Big Brother is a reality show shown on RTL Televizija

RTL Televizija

RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....

 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

Big Brother (TV series)

Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...

 format produced by Endemol

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In the first four seasons (and the Celebrity season) the house was located in Jadran Film studios, in Dubrava

Dubrava

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 section of Zagreb

Zagreb

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. In Season five the house of Big Brother Thailand

Big Brother (Thailand)

Big Brother Thailand is the Thai version of the popular television show Big Brother. It is shown on iTV and TrueVisions channel 20.-Trivia:*Total number of days on air: 213 days*Total count of housemates: 27 Housemates...

 was used.

There have been five seasons - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 plus one celebrity season. Big Brother Croatia holds the record for having the most regular seasons (Five) with only male contestants winning the show each year (the Celebrity edition was won by a female though). Daca from season 2 and Paloma from season 4 came very close though, losing by only 2% difference to the eventual winners.

Big Brother Seasons Details

Series	Subtitle	Launch Date	Final Date	Days	Winner	Top prize	Presenter
Big Brother Season 1 Big Brother 1 (Croatia) The first Croatian season of Big Brother ran for 100 days, starting on 18 September 2004 and ending on 26 December 2004. It received high ratings and proved to be one of the rare successes for RTL Televizija in its first six months on Croatian television markets.Despite huge commercial success and...	Vidi sve (Sees Everything)	18 September 2004	26 December 2004	100	Saša Tkalčević	1,000,000 kn (130,000 euro)	Daria Knez
Big Brother Season 2 Big Brother 2 (Croatia) The second season of Big Brother in Croatia ran for 118 days, from 4 September to 30 December 2005.Second season had radical changes in the format of show—the number of contestants was initially raised from 12 to 14; the pace of evictions and nominations was accelerated, and number of contestants...	Gola istina (Naked Truth)	4 September 2005	30 December 2005	118	Hamdija Seferović	1,000,000 kn (130,000 euro)	Antonja Blaće
Big Brother Season 3 Big Brother 3 (Croatia) Third season began airing on 8 September 2006 and lasted for 99 days.The prize is increased from 1 million HRK to 1.5 million HRK , but it is expected that the actual winner would get significantly lower amount due to penalties for various House rule violations...	Do kraja (To The End)	8 September 2006	15 December 2006	99	Danijel Rimanić	1,250,000 kn (165,000 euro)
Big Brother Season 4 Big Brother 4 (Croatia) Fourth season of Croatian Big Brother began on 7 September 2007 and ended on 21 December 2007.The maximum prize was 1.5 million HRK . Every successful weekly task increased the final prize by the same amount. Producers introduced penalties as a response to criticism of the second season, when...	Bez milosti! (No Mercy!)	7 September 2007	21 December 2007	106	Vedran Lovrenčić	1,005,000 kn (133,000 euro)
Big Brother Season 5 Big Brother 5 (Croatia) Big Brother 5 Croatia began on Friday 5 September 2008. The major twist of this edition is that the House is not actually in Croatia, but it is located in the country of Thailand....	Avantura te zove! (Adventure calls you!)	5 September 2008	19 December 2008	106	Krešimir Duvančić	1,135,000 kn (150,000 euro)

Celebrity Seasons Details

RTL televizija in 2008 brodcast a season of Big Brother for celebrities. Celebrities enter the house for charity. However due to low ratings season was ended one week before it was planned.

Series	Launch Date	Final Date	Days	Winner	Presenter
Celebrity Big Brother Season 1 Celebity Big Brother 1 (Croatia) The first season of the celebrity edition of Big Brother Croatia started on March 7, 2008 and was supposed to end on March 28, 2008. Because of lack of viewers the series was cut short by one week so it ended on March 21, 2008....	7 March 2008	21 March 2008	15	Danijela Dvornik	Antonja Blaće

International seasons

In 2011 croatian Big Brother joins ex-Yugoslavia reailty show Veliki Brat. Contestants from all over ex-Yugoslavia region except Slovenia participate.

Series	Subtitle	Launch Date	Final Date	Days	Winner	Top prize	Presenter
Veliki Brat 2011 Veliki brat 2011 Veliki Brat 2011 or better known as Veliki Brat 4 is the fourth season of the television reality show Veliki brat. This season is the first that features housemates from Croatia, and therefore sets the record number of participating countries to 5...	Ljubi bližnjeg svog (Love Thy Neighbor)	13 March 2011	27 June 2011	107	Marijana Čvrljak	104,000 euro (750,000 kn)	Antonija Blaće   Marijana Mićić