Big Brother 6, Netherlands is the sixth season of the Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 reality show Big Brother.

Overview

The sixth and final season of Big brother Netherlands ran from on August 18, 2006 to November 27, 2006 making it the shortest season of Dutch Big brother. The shows presenter was Bridget Maasland

Bridget Maasland

Bridget Maasland is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer.She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy.Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona...

. Though the show launched on the of August 18 it did not start airing on television until two days later. Viewing numbers were half of that of the previous season which was largely caused by competition from a similar show The Golden Cage

The Golden Cage

De Gouden Kooi was the original concept and working title for Big Brother. In 2006, it was revived and turned into another format of reality television....

, broadcast immediately after Big Brother.

Details

The season added an extra twist to the game, where most of the housemates had a partner who entered the house with them. Another added twist this season was the red phone. Every housemate had a safe deposit account of €30,000. When half was left(meaning one member of the pair had been evicted), the other half had to be donated to another housemates safe. The winner was left with the amount accumulated. Two "jokers" (exemptions) were sold by auction. Marlies and Tijn won them for € 25,300 and € 29,200.
Two of the cast members, Jeroen and Milica arrived one day early and had to pretend to be a couple. Milica's mother Hilde entered a day after most of the group. The first time the red phone rang Egbert answered it and heard the message that the viewers would decide whether he would stay. One day later he was allowed to stay with 75% of the public vote. Jeroen, Hilde, Milica, Etienne and Marcel formed a well known click in the house. When Egbert dropped his key into a hole in the floor, he had to survive in an inflatable canoe in the swimming pool for two days to get it back. Big Brother nominated Semih and Marlies for a minor rule breaking but this was annulled and Etienne and Marcel were nominated instead for talking about their nomination strategy. Marcel was the first housemate to be evicted and donated half of the money to his son. Soon after, of Monique's husband rushed to the house when it looked like her Tijn was getting close. After they wrote a few letters to each other she decided to stay. After wards, Monique and Sabrina were given a private bedroom since Tijn and Etienne wouldn't leave them alone at night. In the second round Hilde and Etienne were nominated, the latter because of his racist comments. The red telephone rang again and Semih heard that he would be nominated for four consecutive weeks. Marlies used her joker to put Janine up for nominations in her place. A week later Egbert, Jeroen and Semih were nominated. During Egbert's eviction host Bridget told Egbert and Jeroen that they both had both been evicted because they had the same percentage of votes. However, Jeroen wasn't really evicted since for a secret mission Monique and Sabrina had to hide Jeroen in their private bedroom for a couple of days. They passed their mission, and all three gained immunity

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 the next eviction. Marlies was nominated after Sabrina used a joker she bought from Jeroen to put Marlies up for eviction in her place. The winner of the sixth season was the soccer player Jeroen. Due to the disappointing ratings of this season Big brother was canceled in the Netherlands for the second time.

Nominations Table

	| Week 2	| Week 3	| Week 4	|	|	| Week 7	| Week 8	| Week 9	|	|	|	|	|
Jeroen	No nominations	Micheline	Tijn	Tijn	Marlies	Rik	Tijn	Marlies	Marcia	Tijn	Rik	Monique	No nominations	Winner
Sabrina	No nominations	Hilde	Hilde	Milica	Marcia	Egbert	Marcia	Marcia	Marcia	Marcia	Semih	Jeroen	No nominations	Runner up
Rik	No nominations	Jeroen	Etienne	Jeroen	Jeroen	Jeroen	Marcia	Jeroen	Jeroen	Jeroen	Jeroen	Jeroen	No nominations	Third place
Tijn	No nominations	Jeroen	Milica	Jeroen	Marlies	Jeroen	Marlies	Micheline	Semih	Semih	Semih	Jeroen	No nominations
Monique	No nominations	Hilde	Hilde	Milica	Jeroen	Egbert	Marcia	Marcia	Marcia	Marcia	Jeroen	Jeroen	Evicted (Day 95)
Semih	No nominations	Hilde	Hilde	Milica	Marlies	Egbert	Egbert	Tijn	Tijn	Tijn	Tijn	Evicted (Day 88)
Marcia	No nominations	Milica	Etienne	Milica	Jeroen	Sabrina	Sabrina	Jeroen	Sabrina	Monique	Evicted (Day 81)
Marlies	No nominations	Jeroen	Etienne	Jeroen	Jeroen	Egbert	Etienne	Jeroen	Sabrina	Evicted (Day 74)
Micheline	No nominations	Hilde	Etienne	Milica	Jeroen	Egbert	Etienne	Tijn	Evicted (Day 67)
Etienne	No nominations	Micheline	Egbert	Tijn	Marlies	Egbert	Marlies	Evicted (Day 60)
Egbert	Nominated	Hilde	Etienne	Etienne	Marlies	Etienne	Evicted (Day 53)
Janine	No nominations	Micheline	Etienne	Jeroen	Marlies	Evicted (Day 46)
Milica	No nominations	Micheline	Monique	Tijn	Evicted (Day 39)
Hilde	No nominations	Micheline	Monique	Evicted (Day 32)
Marcel	No nominations	Micheline	Evicted (Day 25)
Notes		,	None	None	,			, ,		None	None	None
Nominated	Egbert	Etienne Hilde Marcel Micheline	Etienne Hilde	Jeroen Milica	Janine Jeroen Semih	Egbert Jeroen Semih	Entienne Marcia Semih	Jeroen Marcia Micheline Semih	Marcia Marlies	Marcia Tijn	Jeroen Semih	Jeroen Monique	Jeroen Rik Sabrina Tijn
Evicted	Egbert 75% to stay	Marcel 12% to save	Hilde 36% to save	Milica 46% to save	Janine 22% to save	Egbert 23% to save	Etienne 32% to save	Micheline 13% to save	Marlies 34% to save	Marcia 43% to save	Semih 40% to save	Monique 43% to save	Tijn 8% to win (out of 4)	Rik 17% to win (out of 3)
													Sabrina 41%	Jeroen 59%

On day 10 Egbert was nominated for eviction by Big brother for answering the red phone. As he was the only nominee, the public had to decide if he should be evicted or if he should stay. On day 2 both Marlies and Semih were told that they had been automatically nominated by Big brother. This however was a lie and they were actually immune from eviction. Etienne and Marcel were automatically nominated by Big brother as punishment for discussing nominations. Etienne and Marcel were automatically nominated by Big brother as punishment for discussing nominations. Marlies was initially up for eviction, but she used the joker she won on day 2 to save herself from nomination and she nominated Janine in her place. On day 39 the red phone rang and Semih answered it. When he answered the phone Big brother informed Semih that he would be nominated for the next four evictions. Last week Jeroen was fake evicted and Monique & Sabrina had to hide him in their bedroom without the other Housemates knowing. As they successfully passed this secret mission, Sabrina and Monique won immunity this week. Tijn used his nominations joker to save himself and he nominated Micheline in his place. On day 67 Jeroen opened an envelope which said he had won a joker. Following the announcement of the nominations Sabrina bought the joker off Jereon for €25,000. Sabrina used her joker to save herself and nominated Marlies in her place. The public was voting for who they wanted to see win instead of who they wanted to stay.