Veliki brat

Veliki brat (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики брат) is a reality show shot and produced in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a local franchised version of the "Big Brother" reality series, which mostly includes contestants from Serbia along with some from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro as well.

Produced by Emotion media company, the first season was completed throughout the fall 2006, airing simultaneously on B92 network in Serbia, and RTV Pink's subsidiaries in Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina (Pink M and Pink BH, respectively). Special season in celebrity format, began on May 5, 2007.

Second season began on September 22, 2007, and has ended prematurely, December 28, 2007, due to the deaths of three former housemates.

Format

The show isproduced by Endemol, Twelve or more people Live in a house for approximately 100 days, with one housemate being evicted every week. There is no contact with the outside world, this includes other people, newspaper, TV and radio. The housemates are given tasks each week, plus some daily tasks. There is a prize of €100,000 for the housemate that wins the series. The rules are changeable, for example some housemates are brought into the house after the launch show, or evicted housemates can be brought back.

The eye for season one was a copy of the eye for Big Brother 2005 (UK).

easons

*Season 1. 2006 - Ivan Ljuba

*VIP Season 1, 2007 - Saša Ćurčić

*Season 2, 2007 - Series finished early without a winner due to the deaths of three former housemates who got into a car accident. Reward was divided between the 7 housemates remaining in the house.

*VIP Season 2, 2008 - Mimi Đurović

External links

[http://www.velikibrat.rs Official web site (Serbian)]
[http://www.velikibratvip.com/ Unofficial site and forum board BB VIP]
[http://www.velikibrat.us/ Unofficial site and board]
[http://www.emotion.co.yu Emotion production web site (Serbian)]
[http://www.vbboard.net/ Unofficial Forum]
[http://www.veliki-brat.mojblog.co.yu/ Unofficial Blog]
[http://www.serbiancafe.com/lat/vesti/5/43621/ Three housemates of Big Brother Serbia die in car crash (Serbian)]
[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22990046-5012974,00.html/ Serbian version of Big Brother cancelled after tragedy (English)] [http://www.yu4you.com/eng/ostalo/vb.php VIP Veliki Brat - VIP Big Brother Serbia]