Big Brother

Genre

reality television

Country

Russia

How it feels

Strangers live together in a house cut off from the outside world. Cameras record everything they do. They are voted out one by one until a single winner gets a grand prize.

observationalcompetitionisolatedtensestrategicunpredictablemanipulative

What happens

Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally beginning in 2000. The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The show has been cited as having had widespread influence on the status of television and celebrity. The name is inspired by Big Brother from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, as the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, they are voted out of the house (usually on a weekly basis) until only one remains and wins the grand prize. As of 5 August 2023, there have been 508 seasons of Big Brother in over 63 franchise countries and regions. English-language editions of the program are often referred to by its initials BB. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Game2: Winter (2017)
• Last Hero (2001)
• Patsanki (2016)
• Celebrities in Africa (2021)
• Бедные люди (телесериал) (2016)
• Dangerous Intimacy (2025)
• Пора валить!
• Big Brother (2005)