Big Brother (German TV series) season 7

Season Seven of Big Brother Germany lasted for 148 days from 5 February 2007 to 7 July 2007 and was shown on RTL Zwei.

Big Brother
Season 7
Presented byCharlotte Karlinder
No. of days148
No. of housemates17
WinnerMichael Carstensen
Runner-upSonja Ailler
No. of episodes156
Release
Original networkRTL Zwei
Original release5 February (2007-02-05) –
7 July 2007 (2007-07-07)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 6
Next →
Season 8

Summary

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After a disappointing sixth season, which was supposed to run forever but was cut short and a year break the producers decided to return with a "Back to the roots"-format for season seven with 12 housemates living together in one house and the only twist being that the housemates had to earn the prize. For every match, a certain amount of money was put in the jackpot with the maximum being €250,000 which only the winner would receive. During the season the nomination rules were changed several times (see notes in the nominations table) for entertainment purposes and to protect controversial housemates. The most controversial of them was Eddy, who was disliked by a large number of viewers but also had a strong fanbase. Within the house, he had friends (e.g. Basti and Oliver) and "enemies" (e.g. Leon and Janine), with alliances changing over the season (he was friends with Kathrin and Michael at first, but fell out with them later). After being evicted by his fellow housemates Eddy returned as a guest in the final week and provoked some of the most controversial moments of the season (with his targets being Kathrin and Michael). These moments probably helped Michael to win the show, as he was considered a victim of Eddy's provocations. Additionally, Michael's strongest rival for the win, Sonja, had become Basti's girlfriend during the season and Basti was close with Eddy (Basti re-entered as a guest in the final week together with Eddy). Despite not being a rating hit, season 7 at least lived up to RTL II's low expectations and an 8th Season was greenlit right at the end of the show.

Housemates

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Name Age on entry Hometown Occupation Day entered Day exited Result
Michael Carstensen 34 Viöl Bricklayer 1 148 Winner
Sonja Ailler 20 Griesstätt Office clerk 1 148 Runner-up
Kathrin Schlosser 32 Hiltenfingen Forwarding merchant 71 148 3rd Place
1 57 Walked
Leon Schreiber 22 Krailling Promoter 1 148 4th Place
Andreas "Knubbel" Büttgenbach 45 Bonn Courier 50 148 5th Place
Janine Schmelz 20 Kirchhain Nurse 64 141 Evicted
Erdal "Eddy" Ayebe 28 Krefeld Electronic engineer 1 127 Evicted
Sebastian "Basti" Wrzosek 24 Wuppertal Warehouseman 1 120 Evicted
Doreen Heineke 23 Jena Hairdresser 50 106 Evicted
Oliver Hofmann 30 Schneverdingen Banker 3 92 Evicted
Sinan Karaaslan 29 Duisburg Airport security guard 22 78 Evicted
Sheila Schmidt 19 Herne Student 5 71 Walked
Ines Gebhard 31 Grabsdorf Waitress 5 64 Evicted
Natalie "Natasha" Root 25 Deckenpfronn Real estate agent 36 57 Evicted
Jeannine Emmel-Ehmsen 24 Hamburg Agency boss 3 50 Evicted
Anna Masaracchia 31 Munich Nurse 1 36 Evicted
Christian Dorn 26 Marl Online salesman 1 22 Evicted

Nominations table

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Week 3 Week 5 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 11 Week 13 Week 15 Week 17 Week 18 Week 20 Week 21
Final
Nominations
received
Michael Sonja Anna Ines Ines Ines 5th
56 points
Oliver Eddy
Sonja
Janine Eddy Janine Winner
(Day 148)
8
Sonja Jeannine Jeannine Ines Oliver Refused 1st
80 points
Michael Knubbel
Doreen
Janine Janine Janine Runner-up
(Day 148)
3
Kathrin Eddy Anna Ines Walked
(Day 56)
Knubbel Michael
Janine
Knubbel Eddy Knubbel Third place
(Day 148)
7
Leon Christian Anna Ines Natasha Ines 7th
51 points
Basti Eddy
Basti
Basti Eddy Knubbel Fourth place
(Day 148)
8
Knubbel Not in
House
Eddy Refused 10th
35 points
Michael Eddy
Janine
Kathrin Janine Kathrin Fifth place
(Day 148)
7
Janine Not in
House
Exempt Knubbel Eddy
Michael
Basti Eddy Sonja Evicted
(Day 141)
9
Eddy Kathrin Banned Ines Ines Refused 3rd
67 points
Michael Michael
Doreen
Leon Janine Evicted
(Day 127)
11
Basti Anna Banned Ines Natasha Oliver 2nd
72 points
Michael Leon
Doreen
Leon Evicted
(Day 120)
6
Doreen Not in
House
Natasha Refused 9th
43 points
Knubbel Eddy
Basti
Evicted
(Day 106)
3
Oliver Christian
Leon
Basti Leon Leon Refused 6th
53 points
Michael Evicted
(Day 92)
2
Sinan Not in
House
Sheila Leon Natasha Refused 8th
46 points
Evicted
(Day 78)
0
Sheila Christian Kathrin Ines Ines Refused 4th
57 points
Walked
(Day 71)
2
Ines Kathrin Michael Leon Michael Refused Evicted
(Day 64)
9
Natasha Not in
House
Leon Sinan Evicted
(Day 57)
N/A
Jeannine Sheila Anna Oliver Evicted
(Day 50)
2
Anna Kathrin Banned Evicted
(Day 36)
5
Christian Kathrin Evicted
(Day 22)
3
Nomination Note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 none
Walked none Kathrin none Sheila none
Up for eviction Christian,
Kathrin,
Leon
Anna,
Sheila
Ines,
Jeannine,
Sheila
Basti,
Eddy,
Ines,
Leon,
Michael,
Natasha,
Oliver,
Sheila,
Sinan,
Sonja
Ines,
Oliver
Doreen,
Knubbel,
Sinan
Knubbel,
Michael,
Oliver
Eddy,
Doreen,
Knubbel
Basti,
Janine,
Leon
Eddy,
Janine,
Kathrin
Janine,
Knubbel
Kathrin,
Knubbel,
Leon,
Michael,
Sonja
Evicted Christian
-65.9%
to evict
Anna
-72.8%
to evict
Jeannine
-64.8%
to evict
Natasha
4 of 12 votes
to evict
Ines
-46.9%
to evict
Sinan
-67.1%
to evict
Oliver
-70.9%
to evict
Doreen
-56.9%
to evict
Basti
-66.9%
to evict
Eddy
4 of 7 votes
to evict
Janine
-61.8%
to evict
Knubbel
16%
(out of 5)
Leon
17.1%
(out of 4)
Kathrin
20.1%
(out of 3)
Sonja
42.4%
(out of 2)
Michael
57.6%
to win

Notes

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  • ^Note 1 : As the Golden Housemate of the Week, Oliver had the option to nominate a third person that would automatically up for eviction. He chose to take this offer and nominated Leon.
  • ^Note 2 : As new Housemate, Sinan had to nominate one person that would be automatically up for eviction. He chose Sheila. Anna, Basti and Eddy were banned from nominating as punishment for discussing nominations.
  • ^Note 3 : As a new Housemate, Natasha was immune from getting nominated. Sheila was automatically nominated after losing a football competition. Jeannine was automatically nominated for having after achieving the last place in a karaoke competition. Eddy received a nominations point from the viewers.
  • ^Note 4 : For constant rule-breaking by the household Big Brother decided to organize a snap eviction with the person who received the most votes immediately evicted. As new housemates, Doreen and Knubbel were immuned from eviction.
  • ^Note 5 : Nominations were voluntary, so only two Housemates nominated this week. However, as the Golden Housemate of the Week, Basti had to nominate a second person that would face the public vote. He chose Oliver.
  • ^Note 6 : As a new Housemate, Janine was exempt from nominations. Nominations were done in Eurovision Style, where every Housemate had to give 9 nomination points to their favourite Housemate, 8 for their second favourite all the way down to 1 point for their least favourite. The bottom three were nominated for eviction.
  • ^Note 7 : As the Golden Housemate of the Week, Eddy was immune from being nominated. Next to this, all female Housemates could nominate but could not be nominated. Nominations were done face-to-face. As there was a tie for the third nomination place Eddy, as the Golden Housemate, had to choose the third nominee from either Basti or Oliver, who both received one nomination point. He chose Oliver.
  • ^Note 8 : As he came last in the marathon match, Knubbel was automatically nominated. This week's nominations were made by the housemates' mothers (and Knubbels sister). After the Housemates refused to complete their weekly task Big Brother decided that an extra Housemate should be up for eviction three days after the voting started. The Housemates each had to nominate someone for eviction. Eddy and Knubbel could not be nominated as they are already up for eviction. Doreen received the most nominations with 3 and was up for eviction with Eddy and Knubbel.
  • ^Note 9 : The audience voted for Eddy as being immune from getting nominated.
  • ^Note 10 : This week's nominations were made by the public. The housemate then had to decide whom of the top 3 vote-getters would be evicted.

See also

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