Big Brother franchise

Big Brother is a TV reality show. People known as housemates, enter a house and they do not bring any of their belongings except clothes. They are bored and the people behind the cameras who call themselves Big Brother announce things through the loudspeaker. Housemates would get a task to do so that they can get food. There is also a celebrity version of Big Brother.

Big Brother around the world

Countries with a series of Big Brother

The series was developed by Endemol, and the first season was shown in the Netherlands. The show's format has since been copied in over forty countries, including Brazil,Israel, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, United Kingdom and US. It also used to be in Australia, It was originally cancelled in 2008, later came back in 2012-2014 and will return again in 2020

Special editions

In some countries, there are also special editions of the show, for example Big Brother VIP or Big Brother: All Stars. Usually, some of the rules in these special editions are a little bit different from the original ones.

Big Brother VIP / Celebrity Big Brother

Big Brother VIP is the name of the special edition of the show, in which all the housemates are famous people. It has been released in many of the countries airing Big Brother, for example Bulgaria - VIP Brother; Mexico - Big Brother VIP; UK - Celebrity Big Brother. The duration of the show is often only a month and in some countries the nominations and evictions are twice a week. Sometimes the big prize is given for charity or there is no big prize at all.

Versions

As of Template:Currentdate, Big Brother has produced 507 winners in over 62 franchises.

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Template:Color box An upcoming season (14)

Template:Color box Status unknown (9)

Template:Color box No longer airing (34)

Country/Region	Official name	Network(s)	Winner(s)	Presenter(s)
Africa Template:Small	Big Brother Africa	M-Net Africa Magic Mzansi Magic DStv (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Albania Kosovo	Big Brother Albania	Top Channel DigitAlb (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother VIP		Template:Plainlist	Arbana Osmani
Angola Mozambique	Big Brother Angola (1–2) Big Brother Angola e Moçambique (3)	Jango Magic DStv	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Arab world Template:Small	Big Brother: الرئيس Template:Small	MBC 2	Season 1, 2004: Discontinued	Razan Moughrabi
Argentina	Gran Hermano	Telefe DirecTV (live;1–3, 6–7) Cablevisión (live; 4–5) Multicanal (live; 4) TDT (live; 6–7)	Template:Plainlist	Main host:Template:Plainlist Debate:Template:Plainlist
		América TV DirecTV (live) Cablevisión (live)	Template:Plainlist	Main host:Template:Plainlist Debate:Template:Plainlist
	Gran Hermano Famosos	Telefe Cablevisión (live) Multicanal (live)	Template:Plainlist	Main host:Template:Plainlist Debate:Template:Plainlist
Australia	Big Brother Australia	Network 10 TV2 (1–3, 5) Prime (4)	Template:Plainlist	Gretel Killeen (1–7) Kyle Sandilands (8) Jackie O (8)
		Nine Network TV3 (10–11)	Template:Plainlist	Sonia Kruger
		Seven Network Three (12) RTL 5 (12) Ruutu.fi (12) TVNZ OnDemand (13)	Template:Plainlist Season 15, 2023: Upcoming season
	Celebrity Big Brother	Network 10	Season 1, 2002: Dylan Lewis	Gretel Killeen
	Big Brother VIP	Seven Network	Template:Plainlist	Sonia Kruger
Balkans Template:Small	Veliki Brat Template:Small	Pink BH (1–4) Pink M (1–4) B92 (1–3, 5) A1 (3) Pink (4) RTL (4–5) OBN (5) RTRS (5) Sitel (5) Prva (5)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Veliki Brat VIP Template:Small	Pink M (1–4) Pink BH (1–4) B92 (1–2, 5) Pink (3–4) A1 (4) BN (5) Prva (5) OBN (5) Sitel (5)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Veliki Brat: Generalna Proba Template:Small	B92	Season 1, 2006: Jelena Provči & Marko Miljković	Marijana Mićić
Belgium	Big Brother	Kanaal Twee	Template:Plainlist	Walter Grootaers
	Big Brother Template:Small	VIER/Play4 Telenet (live)	Template:Plainlist	Geraldine Kemper Peter Van de Veire
	Big Brother VIPs	VTM Kanaal Twee	Template:Plainlist	No presenters
	Big Brother All-Stars	Kanaal Twee	Season 1, 2003: Heidi Zutterman	Walter Grootaers
Brazil	Big Brother Brasil	TV Globo Globoplay (live on PPV)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Bulgaria	Big Brother	Nova Television Nova+ (live; 1–4) Diema Family (live; 5)	Template:Plainlist	Main host: Niki Kunchev (1–3, 5) Milen Tsvetkov (4) Co-host: Evelina Pavlova (1–2) Aleksandra Sarchadjieva (5)
	Big Brother Family	Nova Television Diema Family (live)	Template:Plainlist	Niki Kunchev
	VIP Brother	Nova Television Nova+ (live; 1–2) Diema 2 (live; 3) Diema Family (live; 4)	Template:Plainlist	Main host: Niki Kunchev Co-host: Evelina Pavlova (1) Dimitar Rachkov (3) Maria Ignatova (3) Aleksandra Sarchadjieva (4–10) Miglena Angelova (9) Azis (10)
	Big Brother All Stars (1–4) Big Brother: Most Wanted (5–6)	Nova Television Diema Family (live; 1)	Template:Plainlist	Main host: Niki Kunchev Co-host: Aleksandra Sarchadjieva Azis (6)
Canada Template:Small	Big Brother Canada	Slice	Template:Plainlist	Arisa Cox
		Global 7plus (10–)	Template:Plainlist
Canada Template:Small	Loft Story	TQS	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Loft Story: La Revanche Template:Small		Season 6, 2009: Sébastien Tremblay	Pierre-Yves Lord
	Big Brother	V	Season 1, 2010: Vincent Durand Dubé	Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay
	Big Brother Célébrités	Noovo	Template:Plainlist	Marie-Mai Bouchard
China	室友一起宅 – Big Brother China Template:Small	Youku.com Tudou.com	Pilot season, 2015–16: Tan Xiangjun	Zhou Wentao (Live Final) Yang Ruilei (Live Final)
Colombia	Gran Hermano	Caracol Televisión	Season 1, 2003: Mónica Patricia Tejón	Adriana Arango
		Citytv Bogotá	Season 2, 2012: Diana Hernández	Agmeth Escaf
Croatia	Big Brother	RTL	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Celebrity Big Brother		Season 1, 2008: Danijela Dvornik	Antonija Blaće Marko Lušić
Czech Republic	Big Brother	TV Nova	Season 1, 2005: David Šín	Template:Plainlist
Denmark	Big Brother	TvDanmark	Template:Plainlist	Lisbeth Janniche
		Kanal 5 The Voice TV (live; 4) 7'eren (live; 5–6)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother VIP	TvDanmark	Season 1, 2003: Thomas Bickham	Lisbeth Janniche
	Big Brother Reality All-Stars		Season 1, 2004: Jill Liv Nielsen
Ecuador	Gran Hermano	Ecuavisa	Season 1, 2003: David Burbano	Toty Rodríguez
Finland	Big Brother Suomi	Sub	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Nelonen Jim (11; Daily recaps) Ruutu.fi (stream; live 24/7)	Template:Plainlist	Elina Kottonen Kimmo Vehviläinen Alma Hätönen
	Julkkis Big Brother (9) Template:Small Big Brother Suomi VIP (13)	Sub	Season 9, 2013: Jori Kopponen	Mari Sainio
		Nelonen Ruutu.fi (stream; live 24/7)	Season 13, 2021: Petra Maarit Olli	Anni Hautala Tinni Wikström Kimmo Vehviläinen
France	Loft Story	M6	Template:Plainlist	Benjamin Castaldi
	Secret Story	TF1 NT1 (Daily recaps: 9) CanalSat (live; 1)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		NT1	Template:Plainlist
Germany	Big Brother	RTL II Single TV (2) RTL (2–3) MTV2 Pop (4–5) Tele 5 (4–6) 9Live (8) VIVA (5, 9) Premiere (live; 5–9) Clipfish (live; 10–11) Sky (live; 10–11)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		sixx Sky (live) 7TV (stream)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Sat.1 sixx (Weekly recaps) Joyn (stream)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Promi Big Brother	Sat.1 sixx (Daily recaps; 2–4, 6–8) IGTV (Daily recaps; 7–) Sat.1 emotions (1) Sky (live 3 hours; 1, live; 3) maxdome (live; 2) Bild (live; 4) 7TV (stream; 2–6) Joyn (stream; 7–)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Greece Cyprus	Big Brother	ANT1	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Alpha TV Sigma TV Nova (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Skai TV Sigma TV	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Hungary	Big Brother	TV2	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother VIP		Template:Plainlist
	Való Világ powered by Big Brother	RTL II	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Template:Small	SET	Season 1, 2006–07: Rahul Roy	Arshad Warsi
		Colors TV	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Bigg Boss Halla Bol Template:Small		Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Bigg Boss OTT Template:Small	Voot	Template:Plainlist	Karan Johar
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Kannada	ETV Kannada	Season 1, 2013: Vijay Raghavendra	Sudeep
		Suvarna TV	Season 2, 2014: Akul Balaji
		Colors Kannada (3–4; 7,8) Colors Super (4–6)	Template:Plainlist
	Bigg Boss Mini Season Template:Small	Colors Kannada	Template:Plainlist
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Bangla	ETV Bangla	Season 1, 2013: Aneek Dhar	Mithun Chakraborty
		Colors Bangla	Season 2, 2016: Joyjeet Banerjee	Jeet
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Template:Small	Star Vijay	Template:Plainlist	Kamal Haasan
	Bigg Boss Ultimate Template:Small	Disney+ Hotstar	Template:Plainlist	Silambarasan
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Template:Small	Star Maa	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Bigg Boss Non-Stop Template:Small	Disney+ Hotstar	Template:Plainlist	Nagarjuna
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Marathi	Colors Marathi	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
India Template:Small	Bigg Boss Malayalam	Asianet	Template:Plainlist	Mohanlal
Indonesia	Big Brother Indonesia	Tran TV	Season 1, 2011: Alan Wangsa	Template:Plainlist
Israel	האח הגדול Template:Small Template:Small	Channel 2-Keshet Hot (live) yes (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Channel 13 Channel 26 (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	VIP האח הגדול Template:Small Template:Small	Channel 2-Keshet Hot (live) Yes (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Channel 13 Channel 26 (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Italy	Grande Fratello	Canale 5 Italia 1 (Daily recaps; 13–) Stream TV (live; 1–3) Sky (live; 4–5, 8–9) Mediaset Premium (live; 6–14) Mediaset Extra (live; 15–) La5 (live; 11–)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Grande Fratello VIP	Canale 5 Italia 1 (Daily recaps) Mediaset Extra (live) La5 (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Lithuania	Paslapčių namai Template:Small	TV3	Season 1, 2013: Gintautas Katulis	Template:Plainlist
Mexico	Big Brother México Big Brother PM (4)	Televisa Sky (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Canal 5 Sky (live)	Template:Plainlist	Adela Micha
	Big Brother VIP	Televisa Sky (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Mongolia	Big Brother Mongolia	Mongol TV	Season 1, 2021: Enku Bulgan	Template:Plainlist
Netherlands	Big Brother Template:Small	Veronica	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Yorin	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Talpa	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother Template:Small	RTL 5 Videoland (stream; live)	Template:Plainlist	Geraldine Kemper Peter Van de Veire
	Big Brother VIPs (1) Hotel Big Brother (2)	Veronica	Season 1, 2000: No winner	Unknown
		Talpa	Season 2, 2006: No winner	Caroline Tensen
	Secret Story	Net5	Season 1, 2011: Sharon Hooijkaas	Template:Plainlist
Nigeria	Big Brother Nigeria (1) Big Brother Naija (2–6)	M-Net DStv (live)	Season 1, 2006: Katung Aduwak	Template:Plainlist
		Africa Magic GOtv DStv (live)	Template:Plainlist	Ebuka Obi-Uchendu
Norway	Big Brother	TVN	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		TV 2 Bliss	Season 4, 2011: Tine Barstad	Template:Plainlist
Pacific Region Template:Small	Gran Hermano del Pacífico	RedTeleSistema RED Televisión ATV	Season 1, 2005: Juan Sebastián López	Template:Plainlist
Panama	Big Brother Panamá	TVN	Season 1, 2016: Katherine Sandoval	Template:Plainlist
Peru	La Casa de Los Secretos Template:Small	Frecuencia Latina	Season 1, 2012: Álvaro de la Torre	Template:Plainlist
Philippines	Pinoy Big Brother Template:Small	A2Z (9–) Kapamilya Channel (9–) ABS-CBN (1–8) TFC (Worldwide) Sky Cable (live) Studio 23 (live; 1–3)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Pinoy Big Brother Template:Small		Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition		Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition		Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Poland	Big Brother	TVN	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		TV4	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		TVN 7	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother VIP	TV4	Season 5 (part 1), 2008: Jarosław Jakimowicz	Template:Plainlist
Portugal	Big Brother	TVI TVI Reality (live; 5–) TVI Internacional (5) TVI Eventos (live; 1)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother Famosos (1–2, 4–) Big Brother VIP (3)	TVI TVI Direct (live; VIP)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother: Duplo Impacto Template:Small	TVI TVI Reality (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother: Desafio Final Template:Small		Template:Plainlist	Cristina Ferreira
	Secret Story: Casa dos Segredos Secret Story: House of Secrets	TVI TVI Reality (live; 6–) TVI Direct (live; 1–5)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Secret Story: Desafio Final Template:Small		Template:Plainlist	Teresa Guilherme
	Secret Story: Luta Pelo Poder Template:Small		Season 1, 2015: Bruno Sousa
	Secret Story: O Reencontro Template:Small		Season 1, 2018: Carina Ferreira	Manuel Luís Goucha
Romania	Big Brother	Prima TV	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Russia	Большой Брат Template:Small Template:Small	TNT	Season 1, 2005: Anastasia Yagaylova	Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Scandinavia Template:Small	Big Brother	Kanal 5 FEM	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		Kanal 9 FEM	Season 3, 2014: Anders Olsson	Template:Plainlist
Second Life	Big Brother Second Life	World Wide Web	Season 1, 2006: Madlen Flint	None
Slovakia	Big Brother: Súboj Template:Small	Markíza	Season 1, 2005: Richard Tkáč	Viliam Rozboril Zuzana Belohorcová
Slovenia	Big Brother	Kanal A	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother Slavnih Template:Small	Pop TV	Template:Plainlist	Nina Osenar
South Africa	Big Brother South Africa	M-Net Mzansi Magic DStv (live)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother Mzansi
			Template:Plainlist	Lungile Radu (1–2) Lawrence Maleka (3)
	Celebrity Big Brother		Season 1, 2002: Bill Flynn	Template:Plainlist
Spain	Gran Hermano	Telecinco (Main show and Debate) Telecinco Estrellas (9) Telecinco 2 (10) LaSiete (11–14) Nueve (14) Divinity (15–18) Be Mad (live; 18) Quiero TV (live; 1–3) Vía Digital (live; 4–5) Digital+ (live; 6–11) GH 24H (live; 12) Mitele.es (live; 13–18)	Template:Plainlist	Mercedes Milá (1–2, 4–16) Pepe Navarro (3) Jorge Javier Vázquez (17–18)
	Gran Hermano VIP	Telecinco (Main show and Debate) Cuatro (7) Divinity (3–6) Be Mad (live; 6) Mitele.es (live; 3–7)	Template:Plainlist	Current Jorge Javier Vázquez (6-) Jordi González (3–5; 7) Former Jesús Vázquez (1–2)
	Gran Hermano 12+1: La Re-vuelta Template:Small	Telecinco (Main show and Debate) LaSiete Mitele.es (live)	Season 1, 2012: Alessandro Livi	Mercedes Milá
	Gran Hermano Dúo	Telecinco (Main show and Debate) Divinity Be Mad (live) Mitele.es (live) CincoMAS (Americas)	Season 1, 2019: María Jesús Ruiz	Jorge Javier Vázquez Jordi González
	Gran Hermano: El Reencuentro (1) El Reencuentro (2) Template:Small	Telecinco (Main show and Debate) LaSiete Digital+ (live; 1)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	El Tiempo del Descuento	Telecinco CincoMAS (Americas)	Season 1, 2020: Gianmarco Onestini	Jorge Javier Vázquez
	Secret Story	Telecinco	Season 1, 2021: Luca Onestini Season 2, Winter 2022: Rafa Martinez Season 3, Fall 2022: Upcoming Season	Jorge Javier Vázquez (1) Carlos Sobera (2)
Sweden	Big Brother Sverige	Kanal 5	Template:Plainlist	Adam Alsing
		TV11	Template:Plainlist	Gry Forssell
		Kanal 11	Season 7, 2015: Christian Sahlström	Adam Alsing
		Sjuan TV4 Play (stream) C More (live) TV4 (8; Premiere)	Template:Plainlist	Malin Stenbäck (8–) Arantxa Álvarez (9) Adrian Boberg (8; Premiere)
	Big Brother Stjärnveckan Template:Small	Kanal 5	Season 1, 2002: Anki Lundberg	Adam Alsing
Switzerland	Big Brother Schweiz Template:Small	TV3	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Thailand	Big Brother Thailand	iTV	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
Turkey	Big Brother Türkiye	Star TV	Season 1, 2015–16: Sinan Aydemir	Asuman Krause
Ukraine	Big Brother Україна Template:Small	K1	Season 1, 2011: Kristina Kotvickaja	Template:Plainlist
United Kingdom	Big Brother	Channel 4 S4C (1–10) TVN Lingua	Template:Plainlist	Davina McCall
		Channel 5 MTV (16–19) TV3 (16–18) Virgin Media One (19)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
		ITV2 (20–present)	Template:Plainlist	TBA
	Celebrity Big Brother	Channel 4 BBC One (1) S4C (2–7)	Template:Plainlist	Davina McCall
		Channel 5 MTV (15–22) TV3 (16–18) 3e (19–22) Virgin Media Two (22)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Teen Big Brother	Channel 4/E4 S4C	Series 1, 2003: Paul Brennan	Dermot O'Leary
	Big Brother Panto		Series 1, 2004–05: No winner	Jeff Brazier June Sarpong
	Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack		Series 1, 2008: John Loughton	Dermot O'Leary
	Ultimate Big Brother		Series 1, 2010: Brian Dowling	Davina McCall
United States Template:Small	Big Brother Template:Small	CBS Showtime 2 (8–14) Pop (15–21) Slice Global Global Reality Channel E4 (4, 9) CBS.com/AOL (Live; 1) RealNetworks (Live; 2–14) CBS All Access (Live; 15–22) Paramount+ (Live; 23–)	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother: All-Stars		Template:Plainlist
	Big Brother: Over the Top Template:Small	CBS All Access	Season 1, 2016: Morgan Willett	Julie Chen Moonves
	Celebrity Big Brother	CBS Pop Global 9Now (1) 9Go! (1) CBS All Access (Live; 1–2) Paramount+ (Live; 3–)	Template:Plainlist
United States Template:Small	Gran Hermano	Telemundo	Season 1, 2016: Pedro Orta	Giselle Blondet
	La casa de los famosos Template:Small		Template:Plainlist	Héctor Sandarti Jimena Gallego
Vietnam	Người Giấu Mặt Template:Small Template:Small	VTV6	Season 1, 2013–14: Hoàng Sơn Việt	Huy Khánh

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