Big Brother 1 (Bulgaria)
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Big Brother 1 was the first season of the first reality show in Bulgaria
- Big Brother. The show was aired on Nova Television.
It started on 18 October 2004 and ended on 17 January 2005 and it was hosted by Niki Kunchev and Evelina Pavlova. The winner was Zdravko, who won 200 000 lev
a. He also participated in the second season of VIP Brother
(surprisingly, the season was won by his wife).
. He entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 85.
(born in Rousse
). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted housemate on Day 22. Disappointed with her participation, Anelia returned to Italy
, where she lived before the show.
(lives in London
). He entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 17.
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 36.
, born in Veliko Turnovo. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 57. She had a brief lesbian romance with her roommate Svetlozara and made love to her.
. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected on Day 48 along with Svetlan for aggressive behavior. After an incident in which they both started vandalism (breaking things in the house), the nominations were cancelled and there were open special telephone lines - the viewers had to decide wheter they should be punished. They had four choices - to eject Nayden, to eject Svetlan, to eject both of them, or both of them simply to stay in the house.
Nayden celebrated his 25th birthday in the house - there was a party in which Zara came out of a big cake. They had sex the same night.
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 29.
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 43.
. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected along with Nayden on Day 48.
. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished in second place on Day 92. She had a brief lesbian romance and sexual encounter with her roommate Mariela.
. He entered the house on Day 18, after Dimiter's voluntary leave. Tihomir was evicted on Day 71.
After he left the house, he met and later married the famous TV host Veneta Raykova. On 26 March 2007 they both entered the house as participants in VIP Brother 2
.
. She entered the house on Day 50, along with Zeyneb. Veneta left the house voluntarily on Day 58.
After her participation in the show, she gave birth to her third child.
. He entered the house on Day 1 and finished in third place on Day 92. Victor was the only housemate not to be nominated for eviction (never faced the public vote) during the whole season.
. He entered the house on Day 1 and became a winner on Day 92.
An interesting fact is that his girlfriend Hristina contacted him during his stay in the house to tell him she was pregnant.
On 26 March 2007 Zdravko entered the house again, this time as a participant in VIP Brother 2
. Before entering, he proposed marriage to Hristina. On Day 5, she entered the house, too with their daughter. The couple married in the house. Surprisingly, Hristina was the winner of VIP Brother 2
.
Initially, Dimiter and Anelia were nominated. However, after Dimiter decided to leave, his nominations were voided Tihomir was immune
from nomination as a new Housemate The nominations of Zdravko and Alidjan were cancelled because Nayden and Svetlan were evicted for breaking the rules Zeyneb and Veneta were immune from nominations as they were new Housemates All Housemates faced the Public Vote to win this Week.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
- Big Brother. The show was aired on Nova Television.
It started on 18 October 2004 and ended on 17 January 2005 and it was hosted by Niki Kunchev and Evelina Pavlova. The winner was Zdravko, who won 200 000 lev
Lev
Lev may refer to:*Lev and LEV are common shortenings for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Torah.*Lev means "heart" in Hebrew.*It is also a Hebrew name, as in the Bar Lev Line....
a. He also participated in the second season of VIP Brother
VIP Brother 2 (Bulgaria)
VIP Brother 2 was the second season of the Big Brother's spin-off Big Brother VIP. It was aired on Nova Television.The show started on 26 March 2007 and ended on 27 April 2007. It lasted for 33 Days - 4 Days longer than the previous season, because of the high ratings. VIP Brother 2 was hosted by...
(surprisingly, the season was won by his wife).
Alidjan
Alidjan Aliev is born on 5 May 1973. He is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 85.
Anelia
Anelia Ivanova is born on 12 September 1973. She is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
(born in Rousse
Rousse
Ruse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, from the capital Sofia and from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...
). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted housemate on Day 22. Disappointed with her participation, Anelia returned to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, where she lived before the show.
Dimiter
Dimiter Kazalov is born on 1 February 1964. He is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
(lives in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
). He entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 17.
Margarita
Margarita Grigorova is born on 14 October 1966. She is from KyustendilKyustendil
Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of Kyustendil Province, with a population of 44 416 . Kyustendil is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, 90 km southwest of Sofia...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 36.
Mariela
Mariela 'Mell' Kiselkova is born on 25 January 1981. She is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, born in Veliko Turnovo. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 57. She had a brief lesbian romance with her roommate Svetlozara and made love to her.
Nayden
Nayden Naydenov is born on 30 November 1979. He is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected on Day 48 along with Svetlan for aggressive behavior. After an incident in which they both started vandalism (breaking things in the house), the nominations were cancelled and there were open special telephone lines - the viewers had to decide wheter they should be punished. They had four choices - to eject Nayden, to eject Svetlan, to eject both of them, or both of them simply to stay in the house.
Nayden celebrated his 25th birthday in the house - there was a party in which Zara came out of a big cake. They had sex the same night.
Silvia-Alexandra
Silvia-Alexandra Docheva is born on 11 July 1979. She is from LovechLovech
Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of 36,296 as of February 2011. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The town is located about 150 km northeast from the capital city of Sofia...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 29.
Stoyka
Stoyka Stefanova is born on 25 January 1979. She is from PlovdivPlovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was evicted on Day 43.
Svetlan
Svetlan 'Groshi' Shevrov is born on 22 September 1972. He is from KostandovoKostandovo
Kostandovo is a small town in the Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2010 it has 4 342 inhabitants. It gained its town status in 2005. It is located in the Rhodope Mountains close to the Batak Dam and the town of Rakitovo....
. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected along with Nayden on Day 48.
Svetlozara
Svetlozara 'Zara' Trendafilova is born on 17 October 1985. She is from VarnaVarna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished in second place on Day 92. She had a brief lesbian romance and sexual encounter with her roommate Mariela.
Tihomir
Tihomir Georgiev is born on 17 April 1973. He is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. He entered the house on Day 18, after Dimiter's voluntary leave. Tihomir was evicted on Day 71.
After he left the house, he met and later married the famous TV host Veneta Raykova. On 26 March 2007 they both entered the house as participants in VIP Brother 2
VIP Brother 2 (Bulgaria)
VIP Brother 2 was the second season of the Big Brother's spin-off Big Brother VIP. It was aired on Nova Television.The show started on 26 March 2007 and ended on 27 April 2007. It lasted for 33 Days - 4 Days longer than the previous season, because of the high ratings. VIP Brother 2 was hosted by...
.
Veneta
Veneta Mileva-Ilieva is born on 6 February 1968. She is from KostinbrodKostinbrod
Kostinbrod is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — Belgrade...
. She entered the house on Day 50, along with Zeyneb. Veneta left the house voluntarily on Day 58.
After her participation in the show, she gave birth to her third child.
Victor
Victor Jechkov is born on 14 February 1977. He is from SofiaSofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and finished in third place on Day 92. Victor was the only housemate not to be nominated for eviction (never faced the public vote) during the whole season.
Zdravko
Zdravko Vasilev is born on 19 July 1977. He is from PrimorskoPrimorsko
Primorsko is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located on a gore 52 km south of Burgas and has a beach strip of about 1 km². The average temperature is 27°C in July, often reaching...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and became a winner on Day 92.
An interesting fact is that his girlfriend Hristina contacted him during his stay in the house to tell him she was pregnant.
On 26 March 2007 Zdravko entered the house again, this time as a participant in VIP Brother 2
VIP Brother 2 (Bulgaria)
VIP Brother 2 was the second season of the Big Brother's spin-off Big Brother VIP. It was aired on Nova Television.The show started on 26 March 2007 and ended on 27 April 2007. It lasted for 33 Days - 4 Days longer than the previous season, because of the high ratings. VIP Brother 2 was hosted by...
. Before entering, he proposed marriage to Hristina. On Day 5, she entered the house, too with their daughter. The couple married in the house. Surprisingly, Hristina was the winner of VIP Brother 2
VIP Brother 2 (Bulgaria)
VIP Brother 2 was the second season of the Big Brother's spin-off Big Brother VIP. It was aired on Nova Television.The show started on 26 March 2007 and ended on 27 April 2007. It lasted for 33 Days - 4 Days longer than the previous season, because of the high ratings. VIP Brother 2 was hosted by...
.
Zeyneb
Zeyneb Madjurova is born on 13 February 1985. She is from Bourgas. She entered the house on Day 50 along with Veneta, after Nayden and Svetlan's ejections. Zeyneb was evicted on Day 78.Weekly summary and highlights
| Week 1 | Tasks | Save the fire - the housemates had to save the fire in the garden for 72 hours. The task was successful. |
|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | Tasks | In the army - the housemates were put into military conditions - to wear army clothes, to separate into two armies... The task was unsuccessful |
| Week 3 | Up for eviction | Dimiter and Anelia (after Dimiter walked the nominees became four - Anelia, Stoyka, Silvia-Alexandra, Mariela) |
| Entrances | Tihomir entered the house on Day 18 | |
| Tasks | Get to know your buddy - the housemates had to gather as much information about the other as they could. | |
| Exits | Dimiter walked on Day 17 | |
| Week 4 | Up for eviction | Silvia-Alexandra and Zdravko |
| Tasks | Diet - the housemates were divided into two groups - the first one had to lose weight, the second - to raise | |
| Exits | Anelia was evicted on Day 22 | |
| Week 5 | Up for eviction | Margarita, Stoyka and Zdravko |
| Tasks | Stageplay - the housemates had to make up their own play. The special jury - the three housemates outside the house (Dimiter, Anelia and Silvia) decided it was unsuccessful. The housemates lost 100% of their budget for the next week. | |
| Exits | Silvia-Alexandra was evicted on Day 29 | |
| Week 6 | Up for eviction | Stoyka and Zdravko |
| Tasks | A pet - the housemates were given the dog Rufus. They had to take care of him and teach him different tricks. | |
| Exits | Margarita was evicted on Day 36 | |
| Week 7 | Up for eviction | Alidjan and Zdravko (the nominations were cancelled after Nayden and Groshi's ejection) |
| Tasks | In chains - the housemates were in chains with each other (in couples). They had to be together everywhere and all the time. The task was unsuccessful - Nayden and Groshi broke the rules. | |
| Birthdays | Nayden celebrated his 25th birthday on 30 November. There was a party in the house in which Zara came out of a big cake. They had sex the same night. | |
| Exits | Stoyka was evicted on Day 43; Nayden and Groshi were ejected on Day 48 for breaking the rules | |
| Week 8 | Up for eviction | Alidjan, Zdravko, Mariela and Tihomir |
| Entrances | Veneta and Zeyneb entered the house on Day 50 | |
| Tasks | Rich, poor - the housemates were divided into rich and poor | |
| Week 9 | Up for eviction | There were no nominations because of Veneta's leaving |
| Tasks | Good parents - the housemates were divided into couples, and they were given baby dolls. They had to look after them as their own children. | |
| Exits | Mell was evicted on Day 57; Veneta walked on Day 58 | |
| Week 10 | Up for eviction | Tihomir and Zeyneb |
| Tasks | Help Santa Claus - the housemates had to run 1208 miles (the distance between Lapland and Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... ) on a running path in order their relatives to be given Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days... presents. The task was successful. |
|
| Week 11 | Up for eviction | Zara and Zeyneb |
| Tasks | Dirty trick - the housemates had to do bad tricks to each other. | |
| Exits | Tihomir was evicted on Day 71 | |
| Week 12 | Up for eviction | Zara and Alidjan |
| Tasks | Skaters | |
| Exits | Zeyneb was evicted on Day 78 | |
| Week 13 | Up for eviction | No nominations. The positive voting started |
| Tasks | This week there were only day tasks in order to entertain the housemates during their final days in the house | |
| Exits | Alidjan was evicted on Day 85 | |
| Final Day 92 |
Victor finished in third place, Zara - second and Zdravko left the house as the winner of Big Brother 1 | |
Nominations table
| | Week 3 | | Week 4 | | Week 5 | | Week 6 | | Week 7 | | Week 8 | | Week 9 | | Week 10 | | Week 11 | | Week 12 | | Final Week 13 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zdravko | Dimiter, Mariela |
Mariela, Stoyka |
Stoyka, Tihomir |
Nayden, Stoyka |
Mariela, Nayden |
Mariela, Tihomir |
No nominations |
Tihomir, Zeyneb |
Zara, Zeyneb |
Alidjan, Zara |
Winner (Day 92) |
|||
| Zara | Dimiter, Silvia-A |
Silvia-A, Zdravko |
Margarita, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
No nominations |
Victor, Zeyneb |
Zdravko, Zeyneb |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Runner-Up (Day 92) |
|||
| Victor | Anelia Dimiter |
Zara Zdravko |
Alidjan Svetlan |
Nayden Stoyka |
Nayden Tihomir |
Mariela Tihomir |
No nominations |
Tihomir Zeyneb |
Zara Zeyneb |
Alidjan Zara |
(Day 92) |
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| Alidjan | Anelia, Dimiter |
Silvia-A, Zdravko |
Mariela, Tihomir |
Nayden, Stoyka |
Mariela, Nayden |
Mariela, Tihomir |
No nominations |
Tihomir, Zeyneb |
Zara, Zeyneb |
Zara, Zdravko |
Evicted (Day 85) |
|||
| Zeyneb | Not in house |
Exempt | No nominations |
Alidjan, Tihomir |
Alidjan, Zara |
Evicted (Day 78) |
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| Tihomir | Not in house |
Exempt | Margarita, Stoyka |
Victor, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
No nominations |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Evicted (Day 71) |
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| Veneta | Not in house |
Exempt | Walked (Day 58) |
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| Mariela | Anelia, Zdravko |
Silvia-A, Zdravko |
Margarita, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Evicted (Day 57) |
|||||||
| Nayden | Anelia, Dimiter |
Mariela, Silvia-A |
Mariela, Stoyka |
Stoyka, Victor |
Mariela, Victor |
Ejected (Day 48) |
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| Svetlan | Dimiter, Stoyka |
Stoyka, Zdravko |
Stoyka, Zdravko |
Stoyka, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Ejected (Day 48) |
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| Stoyka | Anelia, Silvia-A |
Silvia-A, Zdravko |
Margarita, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Evicted (Day 43) |
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| Margarita | Stoyka, Victor |
Alidjan, Stoyka |
Mariela, Stoyka |
Evicted (Day 36) |
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| Silvia-Alexandra | Mariela, Zara |
Alidjan, Svetlan |
Evicted (Day 29) |
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| Anelia | Dimiter, Nayden |
Evicted (Day 22) |
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| Dimiter | Alidjan, Nayden |
Walked (Day 17) |
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| Notes | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Against public vote |
Anelia, Mariela, Stoyka, Silvia-A |
Silvia-A, Zdravko |
Margarita, Stoyka, Zdravko |
Stoyka, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Zdravko |
Alidjan, Mariela, Tihomir, Zdravko |
none | Tihomir, Zeyneb |
Zara, Zeyneb |
Alidjan, Zara |
Zdravko, Zara, Victor |
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| Walked | Dimiter | none | none | none | none | none | Veneta | none | none | none | none | |||
| Ejected | none | none | none | none | Nayden, Svetlan |
none | none | none | none | none | none | |||
| Evicted (% of public votes) |
Anelia | Silvia-Alexandra | Margarita | Stoyka | eviction cancelled |
Mariela | eviction cancelled | Tihomir | Zeyneb | Alidjan | ||||
| Zara | ||||||||||||||
| Zdravko | ||||||||||||||
Initially, Dimiter and Anelia were nominated. However, after Dimiter decided to leave, his nominations were voided Tihomir was immune
Immunity (reality television)
Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
from nomination as a new Housemate The nominations of Zdravko and Alidjan were cancelled because Nayden and Svetlan were evicted for breaking the rules Zeyneb and Veneta were immune from nominations as they were new Housemates All Housemates faced the Public Vote to win this Week.
Nominations totals
| Alidjan | Anelia | Dimiter | Margarita | Mariela | Nayden | Silvia-Alexandra | Stoyka | Svetlan | Svetlozara | Tihomir | Veneta | Victor | Zdravko | Zeyneb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 8 |