Big Brother Slovenia Season 1

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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.

A 550 square meter Big Brother house is situated in the backyard of POP TV/Kanal A building in Ljubljana. There's 300 m2 dwelling, and 250 for the garden. House's every corner is covered by 22 cameras.

Bathroom, toilets, and showers which cannot be locked for security reasons, are also covered by cameras.

Essential kitchenware can be found in the kitchen along with sink, electric cooker, oven, refrigerator, and a silverware container.

House mates can eat self-cooked meals at a big 12-chair dining table in the dining room.

Comfortable divans are found in the living room which can be used in free time.

Big Brother house features two four-bedded bedrooms, two of which are double. Every house mate receives one bedding set, which they have to wash and make themselves. Even here every movement and whisper is recorded by cameras.

House mates are frequently called into confessional, where they share their experiences with Big Brother. A person may enter confessional only when empty and green light is lit above it. A chair and table can be found inside.

Very important part of the Big Brother house is depository, where much earned food and accessories for various tasks are dropped off. The depository is except on Saturdays and Sundays open only one hour a day, possible break-ins are prevented by electric lock.

Most activities will take place in a rather large garden in front of the house. House mates will be able to get fresh air, sunbathe or swim in jacuzzi. Daily and weekly tasks that demand more room will also take place there. Communicating with foreign people In case they appear in the garden is forbidden and can lead to 50 percent food loss.

[edit] First season (2007)

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

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:

• Andrej (27) - WINNER
• Miha (21)
• Marina (21)
• Stane (20)
• Janez (55)
• Tjaša (19)
• Alisa (21)
• Tina (22)
• Alen (26)
• Jasmina (19)
• Sonja (26)
• Pero (24)
• Suzana (38)
• Robert (31)
• Nina (28)
• Jessy (20)
• Aleš (27)
• Veronika (23)

	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Final
Andrej	Alen Nina	Alen Nina	Exempt	Pero Sonja	Jasmina Sonja	Jasmina Tina	Stane Tina	Alisa Janez	Alisa Janez	Janez Marina	Winner
Miha	Aleš Veronika	Alen Nina	Robert Sonja	Jasmina Sonja	Andrej Jasmina	Alen Tina	Tina Tjaša	Alisa Janez	Alisa Janez	Janez Marina	Runner up
Marina	Not in the house							Stane Tina	Janez Stane	Andrej Stane	Evicted (Day 83)
Stane	Aleš Jessy	Nina Robert	Exempt	Pero Sonja	Pero Sonja	Alen Jasmina	Alen Miha	Alisa Janez	Alisa Janez	Janez Marina	Evicted (Day 82)
Janez	Not in the house							Alisa Tjaša	Marina Tjaša	Miha Stane	Evicted (Day 77)
Tjaša	Not in the house			Miha Sonja	Pero Sonja	Alen Miha	Andrej Miha	Alisa Miha	Alisa Janez	Evicted (Day 70)
Alisa	Not in the house							Marina Tina	Janez Tjaša	Walked (Day 68)
Tina	Aleš Veronika	Miha Robert	Exempt	Jasmina Miha	Pero Sonja	Andrej Miha	Andrej Miha	Alisa Miha	Evicted (Day 63)
Alen	Andrej Jessy	Andrej Nina	Exempt	Andrej Sonja	Andrej Jasmina	Andrej Jasmina	Andrej Miha	Evicted (Day 56)
Jasmina	Miha Suzana	Andrej Miha	Miha Sonja	Miha Suzana	Pero Sonja	Andrej Miha	Evicted (Day 49)
Sonja	Not in the house	Suzana Tina	Miha Robert	Miha Suzana	Jasmina Miha	Evicted (Day 42)
Pero	Not in the house			Jasmina Suzana	Jasmina Tjaša	Ejected (Day 40)
Suzana	Robert Veronika	Miha Robert	Robert Sonja	Pero Sonja	Evicted (Day 35)
Robert	Aleš Jessy	Miha Nina	Miha Sonja	Evicted (Day 28)
Nina	Alen Jessy	Alen Robert	Evicted (Day 21)
Jessy	Miha Robert	Evicted (Day 14)
Aleš	Nina Robert	Walked (Day 9)
Veronika	Miha Suzana	Walked (Day 9)
Up for eviction	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	Janez Tjaša	Janez Marina	Andrej Marina Miha Stane
Evicted	Jessy 67%	Nina 41%	Robert 62%	Suzana 50%	Sonja 53%	Jasmina 67%	Alen 53%	Tina 73%	Tjaša 72%	Janez 70%	Stane Marina Miha
Walked	Aleš Veronika	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Alisa	None	None
Ejected	None	None	None	None	Pero	None	None	None	None	None	None
Non Evicted	Robert 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%

[edit] 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 be 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 desert 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.