

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Season 2, 2008: Ashutosh Kaushik
Season 3, 2009: Vindu Dara Singh
Season 4, 2010–11: Shweta Tiwari
Season 5, 2011–12: Juhi Parmar
Season 6, 2012–13: Urvashi Dholakia
Season 7, 2013: Gauahar Khan
Season 8, 2014–15: Gautam Gulati
Season 9, 2015–16: Prince Narula
Season 10, 2016–17: Manveer Gurjar
Season 11, 2017–18: Shilpa Shinde
Season 12, 2018: Dipika Kakar
Season 13, 2019–20: Sidharth Shukla
Season 14, 2020–21: Rubina Dilaik
Season 15, 2021–22: Tejasswi Prakash
Season 16, 2022–23: MC Stan
Season 17, 2023–24: Munawar Faruqui
Season 18, 2024–25: Karan Veer Mehra
Season 19, 2025: Gaurav Khanna

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|{{plainlist|

Current
Salman Khan
Former
Shilpa Shetty
Amitabh Bachchan
Sanjay Dutt

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| style="background:;" align="left" |Bigg Boss Halla Bol

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Season 1, 2015: Gautam Gulati

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|{{plainlist|

Farah Khan

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|" style="background:white:" align="left" |Bigg Boss OTT

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Season 1, 2021: Divya Agarwal
Season 2, 2023: Elvish Yadav
Season 3, 2024: Sana Makbul

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|{{plainlist|

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Anil Kapoor
Former
Karan Johar
Salman Khan

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| rowspan="5" style="background:white;"|India

| rowspan="3" | Bigg Boss Kannada

| ETV Kannada

| align="left" | Season 1, 2013: Vijay Raghavendra

| rowspan="5" align="left" | Sudeepa

| Asianet Suvarna

| align="left" | Season 2, 2014: Akul Balaji

| Colors Kannada Colors Super Voot Jio Cinema JioHotstar

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Season 3, 2015–16: Shruthi
Season 4, 2016–17: Pratham
Season 5, 2017–18: Chandan Shetty
Season 6, 2018–19: Shashi Kumar
Season 7, 2019–20: Shine Shetty
Season 8, 2021: Manju Pavagada
Season 9, 2022: Roopesh Shetty
Season 10, 2023–24: Karthik Mahesh
Season 11, 2024–25: Hanumantha Lamani
Season 12, 2025–26: Gilli Nata

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Season 1, 2022: Roopesh Shetty, Aryavardhan Guruji, Rakesh Adiga and Sanya Iyer}}

| rowspan=2 style="background:white" | India

| Malayalee House

| Surya TV

| Season 1, 2013: Rahul Easwar

| align="left" | Revathi

| Bigg Boss Malayalam

| AsianetHotstar Disney+ Hotstar JioHotstar

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Season 1, 2018: Sabumon Abdusamad
Season 2, 2020: Discontinued
Season 3, 2021: Manikuttan
Season 4, 2022: Dilsha Prasannan
Season 5, 2023: Akhil Marar
Season 6, 2024: Jinto Bodycraft
Season 7, 2025: Anumol RS

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| align="left" | Mohanlal

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFC0CB" |India

| rowspan="2" |Bigg Boss Bangla

| ETV Bangla

| align="left" | Season 1, 2013: Aneek Dhar

| align="left" | Mithun Chakraborty

| Colors Bangla Voot

| align="left" | Season 2, 2016: Joyjeet Banerjee

| align="left" | Jeet

| rowspan="2" style="background:white" | India

| Bigg Boss Tamil

| Star VijayHotstar Disney+ Hotstar JioHotstar

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Season 1, 2017: Arav
Season 2, 2018: Riythvika
Season 3, 2019: Mugen Rao
Season 4, 2020–21: Aari Aarjunan
Season 5, 2021–22: Raju Jeyamohan
Season 6, 2022–23: Mohammed Azeem
Season 7, 2023–24: Archana Ravichandran
Season 8, 2024–25: Muthukumaran Jegatheesan
Season 9, 2025–26: Divya Ganesh

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| {{plainlist|* Current

Vijay Sethupathi
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Kamal Haasan }}

| Bigg Boss Ultimate

| Disney+ Hotstar

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2022: Balaji Murugadoss

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|Silambarasan

| rowspan="3" style="background:white" | India

| Bigg Boss Telugu

| Star MaaHotstar Disney+ Hotstar JioHotstar

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Season 1, 2017: Siva Balaji
Season 2, 2018: Kaushal Manda
Season 3, 2019: Rahul Sipligunj
Season 4, 2020: Abijeet
Season 5, 2021: VJ Sunny
Season 6, 2022: L. V. Revanth
Season 7, 2023: Pallavi Prashanth
Season 8, 2024: Nikhil Maliyakkal
Season 9, 2025: Kalyan Padala

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| {{plainlist|* Current

Nagarjuna
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Jr. NTR
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| Bigg Boss Non-Stop

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Season 1, 2022: Bindu Madhavi

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|Nagarjuna

|Bigg Boss Agnipariksha

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|{{plainlist|

Agnipariksha, 2025: No winner

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|Sreemukhi

|style="background:white" | India

| Bigg Boss Marathi

| Colors MarathiVoot Jio Cinema Jio Hotstar

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Season 1, 2018: Megha Dhade
Season 2, 2019: Shiv Thakare
Season 3, 2021: Vishal Nikam
Season 4, 2022–23: Akshay Kelkar
Season 5, 2024: Suraj Chavan

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| {{plainlist|

Current
Riteish Deshmukh
Former
Mahesh Manjrekar

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| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Indonesia

| Big Brother Indonesia

| Trans TV

| align="left" | Season 1, 2011: Alan Wangsa

| {{plainlist|

Ferdi Hassan
Indra Herlambang
Sarah Sechan
Shara Aryo

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| rowspan="4" style="background:#90EE90;" align="left" | Israel

| rowspan="2" |האח הגדול

| Channel 2-KeshetHot yes

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Season 1, 2008: Shifra Cornfeld
Season 2, 2009–10: Eliraz Sade
Season 3, 2010–11: Yaakov "Jackie" Menahem
Season 4, 2012: Yekutiel "Kuti" Sabag
Season 5, 2013: Tahounia Rubel
Season 6, 2014: Tal Gilboa
Season 7, 2015–16: Shay Mika Ifrah
Season 8, 2016–17: Avihai Ohana

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Erez Tal
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Korin Gideon

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| Channel 13Channel 26

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Season 9, 2018: Israel Ogalbo
Season 10, 2020: Tikva Gidon
Season 11, 2020–21: Zehava Ben
Season 12, 2022: Talia Ovadia
Season 13, 2023: Yuval Maatook
Season 14, 2024: Or Ben David
Season 15, 2025: Yovel Levi
Season 16, 2026: Current season

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| align="left" | {{plainlist|

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Liron Weizman
Guy Zu-Aretz
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Kevin Rubin
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Ofer Shechter
Asi Israelof

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| rowspan="2" |VIP האח הגדול

| Channel 2-KeshetHot Yes

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Season 1, 2009: Dudi Melitz
Season 2, 2015: Moshik Afia

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| {{plainlist|

Erez Tal
Assi Azar

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| Channel 13Channel 26

| {{plainlist|

Season 3, 2019: Asaf Goren
Season 4, 2021: Oren Hazan

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| align="left" | {{plainlist|

Liron Weizman
Guy Zu-Aretz

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| rowspan="3" style="background:white;" align="left" | Italy

| Grande Fratello

| Canale 5Italia 1 Stream TV Sky Mediaset Premium Mediaset Extra La5

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Season 1, 2000: Cristina Plevani
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Season 3, 2003: Floriana Secondi
Season 4, 2004: Serena Garitta
Season 5, 2004: Jonathan Kashanian
Season 6, 2006: Augusto De Megni
Season 7, 2007: Milo Coretti
Season 8, 2008: Mario Ferretti
Season 9, 2009: Ferdi Berisa
Season 10, 2009–10: Mauro Marin
Season 11, 2010–11: Andrea Cocco
Season 12, 2011–12: Sabrina Mbarek
Season 13, 2014: Mirco Petrilli
Season 14, 2015: Federica Lepanto
Season 15, 2018: Alberto Mezzetti
Season 16, 2019: Martina Nasoni
Season 17, 2023–24: Perla Vatiero
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Season 19, 2025: Anita Mazzotta

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| {{plainlist|

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Alfonso Signorini

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| Grande Fratello VIP

| rowspan="2" | Canale 5Italia 1 Mediaset Extra La5

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Season 1, 2016: Alessia Macari
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Season 3, 2018: Walter Nudo
Season 4, 2020: Paola Di Benedetto
Season 5, 2020–21: Tommaso Zorzi
Season 6, 2021–22: Jessica Hailé Selassié
Season 7, 2022–23: Nikita Pelizon
Season 8, 2026: Alessandra Mussolini

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| {{plainlist|

Current
Ilary Blasi
Former
Alfonso Signorini

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| The Couple - Una vittoria per due

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2025: Discontinued

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| {{plainlist|

Ilary Blasi

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| style="background:white" align="left" | Kosovo

| Big Brother VIP Kosova

| Klan KosovaArtmotion

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2022–23: Arkimed "Stresi" Lushaj
Season 2, 2023–24: Lumbardh Salihu
Season 3, 2024–25: Drilon Rama
Season 4, 2025–26: Londrim Mekaj

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| {{plainlist|

Alaudin Hamiti
Jonida Vokshi

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| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Lithuania

| Paslapčių namai

| TV3

| align="left" | Season 1, 2013: Gintautas Katulis

| {{plainlist|

Agnė Grigaliūnienė
Marijus Mikutavičius

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| style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Malta

| Big Brother Malta

| TVM

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2025: Jay Vella
Season 2, 2026: Upcoming season

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| {{plainlist|

Ryan Borg
Josmar Gatt

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| rowspan="4" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Mexico

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother MéxicoBig Brother PM

| TelevisaSky

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Season 1, 2002: Rocío Cárdenas
Season 2, 2003: Silvia Irabien
Season 3, 2005: Evelyn Nieto

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| {{plainlist|

Adela Micha
Verónica Castro

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| Canal 5Sky

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Season 4, 2015: Eduardo "Chile" Miranda

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| align="left" | Adela Micha

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Season 1, 2002: Galilea Montijo
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Season 3.1, 2004: Eduardo Videgaray
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Season 4, 2005: Sasha Sökol

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| {{plainlist|

Víctor Trujillo
Verónica Castro

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|La casa de los famosos México

|Las EstrellasCanal 5ViX

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Season 1, 2023: Wendy Guevara
Season 2, 2024: Mario Bezares
Season 3, 2025: Aldo de Nigris
Season 4, 2026: Upcoming season

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| Galilea MontijoDiego de EriceOdalys Ramirez

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Mongolia

| Big Brother Mongolia

| Mongol TV

| align="left" | Season 1, 2021: Enku Bulgan

| {{plainlist| Unknown

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| rowspan="7" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Netherlands

| rowspan="3" | Big Brother

| Veronica

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 1999: Bart Spring in 't Veld
Season 2, 2000: Bianca Hagenbeek

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| {{plainlist|

Rolf Wouters
Daphne Deckers
Esther Duller
Beau Van Erven Dorens

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| Yorin

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| {{plainlist|

Patty Brard
Martijn Krabbé

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| Talpa

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Season 5, 2005: Joost Hoebink
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| {{plainlist|

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Ruud de Wild

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| Big Brother

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| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Jill Goede
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Season 3, 2023: Bart Vandenbroek
Season 4, 2024: Glenn Van Himst
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| align="left" |CurrentGeraldine KemperTatyana Beloy FormerPeter Van de Veire

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother VIPs Hotel Big Brother

| Veronica

| align="left" | Season 1, 2000: No winner

| align="left" | Unknown

| Talpa

| align="left" | Season 2, 2006: No winner

| align="left" | Caroline Tensen

| Secret Story

| Net5

| align="left" | Season 1, 2011: Sharon Hooijkaas

| {{plainlist|

Renate Verbaan
Bart Boonstra

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| rowspan="3" style="background:white" align="left" | Nigeria

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother Nigeria Big Brother Naija

| M-NetDStv

| align="left" | Season 1, 2006: Katung Aduwak

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Olisa Adibua
Michelle Dede

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| Africa MagicGOtvDStv

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Season 2, 2017: Efe Ejeba
Season 3, 2018: Miracle Ikechukwu Igbokwe
Season 4, 2019: Mercy Eke
Season 5, 2020: Olamilekan "Laycon" Agbeleshe
Season 6, 2021: Hazel Oyeze "Whitemoney" Onou
Season 7, 2022: Ijeoma Josephina "Phyna" Otabor
Season 8, 2023: Ilebaye Odiniya
Season 9, 2024: Kingsley "KellyRae" Sule
Season 10, 2025: Opeyemi "Imisi" Ayanwale

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| align="left" | Ebuka Obi-Uchendu

| Big Brother Titans

| Africa MagicDStv

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Season 1, 2023 : Khosi Twala

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| align="left" | Lawrence MalekaEbuka Obi-Uchendu

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Norway

| rowspan="2" | Big Brother

| TVN

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Lars Joakim Ringom
Season 2, 2002: Veronica Agnes Roso
Season 3, 2003: Eva Lill Baukhol

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| {{plainlist|

Arve Juritzen
Trygve Rønningen

}}

| TV 2 Bliss

| align="left" | Season 4, 2011: Tine Barstad

| {{plainlist|

Petter Pilgaard
Sarah Natasha Melbye

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" | Pacific Region

| Gran Hermano del Pacífico

| RedTeleSistemaRED TelevisiónATV

| align="left" | Season 1, 2005: Juan Sebastián López

| {{plainlist|

Lorena Meritano
Álvaro Ballera & Álvaro García
Janine Leal
Juan Francisco Escobar

}}

| style="background:white;" align="left" |Pakistan

| Tamasha

| ARY DigitalARY Zap

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2022: Umer Aalam
Season 2, 2023: Aruba Mirza
Season 3, 2024: Malik Aqeel
Season 4, 2025: Saif Ali Khan

}}

| {{plainlist|

Adnan Siddiqui

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Panama

| Big Brother Panamá

| TVN

| align="left" | Season 1, 2016: Katherine Sandoval

| {{plainlist|

Rolando Sterling
Gaby Garrido

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Peru

| La Casa de Los Secretos

| Frecuencia Latina

| align="left" | Season 1, 2012: Álvaro de la Torre

| {{plainlist|

Carla García
Jason Day

}}

| rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFFF;" align="left" | Philippines

| Pinoy Big Brother

| A2Z TV5 Kapamilya Channel ABS-CBN TFC Kumu Lazada Sky Cable Studio 23

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2005: Nene Tamayo
Season 2, 2007: Beatriz Saw
Season 3, 2009–10: Melisa Cantiveros
Season 4, 2011–12: Slater Young
Season 5, 2014: Daniel Matsunaga
Season 6, 2015: Miho Nishida & Jimboy Martin
Season 7, 2016–17: Maymay Entrata
Season 8, 2018–19: Yamyam Gucong
Season 9, 2020–21: Liofer Pinatacan
Season 10, 2021–22: Anji Salvacion
Season 11, 2024: Fyang Smith

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Bianca Gonzalez
Robi Domingo
Melisa Cantiveros
Kim Chiu
Enchong Dee
Alexa Ilacad
Former
Toni Gonzaga
Maymay Entrata
Richard Juan
Edward Barber
Mariel Rodriguez
John Prats
Alex Gonzaga
Willie Revillame

}}

| Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition

| Current

GMA Network

FormerABS-CBN TFC Sky Cable Studio 23

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2006: Keanna Reeves
Season 2, 2007–08: Ruben Gonzaga
Season 3, 2025: Brent Manalo & Mika Salamanca
Season 4, 2025–26: Caprice Cayetano & Lella Ford

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Luis Manzano
Bianca Gonzalez
Robi Domingo
Melai Cantiveros
Kim Chiu
Enchong Dee
Alexa Ilacad
Gabbi Garcia
Mavy Legaspi
Former
Toni Gonzaga
Mariel Rodriguez

}}

| Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition

| ABS-CBN TFC Sky Cable Studio 23

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2006: Kim Chiu
Season 2, 2008: Ejay Falcon
Season 3, 2010: James Reid
Season 4, 2012: Myrtle Abigail Sarrosa

}}

| {{plainlist|

Bianca Gonzalez
Mariel Rodriguez
Toni Gonzaga
Luis Manzano
Robi Domingo
John Prats

}}

| rowspan="4" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Poland

| rowspan="3" | Big Brother

| TVN

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Janusz Dzięcioł
Season 2, 2001: Marzena Wieczorek
Season 3, 2002: Piotr Borucki

}}

| {{plainlist|

Grzegorz Miecugow
Martyna Wojciechowska
Andrzej Sołtysik

}}

| TV4

| {{plainlist|

Season 4, 2007: Jolanta Rutowicz
Season 5 (part 2), 2008: Janusz Strączek

}}

| {{plainlist|

Jakub Klawiter
Karina Kunkiewicz
Małgorzata Kosik

}}

| TVN 7

| {{plainlist|

Season 6, 2019: Magda Wójcik
Season 7, 2019: Kamil Lemieszewski

}}

| {{plainlist|

Agnieszka Woźniak-Starak
Gabi Drzewiecka

}}

| Big Brother VIP

| TV4

| align="left" | Season 5 (part 1), 2008: Jarosław Jakimowicz

| {{plainlist|

Jakub Klawiter
Małgorzata Kosik

}}

| rowspan="9" align="left" style="background:#90EE90;" | Portugal

| Big Brother

| TVITVI Reality TVI Internacional TVI Eventos

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Zé Maria Seleiro
Season 2, 2001: Henrique Guimarães
Season 3, 2001: Catarina Cabral
Season 4, 2003: Fernando Geraldes
Season 5, Spring 2020: Soraia Moreira
Season 6, Autumn 2020: Zena Pacheco
Season 7, 2021: Ana Barbosa
Season 8, 2022: Miguel Vicente
Season 9, 2023: Francisco Monteiro
Season 10, 2024: Inês Morais
Season 11, 2025: Luís Gonçalves

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Cláudio Ramos
Former
Teresa Guilherme
Manuel Luís Goucha
Cristina Ferreira

}}

| Big Brother Famosos Big Brother VIP

| TVITVI Direct

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2002: Ricardo Vieira
Season 2, 2002: Vítor Norte
Season 3, 2013: Pedro Guedes
Season 4, 2022: Francisco "Kasha" Pereira
Season 5, 2022: Bernardo Sousa

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Cristina Ferreira
Former
Teresa Guilherme

}}

| Big Brother: Duplo Impacto

| rowspan="3" | TVITVI Reality

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Joana Albuquerque

}}

| {{plainlist|

Teresa Guilherme
Cláudio Ramos

}}

| Big Brother: Desafio Final

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2022: Bruna Gomes
Season 2, 2024: Bruno Savate

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Cláudio Ramos
Former
Cristina Ferreira

}}

| Big Brother Verão

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2025: Jéssica Vieira
Season 2, 2026: Upcoming seasonhttps://tvi.iol.pt/bigbrother/inscricoes/verao/e-oficial-big-brother-verao-esta-de-volta-a-tvi-e-com-inscricoes-abertas

}}

Maria Botelho Moniz

| Secret Story: Casa dos Segredos

| rowspan="4" | TVITVI Reality TVI Direct

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2010: António Queirós
Season 2, 2011: João Mota
Season 3, 2012: Rúben Boa Nova
Season 4, 2013: Luís Nascimento
Season 5, 2014: Elisabete Moutinho
Season 6, 2016: Helena Patrício
Season 7, 2018: Tiago Rufino
Season 8, 2024: Diogo Alexandre
Season 9, 2025: Pedro Jorge
Season 10, 2026: Eva Pais

}}

| {{plainlist|

Júlia Pinheiro
Teresa Guilherme
Manuel Luís Goucha
Cristina Ferreira

}}

| Secret Story: Desafio Final

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2013: Cátia Palhinha
Season 2, 2014: Érica Silva
Season 3, 2015: Sofia Sousa
Season 4, 2017: Carlos Sousa
Season 5, 2025: Inês Morais
Season 6, 2026: Current season

}}

| {{plainlist|

Current
Cristina Ferreira
Former
Teresa Guilherme
Cláudio Ramos

}}

| Secret Story: Luta Pelo Poder

| align="left" | Season 1, 2015: Bruno Sousa

|Teresa Guilherme

| Secret Story: O Reencontro

| align="left" | Season 1, 2018: Carina Ferreira

| align="left" | Manuel Luís Goucha

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Romania

| Big Brother România

| Prima TV

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2003: Sorin Pavel Fisteag
Season 2, 2004: Iustin Popovici

}}

| {{plainlist|

Andreea Raicu
Virgil Ianțu

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Russia

| Большой Брат

| TNT

| align="left" | Season 1, 2005: Anastasia Yagaylova

| align="left" | Ingeborga Dapkunaite

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | ScandinaviaCo-produced version with Norway and Sweden taking part.

| rowspan="2" |Big Brother

| Kanal 5FEM

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2005: Britt Goodwin
Season 2, 2006: Jessica Lindgren

}}

| {{plainlist|

Brita Møystad Engseth
Adam Alsing
Hannah Rosander

}}

| Kanal 9FEM

| align="left" | Season 3, 2014: Anders Olsson

| {{plainlist|

Pia Lykke
Adam Alsing

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Second Life

| Big Brother Second Life

| World Wide Web

| align="left" | Season 1, 2006: Madlen Flint

| align="left" | None

| rowspan="2" style="background:white;" align="left" | Slovakia

| Big Brother: Súboj

| Markíza

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2005: Richard Tkáč

}}

| align="left" | Viliam Rozboril Zuzana Belohorcová

| Big Brother Česko & Slovensko

| MarkízaVoyo

| Míra Hejda

| rowspan="2" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Slovenia

| Big Brother

| Kanal A

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2007: Andrej Novak
Season 2, 2008: Naske Mehić
Season 3, 2015: Pia Filipčič
Season 4, 2016: Mirela Lapanović

}}

| {{plainlist|

Main hosts:
Nina Osenar
Ana Maria Mitič
Manja Plešnar
Co-hosts:
Matej Grm-Gušti
Emi Nikočević
Tibor Baiee

}}

| Big Brother Slavnih

| Pop TV

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2010: Jože Činč

}}

| align="left" | Nina Osenar

| rowspan="5" style="background:#ffc0cb;" align="left" | South Africa

|Big Brother South Africa

| rowspan="5" | M-NetMzansi MagicMzansi WethuDStv/GOtv

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2001: Ferdinand Rabie
Season 2, 2002: Richard Cawood

}}

| {{plainlist|

Mark Pilgrim
Gerry Rantseli

}}

| rowspan="2" |Big Brother Mzansi

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2014: Mandla Hlatshwayo
Season 2, 2015: Nkanyiso "Ace" Khumalo & Ntombi Tshabalala
Season 3, 2022: Michelle "Mphowabadimo" Mvundla
Season 4, 2024: Siphephelo "McJunior" Zondi
Season 5, 2025: Akhonamathemba "Sweet Guluva" Mbele
Season 6, 2026: Liema Pantsi

}}

| align="left" | Lungile Radu Lawrence Maleka Smash Afrika

| Celebrity Big Brother

| align="left" | Season 1, 2002: Bill Flynn

| {{plainlist|

Mark Pilgrim
Gerry Rantseli

}}

| Big Brother Titans

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2023: Khosi Twala

}}

| align="left" | Lawrence MalekaEbuka Obi-Uchendu

| rowspan="8" align="left" style="background:white;" | Spain

| Gran Hermano

| Telecinco Telecinco Estrellas Telecinco 2 LaSiete Nueve Divinity Be Mad Quiero TV Vía Digital Digital+ GH 24H Mitele

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Ismael Beiro
Season 2, 2001: Sabrina Mahí
Season 3, 2002: Javito García
Season 4, 2002–03: Pedro Oliva
Season 5, 2003–04: Nuria Yáñez
Season 6, 2004: Juanjo Mateo
Season 7, 2005–06: Pepe Herrero
Season 8, 2006: Naiala Melo
Season 9, 2007: Judit Iglesias
Season 10, 2008–09: Iván Madrazo
Season 11, 2009–10: Ángel Muñoz
Season 12, 2010–11: Laura Campos
Season 13, 2012: Pepe Flores
Season 14, 2013: Susana Molina
Season 15, 2014: Paula González
Season 16, 2015: Sofía Suescun
Season 17, 2016: Beatriz Retamal
Season 18, 2017: Hugo Sierra
Season 19, 2024: Juan Luis Quintana
Season 20, 2025: Rocío Gallardo

}}

| align="left" |Main host:Mercedes Milá Pepe Navarro Jorge Javier Vázquez Debate:Jesús Vázquez Carolina Ferre Jordi González Jorge Javier Vázquez Frank Blanco Ion Aramendi

| align="left" | Uno de GH20

| Mitele

| Season 1, 2025: Joon Choi

| Nagore Robles

| Gran Hermano VIP

| Telecinco Cuatro Divinity Be Mad Mitele

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2004: Marlène Mourreau
Season 2, 2005: Ivonne Armant
Season 3, 2015: Belén Esteban
Season 4, 2016: Laura Matamoros
Season 5, 2017: Alyson Eckmann
Season 6, 2018: Miriam Saavedra
Season 7, 2019: Adara Molinero
Season 8, 2023: Naomi Asensi

}}

| align="left" | Main host:Jesús Vázquez Jordi González Jorge Javier Vázquez Marta Flich Debate:Carolina Ferre Jordi González Sandra Barneda Ion Aramendi

| Gran Hermano 12+1: La Re-vuelta

| Telecinco LaSieteMitele

| align="left" | Season 1, 2012: Alessandro Livi

| align="left" | Main host:Mercedes MiláDebate:Jordi González

| Gran Hermano Dúo

| Telecinco DivinityBe Mad Mitele CincoMAS

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2019: María Jesús Ruiz
Season 2, 2024: Lucía Sánchez
Season 3, 2025: Marieta Sola
Season 4, 2026: Carlos Lozano

}}

| align="left" | Main host:Jorge Javier Vázquez Jordi González From Gala 12, Jordi González replaced Jorge Javier Vázquez as main host. Due to Vázquez was hospitalized for health problem.Marta Flich Carlos Sobera Debate:Jordi González Ion Aramendi

| Gran Hermano: El Reencuentro El Reencuentro

| Telecinco LaSieteDigital+

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2010: Pepe Herrero & Raquel López
Season 2, 2011: Juan Miguel Martínez & Yola Berrocal

}}

| align="left" | Main host:Mercedes Milá Jordi González Debate:Jordi González Christian Gálvez

| El Tiempo del Descuento

| TelecincoCincoMAS

| align="left" | Season 1, 2020: Gianmarco Onestini

| align="left" | Main host:Jorge Javier VázquezDebate:Nuria Marín Font

| Secret Story

| Telecinco

| align="left" | Season 1, 2021: Luca OnestiniSeason 2, 2022: Rafa Martinez

| align="left" | Main host:Jorge Javier Vázquez Carlos Sobera Countdown:Carlos Sobera Sandra Barneda Debate:Jordi González Toñi Moreno

| rowspan="5" style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Sweden

| rowspan="4" | Big Brother Sverige

| Kanal 5

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Angelica Freij
Season 2, 2002: Ulrica Andersson
Season 3, 2003: Danne Sörensen
Season 4, 2004: Carolina Gynning

}}

| align="left" | Adam Alsing

| TV11

| {{plainlist|

Season 5, 2011: Simon Danielsson
Season 6, 2012: Hanna Johansson

}}

| align="left" | Gry Forssell

| Kanal 11

| align="left" | Season 7, 2015: Christian Sahlström

| align="left" | Adam Alsing

| SjuanTV4 Play C More TV4

| {{plainlist|

Season 8, 2020: Sami Jakobsson
Season 9, 2021: Tanja Helen Ingebretsen Kallin

}}

| align="left" | Malin Stenbäck Arantxa Álvarez Adrian Boberg

| Big Brother Stjärnveckan

| Kanal 5

| align="left" | Season 1, 2002: Anki Lundberg

| align="left" | Adam Alsing

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Switzerland

| Big Brother Schweiz

| TV3

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Daniela Hahn
Season 2, 2001: Christian Ponleitner

}}

| {{plainlist|

Daniel Fohrler
Eva Wannemacher

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Thailand

| Big Brother Thailand

| iTV

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2005: Nipon Perktim
Season 2, 2006: Arisa Sonthirod}}

| {{plainlist|

Saranyu Vonkarjun
Nana Raibeena

}}

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Turkey

| Big Brother Türkiye

| Star TV

| align="left" | Season 1, 2015–16: Sinan Aydemir

| align="left" | Asuman Krause

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Ukraine

| Big Brother Україна

| K1

| align="left" | Season 1, 2011: Kristina Kotvickaja

| {{plainlist|

Olha Horbachova
Oleksiy Kurban

}}

| rowspan="10" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | United Kingdom

| rowspan="3" | Big Brother

| Channel 4S4C TVN Lingua

| {{plainlist|

Series 1, 2000: Craig Phillips
Series 2, 2001: Brian Dowling
Series 3, 2002: Kate Lawler
Series 4, 2003: Cameron Stout
Series 5, 2004: Nadia Almada
Series 6, 2005: Anthony Hutton
Series 7, 2006: Pete Bennett
Series 8, 2007: Brian Belo
Series 9, 2008: Rachel Rice
Series 10, 2009: Sophie Reade
Series 11, 2010: Josie Gibson

}}

| align="left" | Davina McCall MBE

| Channel 5MTV TV3 Virgin Media One

| {{plainlist|

Series 12, 2011: Aaron Allard-Morgan
Series 13, 2012: Luke Anderson
Series 14, 2013: Sam Evans
Series 15, 2014: Helen Wood
Series 16, 2015: Chloe Wilburn
Series 17, 2016: Jason Burrill
Series 18, 2017: Isabelle Warburton
Series 19, 2018: Cameron Cole

}}

| {{plainlist|

Brian Dowling
Emma Willis

}}

| ITV2ITV ITVXVirgin Media One

| {{plainlist|

Series 20, 2023: Jordan Sangha
Series 21, 2024: Ali Bromley
Series 22, 2025: Richard Storry
Series 23, 2026: Upcoming series

}}

| align="left" | Will BestAJ Odudu

| rowspan="3" | Celebrity Big Brother

| Channel 4BBC One S4C

| {{plainlist|

Series 1, 2001: Jack Dee
Series 2, 2002: Mark Owen
Series 3, 2005: Bez
Series 4, 2006: Chantelle Houghton
Series 5, 2007: Shilpa Shetty
Series 6, 2009: Ulrika Jonsson
Series 7, 2010: Alex Reid

}}

| align="left" | Davina McCall MBE

| Channel 5MTV TV3 3e Virgin Media Two

| {{plainlist|

Series 8, 2011: Paddy Doherty
Series 9, Winter 2012: Denise Welch
Series 10, Summer 2012: Julian Clary
Series 11, Winter 2013: Rylan Clark
Series 12, Summer 2013: Charlotte Crosby
Series 13, Winter 2014: Jim Davidson
Series 14, Summer 2014: Gary Busey
Series 15, Winter 2015: Katie Price
Series 16, Summer 2015: James Hill
Series 17, Winter 2016: Scott 'Scotty T' Timlin
Series 18, Summer 2016: Stephen Bear
Series 19, Winter 2017: Coleen Nolan
Series 20, Summer 2017: Sarah Harding
Series 21, Winter 2018: Shane Jenek / Courtney Act
Series 22, Summer 2018: Ryan Thomas

}}

| {{plainlist|

Brian Dowling
Emma Willis

}}

|ITVITVXVirgin Media TwoVirgin Media Player

| {{plainlist|

Series 23, 2024: David Potts
Series 24, 2025: Jack P. Shepherd
Series 25, 2027: Upcoming series

}}

| align="left" | Will BestAJ Odudu

| Teen Big Brother

| rowspan="4" |Channel 4/E4S4C

| align="left" | Series 1, 2003: Paul Brennan

| align="left" | Dermot O'Leary

| Big Brother Panto

| align="left" | Series 1, 2004–05: No winner

| align="left" | Jeff BrazierJune Sarpong

| Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack

| align="left" | Series 1, 2008: John Loughton

| align="left" | Dermot O'Leary

| Ultimate Big Brother

| align="left" | Series 1, 2010: Brian Dowling

| align="left" | Davina McCall

| rowspan="5" style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | United States

| Big Brother

| rowspan="2" | CBSShowtime 2 Pop CBS.com/AOL CBS All Access Paramount+ Pluto TV

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2000: Eddie McGee
Season 2, 2001: Will Kirby
Season 3, 2002: Lisa Donahue
Season 4, 2003: Jun Song
Season 5, 2004: Drew Daniel
Season 6, 2005: Maggie Ausburn
Season 8, 2007: Dick Donato
Season 9, Winter 2008: Adam Jasinski
Season 10, Summer 2008: Dan Gheesling
Season 11, 2009: Jordan Lloyd
Season 12, 2010: Hayden Moss
Season 13, 2011: Rachel Reilly
Season 14, 2012: Ian Terry
Season 15, 2013: Andy Herren
Season 16, 2014: Derrick Levasseur
Season 17, 2015: Steve Moses
Season 18, 2016: Nicole Franzel
Season 19, 2017: Josh Martinez
Season 20, 2018: Kaycee Clark
Season 21, 2019: Jackson Michie
Season 23, 2021: Xavier Prather
Season 24, 2022: Taylor Hale
Season 25, 2023: Jag Bains
Season 26, 2024: Chelsie Baham
Season 27, 2025: Ashley Hollis
Season 28, 2026: Upcoming season

}}

| rowspan="2" align="left" | {{plainlist|

Current
Julie Chen Moonves
Former
Ian O'Malley
Guest
Jerry O'Connell

}}

| Big Brother: All-Stars

| {{plainlist|

Season 7, 2006: Mike "Boogie" Malin
Season 22, 2020: Cody Calafiore

}}

| Big Brother: Over the Top

| CBS All Access

| align="left" | Season 1, 2016: Morgan Willett

| rowspan="2" | Julie Chen Moonves

| Celebrity Big Brother

| CBSPopCBS All Access Paramount+

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2018: Marissa Jaret Winokur
Season 2, 2019: Tamar Braxton
Season 3, 2022: Miesha Tate

}}

|Big Brother Reindeer Games

|CBSParamount+

|Season 1, 2023: Nicole Franzel-Arroyo

|{{plainlist|

Derek Xiao
Tiffany Mitchell
Jordan Lloyd}}

| rowspan="3" style="background:#90EE90" align="left" | United States

| Gran Hermano

| rowspan="3" | Telemundo

| align="left" | Season 1, 2016: Pedro Orta

| align="left" |Giselle Blondet

| La casa de los famosos

| {{plainlist|

Season 1, 2021: Alicia Machado
Season 2, 2022: Ivonne Montero
Season 3, 2023: Madison Anderson
Season 4, 2024: Maripily Rivera
Season 6, 2026: Current season

}}

| rowspan="2" align="left" |{{plainlist|

Current
Jimena Gallego
Javier Poza (5–)
Former
Héctor Sandarti (1–3)
Nacho Lozano (4)

}}

|La casa de los famosos: All-Stars

| Season 5, 2025: Carlos "Caramelo" Cruz

| style="background:#E0B0FF;" align="left" | Uruguay

| Gran Hermano

| Canal 10

| align="left" | Season 1, 2026: Upcoming season<ref>{{cite web|last=Redacción|first=El País|title="Gran Hermano Uruguay": así anunció Canal 10 que realizará la versión local del formato

|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/tv-y-radio/gran-hermano-uruguay-asi-anuncio-canal-10-que-realizara-la-version-local-del-formato|website=El País (Uruguay)|access-date=October 15, 2025|date=October 14, 2025}}</ref>

| align="left" | Eduardo Gianarelli

| style="background:#FFC0CB;" align="left" | Vietnam

| Người Giấu Mặt

| VTV6

| align="left" | Season 1, 2013–14: Hoàng Sơn Việt

| align="left" | Huy Khánh

Current series

Season currently being aired.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:auto; font-size:95%; line-height:20px;"

! Country

! Latest Series

! Launch date

! Finale date

! Network

! Days

! Contestants

! Host(s)

! Winner

! Grand prize

| Africa

| Secret Story (season 2)

| 4 October 2025

| 29 November 2025

| Canal+ Afrique

| TBD

| 18

| Jean-Michel Onnin Stéphanelle

| Moctar Privé

| FCFA 20,000,000

|- style="background:#E0FFFF;"

| Albania

| Big Brother VIP (season 5)

| 20 December 2025

| 2026

| Top Channel

| TBD

| 22

| Ledion Liço

| TBD

| €100,000

| Argentina

| Gran Hermano (season 12)

| 2 December 2024

| 24 June 2025

| Telefe

| 205

| 35

| Santiago del Moro

| Santiago Algorta

| AR$70 million pesos

| Australia

| Big Brother (season 16)

| 9 November 2025

| 8 December 2025

| Network 10

| 30

| 13

| Mel Tracina

| Coco Beeby

| A$135,000

| Brazil

| Big Brother Brasil 26

| 21 April 2026

| TV Globo

| 100

| 25

| Tadeu Schmidt

| Ana Paula Renault

| R$ 5.7 million

| Bulgaria

| Big Brother Bulgaria 7

| 21 September 2025

| 15 November 2025

| Nova Television

| 55

| 16

| Bashar RahalAleksandra Bogdanska

|David Bett

| BGN100,000

| Canada

| Big Brother Célébrités (season 5)

| 12 January 2025

| 6 April 2025

| Noovo

| 85

| 16

| Marie-Mai Bouchard

| Sinem Kara

| $100,000

| Colombia

| La casa de los famosos (season 2)

| 26 January 2025

| 9 June 2025

| Canal RCN

| 135

| 27

| Carla GiraldoMarcelo Cezán

| Andrés Altafulla

| $500,000,000

| France

| Secret Story (season 13)

| 10 June 2025

| 7 August 2025

| TFX

| TBD

| 14

| Christophe Beaugrand

| Romy-Line

| €105,000

| Germany

| Promi Big Brother 13

| 6 October 2025

| 20 October 2025

| Sat.1

| 17

| 15

| Jochen SchroppMarlene Lufen

| Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

| €50,000

| Greece

| Big Brother (season 8)

| 27 April 2025

| 31 July 2025

| Skai TV

| 80

| 19

| Petros Lagoutis

| Christos Dedopoulos

| €100,000

| Hungary

| Való Világ (season 12)

| 5 May 2024

| 28 July 2024

| RTL+

| 85

| 15

| Peti PuskásCsilla Megyeri

| Farkas Ádám

| 37,650,000HUF

| India

| Bigg Boss 19

| 24 August 2025

| 7 December 2025

| Colors TV

| 106

| 18

| Salman Khan

| Gaurav Khanna

| ₹50 lakh

|- style="background:#E0FFFF;"

| India

| Bigg Boss Kannada 12

| 28 September 2025

| TBD

| Colors Kannada

| TBD

| Sudeepa

| TBD

| ₹50 lakh

| India

| Bigg Boss 7

| 3 August 2025

| 9 November 2025

| Asianet

| 98

| 25

| Mohanlal

| Anumol RS

| ₹42.55 lakh

|- style="background:#E0FFFF;"

| India

| Bigg Boss 9

| 5 October 2025

| TBD

| Star Vijay

| 105

| 24

| Vijay Sethupathi

| TBD

| ₹40.5 lakh

| India

| Bigg Boss 9

| 7 September 2025

| 21 December 2025

| Star Maa

| 105

| 22

| Nagarjuna

| Kalyan Padala

| ₹35 lakh

| Israel

| האח הגדול 15

| 20 May 2025

| 13 September 2025

| Channel 13

| TBD

| 20

| Liron WeizmanGuy Zu-Aretz

| Yovel Levi

| ₪1,000,000

| Italy

| Grande Fratello (season 19)

| 29 September 2025

| 18 December 2025

| Canale 5

| 81

| 18

| Alfonso Signorini

| Anita Mazzotta

| €100,000

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| Kosovo

| Big Brother VIP Kosova (season 4)

| 17 November 2025

| TBD

| Klan Kosova

| TBD

| Alaudin HamitiJonida Vokshi

| TBD

| €100,000

| Malta

| Big Brother Malta (season 1)

| 19 January 2025

| 13 April 2025

| TVM

| 85

| 15

| Ryan BorgJosmar Gatt

| Jay Vella

| €40,300

| Mexico

| La casa de los famosos (season 3)

| 27 July 2025

| 5 October 2025

| Las Estrellas

| 71

| 15

| Galilea MontijoDiego de EriceOdalys Ramírez

| Aldo de Nigris

| $4,000,000

| Nigeria

| Big Brother Naija season 10

| 26 July 2025

| 5 October 2025

| Africa Magic

| 72

| 29

| Ebuka Obi-Uchendu

| Opeyemi "Imisi" Ayanwale

| ₦150 million

| Pakistan

| Tamasha (season 4)

| 9 August 2025

| 11 October 2025

| ARY Digital

| TBD

| Adnan Siddiqui

| Saif Ali Khan

| Rs 25

| Philippines

| Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0

| 25 October 2025

| 28 February 2026

| GMA Network

| 127

| 20

| Caprice Cayetano&Lella Ford

| ₱1,000,000 each

|- style="background:#E0FFFF;"

| Portugal

| Secret Story 10

| 22 February 2026

| TBD

| TVI

| TBD

| 19

| Cristina Ferreira

| TBD

| €100,000

|-style="background:#E0FFFF;"

| Spain

| Gran Hermano (season 20)

| 6 November 2025

| 2026

| Telecinco

| TBD

| 20

| Jorge Javier Vazquez

| TBD

| €300,000

| United Kingdom

| Big Brother 2025

| 28 September 2025

| 14 November 2025

| ITV2

| 48

| 17

| AJ OduduWill Best

| Richard Storry

| £100,000

| United States

| Big Brother 27

| 10 July 2025

| CBS

| 83

| 17

| Julie Chen Moonves

| Ashley Hollis

| $750,000

| United States

| La casa de los famosos: All-Stars

| 4 February 2025

| 2 June 2025

| Telemundo

| 119

| 27

| Jimena GallegoJavier Poza

| Carlos "Caramelo" Cruz

| $200,000

Notes

Big Brother: The Game

On 5 May 2020, Endemol Shine Group announced that an official Big Brother mobile game named Big Brother: The Game was being developed by Irish gaming company 9th Impact, with a worldwide release expected later that year. The game uses the American format, with competitions determining the Head of Household and Power of Veto holders, with an eviction cycle occurring each day. Players must form alliances with one another to stay in the game and advance to the next tier. Other users may spectate other games, but outside interference is strictly forbidden. Players were able to win up to $1,000,000 in prizes.

A trial season took place in the Republic of Ireland during the summer of 2020. The player Aoife Cheung won a €5000 prize after surviving four evictions. The game was officially launched on 15 October 2020 worldwide for both iOS, Android devices and PC platforms.

The first season concluded on 29 July 2021 and was won by Amy Elizabeth, a 31-year-old special education teacher from Delaware who won a grand prize of $33,270.

On March 7, 2023, a third season of the game was announced to launch later that year on mobile and PC platforms, including Steam. The grand prize was stated to be for up to $1,000,000, with new features being added in response to fan feedback. However, no global third season took place, with a special British and Irish-only version launching to coincide with the show returning to ITV2 and ITVX, in an official partnership with the broadcaster. This version featured overhauled graphics, with Banijay announcing that previous games had reached 500K players.

Controversies

Legal

In April 2000, Castaway, an independent production company, filed a lawsuit against John de Mol and Endemol for stealing the concepts of their own show called Survive!, a reality television show where contestants are placed on a deserted island and have to take care of themselves alone. These contestants were also filmed by cameras around them. The court later dismissed the lawsuit filed by Castaway against de Mol and Endemol. The Survive! reality television format was later turned into Survivor.

In 2000, the estate of George Orwell sued CBS Television and Endemol for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming that the program infringed on the Orwell novel 1984 and its trademarks. After a series of court rulings adverse to the defendants (CBS and Endemol), the case was settled for an undisclosed amount of money on the evening of the trial.Estate of George Orwell v. CBS, et al. 00-C-5034 (N.D. Ill.)Variety, "Orwellian Suit Socks 'Brother", 5 September 2000The Times of London, "US Big Brother Is Sued over 1984 Link", 6 September 2000New York Post, "CBS Loses 'Bro Battle', 4 January 2001Chicago Tribune, "CBS, Orwell Estate Settle 'Big Brother' Lawsuit", 28 September 2001.

Sexual assault

There have been three documented occurrences of possible rape happening during the show. In Big Brother South Africa, a male housemate was accused of assaulting a fellow housemate while she was asleep. The pair were filmed kissing and cuddling in bed before the cameras moved away and the male housemate reportedly claimed to housemates the next day that he had intercourse with the contestant. However, the female housemate was apparently shocked by the claims and informed female housemates that she had not consented to have sex with him (under South African law, this act would be constituted as rape). This male housemate was expelled immediately after the allegations surfaced and was later arrested pending investigation, while the female housemate was removed from the house for her own protection and counselling. After this incident, the other housemates were warned not to attempt any further obscene actions, or they would be subject to a penalty of 43 years in prison and immediate expulsion from the house.

In Big Brother Brasil, many viewers reported that they watched a male housemate allegedly force himself on a female housemate while she was passed-out drunk after a "boozy party". Soon after, the Federal Police of Brazil entered the house and arrested the offending housemate, who was later banned from ever appearing on the show again.

Additionally, an incident of sexual assault occurred in the Australian Big Brother house in 2006, during the show's sixth season. Contestant Michael "John" Bric held down fellow contestant Camilla Severi in her bed while a second man, Michael "Ashley" Cox, "slapped" her in the face with his penis, an indecent act illegal under Australian law. The incident was shown on the 'Adults-only' late-night segment, Big Brother: Adults Only, leading to the show's cancellation. Both men involved in the incident were removed from the house.

Premise

History

Name

Creation

International expansion

Reception

Overview

Isolation

Format changes and twists

Regional versions

Twists involving single franchises

Multiple areas and houses

Evil Big Brother

Twin or triplet housemates

Pairs competitions

Secret missions

Opening night twists

Fake evictions

Coaches

Red button

Legacy rewards or penalties

Most valuable player

Multiple heads of household

America's Favorite HouseGuest

Multiple winners

Reserve housemates

Big Brother Zoom

Twists involving multiple franchises

Housemate exchanges

Evicted housemate exchanges

Other exchanges

Evicted housemate visits

Housemates competing in another country

Multiple-franchise competitions

Eurovision Song Contest

Special editions

Celebrity and VIP Big Brother

Variations

American format

Other editions

Versions

Current series

Big Brother: The Game

Controversies

Legal

Sexual assault

References

Bibliography

External links