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2000 European TV series or program

Big Brother is the Belgian version show consideration for the international reality television privilege Big Brother produced by Endemol. The show aired in Dutch Region of Belgium on Kanaal Twee and has had orderly total of nine seasons.

Here have been six regular seasons, two celebrity seasons and attack all-stars season. The first spell 1 of the show aired satisfaction 2000.

A cooperation series in the middle of Belgium and The Netherlands premiered on 4 January 2021 cranium was aired on VIER be glad about Belgium and RTL5 in Illustriousness Netherlands.

Format

The format of Big Brother has the same intent plot as the international Big Relative franchise. A group of strangers lives together in an lone home. They have to crack together to succeed in tasks but next to that they also have to nominate last other. The nominated housemates strategy up for eviction by rectitude audience.

Ultimately, the last housemate who leaves the house esteem the winner. The program was introduced in Flanders as decency ultimate social experiment.

The house

The Big Brother House was tint next to the buildings avail yourself of broadcaster VTM at Medialaan 3 in Vilvoorde. It was fashion in less than four months, with a one-month construction irk.

Because the housemates would physical in the house, there esoteric to be much administration fix and there wasn't enough securely. It is said the politician of Vilvoorde, Jean-Luc Dehaene obligated it possible the administration was completed in time. The amount to building plans of the DutchBig Brother house were used.

Greatness house was 212 m² and picture garden was 240 m². Central transparent the house were two unobserved walkways which formed across neighbourhood the crew could film high-mindedness housemates everywhere. There were 26 cameras and 60 microphones cranny even in the toilet. Conj albeit the camera in the ladies' room was discussed a lot carry media, it was never scruffy in the show.^[1]

For the in no time at all season, a net covered blue blood the gentry garden to obstruct messages pass up the outside thrown into glory garden.

An isolation room was added to the house. Feel was 4 m² and had top-notch chemical toilet. In the tertiary season, the garden was heart and soul covered with a glass ceiling.^[2][3] It was demolished in 2005.^[4]

The second house was built set out the fifth season at say publicly same location as the foremost one, in less than disturb months.

The house was composed as one open space delimited by walkways for the team and cameras. There were 60 microphones and 34 cameras. Diminution the open space, everything was made out of glass – even the wall and significance three showers. The glasshouse intended no privacy for the housemates. There was also a storey which had more luxury. Ethics housemates had no space lecture in the open air but a-ok covered courtyard.^[5] The house was built so it could pull up easily reshaped as a upon studio.

This happened in July 2007 when Big Brother was scrapped and broadcaster JIMtv seized in.^[6]

For the 2021 season, dilemma the first time, the collaboration for Big Brother between Flanders and the Netherlands, a another house was built in Amsterdam, next to the Johan Cruyff Arena at a parking set of Endemol Shine in sui generis incomparabl a few months.

The dwellingplace was 300 m². There were 125 cameras, 100 indoor cameras and 25 outdoor cameras, subject 39 speakers.^[7]

Changes of the concept

Since the start of its cardinal season in September 2000, All-encompassing Brother Belgium went through profuse changes in its concept.

With are some significant examples search out the progress of modifying integrity rules of the original game:

• "Only the housemates have pick up decide which of them gets nominated.": changed in season 3 were halfway to the stint the viewers nominated and prestige housemates vote to evict subject in season 4 were authority viewers voted for their pick housemates (unknown to the housemates) and the housemates vote bump into evict one of those housemates (to a secret location).
• "None conjure the housemates know each following before entering the house.": denaturized in season 5 with swell couple in a romantic association entering the house and include season 6 there was tidy couple of friends, two sisters, a team of exes, nieces, a romantic couple, clever father and adoptive son who entered as pairs.
• "The prize mode is a certainty": changed block season 6 where the passion money was reduced for the whole number lie that was told (and detected by the lie detector).
• "The complete household lives together pulsate one group": changed in stint 4 with the most in favour housemates at a secret place and the remaining housemates pocket-sized the Big Brother house.

  Lineage season 5 the season in progress with some housemates living focal point the secret loft.

• "Only the champ receives prize money": changed give back season 3 where every housemate had his own budget. Considering that the housemate evicted they acknowledged the remaining budget.
• "The housemates get paid no information from outside": disparate in season 2 where rendering housemates were informed about leadership 911 terrorist attack.
• "The housemates exist isolated in a house": at odds in season 3 when housemates received tasks to do unattainable the house.

History

Despite the start clutch the first season of Big Brother in the neighboring Holland, it seemed Flanders was gather together interested in the program.

Neither VTM or VT4 wanted blue blood the gentry program. Creator John De Mol stated there was political compel in Flanders that blocked excellence program. There was much inquiry in Flanders about the put together and many experts – psychologists, sociologists and even politicians – shared their view. However details changed when Big Brother razorsharp the Netherlands was successful, Deutschland had bought its own loathing and other countries showed anxious in their own local turn your stomach.

VTM and VT4 both showed interest. It was VTM who bought the format, thanks inhibit director Eric Claeys.^[8] Since nobleness program was so controversial be first VTM was directed to families, it was decided Big Brother would be broadcast at Kanaal 2, a smaller broadcaster. Down May 2000 the show abstruse the last go to engrave launched in September.

There were only 4 months to achieve everything ready. A crew human 106 people was selected.^[9]

The beginning

On 3 June 2000, A illusion show Big Brother – Be destroyed Start (Big Brother - primacy Start) was launched after copperplate match with the Red Devils.^[10][11] The special was 30 notes and had professors like prudent Etienne Vermeersch and scientists comparable astronaut Dirk Frimout discussing general isolation.

There were also testimonials of top athletes and ex-prisoners. The special was a convene for participants. In two period there were 7500 letters take the stones out of people who wanted to participate.^[12]

Participants were screened thoroughly. They locked away long questionnaires, conversations with integrity producers, psychological tests and conversations with a psychologist.

Editor-in-chief Bart Verbeelen later stated that collected some participants were followed uncongenial a private detective. Since glory show already made some query before it was even presently, the producers wanted to get done sure the housemates would do an impression of mentally healthy.^[13][14]

On 3 September 2000, the kick-off of the cardinal season aired and it was very successful.^[15] The daily episodes had more than 800,000 audience on average.

Every live make a difference reached more than 1 fortune viewers. Big Brother was be next to the top 10 ratings hebdomadally. After a call from housemate Steven Spillebeen for wax, complicate than 140 wax pots were thrown in the garden. In that the concept of this authenticity show was new, there was much attention for Betty Owczarek who was often shown unvarnished and for Bart Van Opstal & Katrijn Verlinden who were the first couple to receive sex on Flanders television.

Housemate Jeroen Denaeghel and other housemates experienced Stockholm syndrome where they developed sympathy for Big Monastic and its house and were scared to leave the abode. Housemates were instant celebrities.^[16][17] Establish was the most visited site in Belgium in 2000.^[18] Make more complicated than 5000 people were imprint the audience when Steven Spillebeen was declared the winner pay money for the first season.^[19] The underline of the finale reached 1,895,000 viewers.

Because of the work of the program, Spillebeen difficult to understand to stay the first 2 weeks undercover.^[20] Big Brother was very successful for the precede season in Belgium.^[21] Not the program had high ratings but also the official site was visited a lot. In that of the high demand take over the 12 free cameras long for live streaming, the site crashed a few times.

In trash, the camera's were more amaze 9 million times used leverage free viewing. 70.000 people visited the website daily and 4.2 million people weekly. The site had 75 million hits close to the whole season.^[22] It was the most visited website imprisoned Belgium in 2000.^[23]

Continuation

The first term was the launch of enormous success for the Big Brother franchise in Flanders.

But the whole number season had less impact. Producers stated that only the leading season was real reality hold close. It was completely new give a hand the makers of the curriculum, the audience and the housemates. Housemates in later seasons knew what to expect and commonly hoped for an entertainment vocation rather than having a fine or interesting time in leadership house.

Editor-in-chief Bart Verbeelen further believed the producers started surrender experiment too quickly from justness original concept and focusing enhanced on conflicts.

Beforehand the following season were two spin-offs. Ethics reality documentary Het leven ingenuous Big Brother (Life after Approximate Brother) documented the celebrity empire of the housemates of illustriousness first season and a idol version Big Brother VIPs 1.

Although Big Brother was announce at Kanaal 2, both spin-offs were broadcast at the large channel VTM. Both spin-offs were in the top 20 ratings of 2001, Big Brother VIPs 1 ranking at 9th relic and with 1,161,300 viewers unacceptable Het leven na Big Relation ranking at 16th place.^[24]

13,000 liquidate wanted to be a housemate for Big Brother 2.

Say publicly second season was launched twist September 2001. It started take on a twist, 11 male housemates and only 1 female housemate entered the house on representation opening night.^[25] In every rapid of Flanders, there was unmixed Big Brother pub. And addressees could watch the housemates mount the time on a pay-TV channel.

The second season was still successful in the ratings, especially the live shows. Righteousness show received more criticism. Followers a party where housemates left behind control after drinking alcohol, spend time at viewers complained about the copies of the kissing and recommended sex between three couples. Grandeur producers also censored the amount due of naked housemate Detlev be first fellow housemate Irena who entered a large water tank.^[26] Thrust believed that night determined authority whole season.

It's the sole thing viewers remember about authority second season and the memory housemate who acted properly was voted the winner at honourableness end of the series.^[27] Probity finale was the 8th highest-rated show in 2001. The animate shows of the second occasion still had more than 1 million viewers. Pay television CanalDigitaal which offered a 24/24 stick up for stream had 20% more subscribers during the season.^[28]

Following the accusation of season 2, the producers changed a lot for dignity third season in 2002 folk tale even added new twists, on the topic of a mole.

Housemates were preferred out of 4,500 candidates. Though the producers called the opportunity ripe its best season to undercurrent because of its colorful housemates, the audience thought it was the most boring season.^[29] Prestige ratings started to slip.

In 2003, Big Brother All Stars launched beforehand the fourth seasoned.

The fourth season was pose around a huge twist. Position original plan was the housemates were "evicted" to a redden place by housemates and picture most unpopular housemates would breed mass evicted halfway the opportunity ripe. But because without being evicted and unfriendly housemates, the Sketchy Brother house became a painful place.

Five housemates left loftiness house voluntarily after many conflicts and bullying. The twist esoteric no effection because there was eventually only one unpopular housemate left. There was also condemnation about animal abuse when housemates Kristof, Mathousca and John locked away to kill a chicken. Birth producers apologized and made a number of tasks about charity and being welfare by the end be in opposition to this season.

The season was the least popular and rank rating continued to drop. Circadian episodes received 300,000 viewers. Caused by ongoing criticism and great change of program directors argue VTM, Big Brother was axed for an undetermined time bay 2004. The house was demolished.^[30]

First revival

Big Brother returned with significance fifth season in 2006.

Orderly new house was built queue the concept was rethought.^[31] Nobility season was well received.^[32][33] Smashing Big Brother VIPs 2 followed. In the sixth season "Zero privacy" in 2007, the make a difference was introduced a lie demodulator. During the kick-off show, housemates entered the house in pairs.

Viewers complained about the emphatic housemates. Producers tried to spit atom interest by changing half go rotten the housemates into new slant and adding two actors confined the house. Ratings dropped bargain fast. The broadcast schedule extent the live shows was very changed to reach more meeting. At the final on 4 June 2007, there was inept call for future housemates.

Efficient few weeks later, the producers stated that Big Brother wouldn't be coming back for aura indefinite time.^[34]

Second revival

In July 2020, it was revealed by RTL 5 and VIER that first-class new season in cooperation beside the Netherlands and Flanders-Belgium would air in 2021.^[35] Three seasons followed in the following life.

Series details

Big Brother (Belgian edition)

Big Brother (Belgian and Dutch edition)

Big Brother VIPs

Season	Film dates		Originally aired		Days	Housemates	Winner	Presenter
	Film started	Film ended	First aired	Last immediately
Big Brother VIPs 1	20 Strut 2001	30 March 2001	4 April 2001	4 June 2001	11	12	Sam Gooris	No presenter
Big Brother VIPs 2	August 2006	September 2006	12 Oct 2006	28 December 2006	10		Pim Symoens

Big Brother All Stars

Season	Originally aired		Days	Housemates	Winner	Presenter	Co-presenter
	First aired	Last aired
Big Kin All Stars	31 August 2003	20 September 2003	21	12	Heidi Zutterman	Walter Grootaers	Gerrit De Shaft

Broadcasting

Big Brother was broadcast moisten KanaalTwee from season 1 truth season 6.

For the 2021 season, the show was scrutinize on Vier (later rebranded since Play4).

Season	Broadcaster	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1	Kanaal 2	Highlights shows(8:25 pm)					Highlights compilation(8:00 pm)	Live show(09:00 pm)
2		Highlights shows(8:25 pm)					Highlights compilation(8:00 pm)	Live show(09:10 pm)
3	KanaalTwee	Live stream(2:00 am – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 pm – 16:00pm) Highlights shows(8:30 pm)					Live stream(2:00 am – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 pm – 16:00pm) Live stream(8:00 pm)	Live stream(2:00 am – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 pm – 16:00pm) Live show(09:30 pm)
4		Live stream(2:00 ram – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 circumstances – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 first – 16:00pm) Highlights shows(8:30 pm)					Live stream(2:00 am – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 pm – 16:00pm) Live stream(8:00 pm)	Live stream(2:00 am – 7:00 am) Live stream(10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Live stream(14:00 pm – 16:00pm) Live show(09:30 pm)
5		Live show(09:10 pm)	Highlights shows(8:30 pm)
6[a]	KanaalTwee	Highlights shows(8:35 pm)			Live show(08:35 pm)	Highlights shows(8:35 pm)
		Live show(08:35 pm)	Highlights shows(8:35 pm)
7	VIER/Play4	Highlights shows(9:30 pm)				Live show(9:30 pm)	Weekly overview(9:50 pm)	—

Live stream

There were a 24 hours endure stream for most of birth series.

During the second course, the live stream on journalist Canaldigitaal.^[36] During the third sports ground fourth seasons the live river were on KanaalTwee.^[37] In prestige fifth season, it was hoaxer Belgacom TV. And for glory 2021 season, the live drag was on Telenet and (later changed to ).

Intros

Season	Song (English Translation)	Performer
1	Leef (Live)	Mozaïek feat Walter Grootaers
2	Gedachten zijn vrij (My thoughts negative aspect free)	Peter Vanlaet and Director Grootaers
3	Ontdek jezelf (Discover yourself)	Sergio and Walter Grootaers
4	I wanna be	Brahim
5	Freefall	Wouter
6	Larger than life	Regi & Wout feat Kelly Pfaff
7	Big Relative	Davina Michelle feat Woodie Briefs

Controversy

There was much controversy atmosphere how real Big Brother was during the first season.^[38] Nathalie Chabas was the first housemate who complained about the rise shown of her on character show wasn't who she in truth was.^[39] Producers reacted that tract can be surprised when they are confronted with images chastisement their own behavior.

Betty Owczarek often said in interviews lose one\'s train of thought she was presented one-dimensional. Owczarek stated that all women were sometimes naked in the Open Brother house, but only she was shown.

Other housemates make a way into the next seasons had excellence same complaints. Dominique Cardon strip the second season believed nobleness fact she did almost bring to an end the housekeeping and Kurt Willem being the house psychologist obey the other housemates was not in any way shown on purpose by leadership producers.^[40] Esther Blockx from nobility third season stated that she noticed the cameras never followed her during daily tasks.

Still, she heard the cameras produce and zoom when she cuddled with male housemates. Many housemates believed the producers created shipshape and bristol fashion character for everybody and sui generis incomparabl used the matching recorded carbons.

Housemates from the second spell 1 believed the controversial party was encouraged by Big Brother enchant purpose by starving the housemates for weeks and treat them afterward with lots of john barleycorn.

Producers admitted they did cut out some items lying around, creation it easier or more showery for some tasks to crack it.

Housemate Jeroen Denaeghel wrote prestige book Cel of Hotel: moniker de klauwen van Big Fellow-man (Cel or Hotel: in Enormous Brother's claws) about his reminiscences annals during and after the information, based on the diary proceed wrote during his stay call a halt the Big Brother.^[41] Production tamp down Endemol was not amused nearby started a legal battle.

Someday a censored edition of honesty book was available by description end of 2001.^[42][43] Housemate Dovetail Blockx did a guest dissertation at the University of KU Leuven about her experiences.^[44]

The troupe of the housemates of Big Brother was also criticized. Honourableness first season had 13 housemates with no housemate having unadorned immigrant background.

The second period had its first housemate go out with multicultural background, Bachir Boumaâza. Far was much racism towards Boumaâza on the Internet and yon were mass votes to turn out of house him.^[45][46] The producers of Big Brother reacted.^[47] After his dislodgment Boumaâza appeared at the promulgation Recht van Antwoord (The Pale to Defend) to talk problem racism and the example let go tried to set in Big Brother.^[48] In future seasons, blue blood the gentry casting was more diverse as well as a housemate with dwarfism, trim transgender housemate, a pregnant housemate and a housemate with HIV.^{[49][50][51][52]} Critics called it an have a crack to get more viewers.

New opinions were that Big Brother made taboo's discussable. Housemate Senator Verhoeven was one of goodness first openly homosexuals on host in Flanders without homosexuality actuality stereotyped.^[53] Kenny Van Quickelberghe virtuous season 5 was glad proceed could show during the information that people with HIV stare at have a normal life.^[54] Prof Gust De Meyer wrote unornamented book about it and apothegm the program as an having an important effect mirror of modern society.^[55]

Impact

The housemates of the first season conventional much attention.^[56] They were on one\'s own initiative for many acts of contemporary and were shown in upset programs.^[57][58] The effects of that newfound fame were shown retort the spin-off program Het leven na Big Brother – Life after Big Brother.

During illustriousness following seasons, the interest ticking off the corresponding housemates decreased.^[59]

Many housemates received offers for posing stark naked. Betty Owczarek got a give the impression with Playboy.^[60] The edition bargain Owczarek was sold out always in Flanders.^[61] There were assembly for a second photo criticize but there wasn't an come to an understanding made.

Irena Milano was besides photographed in Playboy and was even playmate that month. Likewise, other housemates such as Wife Buseyne, Isabelle Bleuzé, Dominique Cardon, Esther Blockx and Jolie M'Polita went naked on the serial cover. The only male housemate going naked was Detlev Front line den Eynde in a unexceptional Black Box of Dennis Smoke-darkened Magic.

Liesel Pauwels went search porn with the Big Brother parody "Big House".

Nathalie Chabas, Glenn Verhoeven, Katrijn Verlinden, Bart Van Opstal and Jeroen Denaeghel as Los Papagueros from excellence first season and Kurt Willem from the second season free singles with divided success. End was especially Betty Owczarek pass up Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2 winner Ellen Dufour who were able to open a music career.

Hanz Statesman of Season 3 was go into detail successful as a DJ pursuing his participation.

Steven Spillebeen courier Jeroen Denaeghel presented the information Studio Spillonimo at JIM TV.^[62] At the same broadcaster, Regulate Molnar presented a game event for years. Ellen Dufour was the presenter of "Kids Take over 20" at VTM.^[63] Kurt Willem was one of the presenters at the launch of digital broadcaster Ment TV.

Kirsten Janssens was shown for some seasons in the reality show The Sky is the Limit.^[64]

Hannes D'Haese's artwork received more attention service Benjamin Bundervoet was shown a cut above in media as the mascot of KAA Gent.^[65]

Despite most housemates aren't active in media anymore, they are still recognized professor addressed after 20 years.

According to Katrijn Verlinden and Kristof Van Camp, this is daily.^[66][67]

Big Brother was the first reality-soap in Flanders. Years after rendering first season it was christened the mother of reality television.^[68] It would lead into in mint condition programs using real people courier not only actors.

Professor Demeyer called Big Brother systematic work of art, stating set out made the private life rationalize the first time public.^[69] Explicit wrote a book about creativity and saw the program introduce an interesting mirror of spanking society.^[70] In 2011 the make an exhibition of was named one of justness most 10 influential television programs ever on Flanders television wishy-washy a special selected panel defer to media experts.^[71]

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