Big Brother (Israeli TV series) season 1

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 Channel 2 on 1 September 2008, and ended on 16 December 2008. Erez Tal and Assi Azar co-host the show.

Big Brother
Season 1
Presented byErez Tal
Assi Azar
No. of days107
No. of housemates20
WinnerShifra Cornfield
Runner-upYossi Boublil
No. of episodes32
Release
Original networkChannel 2
(Keshet)
Original release1 September (2008-09-01) –
16 December 2008 (2008-12-16)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The show aired on Sunday and Tuesday nights. In addition to the main show broadcast on Channel 2, there was a 24-hour live stream 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.

Sixteen housemates entering the house during the launch show and another four joined after 56 days. The housemates competed for a one million shekel prize. The housemates included a set of non-identical twin brothers and a father and daughter.

The house was located in Neve Ilan, a suburb of Jerusalem. The house was equipped with 50 surveillance cameras which were operated by the Big Brother in-house staff.

Erez Tal and Assi Azar with the winner Shifra Cornfeld.

Housemates

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Name Day entered Day exited Status
Shifra 1 107 Winner
Yossi 1 107 Runner-up
Itay 1 107 Third Place
Einav 1 107 Fourth Place
Leon 1 107 Fifth Place
Shachar 56 100 Evicted
Yoni 56 93 Evicted
Inna 56 93 Evicted
Ranin 1 86 Evicted
Hagit 56 79 Evicted
Tzabar 1 72 Evicted
Vanessa 1 65 Evicted
Shay 1 51 Evicted
Asher 1 44 Evicted
Keren 1 37 Evicted
Jenny 1 28 Evicted
Naama 1 26 Walked
Eran 1 23 Evicted
Miki 1 16 Evicted
Boris 1 9 Evicted

Asher

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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

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

Einav

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

Eran

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

Inna

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

Itay

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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

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

Keren

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

Hagit

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

Leon

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Shay

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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

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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

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

Vanessa

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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.

In 2017 she participated in France of Cash Island.

Yoni

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

Yossi

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

HaAhot HaKtana

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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

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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)
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
Asher,
Einav,
Itay,
Jenny,
Keren,
Leon,
Naama,
Ronin,
Shay,
Shifra,
Tzabar,
Venessa,
Yossi
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
Einav,
Itay,
Leon,
Shachar,
Shifra,
Yossi
Einav,
Itay,
Leon,
Shifra,
Yossi
Walked none Naama none
Evicted Boris Miki Eran Jenny Keren Asher Shay Eviction
cancelled
Venessa Tzabar Hagit Ranin Inna
Yoni
Shachar Leon
3.59%
to win
Einav
4.93%
to win
Itay
7.62%
to win
Yossi
34.53%
to win
Shifra
49.33%
to win

Notes

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  • ^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 Big Brother and send Tzabar and Shifra for nomination. 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 was voting for housemates to win, rather than be evicted. the housemate with the most SMS votes was the winner.
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