Big Brother (Croatian TV series) season 2 explained

Season Number:2
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Num Days:118
Num Housemates:21
Winner:Hamdija Seferović
Runner Up:Daca Bosančić
Network:RTL
Prev Series:Big Brother 1

Big Brother 2 is the second season of the Croatian reality television series Big Brother that premiered on 4 September to 30 December 2005, and ran for 118 days.

Season summary

The second season had radical changes in the format of the show — the number of contestants was initially raised from 12 to 14; the pace of evictions and nominations was accelerated, and numbers of contestants were introduced at later stages.

The composition of contestants was different—they were much younger, less educated and generally perceived to be less mature. They also tended to represent various sections of the Croatian population, missing in the previous season. This was most evident with Matko Okmažić from Omiš, the 25-year-old son of the restaurant owner, later revealed to be the candidate of far-right parties at local elections. Okmažić, although popular with contestants, outraged many liberal Croatians with his chauvinist views and later had to publicly apologize after singing "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara", the controversial song of Croatian far-right singer Joško Tomičić.[1] He outraged feminist and gays rights groups after a statement that he would kill his girlfriend if he found out she is cheating on him.[2] In 2001 local elections for Omiš city council he was 14th on the list for HB/HKDU hard right coalition.[3]

Despite this, Okmažić gradually evolved as the front-runner for the prize. He never got nominated and was part of the unofficial clan of self-declared "finalists". One of those was Hamdija Seferović, the only Roma contestant in the show. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken Seferović gradually won many sympathies among Croatian public, first by publicly admitting his lack of primary education, then by cultivating the image of a dedicated family man.

Because of this, the actual finals proved to be quite unpredictable. This was also due to Daca Bosančić, the candidate who entered finals despite her female gender, the status of a replacement candidate. In the end, Seferović finished first and Bosančić finished second.

This result was often perceived as the victory of liberal-minded and pro-European Croatians over the right-wingers embodied in Matko Okmažić.

The second season, just like first, also had its share of criticism—mostly due to lack of creativity among producers — but surprisingly the rating was higher than the first seasons. There were also complaints about bet shops influencing the ultimate result by publishing low odds for evictees early in the week and many conspiracy theories about huge bets being used as a tool for manipulations.

Nominations Table

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17
Final
Nominations received
HamdijaNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Nataša
Brankica,
Monika
Kristina,
Lana
Lana,
Sanja
Kristian,
Kristina
Hana,
Kristian
No
Nominations
Lana,
Sanja
Daca,
Dominik
Matea,
Sanja
Daca,
Matea
Maroje,
Matea
Daca,
Matea
Matea,
Tatjana
Daca,
Tatjana
Winner
(Day 118)
16
DacaNot in
House
Exempt Hamdija,
Kristian
Hamdija,
Ivan
Hamdija,
Ivan
Maroje,
Tatjana
Matko,
Željka
Matea,
Tatjana
Ivan,
Matko
Runner-up
(Day 118)
14
MatkoNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Nataša
Kristina,
Monika
Kristina,
Monika
Igor,
Kristina
Ivan,
Kristina
Hana,
Sanja
No
Nominations
Lana,
Sanja
Daca,
Dominik
Daca,
Matea
Daca,
Matea
Daca,
Maroje
Matea,
Željka
Matea,
Tatjana
Daca,
Tatjana
Third place
(Day 118)
7
IvanNo
Nominations
Brankica,
Kristina
Brankica,
Igor
Monika,
Sanja
Lana,
Sanja
Kristian,
Sanja
Kristian,
Sanja
No
Nominations
Lana,
Sanja
Dominik,
Matea
Matea,
Sanja
Daca,
Željka
Maroje,
Tatjana
Matea,
Željka
Matea,
Tatjana
Daca,
Tatajana
Fourth Place
(Day 118)
23
TatjanaNot in
House
Exempt Ivan,
Maroje
Ivan,
Matea
Daca,
Ivan
Daca,
Ivan
Evicted
(Day 111)
12
MateaNot in
House
Exempt Hamdija,
Ivan
Hamdija,
Matko
Hamdija,
Željka
Maroje,
Tatjana
Hamdija,
Tatjana
Ivan,
Matko
Evicted
(Day 104)
21
ŽeljkaNot in
House
Exempt Dominik,
Hamdija
Hamdija,
Matea
Ivan,
Matea
Maroje,
Tatjana
Matea,
Tatjana
Evicted
(Day 97)
6
MarojeNot in
House
Exempt Matea,
Željka
Evicted
(Day 90)
7
KristianNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Monika
Kristina,
Monika
Kristina,
Monika
Ivan,
Igor
Ivan,
Kristina
Hana,
Kristina
No
Nominations
Hamdija,
Ivan
Dominik,
Matea
Daca,
Matea
Nominated Evicted
(Day 83)
9
SanjaNo
Nominations
Monika,
Nataša
Duje,
Kristina
Duje,
Kristina
Ivan,
Igor
Duje,
Ivan
Duje,
Hamdija
No
Nominations
Matko,
Hamdija
Hamdija,
Ivan
Ivan,
Kristian
Evicted
(Day 76)
13
DominikNot in
House
Exempt Ivan,
Kristian
Evicted
(Day 69)
5
LanaNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Monika
Igor,
Kristina
Igor,
Kristina
Duje,
Igor
Duje,
Ivan
Hana,
Ivan
No
Nominations
Hamdija,
Ivan
Evicted
(Day 62)
9
DujeNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Nataša
Kristina,
Sanja
Igor,
Monika
Igor,
Lana
Kristina,
Sanja
Hana,
Lana
No
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 55)
11
HanaNot in
House
Exempt Hamdija,
Kristian
Evicted
(Day 48)
5
KristinaNo
Nominations
Brankica,
Igor
Duje,
Matko
Igor,
Matko
Igor,
Kristian
Duje,
Ivan
Evicted
(Day 41)
30
IgorNo
Nominations
Brankica,
Kristina
Brankica,
Kristina
Kristina,
Monika
Kristina,
Lana
Evicted
(Day 34)
15
MonikaNo
Nominations
Duje,
Nataša
Duje,
Kristina
Duje,
Igor
Evicted
(Day 27)
11
BrankicaNo
Nominations
Kristina,
Igor
Kristina,
Igor
Evicted
(Day 20)
6
NatašaNo
Nominations
Hamdija,
Kristina
Evicted
(Day 13)
5
BiserkaNo
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 6)
N/A
RenéNo
Nominations
Evicted
(Day 6)
N/A
Nomination notes1 none 2 none 1 3 none 4 none 5
NominatedAll
Housemates
Kristina,
Nataša
Brankica,
Duje,
Igor,
Kristina,
Monika
Kristina,
Monika
Igor,
Lana
Ivan,
Kristina
Hana,
Kristian
All
Housemates
Lana,
Sanja
Dominik,
Hamdija
Daca,
Hamdija,
Ivan,
Kristian,
Matea,
Sanja
Daca,
Kristian,
Matea
Maroje,
Tatjana
Matea,
Željka
Matea,
Tatjana
Daca,
Tatjana
Daca,
Hamdija,
Ivan,
Matko
EvictedRené
29%
to evict
Nataša
55%
to evict
Brankica
43%
to evict
Monika
66%
to evict
Igor
70%
to evict
Kristina
75%
to evict
Hana
57%
to evict
Duje
35%
to evict
Lana
53%
to evict
Dominik
54%
to evict
Sanja
28%
to evict
Kristian
58%
to evict
Maroje
68%
to evict
Željka
64%
to evict
Matea
52%
to evict
Tatjana
81%
to evict
Ivan
22%
Matko
30%
Biserka
17%
to evict
Daca
48.5%
(out of 2)
Hamdija
51.5%
to win

Notes

There were no nominations this week, and all housemates automatically faced the public vote.

As a new housemate, Hana was exempt from the nominations process this week.

As new housemates, Daca, Dominik, Matea, and Željka were exempt from the nominations process this week.

As new housemates, Maroje and Tatjana were exempt from the nominations process this week. Kristian automatically faced the public vote due to not fully participating in a task.

This week, the public were voting for a winner, rather than to evict.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dead link . 2009-04-16 . dead . February 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221024633/http://www.novilist.hr/Default.asp?WCI=Rubrike&WCU=285A285E2863285928582863285A28582858285D2863288E289728932863286328632863286328582863G .
  2. Web site: "Kada bi dozna da me žena vara, ubija bih je" . April 16, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080110061931/http://www.zenska-mreza.hr/vijesti/izjave/rtl_upozorenje.html . January 10, 2008 .
  3. Web site: Big Brother Matko na izbornoj listi desničarske. Croatian. Big Brother Matko on the electoral list rightist. December 27, 2005. Index.