Big Brother (Croatian TV series)

Big Brother is the Croatian version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show was aired on RTL Televizija. It followed a number of contestants who 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. Throughout the season, housemates are completing tasks, every incomplete task reduces the prize.

Big Brother
Logo of the seventh season.
Also known as	Big Brother Hrvatska
Presented by	Antonija Blaće (2-5; 7) Marijana Batinić (6) Daria Knez (1)
No. of seasons	10
Production
Production location	Zagreb
Production company	Endemol
Original release
Network	RTL Televizija
Release	18 September 2004 (2004-09-18) – 6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

In the first four regular seasons and the celebrity season, the house was located in Jadran Film studios, in Dubrava, Zagreb. In the fifth season, the house used is the Big Brother Thailand house.

There have been seven regular seasons and one celebrity season. Big Brother holds the record for having the most regular seasons with only male contestants winning the show each year (although the celebrity edition was won by a woman).

Series details

Original seasons

Series	Theme	Day	Housemates	Winner	Runner-up	Presenter(s)	Episodes		Originally aired			Prize
									First aired	Last aired	Network
1	Vidi sve (Sees everything)	100	14	Saša Tkalčević	Zdravko Lamot	Daria Knez	—		18 September 2004 (2004-09-18)	26 December 2004 (2004-12-26)	RTL	1,000,000 kn
2	Gola istina (Naked truth)	118	21	Hamdija Seferović	Daca Bosančić	Antonija Blaće	—		4 September 2005 (2005-09-04)	30 December 2005 (2005-12-30)		1,000,000 kn
3	Do kraja (To the end)	99	14	Danijel Rimanić	Tomislav Šimićević		—		8 September 2006 (2006-09-08)	15 December 2006 (2006-12-15)		1,250,000 kn
4	Bez milosti! (No mercy!)	99	14	Vedran Lovrenčić	Maja-Paola Sestrić		—		7 September 2007 (2007-09-07)	21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)		1,005,000 kn
5	Avantura te zove! (Adventure calls you!)	106	18	Krešimir Duvančić	Ornela Bešker-Amulić		—		5 September 2008 (2008-09-05)	19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)		1,135,000 kn
6	Tko će u raj? (Who is going to heaven?)	50	15	Romano Obilinović	Ines Huskić	Marijana Batinić	—		17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)	3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)		116,300 kn
7	Tajne i laži (Secrets and Lies)	100	31	Antonio Orač	Lucija Stojak	Antonija Blaće	—		27 January 2018 (2018-01-27)	6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)		371,000 kn

Celebrity season

In 2008, RTL Televizija launched a special celebrity season of Big Brother. Celebrities entered the house for charity. However, due to low ratings, the celebrity season was ended one week before it planned.

Series	Day	Housemates	Winner	Runner-up	Presenter(s)	Episodes		Originally aired			Prize
								First aired	Last aired	Network
Celebrity	15	8	Danijela Dvornik	Marina Orsag	Antonija Blaće	—		7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)	21 March 2008 (2008-03-21)	RTL	100,000 kn

Regional seasons

In 2011, Big Brother Croatia joins the regional version of Big Brother — Veliki Brat. The show features contestants from Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Series	Theme	Day	Housemates	Winner	Runner-up	Presenter(s)	Episodes		Originally aired			Prize
									First aired	Last aired	Network
Veliki Brat 2011	Ljubi bližnjeg svog (Love Thy Neighbor)	106	21	Marijana Čvrljak	Duško Bogdanović	Marijana Mićić Antonija Blaće	—		13 March 2011 (2011-03-13)	27 June 2011 (2011-06-27)	RTL	€104,700
Veliki Brat 2015	Gleda te, zove te Veliki Brat (He's watching you, called this Big Brother)	100	20	Darko "Spejko" Petkovski	Goran Todić	Antonija Blaće Sky Wikluh	—		4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)	12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)		€95,665

External links

• Official Website on RTL Televizija