Veliki brat 2007

Veliki Brat 2007 is the second season of the hit television reality show Veliki brat, the Serbian, Bosnian^[1] and Montenegrin^[1] version of Big Brother. The second season started on 22 September 2007 and was supposed to run until its scheduled finale on 5 January 2008,^[2] however, immediately following a tragic car accident in which three of the evicted housemates - Stevan Zečević, Zorica Lazić and Elmir Kuduzović - died, the producers of the show, Emotion and B92 TV, decided to stop that season's broadcast on December 29, 2007.^[2] At 9:00pm on 29 December, the TV audience was informed about the stoppage of broadcasts effective immediately. It was announced that all of the remaining housemates (7 of them) had left the VB House during the afternoon, and that the prize money would be split among them. After the statement, archive footage of the three deceased former housemates was shown. There were no statements on what would be done with the amount of € 20,000 earned by two housemates as a part of their on-air secret tasks. This amount was supposed to be given as a humanitarian donation to charity organizations or individuals in need.

Car accident

On 28 December 2007, three housemates, who had all been evicted earlier in the season, were killed in a fatal car accident. Stevan Zečević, Zorica Lazić and Elmir Kuduzović were killed when the Kuduzović-driven Citroën C4 that they were riding in, ran off the road near the town of Ušće, Serbia.^[3] The car reportedly skidded off the road due to excessive speed on a turn, flipped onto its roof and landed in the Vukodraž River.^[3] The accident happened on Obrenovac-Šabac road, which was icy at the time.^[3] A fourth person in the car, Vladimir Sarić, who was not a member of the Veliki brat 2007 cast, was injured in the crash.^[3] Another car carrying fellow evicted housemates, Tanja Obradović and Jelena Žeželj, was also traveling in front of them at the time, but was not involved in the accident.^[3] Zečević, Lazić and Kuduzović had been enroute to make a scheduled celebrity promotional appearance at a party when they were killed.^[2] The remaining Veliki Brat (Big Brother) housemates were informed of the accident off-camera.^[2] Serbian television station B92 and Emotion production company (local Big Brother licence holder) announced in a press statement issued on 29 December that they had decided to end the season early due to the tragic deaths of Zečević, Lazić and Kuduzović.^[2] The show had been previously scheduled to end its season on 5 January 2008.^[2] Zečević, Lazić and Kuduzović had been scheduled to return to the Big Brother house on New Years Eve as part of the season finale.^[1] The cancellation was reportedly the first time that any Big Brother season had been cancelled anywhere in the world since The Boss, the Arabian version of Big Brother.^[1] Stevan Zečević was born in 1983 and was from Novi Sad, Serbia.^[3] Zorica Lazić was also born in 1983 and was from Zemun, a neighborhood in the city of Belgrade.^[3] Elmir Kuduzović came from the city of Tuzla in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and was born in 1981.^[3]

Housemates

Nine housemates entered the house on launch night. A week later on day seven, five more entered the house. On day thirty five Miroslav, who took part in the first season but decided to quit after fifteen days entered the house. Out of 22 total housemates, 17 were from Serbia, 3 from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2 from Montenegro.

• Tanja Obradović, 21 (Loznica, Serbia). She was the 7th evictee, on Day 39.
• Živan Janićijević - Burek, 26 (Sočanica, Serbia). He was the 4th evictee, on Day 28. He came back to the house on Day 84.
• Suzana Pavlović, 22 (Smederevo, Serbia)
• Miloš Vasiljević - Mišel, 20 (Gornji Milanovac, Serbia). He was the 6th evictee, on Day 35.
• Dijana Mićić, 21 (Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina). She was the 16th evictee, on Day 91.
• Nataša Ilić, 26 (Niš, Serbia)
• Ranka Radanović, 22 (Čurug, Serbia). She was the 1st evictee, on Day 7.
• Marina Ignjatović, 31 (Šabac, Serbia). She was the 14th evictee, on Day 77
• Jelena Žeželj, 20 (Belgrade, Serbia). She was the 5th evictee, on Day 35.
• Danilo Tomić, 29 (Užice, Serbia). He entered on Day 7. He was the 2nd evictee, on Day 14. He came back to the house on Day 84. He left the house on Day 89.
• Miloš Novaković - Mićko, 28 (Podgorica, Montenegro). He entered on Day 7. He left the house on Day 51.
• Stevan Zečević, 23 (Novi Sad, Serbia). He entered on Day 7. He was the 3rd evictee, on Day 21. He came back to the house on Day 56. He was the 13th evictee, on Day 70. Died in a car accident on 28 December 2007.

• Elmir Kuduzović, 26 (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina). He entered on Day 7. He was the 8th evictee, on Day 42. Died in a car accident on 28 December 2007.
• Slaviša Lakić, 29 (Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina). He entered on Day 7. He was the 11th evictee, on Day 56.
• Miroslav "Miki" Đuričić - Miki, 30 (Kupinovo, Serbia). He entered on Day 35. He left the house on Day 75.
• Aleksandar Kocić, 27 (Vranje, Serbia). He entered on Day 39.
• Vesna Milovac, 27 (Novi Sad, Serbia). She entered on Day 39.
• Đorđe Stojanović, 29 (Velika Plana, Serbia). He entered on Day 39.
• Zorica Lazić, 24 (Zemun, Serbia). She entered on Day 39. She was the 12th evictee, on Day 63. Died in a car accident on 28 December 2007.
• Gojko Muzikravić, 28 (Čačak, Serbia). He entered on Day 39. He was the 9th evictee, on Day 49.
• Vesko Bošković, 42 (Nikšić, Montenegro). He entered on Day 60.
• Mirko Đuričić, 56 (Kupinovo, Serbia). He entered on Day 70. He was the 15th evictee, on Day 84.

Nominations Table

Nomination totals

References

External links

• Veliki Brat official website (Serbian)
• Unofficial site and forum board BB VIP
• Unofficial site and board
• Los Angeles Times: The country's version of 'Big Brother' includes the odd Bosnian, Croat and Kosovo Serb. Probably unintentionally, it's forcing viewers to confront their social prejudices