Big Brother (Quebec TV series)

*Big Brother*
Big Brother
Presented by	Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay
No. of days	63
No. of contestants	15
Winner	Vincent "Vinny" Durand Dubé
Runner-up	Christian Bilodeau
No. of episodes	64
Release
Original network	V
Original release	14 March –; 16 May 2010

Big Brother is a Canadian reality television series, which aired on V in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2010. Based on the international Big Brother franchise, it was produced as a spinoff of the network's long-running Loft Story.

The host was TV presenter Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay and lasted 63 days. The season launched on March 14, 2010, with fifteen housemates entering the house on Day 1. This series was the first international version to follow the American format in which the game is played internally, but with slight variations.

Aside from the main show, there was an accompanying show that aired every Sunday on V. The show was hosted by journalist Pascale Levesque. The winner of Loft Story: La Revanche, Sébastien Tremblay, blogged daily about the show on its official website.

There were no plans for a follow-up season that have been announced for a decade. However, on August 24, 2020, it was announced that the show would be revived for a celebrity version in winter 2021 on Noovo.

Format

Big Brother Quebec loosely followed the format of the American version in that the housemates mostly decided who would stay and who would go. However, there were slight differences:

Numéro 1

The Numéro 1 (English: Number 1) was similar to the Head of Household position in the American version. Numéro 1 was exempt from eviction and enjoyed certain luxuries. They were also required to nominate two housemates for eviction.

Numéro 2

The Numéro 2 (English: Number 2) was a unique feature to Big Brother Quebec. Numéro 2 was selected by Numéro 1. Despite being immune from eviction and enjoying certain luxuries, they were forced to sleep at the foot of Numéro 1's bed, lest they lose their power and privilege. In addition, Numéro 2 was required to choose a third housemate to nominate for eviction.

Pouvoir de Véto

The Pouvoir de Véto (English: Power of Veto) worked similarly to the Power of Veto in the US, in that the winner could use it to save a nominee; however, unlike the American version, the Veto winner decided the replacement nominee. On occasion, there would be two Vetoes available to win instead of the usual one, this would generally be weeks that the public voted to evict.

Food competitions

Food competitions were similar to the current Have and Have Not competitions in the US. The winners received desired food items, such as steak, bread, vegetables, and dairy, while the losers dined on slop.

Evictions

Unlike most seasons of the American addition, three housemates faced eviction each week. On eviction nights, the three nominees were moved to a special room to hear the results of the vote, instead of sitting on designated chairs in the living room. Finally, all housemates except Numéro 1 voted to evict, unlike the US, where the two nominees cannot vote, and the Head of Household votes only in a tiebreaker situation. There were exceptions to this, however; the public on occasion had the opportunity to evict a housemate.

Grenade

Used in other international formats like the Australian version, the "grenade" was used by the newly evicted housemate to throw at any housemate of their choice. The grenade had different powers and these powers changed every week.

Finale

The finale was completely different from the American version. Six housemates were in the house on the final day, unlike 2 or 3 in the American version. Unlike the jury format used in the American version to decide the winner, like the original format, the viewing public decided on the winner. However the former and current housemate get to vote on which finalist should not win.

Housemates

Housemate	Age	Residence	Occupation	Entered	Exited	Status
Vincent "Vinny" Durand Dubé	28	Mont-Tremblant	Event Organiser	Day 1	Day 63	Winner
Christian Bilodeau	33	Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne	Farmer	Day 1	Day 63	Runner-up
Vickie Dagenais	26	Saint-Chrysostome	Lawyer	Day 1	Day 63	3rd Place
Jean Marcotte	56	Gatineau	Retired military	Day 1	Day 63	4th Place
Éric Cormier	29	Sherbrooke	Kinesiologist	Day 1	Day 63	5th Place
Josée Bouthillier	49	Saint-Colomban	Housewife	Day 1	Day 63	9th Evicted
Stéphanie	21	Saguenay	Student	Day 1	Day 56	8th Evicted
Jonathan Martineau	33	Sherbrooke	Graphic designer	Day 1	Day 51	7th Evicted
Vincent Carignan	32	Québec City	Biologist	Day 1	Day 49	6th Evicted
Stéphanie "Lyvia" Monroe	31	Mirabel	Hairdresser, Porn Actress	Day 1	Day 42	5th Evicted
Marie Elaine Pitre	22	Rosemère	Marketing Co-ordinator	Day 1	Day 35	4th Evicted
Fey Cody	27	Saint-Hyacinthe	Lighting technician	Day 1	Day 28	3rd Evicted
Andy	44	Québec City	Retired military	Day 1	Day 14	2nd Evicted
Sandra Lee	37	Montreal	Actress	Day 1	Day 7	1st Evicted
Amélie Lussier	24	Laval	Nursing Assistant	Day 1	Day 7	Walked

Slop

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9
none	Christian Éric Jonathan Marie-Élaine Stéphanie Vinny	none	Josée Vickie Vincent	none	Christian Éric Jean Jonathan Josée Vincent Vinny	none

Voting History

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8		Week 9
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Day 51	Day 56	Final Eviction	Final Vote
Numéro 1	Christian	Fey	Christian	Lyvia	Vincent	Vickie	Christian	Vinny	Éric	Christian	(none)
Numéro 2	Fey	Marie-Élaine	Jean	Jonathan	Vickie	Vincent	Vinny	Jean	Josée	(none)
Nominations (pre-veto)	Amélie Andy Sandra	Éric Josée Jonathan	Lyvia Stéphanie Vincent	Christian Fey Jean	Éric Jean Vinny	Jonathan Josée Lyvia	Éric Josée Vickie	Jonathan Stéphanie Vickie	Christian Jean Vinny
Veto Winner	Sandra	Éric	Vincent	Lyvia Vincent	Éric Jonathan	Stéphanie	Éric Vickie	Éric	Christian Jean
Nominations (post-veto)	Andy Josée Sandra	Andy Josée Jonathan	Fey Lyvia Stéphanie	Christian Fey Jean	Christian Marie-Élaine Vinny	Éric Josée Lyvia	Jean Josée Vincent	Jonathan Stéphanie Vickie	Stéphanie Vickie Vinny

Vinny	Sandra	Andy	Lyvia	Jean	No Voting	Josée	No Voting	Numéro 1	No Voting	Jean	Winner (Day 63)
Christian	Numéro 1	Josée	Numéro 1	Fey	No Voting	Josée	Numéro 1	Stéphanie	No Voting	Jean	Runner-Up (Day 63)
Vickie	Sandra	Andy	Fey	Fey	No Voting	Lyvia	No Voting	Jonathan	No Voting	Jean	Third Place (Day 63)
Jean	Andy	Jonathan	Lyvia	Christian	No Voting	Josée	No Voting	Stéphanie	No Voting	Josée	Fourth Place (Day 63)
Éric	Josée	Andy	Fey	Jean	No Voting	Lyvia	No Voting	Jonathan	Numéro 1	Jean	Fifth Place (Day 63)
Josée	Sandra	Andy	Fey	Fey	No Voting	Lyvia	No Voting	Jonathan	No Voting	Jean	Evicted (Day 63)
Stéphanie	Sandra	Andy	Fey	Fey	No Voting	Lyvia	No Voting	Jonathan	No Voting	Vinny	Evicted (Day 56)
Jonathan	Sandra	Andy	Fey	Fey	No Voting	Lyvia	No Voting	Stéphanie	Evicted (Day 51)	Vinny	Evicted (Day 51)
Vincent	Andy	Andy	Fey	Christian	Numéro 1	Éric	No Voting	Evicted (Day 49)		Josée	Evicted (Day 49)
Lyvia	Sandra	Jonathan	Fey	Numéro 1	No Voting	Josée	Evicted (Day 42)			Josée	Evicted (Day 42)
Marie-Élaine	Sandra	Jonathan	Lyvia	Jean	No Voting	Evicted (Day 35)				Josée	Evicted (Day 35)
Fey	Sandra	Numéro 1	Lyvia	Jean	Evicted (Day 28)					Josée	Evicted (Day 28)
Andy	Sandra	Jonathan	Evicted (Day 14)							Josée	Evicted (Day 14)
Sandra	Josée	Evicted (Day 7)								Josée	Evicted (Day 7)
Amélie	Sandra	Walked (Day 7)								Vinny	Walked (Day 7)

Notes	None	1	2	3	4	5,6	7	8,9		10
Walked	Amélie	none
Evicted	Sandra 10 of 14 votes to evict	Andy 7 of 12 votes to evict	Eviction cancelled	Fey 5 of 11 votes to evict	Marie-Élaine Public's votes to evict	Lyvia 5 of 10 votes to evict	Vincent Public's votes to evict	Jonathan 4 of 7 votes to evict	Stéphanie Public's votes to evict	Josée 7 of 15 votes to evict	Éric Fewest votes (out of 5)	Jean Fewest votes (out of 4)
											Vickie Fewest votes (out of 3)	Christian 49.5% (out of 2)
											Vinny 50.5% to win

Notes

This housemate is the Numéro 1.

This housemate is the Numéro 2.

^Note 1 : Following her eviction, Sandra used the power of the Grenade to nominate Josée. Because of this, Numéro 1 Fey only nominated one housemate for eviction.
^Note 2 : Fey, with 7 of 11 votes, was supposed to be evicted. However, the housemates previously took part in a sleep deprivation task, with success resulting in the eviction being cancelled. They passed the task, and no one was evicted this week.
^Note 3 : During Week 4, there were two vetoes won. The first one was won by Vincent and the second by Lyvia.
^Note 4 : Following a vote to decide the use of the Grenade, it was decided that the public would vote to evict instead of the housemates. Therefore, the housemates did not vote in Week 5.
^Note 5 : The power of the Grenade in week five was that the evicted housemate could grant immunity to 5 people of their choice. As Marie-Élaine was this housemate, she gave immunity to Christian, Jean, Vickie, Vincent and Vinny.
^Note 6 : Vickie, as Numéro 1, had to vote to break a tie vote between Lyvia and Josée on Day 42.
^Note 7 : Following a vote to decide the use of the Grenade, it was decided that the public would vote to evict instead of the housemates for the remaining weeks.
^Note 8 : Following week seven's eviction, Big Brother announced a double eviction for the following week. One housemate would be evicted by their fellow housemates, while another would be voted out by a public vote.
^Note 9 : Following his eviction, Jonathan used the power of the Grenade to nominate Christian.
^Note 10 : Following Week 8's eviction, the public voting opened to vote for a winner. Big Brother announced that all 15 housemates would vote for the finalist they felt was least deserving to win the game. The finalist with the most votes would be the final evictee, regardless of the results of the final vote. During the week, the housemates competed in a series of challenges to name the final Numéro 1, who would have immunity from the vote.

References

External links

Official website