Big Brother (Slovenian TV series) season 1 explained

Season Number:1
Module1:
Presenter:Nina Osenar
Num Days:84
Num Housemates:18
Winner:Andrej
Runner Up:Miha
Network:Kanal A

Big Brother is a reality show shown on Kanal A in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the international Big Brother format produced by Endemol. It first aired on March 17, 2007.

The first Slovenian season of Big Brother ran 85 days, started on March 17, 2007 and ended on June 9, 2007. The host of the show is Nina Osenar. The prize is 75,000 Euro.

Housemates

In the first season, there are 12 original housemates. At later stages, 6 new housemates entered the house. Andrej the Australian and Janez's brother is the winner. Here are all the participants:

HousematesAgeEnteredExitedStatus
Andrej27Day 1Day 85 Winner
Miha21Day 1Day 85Runner-Up
Marina21Day 49Day 84Evicted
Stane20Day 1Day 83Evicted
Janez55Day 49Day 78Evicted
Tjaša19Day 21Day 71Evicted
Alisa21Day 49Day 69Walked
Tina22Day 1Day 64Evicted
Alen26Day 1Day 57Evicted
Jasmina19Day 1Day 50Evicted
Sonja26Day 8Day 43Evicted
Pero24Day 21Day 41Ejected
Suzana38Day 1Day 36Evicted
Robert31Day 1Day 29Evicted
Nina28Day 1Day 22Evicted
Jessy20Day 1Day 15Evicted
Aleš27Day 1Day 10Evicted
Veronika23Day 1Day 10Walked

First Batch

The following housemates entered on Day 1. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.

Second Batch

The following housemates entered on Day 8. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.

Third Batch

The following housemates entered on Day 21. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.

Fourth Batch

The following housemates entered on Day 49. In parentheses were their ages as of the time they stayed in the house.

Big Brother Swap

The official website announced on Day 27 (April 12, 2007) that one Philippine housemate would trade places with a housemate from the Slovenian version.[1] [2] Days later, Tina[3] was chosen to swap with Bruce.[4]

Promotion ads for this event likened this to an alien abduction because the Philippine housemates were not aware that Bruce will trade places with Tina, a foreigner, until Tina entered the Philippine House.[5] On the other hand, the Slovenian housemates already knew of the Swap and prepared for this event, which was expected to be a cultural exchange of sorts for both sides. The swap took place starting Day 36 (April 21) and ended on Day 41 (April 26), when the swapped housemates returned to their respective Houses.

Tina Semolic, a 22-year-old former beauty queen, was chosen by the Philippine version's staff because of her personality "would fit well" with the Filipino housemates, as well as being nice and not too aggressive. On the other hand, Bruce was chosen by the Slovenian staff because of his physique and his "very Filipino" characteristics that would stir up competition among the men there.[6]

To let Filipino viewers know about Bruce's situation in the Slovenian House, some footage from the Slovenian version related to Bruce was also shown, aside from the events inside the Philippine House. English conversations recorded on both Houses were subtitled into Filipino, while any Slovenian conversation and comment was dubbed over by Filipino voice actors to let the Filipino viewers understand better.

Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's Houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:

Tina
  • Taught the housemates the Slovenian polka.
  • Cooked a Slovenian dessert called a potica.
  • Learned to properly eat a mango.
  • Learned from Saicy and Wendy how to sing Pinoy Ako and explain its meaning.
  • Told by Nel to eat some Filipino street foods, but she refused to eat balut after squirming at the sight of its contents.
  • Practiced baton twirling together with Beatriz and Saicy.
  • Acted as Reyna Elena in the House's celebration of the Santacruzan.
  • Took part in the PBB Fiesta, even finishing the game of palo sebo for her fellow housemates.
Bruce
  • Cooked adobo for his fellow housemates. The Slovenian housemates thought it was so delicious, even Sonja, the resident vegetarian, ate it, too.
  • Taught the housemates tinikling. But since the others had a hard time keeping the rhythm in the dance, they later turned one of the two bamboo poles used in the dance into a limbo pole.
  • Learned the Slovenian version's theme song.
  • Built a snowman out of artificial snow (together with his fellow housemates). Real snow could not be provided because winter had already passed in Slovenia.
  • Signed T-shirts for an upcoming auction. Slovenian viewers already knew about his mother's condition and sales from the auction will be used for her benefit.
  • Participated in a task which required the housemates to disguise themselves as animals using body paint. Bruce played a cow.

While Tina left the Philippines without much incident, Bruce left Slovenia with controversy brewing up behind him. Slovenian housemates Miha and Pero made inappropriate remarks about Bruce — remarks that did not sit well with both Big Brother and the viewers there. Because of that and Pero's "plan" of "stabbing Big Brother," Big Brother removed Pero from the Slovenian House[7] and then added Miha to the list of nominees for eviction, which already included Jasmina and Sonja.

Tina was later evicted on Day 63 of the Slovenian version, about five weeks after the swap.

On Day 125 of the Philippine version, Tina returned to the Pinoy Big Brother house to have a celebratory dinner with the Big 4, Bea, Gee-Ann, Mickey and Wendy. She left the house the same night and participated in the Finale, where she danced various Philippine dances and took part in the awarding ceremony for the Big 4.

Nomination Table

Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12
Final
Nominations received
AndrejAlen
Nina
Alen
Nina
Exempt Pero
Sonja
Jasmina
Sonja
Jasmina
Tina
Stane
Tina
Alisa
Janez
Alisa
Janez
Janez
Marina
Winner
(Day 85)
13
MihaAleš
Veronika
Alen
Nina
Robert
Sonja
Jasmina
Sonja
Andrej
Jasmina
Alen
Tina
Tina
Tjaša
Alisa
Janez
Alisa
Janez
Janez
Marina
Runner-up
(Day 85)
25
Marinastyle=background:white colspan="6"Not in
House
Exempt Stane
Tina
Janez
Stane
Andrej
Stane
Evicted
(Day 84)
5
StaneAleš
Jessy
Nina
Robert
Exempt Pero
Sonja
Pero
Sonja
Alen
Jasmina
Alen
Miha
Alisa
Janez
Alisa
Janez
Janez
Marina
Evicted
(Day 83)
5
Janezstyle=background:white colspan="6"Not in
House
Exempt Alisa
Tjaša
Marina
Tjaša
Miha
Stane
Evicted
(Day 78)
12
Tjašastyle=background:white colspan="2"Not in
House
Exempt Miha
Sonja
Pero
Sonja
Alen
Miha
Andrej
Miha
Alisa
Miha
Alisa
Janez
Evicted
(Day 71)
5
Alisastyle=background:white colspan="6"Not in
House
Exempt Marina
Tina
Janez
Tjaša
Walked
(Day 69)
10
TinaAleš
Veronika
Miha
Robert
Exempt Jasmina
Miha
Pero
Sonja
Andrej
Miha
Andrej
Miha
Alisa
Miha
Evicted
(Day 64)
7
AlenAndrej
Jessy
Andrej
Nina
Exempt Andrej
Sonja
Andrej
Jasmina
Andrej
Jasmina
Andrej
Miha
Evicted
(Day 57)
9
JasminaMiha
Suzana
Andrej
Miha
Miha
Sonja
Miha
Suzana
Pero
Sonja
Andrej
Miha
Evicted
(Day 50)
11
Sonjastyle=background:whiteNot in
House
Suzana
Tina
Miha
Robert
Miha
Suzana
Jasmina
Miha
Evicted
(Day 43)
15
Perostyle=background:white colspan="2"Not in
House
Exempt Jasmina
Suzana
Jasmina
Tjaša
Ejected
(Day 41)
7
SuzanaRobert
Veronika
Miha
Robert
Robert
Sonja
Pero
Sonja
Evicted
(Day 36)
6
RobertAleš
Jessy
Miha
Nina
Miha
Sonja
Evicted
(Day 29)
10
NinaAlen
Jessy
Alen
Robert
Evicted
(Day 22)
7
JessyMiha
Robert
Evicted
(Day 15)
4
AlešNina
Robert
Walked
(Day 10)
4
VeronikaMiha
Suzana
Walked
(Day 10)
3
Against public voteAleš,
Jessy,
Robert
Miha,
Nina,
Robert
Miha,
Robert,
Sonja
Miha,
Pero,
Sonja,
Suzana,
Tjaša
Jasmina,
Miha,
Sonja
Alen,
Andrej,
Jasmina,
Miha
Alen,
Andrej,
Miha
Alisa,
Janez,
Miha,
Stane,
Tina
Alisa,
Janez,
Tjaša
Janez,
Marina
Andrej,
Janez,
Marina,
Miha,
Stane
WalkedVeronika,
Aleš
none Alisa none
Ejectednone Pero none
EvictedJessy
67%
to evict
Nina
41%
to evict
Robert
62%
to evict
Suzana
50%
to evict
Sonja
53%
to evict
Jasmina
67%
to evict
Alen
53%
to evict
Tina
73%
to evict
Tjaša
72%
to evict
Janez
70%
to evict
Stane

(out of 4)
Marina

(out of 3)
Miha
Fewest votes
(out of 2)
SavedRobert
33%
Robert
37%
Miha
22%
Sonja
28%
Miha
10%
Sonja
41%
Miha
3%
Pero
3%
Tjaša
3%
Jasmina
42%
Miha
5%
Miha
21%
Alen
8%
Andrej
4%
Miha
39%
Andrej
8%
Alisa
22%
Janez
2%
Miha
2%
Stane
1%
Janez
28%
Marina
30%
Andrej
Most votes
to win

Notes and References

  1. http://bb2.pinoybigbrother.com/tabid/547/Article/4391/Default.aspx The Great Big Brother Swap
  2. http://24ur.com/bb/bb_article.php?article_id=3094752 Senzacionalna Big Brother izmenjava!
  3. http://24ur.com/bb/bb_article.php?article_id=3094984 Na Filipine bo odletela Tina!
  4. http://24ur.com/bb/bb_article.php?article_id=3095095 Kdo je skrivnostnež, ki se bo za teden dni vselil v hišo Big Brotherja?
  5. http://bb2.pinoybigbrother.com/tabid/547/Article/4516/Default.aspx Things to come
  6. Cruz, Marinel R. Slovenian beauty queen in PBB housemate swap. Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2007. p. D1 (no online version)
  7. http://24ur.com/bb/bb_article.php?article_id=3096007 Pero je izseljen!