HaAh HaGadol 1

HaAh HaGadol 1
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Season 1 (2008)

HaAh HaGadol 1 (Hebrew: האח הגדול 1‎, lit. The Big Brother 1) is the first series of the Israeli version of the reality show Big Brother. The show was first broadcast on 1 September 2008, and ended on 16 December 2008. Sixteen housemates entering the house upon the launch and another four joining after 56 days. The housemates competed for a one million shekel prize. The house was located in Neve Ilan, a suburb of Jerusalem. The housemates included a set of non-identical twin brothers and a father and daughter.

The show aired on Sunday and Tuesday nights. In addition to the main broadcast on Channel 2 there was a 24 hour live broadcast on the HOT channel 20, and also on the Internet via Mako. Internet viewers could choose which camera images they want to view, while HOT viewers could only see camera images chosen by the Big Brother staff.

The house was equipped with 50 surveillance cameras which were operated by the Big Brother in house staff.

Details

Hosts: Erez Tal and Assi Azar
Producer: Elad Kuperman
Channel: Channel 2
Company of Broadcast on Channel 2: Keshet

Housemates

Erez Tal (L) and Assi Azar (R) with Shifra Cornfeld, the winner.

Asher

Asher Simoni, A 29-year-old man from Tiberias. Asher's wife was pregnant when he entered the house and gave birth as her husband took part in the show. He first met his newborn daughter moments after his eviction on live television. He works as a clerk at a post office. Asher was mainly known for his strong religious views and his obsessive smoking.

Boris

Boris Schneiderovsky, A 22-year-old man from Ra'anana. His non-identical twin brother, Leon, also participated in the show.

Einav

Einav Boublil, A 23-year-old woman from Ashkelon. Her father Yossi entered the house as the sixteenth housemate, to Einav's surprise.

Eran

Eran Zilberman, A 26-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works in the "high tech" industry.

Inna

Inna Braverman, A 22-year-old woman from Acre.

Itay

Itay Ziv, A 28-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works in a circus as an acrobat. Engaged in a romantic relationship with Vanessa throughout the season. When Yoni entered the house the relationship between Itay and Vanessa broke apart as Vanessa was more interested in Yoni. After leaving the house Yoni got back together with Vanessa.

Jenny

Jenny Tukrev, A 23 year-old woman from Tel Aviv.

Keren

Keren Khasis, A 24-year-old woman from Tel Aviv and Herzliya.

Hagit

Hagit Ronen Maimon, A 43-year-old woman from Beersheba. She works as a jewelry store owner and jewelry designer.

Leon

Leon Schneiderovsky. A 22-year-old gay man from Ra'anana. His non-identical twin brother Boris was also in the house. Leon works at a clothing store as a salesman and is known in the house for his gentle character and friendship with housemate Einav and then with Shifra. He had a crush on fellow-housemate Shay early in the competition.

Miki

Miki Levin, A 31-year-old woman from Ramat HaSharon. She came to the house as the mean blonde woman, but after having fought with other housemates she was evicted.

Naama

Naama Friedmann, A 34-year-old writer from Liman. Her main goal in coming to the show was to promote her first book "Like There Is No Tomorrow". Naama was initially appreciated by other housemates, as they saw her as the caring mother housemate. But soon enough they discovered she was trying to manipulate people and pick fights. The housemates tried to vote her off but the audience brought her back twice. After failing to vote her off, she was shunned by the other housemates until she decided to leave the show of her own free will.

Ranin

Ranin Boulos, A 24-year-old woman from Neve Shalom, a village jointly established by Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, that is engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. In the series she was chosen to represent the Israeli Arab demographic but being a professional actor opted to be more of a drama queen and trouble maker. Early on she made an impression that she was very emotional, and threatened to leave the show a few times after having fights with other housemates. After being evicted she concluded it was a once in a lifetime positive experience.

Shachar

Shachar Ben David, A 28-year-old bodybuilder from Kokhav Yair.

Shay

Shay Sheetrit, A 25-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works as a manager in a bar. Due to a death in Shay's family the Big Brother gave Shay permission to attend his aunt's funeral for a few hours (outside the Big Brother house) so he wasn't present for his eviction on day 51.

Shifra

Shifra Cornfeld, The winner of "HaAh HaGadol", A 27-year-old woman from Jerusalem. She works as a flight attendant for El Al. Shifra was born to a religious family and chose to leave the orthodox lifestyle and become a secular Jew. On July 26, 2009, Shifra was a phone-in guest on Big Brothers Little Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother (UK) and was asked questions on her time in the house.

Tzabar

Tzabar Gadish, A 27-year-old man from Binyamina.

Venessa

Vanessa Allouche, A 27-year-old French immigrant woman from Bitan Aharon. She Engaged in a romantic relationship with Itay throughout the season. When Yoni entered the house the relationship between Itay and Vanessa broke apart as Vanessa was more interested in Yoni. After leaving the house Yoni got back together with Vanessa.

Yoni

Yoni Vinkel, A 30-year-old man from Arad. His father is a Dutch Christian, and his mother is an Iranian Jew.

Yossi

Yossi Boublil, A 56-year-old man from Ashkelon. His daughter, Einav is also in the house.

HaAhot HaKtana

HaAhot HaKtana (Hebrew: האחות הקטנה‎, The Little Sister) provided a comedic criticism of all the events that took place throughout the week in the Big Brother House. The show aired several times a week on Bip (channel 6 on the HOT cable network), which presented a one-hour-long episode on Friday nights which starred the most recently evicted housemate. The show was hosted by Efrat Abramov and throughout the week previous housemates and well known entertainment personalities critique the daily events of the house. The program only aired during the first two seasons.

Nominations table

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Final
Week 15
Shifra Keren,
Miki 		Naama,
Yossi 		Asher,
Itay 		Asher,
Itay 		No
Nominations 		Einav,
Yossi 		Yossi,
Einav 		Yossi,
Einav 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Yossi 		Yossi,
Itay 		Ranin Shachar,
Yoni 		No
Nominations 		Einav,
Yossi 		Winner
(Day 107)
Yossi Naama,
Tzabar 		Keren,
Shay 		Naama,
Venessa 		Naama,
Eran 		No
Nominations 		Tzabar,
Shifra 		Shifra,
Asher 		Shifra,
Shay 		No
Nominations 		Shifra,
Venessa 		Tzabar,
Shifra 		Einav Shifra,
Ranin 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Shachar 		Runner-Up
(Day 107)
Itay Miki,
Shay 		Einav,
Yossi 		Vanessa,
Yossi 		Shifra,
Eran 		No
Nominations 		Ranin,
Keren 		Einav,
Asher 		Shay,
Shifra 		No
Nominations 		Shifra,
Tzabar 		Inna,
Shachar 		Einav Shachar,
Inna 		No
Nominations 		Leon,
Shachar 		Third Place
(Day 107)
Einav Boris,
Itay 		Boris,
Shifra 		Naama,
Venessa 		Eran,
Shifra 		No
Nominations 		Tzabar,
Shifra 		Shifra,
Shay 		Shifra,
Shay 		No
Nominations 		Leon,
Venessa 		Hagit,
Tzabar 		Yossi Shifra,
Ranin 		No
Nominations 		Shachar,
Shifra 		Fourth Place
(Day 107)
Leon Eran,
Jenny 		Eran,
Itay 		Naama,
Yossi 		Naama,
Yossi 		No
Nominations 		Yossi,
Keren 		Asher,
Yossi 		Yossi,
Shay 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Venessa 		Shachar,
Hagit 		Shifra Shachar,
Yossi 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Shachar 		Fifth Place
(Day 107)
Shachar Not In
House 		Shifra,
Tzabar 		Shifra,
Tzabar 		Hagit Shifra,
Ranin 		No
Nominations 		Leon,
Itay 		Evicted
(Day 100)
Yoni Not In
House 		Einav,
Tzabar 		Einav,
Shifra 		Ranin Shifra,
Einav 		No
Nominations 		Evicted
(Day 93)
Inna Not In
House 		Shifra,
Tzabar 		Yossi,
Tzabar 		Ranin Shifra,
Yoni 		No
Nominations 		Evicted
(Day 93)
Ranin Boris,
Eran 		Asher,
Yossi 		Keren,
Naama 		Naama,
Eran 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Venessa 		Yossi,
Einav 		Venessa,
Yossi 		No
Nominations 		Venessa,
Yossi 		Yossi,
Shachar 		Shifra Yossi,
Shachar 		Evicted
(Day 86)
Hagit Not In
House 		Leon,
Shifra 		Yossi,
Shifra 		Inna Evicted
(Day 79)
Tzabar Einav,
Yossi 		Einav,
Yossi 		Miki,
Naama 		Naama,
Keren 		No
Nominations 		Asher,
Yossi 		Itay,
Venessa 		Itay,
Venessa 		No
Nominations 		Itay,
Venessa 		Shachar,
Yoni 		Evicted
(Day 72)
Venessa Boris,
Yossi 		Boris,
Yossi 		Einav,
Yossi 		Einav,
Eran 		No
Nominations 		Ranin,
Shay 		Ranin,
Yossi 		Ranin,
Shay 		No
Nominations 		Leon,
Ranin 		Evicted
(Day 65)
Shay Einav,
Tzabar 		Einav,
Yossi 		Einav,
Miki 		Naama,
Einav 		No
Nominations 		Einav,
Keren 		Yossi,
Einav 		Einav,
Itay 		Evicted
(Day 51)
Asher Miki,
Shay 		Shifra,
Yossi 		Naama,
Shifra 		Naama,
Keren 		No
Nominations 		Tzabar,
Shifra 		Refused Evicted
(Day 44)
Keren Miki,
Yossi 		Miki,
Yossi 		Einav,
Miki 		Eran,
Naama 		No
Nominations 		Tzabar,
Shifra 		Evicted
(Day 37)
Jenny Einav,
Leon 		Einav,
Leon 		Naama,
Shay 		Naama,
Keren 		No
Nominations 		Evicted
(Day 28)
Naama Jenny,
Yossi 		Shifra,
Yossi 		Einav,
Miki 		Shay,
Shifra 		No
Nominations 		Walked
(Day 26)
Eran Itay,
Venessa 		Einav,
Yossi 		Einav,
Yossi 		Naama,
Einav 		Evicted
(Day 23)
Miki Boris,
Itay 		Boris,
Yossi 		Naama,
Venessa 		Evicted
(Day 16)
Boris Asher,
Ranin 		Miki,
Yossi 		Evicted
(Day 9)
Nomination
Notes		 1 none 2 3 none 4 none 5 none 6 none 7 8 9
Nominated
For Eviction		 Boris,
Miki,
Yossi 		Boris,
Einav,
Shifra,
Yossi 		Einav,
Miki,
Naama,
Venessa,
Yossi 		Einav,
Shifra,
Naama,
Keren,
Eran 		All
Housemates 		Yossi,
Keren,
Einav,
Asher 		Asher,
Einav,
Yossi 		Shay,
Shifra,
Yossi 		None Shifra,
Tzabar,
Venessa 		Shachar,
Shifra,
Tzabar,
Yossi 		Inna,
Itay,
Hagit,
Leon,
Shachar,
Yoni,
Yossi 		Shifra,
Ranin,
Shachar 		All
Housemates 		All
Housemates 		None
Walked none Naama none
Evicted Boris Boris Miki Eran Jenny Keren Asher Shay Eviction
canceled		 Venessa Tzabar Hagit Ranin Inna
Yoni		 Shachar Leon
3.59%
to win		 Einav
4.93%
to win
Itay
7.62%
Third Place		 Yossi
34.53%
to win
Shifra
49.33%
to win

Notes:
^1 On Day 2 Boris, Miki and Yossi were nominated and the public was given ten minutes to vote. However, a mistake coming from the production meant that only Boris and Yossi faced the public's vote after Miki's nomination was miscalculated. Out of Boris and Yossi, Boris was evicted and interviewed by the show's hosts. Once the mistake was noticed he was put back into the house. The nominations were re-held on Day 7.
^2 All housemates were automatically nominated for a special eviction on Day 28.
^3 Originally Einav and Asher were not nominated for eviction, but they tried to deceive the Big Brother and send Tzabar and Shifra for nomination. The Big Brother exposed the fraud and replaced Tzabar and Shifra with Asher and Einav.
^4 Big Brother gave Shay permission to attend his aunt's funeral for a few hours (outside the house) so he wasn't present for his eviction.
^5 Inna, Hagit, Shachar and Yoni were immune from being nominated because they are new housemates.
^6 Housemates nominated who they wanted to stay in the house and the three or more housemates with the MOST nominations were the only ones safe this Week.
^7 All housemates automatically faced the public vote this week, and for the first time two housemates were evicted from the Big Brother house.
^8 In week 14, any housemate who got at least one vote, was nominated for eviction.
^9 There were no nominations in the final week and the public were voting for housemates to win, rather than be evicted. the housemate with the most SMS votes was the winner.

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