Big Brother Germany (franchise)

Big Brother Germany (franchise)
Country	Germany
Language(s)	German
Series Run	February 28, 2000 - Present

Big Brother Germany first aired in 2000 with an eleven year run on RTL II ending in 2011.

After a short hiatus, the German broadcaster Sat.1 revived the show as Promi Big Brother 2013 which is a celebrity edition of the show still currently airing. In 2015 a civilian series of Big Brother Germany was aired, however, it did not return to air the following year. It later aired in February 2020 on Sat.1and ended in May 2020.

How it Works

Big Brother is a reality television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but are continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The last housemate in the house at the end of the series typically wins a cash prize. 

Civilian Series

The civilian series follows people from all walks of life under the watchful eye of Big Brother. Housemates live in the house for approximately three months with the hopes of being the last person standing and winning a monetary prize usually around 100,000 Euro. 

Starting with the fourth season twists and themes began to be introduced. The most famous of these twists was during season 5  when  the program ran for 365 days and the winner walked away with 1 Million euros. Season 5 is the longest running Big Brother show world wide, and also was acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running uninterrupted broadcast. 

Celebrity Version

The celebrity edition of the show differs greatly from the civilian series that have been aired. The show follows a similar format to the civilian series except that it only lasts for about two weeks. The format is more fast paced due to the shortened time period, meaning that days 8-15 are all eviction shows with one or more housemates leaving the house per night, as voted on by the public.  The Celebrities participating are playing for a 100,000 Euro prize which is ultimately awarded by the viewers during the live finale show. 

Editions

Big Brother

Series	Channel	Series Run	Days	Housemates	Winner	Runner-Up(s)
Big Brother Germany 1	RTL II	February 28, 2000 - June 9, 2000	102	13	John Milz	Jürgen Milski
Big Brother Germany 2		September 16, 2000 - December 30, 2000	106	17	Alida Kurras	Harry Schmidt
Big Brother Germany 3		January 27, 2001 - May 12, 2001		14	Karina Schreiber	Medy Hussein
Big Brother Germany 4		March 31, 2003 - July 7, 2003	99	19	Jan Geilhufe	Nadja Steininger
Big Brother Germany 5		March 2, 2004 - March 1, 2005	365	59	Sascha Sirtl	Franziska Lewandrowski
Big Brother Germany 6		March 1, 2005 - February 26, 2006	363		Michael Knopf	Thomas Motz
Big Brother Germany 7		February 5, 2007 - July 7, 2007	148	17	Michael Carstensen	Sonja Ailler
Big Brother Germany 8		January 7, 2008 - July 7, 2008	183	25	Isi Kaufmann	Marcel Schiefelbein
Big Brother Germany 9		December 8, 2008 - July 6, 2009	211	30	Daniel Schöller	Marcel Schiefelbein
Big Brother Germany 10		January 11, 2010 - August 9, 2010		32	Timo Grätsch	Marc Maurer
Big Brother Germany 11		May 2, 2011 - September 12, 2011	134	22	Rayo di Sole	Daggy Szlachta
Big Brother Germany 12	sixx	September 22, 2015 - December 22, 2015	92	18	Lusy Skaya	Sharon Reiche
Big Brother Germany 13	Sat.1	February 10, 2020 - May 18, 2020	99	18	Cedric Beidinger	Gina Beckmann

Promi Big Brother

Series	Channel	Series Run	Days	Housemates	Winner	Runner-Up(s)
Promi Big Brother 1	Sat.1	September 13, 2013 - September 27, 2013	15	13	Jenny Elvers	Natalia Osada
Promi Big Brother 2		August 13, 2014 - August 29, 2014	17	12	Aaron Troschke	Claudia Effenberg
Promi Big Brother 3		August 14, 2015 - August 28, 2015			David Odonkor	Menowin Fröhlich
Promi Big Brother 4		September 2, 2016 - September 16, 2016		13	Ben Tewaag	Cathy Lugner
Promi Big Brother 5		August 11, 2017 - August 25, 2017		12	Jens Hilbert	Milo Moiré
Promi Big Brother 6		August 17, 2018 - August 31, 2018		13	Silvia Wollny	Chethrin Schulze
Promi Big Brother 7		August 7, 2019 - August 23, 2019		12	Janine Pink	Joey Heindle
Promi Big Brother 8		August 7, 2020 - August 28, 2020	24	18	Werner Hansch	Mischa Mayer
Promi Big Brother 9		2021