Big Brother (Swiss TV series)

Big Brother
Also known asBig Brother Schweiz
GenreReality television
Created byJohn de Mol
Endemol
Developed byJohn de Mol
Endemol
Presented byEva Wannemacher (2)
Daniel Fohrler (1)
Country of originSwitzerland
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons2
Original release
NetworkTV3
Release3 September 2000 (2000-09-03) –
13 May 2001 (2001-05-13)

Big Brother Schweiz is a Swiss version of the reality television franchise Big Brother. The Swiss version is based on the original Dutch Big Brother produced by Endemol. It has had a total of two seasons and has no plan to have another series.

The first season aired in 2000 and was a huge hit with Swiss audience so the sophomore season followed soon. Although not being as successful as the original series, season 2 proved to be a rating hit as well. However TV3, the station that aired Big Brother, was shut down at the end of 2001 due to financial problems and as of now, no other Swiss channel has shown interest in reactivating the show.

However Big Brother Germany has since allowed members of the German-speaking public of Switzerland to audition for its version of Big Brother and following 2001 has aired in Switzerland.

Details

Series Language Launch Date Finale Date Days Housemates Winner The prize Presenter
Big Brother Schweiz 1 Swiss German 3 September 2000 17 December 2000 106 13 Daniela Kanton 150,000.- CHF
(170,000.- USD)		 Daniel Fohrler
Big Brother Schweiz 2 28 January 2001 13 May 2001 14 Christian Ponleitner Eva Wannemacher

Season 1

Season 1 of Big brother Switzerland was produced by Endemol. It ran from September 3, 2000 to December 30, 2000. Lasting a total of 106 days. During the first season there were seven evictions and a total of three voluntary exits. Some highlights of the season were the voluntary exit by Nadim immediately following Mashas eviction he claimed that he could not live in the house without Masha. After the eviction of Remo the world saw a first an all female final three. Daniela ultimately won the season becoming the second ever female winner of Big Brother. She won 150,000 CHF (US$170,000).

Contestants

Housemates Age Residence Occupation Entered Exited Status
Daniela Hahn 29 Aarau Clerk Day 1 Day 106 Winner
Conny Meier 28 Zürich Beauty Advisor Day 1 Day 106 Runner-up
Janine 23 Zürich Secretary Day 1 Day 106 3rd Place
Remo 26 Schwyz Policeman Day 1 Day 99 7th Evicted
Ruedi 25 Lucerne Insurance adviser Day 64 Day 85 6th Evicted
Olivier 31 Basel Lawyer Day 1 Day 71 5th Evicted
Masha 22 Basel Model Day 36 Day 57 4th Evicted
Nadim 25 Bern Information scientist Day 1 Day 57 Walked
Fabian 30 Lucerne DJ Day 22 Day 43 3rd Evicted
Stefan Dettling 37 Zug Businessman Day 1 Day 33 Walked
Tanja Ammann, "Tanisha" 25 Frauenfeld Singer Day 1 Day 29 2nd Evicted
Miguel 28 Zürich Artist Day 1 Day 20 Walked
Evelyne 25 Zürich Field service Day 1 Day 15 1st Evicted

Nominations Table

Week 2 Week 4 Week 6 Week 8 Week 10 Week 12 Week 14 Week 15
Daniela Nadim,
Stefan		 Tanisha,
Stefan		 Nadim,
Remo		 Masha,
Nadim		 Conny,
Remo		 Remo,
Ruedi		 Remo,
Janine		 Winner
(Day 106)
Conny Evelyn,
Tanisha		 Tanisha,
Janine		 Janine,
Nadim		 Masha,
Nadim		 Daniela,
Olivier		 Janine,
Ruedi		 Remo,
Janine		 Runner-Up
(Day 106)
Janine Nadim,
Stefan		 Olivier,
Stefan		 Olivier,
Fabian		 Masha,
Nadim		 Conny,
Olivier		 Conny,
Ruedi		 Conny,
Remo		 Third place
(Day 106)
Remo Daniela,
Miguel		 Daniela,
Janine		 Daniela,
Fabian		 Conny,
Daniela		 Conny,
Olivier		 Conny,
Ruedi		 Daniela,
Janine		 Evicted
(Day 99)
Ruedi Not In
House		 Exempt Conny,
Remo		 Evicted
(Day 85)
Olivier Evelyn,
Janine		 Tanisha,
Janine		 Fabian,
Conny		 Masha,
Janine		 Conny,
Janine		 Evicted
(Day 71)
Nadim Miguel,
Janine		 Tanisha,
Janine		 Daniela,
Conny		 Daniela,
Conny		 Walked
(Day 57)
Masha Not In
House		 Exempt Conny,
Daniela		 Evicted
(Day 57)
Fabian Not In
House		 Exempt Daniela,
Olivier		 Evicted
(Day 43)
Stefan Daniela,
Janine		 Tanisha,
Janine		 Walked
(Day 33)
Tanisha Conny,
Daniela		 Conny,
Stefan		 Evicted
(Day 29)
Miguel Conny,
Stefan		 Walked
(Day 20)
Evelyn Conny,
Stefan		 Evicted
(Day 15)
Nominated
For Eviction 		Daniela,
Evelyn,
Janine,
Nadim,
Stefan		 Janine,
Tanisha		 Daniela,
Fabian		 Conny,
Daniela,
Masha,
Nadim		 Conny,
Olivier		 Conny,
Ruedi		 Janine,
Remo		 Conny,
Daniela,
Janine
Walked none Miguel Stefan Nadim none
Evicted Evelyn
32%
to evict		 Tanisha
69.27%
to evict		 Fabian
68.03%
to evict		 Masha
57%
to evict		 Olivier
64.98%
to evict		 Ruedi
65.59%
to evict		 Remo
76.4%
to evict		 Janine
11.83%
(out of 3)
to win		 Conny
41.66%
to win
Daniela
58.44%
to win

Season 2

Contestants

Housemates Age Residence Occupation Entered Exited Status
Christian 21 Bern Bricklayer Day 1 Day 106 Winner
Remo 22 Schwyz Cook Day 1 Day 106 Runner-up
Theresa 25 St. Gallen Wirtin Day 32 Day 106 3rd Place
Michèle 26 Basel Nurse Day 62 Day 106 4th Place
Nino 37 Bern Hairdresser Day 32 Day 99 7th Evicted
Eugene 31 Bern Musician Day 1 Day 85 6th Evicted
Kiyomi 21 Zürich Employee Day 12 Day 71 5th Evicted
Raphael 24 Solothurn Journalism student Day 1 Day 57 4th Evicted
Sabrina 30 Zürich Business guide Day 1 Day 43 3rd Evicted
Tiana 24 Basel Commercial employees Day 1 Day 36 Walked
Patrizia 29 St. Gallen Bank employee Day 1 Day 29 2nd Evicted
Patrick 32 Zürich Managing director Day 1 Day 29 Walked
Sara 23 Bern Administrative woman official Day 1 Day 15 1st Evicted
Laila 21 Zürich Bank employee Day 1 Day 8 Walked

Nominations Table

Week 2 Week 4 Week 6 Week 8 Week 10 Week 12 Week 14 Week 15
Christian Patrick,
Sabrina		 Patrick, Tiana ? ? No
nominations		 Michele,
Theresa		 ? Winner
(Day 106)
Remo Sara,
Patrick		 Patrizia, Patrick ? ? No
nominations		 Michele,
Theresa		 ? Runner-up
(Day 106)
Theresa Not In
House		 ? ? No
nominations		 Eugene,
Remo		 ? Third place
(Day 106)
Michele Not In
House		 No
nominations		 Eugene,
Remo		 ? Fourth place
(Day 106)
Nino Not In
House		 ? ? Kiyomi,
Theresa		 Michele,
Eugene		 ? Evicted
(Day 99)
Eugene Raphael,
Sara		 ? ? ? No
nominations		 Michele,
Theresa		 Evicted
(Day 85)
Kiyomi Not In
House		 ? ? ? No
nominations		 Evicted
(Day 71)
Raphael Patrick,
Sabrina		 ? ? ? Evicted
(Day 57)
Sabrina Christian,
Remo		 ? ? Evicted
(Day 43)
Tiana Patrizia,
Sabrina		 Patrizia, Remo Walked
(Day 36)
Patrick Christian,
Raphael		 ? Walked
(Day 29)
Patrizia Remo,
Sara		 ? Evicted
(Day 29)
Sara Patrizia,
Remo		 Evicted
(Day 15)
Laila Walked
(Day 8)
Nominated
For Eviction 		Christian,
Patrick,
Patrizia,
Remo,
Sara		 Patrick,
Patrizia,
Tiana		 Kiyomi,
Raphael,
Sabrina		 Kiyomi,
Raphael,
Theresa		 Kiyomi,
Nino,
Theresa		 Eugene,
Michele,
Theresa		 Michele,
Nino,
Remo		 Christian,
Michele,
Remo,
Theresa
Walked Laila Patrick Tiana none
Evicted Sara
29.2%
to evict		 Patrizia
45%
to evict		 Sabrina
44.2%
to evict		 Raphael
50.4%
to evict		 Kiyomi
60%
to evict		 Eugene
56.6%
to evict		 Nino
47.5%
to evict		 Michele
4.2%
(out of 4)		 Theresa
14.4%
(out of 4)
Remo
40.5%
(out of 2)		 Christian
59.5%
to win

Trivia

  • Total number of days on air: 212 days
  • Total number of housemates: 27 Housemates
  • Total number of housemates that walked: 6 Housemates
  • Total number of ejections : 0 Housemates