Big Brother (Finnish season 5)

Big Brother 2009 was the fifth season of the Finnish version of the reality show Big Brother. The show aired from August 26, 2009 to November 29, 2009, lasting 97 days. For the fifth season, the house has been split into two sides with one side representing 'Paradise' and the other representing the 'Slums'. The concept of Head of House was introduced into this season.

Big Brother
Season 5
Presented byVappu Pimiä
No. of days97
No. of housemates21
WinnerAso Alanso
Runner-upKätlin Laas
Companion showsBig Brother Talk Show
Big Brother Extra
Country of originFinland
Release
Original networkSub
Original release25 August (2009-08-25) –
25 November 2009 (2009-11-25)
Season chronology

Vappu Pimiä was the host of the Big Brother Talk Show and Jani Toivola hosted Big Brother Extra. This was the last season where Pimiä served as a hostess; the fifth season was the only season in which Toivola appeared.

The open auditions for the season were completed in April 2009.

Housemates

Fourteen housemates entered the house at launch night. Justiina entered on Day 18, and Toni and Marko entered on Day 27, after the eviction of Lotta and Tuija. The final four housemates - Antti, Iida, Saranna and Stephania - entered on Day 55, after Minna's eviction.

Name Age[I] Occupation Hometown [1]
Antti Syrjäläinen 30 Unemployed Kuopio
Aso Alanso 30 Construction worker Turku, born in Iran
Dana Mustajärvi 21 Student Tampere, born in Russia
Esa A. Seuranen 29 Unemployed Helsinki
Esa J. Saonegin 27 Mathematics Teacher Kouvola
Iida Ketola 19 TV Presenter Espoo
Jelena Roukala 22 Student Espoo
Jenny Justiina Parkkari 20 Server Vaasa
Kätlin Laas 22 Food Worker Seinäjoki, born in Estonia
Lotta Kangas 18 Hairdresser Helsinki
Marko Luukkonen 41 Restaurant Manager Tampere
Minna Anttonen 32 Nurse Turku
Nino Hermas 30 Playground Instructor Helsinki
Ragnar Orav 19 Model Helsinki, born in Estonia
Sami Kallvikbacka 30 Media Assistant Kokkola
Sampo Salonen 20 Student Helsinki
Saranna Ehrnrooth 20 Student Helsinki
Stephania Pe 21 Student Helsinki, born in Colombia
Terttu Mujunen 61 Retired Joensuu
Toni Haste 24 Restaurant Cook Rovaniemi
Tuija Heikkinen 23 Cashier Riihimäki

^[I] Contestant's age at the start of the season.

Big Brother Swap

It was announced during the show, that another Big Brother Swap would take place, this time with the third regular season of the Philippine franchise of Big Brother, dubbed Pinoy Big Brother. This would also be the second time that Big Brother Finland linked up with other foreign versions of the show, Season 4 being the first, when housemate Johan Grahn traded places with Munyaradzi Chidzonga from the third season of Big Brother Africa.

The Philippine version boasts of being the first Big Brother franchise with two separate and complete houses, which compete each week for their weekly budget. On Day 66, Kätlin Laas left the Big Brother house. The following day, it was announced that Catherine "Cathy" Remperas, a 22-year-old registered nurse from Bohol, Philippines would be swapped with Kätlin.

Kätlin left the Big Brother Finland House on Day 66 (Day 26 of the Philippine version) and enter either Philippine House on Day 69 (Day 29 of the Philippine version). She was supposed to arrive in the Philippines and enter either House the day before, but her flight was delayed due to weather disturbances caused by Typhoon Mirinae. Hours before her entrance, she had a brief appearance on the show The Buzz. On the other hand, Cathy was supposed to leave in the morning of Day 68 (Day 28 of the Philippines version) but their flight was postponed to a later hour of the day.

Much like the first Big Swap, events from both houses are chronicled. Also, clips from Pinoy Big Brother are shown only in Big Brother Extra, with conversations subtitled in Suomi. For the Philippine version, clips are shown in the daily show with all conversations in English subtitled in Filipino and all Finnish conversations and confessions dubbed over by Filipino voice actors.

The Big Swap started on Day 69 (evening of Day 29 of the Philippine version). Kätlin initially stayed in House A upon her arrival on Day 69. She transferred to House B on Day 71. On Day 72, Cathy and Kätlin were finally able to meet through a video call through Skype. Later that day, Kätlin returned to House A. She left the Philippine House on the morning of Day 34 of the Philippine version (early morning of Day 74 of the Finnish version). She was briefly interviewed for the morning show Umagang Kay Ganda just after stepping outside the front door. Meanwhile, Cathy entered on the evening of Day 69 (early morning of Day 30 of the Philippine version). She left six days later on the evening of Day 74 (early morning of Day 35 of the Philippine version), signaling the end of the Big Swap.

Kätlin left the Philippines the same day she left the Pinoy Big Brother house and re-entered their house in the early morning of Day 75 of the Finnish version (Day 35 of the Philippine version). Cathy left Finland the morning after she left the Finnish Big Brother house and re-entered the Pinoy Big Brother house on the evening of Day 36 of the Philippine version (Day 76 of the Finnish version).

Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:

Kätlin In House A:
  • Had a tropical-themed welcoming party.
  • Learned and sang the song "Maalaala Mo Kaya" (Will You Remember in English), together with Tom.
  • Participated in a water soccer game in which her team won (with Rob, Tom and Yuri) and ate Filipino exotic foods (frog legs, crickets, balut, fried worms and snails) as a reward. Patria acted as referee.

In House B:

  • Brought plov, an Estonian dish, which is like a casserole with rice, beef or lamb, onions, carrots and ketchup.
  • Learned the dance Pandanggo sa Ilaw with the housemates.
  • Participated in a parlor game involving inline skates and her country's flag, where her team, an all-female team, lost. Tibo acted as referee.
  • Acted as referee in several spider fighting matches.
  • Had a jacuzzi party with Filipino street food (chicken head, chicken feet and chicken blood to name a few) foods, vodka and palm wine (locally known as tuba).
  • As instructed by Big Brother's Finnish counterpart, Kätlin taught a Finnish song "Ihmisten Edessä" (In Front of People in English), and had to choreograph a corresponding dance with the housemates.
Cathy
  • Played a game called pököpallo, invented by the Finnish housemates, a game similar to the French game pétanque.
  • Had a sauna and jacuzzi welcoming party.
  • Learned and sang the song "Sininen Ja Valkoinen" (Blue and White in English), together with all the Finnish housemates.
  • Learned different winter sports and activities, including cross-country skiing, ice fishing, ice hockey, floorball and pesäpallo or Finnish baseball, Finland’s national sport, demonstrated by Antti, Aso and Sampo.
  • Had an Asian dinner with the housemates.
  • Experienced her first snow fall. Her housemates made a snowman for her, which she named Chuva Choo Choo.
  • Taught the housemates the Wowowee game Hep Hep, Hooray.
  • Cooked Adobo for the Finnish housemates.
  • Served as the judge in the Head of Household competition, which involved the housemates singing "Sininen Ja Valkoinen".
  • Had a Christmas dinner with the housemates and saw Santa Claus.

Also, both Philippine and Finnish houses had weekly tasks involving housemates doing a 30-minute cultural variety show portraying their countries' cultures to their visitors. The Filipino housemates should include Kätlin in their presentation while the Finnish housemates should work four at a time in the upstairs room while Cathy is not around. However, it was later revealed that the real weekly task of the Filipino housemates is to make Kätlin feel the Filipino hospitality, to which she felt that both houses were friendly, yet she felt more warmth with House A.

More than three weeks after the Swap ended, on Day 97 of the fifth Finnish season, Kätlin was proclaimed as second placer, behind Aso.

After 10 weeks, Cathy was evicted from the Pinoy Big Brother house, however, instead of going to the outside world, she was instructed by Big Brother to live in House B along with other ex-housemates to be part of the Resbak Attack team. After an intense week, she along with the other male ex housemates finally left the house.

Nominations table

The housemate first mentioned in each nomination gets two points, while the second gets one point.

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14
Final
Aso Jelena
Esa A.		Dana
Ragnar		Kätlin
Lotta		Justiina
Esa J.		Esa J.
Dana		Justiina
Dana		Not
eligible		Marko
Esa A.		Stephania
Iida		Stephania
Esa A.		Stephania
Esa A.		Stephania
Dana		Winner
(Day 97)
Kätlin Terttu
Esa A.		Jelena
Esa A.		Aso
Esa A.		Nino
Dana		Dana
Esa A.		Sampo
Dana		Not
eligible		Sampo
Toni		In Pinoy Big Brother
House		Toni
Sami		Toni
Antti		Runner up
(Day 97)
Esa A. Not
eligible		Ragnar
Dana		Nino
Ragnar		Aso
Kätlin		Sampo
Toni		Justiina
Sampo		NominatedAso
Dana		Iida
Sami		Stephania
Aso		Sami
Toni		Kätlin
Stephania		Third Place
(Day 97)
Antti Not in
House		ExemptIida
Sampo		Sampo
Toni		Toni
Sami		Sampo
Dana		 Fourth Place
(Day 97)
Sampo Not
eligible		Tuija
Esa A.		Tuija
Esa A.		Esa A.
Ragnar		Esa J.
Esa A.		Marko
Esa A.		NominatedSami
Marko		Antti
Saranna		Antti
Esa A.		Antti
Esa A.		Antti
Esa A.		Evicted
(Day 90)
Dana Aso
Esa A.		Kätlin
Sami		Kätlin
Sami		Kätlin
Sami		Kätlin
Toni		Justiina
Marko		Not
eligible		Toni
Marko		Toni
Antti		NominatedToni
Kätlin		Toni
Antti		Evicted
(Day 90)
Stephania Not in
House		Marko
Sampo		Aso
Toni		Aso
Esa A.		Aso
Toni		Aso
Toni		Evicted
(Day 90)
Toni Not in
House		Ragnar
Nino		Esa A.
Marko		Justiina
Marko		Not
eligible		Dana
Esa A.		Antti
Stephania		Antti
Stephania		Kätlin
Stephania		Kätlin
Stephania		Evicted
(Day 90)
Sami Esa A.
Tuija		Tuija
Ragnar		Tuija
Nino		Ragnar
Nino		Sampo
Marko		Sampo
Marko		Esa A.Sampo
Marko		Stephania
Sampo		Esa A.
Sampo		Esa A.
Stephania		Evicted
(Day 83)
Saranna Not in
House		ExemptIida
Antti		NominatedEvicted
(Day 76)
Iida Not in
House		ExemptAntti
Saranna		Evicted
(Day 69)
Marko Not in
House		Ragnar
Esa J.		Toni
Aso		Toni
Justiina		NominatedToni
Aso		Evicted
(Day 62)
Minna Terttu
Aso		Jelena
Kätlin		Aso
Esa A.		Aso
Kätlin		Marko
Kätlin		Esa A.
Marko		NominatedEvicted
(Day 55)
Justiina Not in
House		Kätlin
Esa A.		Ragnar
Esa A.		Esa A.
Kätlin		Kätlin
Esa A.		Evicted
(Day 48)
Esa J. Ragnar
Lotta		Jelena
Ragnar		Nino
Ragnar		Kätlin
Sami		Marko
Aso		Evicted
(Day 41)
Nino Not
eligible		Kätlin
Tuija		Lotta
Ragnar		Kätlin
Ragnar		Ejected
(Day 36)
Ragnar Not
eligible		Sampo
Sami		Esa J.
Sami		Esa J.
Sami		Evicted
(Day 34)
Tuija Not
eligible		Lotta
Sami		Lotta
Nino		Evicted
(Day 27)		Guest Re-Evicted
(Day 90)
Lotta Not
eligible		Tuija
Ragnar		Nino
Tuija		Evicted
(Day 27)
Jelena Aso
Terttu		Kätlin
Tuija		Evicted
(Day 20)
Terttu Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 13)
Notes nonenone
Head of
House		 DanaAsoSampoSampoJustiinaSamiSamiStephaniaEsa A.SamiSampoTuijaNone
Up for
eviction		 Aso
Esa A.
Terttu		Jelena
Kätlin
Ragnar
Tuija		Kätlin
Lotta
Nino
Tuija		Kätlin
Ragnar		Esa A.
Esa J.
Marko
Kätlin
Sampo
Toni		Justiina
Marko		Esa A.
Marko
Minna
Sampo		Aso
Marko
Sami
Sampo
Toni		Antti
Iida
Stephania
Toni		Antti
Dana
Esa A.
Saranna
Stephania		Esa A.
Kätlin
Sami
Stephania
Toni		All
Housermates		Antti
Aso
Esa A.
Kätlin
Ejected noneNinonone
Evicted Terttu
Fewest votes
to save		 Jelena
Fewest votes
to save		 Lotta
2.57%
to save		 Ragnar
-7.3%
to evict		 Esa J.
-11.57%
to evict		 Justiina
-50.6%
to evict		 Minna
-2.39%
to evict		 Marko
-4.38%
to evict		 Iida
-18.20%
to evict		 Saranna
-28.05%
to evict		 Sami
-15.45%
to evict		 Toni
-0.13%
to evict		 Antti
-0.01%
to win		 Esa A.
15.04%
to win
Stephania
-0.10%
to evict
Tuija
2.67%
to save		 Dana
0.08%
to save		 Kätlin
16.73%
to win		 Aso
18.39%
to win
Sampo
0.35%
to save

 Housemates living in paradise (On the day of nomination)
 Housemates living in the slum (On the day of nomination)

Notes
  • ^1 In round one of nominations only housemates living in paradise were eligible to nominate.
  • ^2 In his second day as HoH, Aso was stripped of his title for failing to keep mum on his task.
  • ^3 As a new housemate Justiina was allowed to nominate but could not be nominated.
  • ^4 As a new housemates Marko and Toni were allowed to nominate but could not be nominated.
  • ^5 In round seven of nominations the HoH Sami was the only person allowed to nominate as Marko, Minna, and Sampo had already been nominated as punishment by Big brother. Dana, Esa A., Kätlin and Minna lived in the Slums while the rest of the housemates lived in Paradise.
  • ^6 As new housemates Antti, Iida, Saranna and Stephania were not allowed to nominate or be nominated and lived in Paradise but because she was HoH, Stephania was permitted to nominate.
  • ^7 Kätlin was immune from eviction in round nine of nominations as she was taking part in a Big Brother swap.
  • ^8 In round ten of nominations Dana and Saranna were automatically nominated for eviction by Big brother as punishment. The head of household competition was judged by swap housemate Cathy. Kätlin was immune from eviction as she still was at the Pinoy Big Brother house after the previous weeks Big Brother swap
  • ^9 In round twelve of nominations all nominations were voided and all of the housemates were automatically nominated for eviction. A mock nomination was instead held, unknown to the housemates.
  • ^10 There were no nominations in the final week as the public were voting for housemates to win, rather than be evicted.

Head of House competitions

As a new twist this season, there is a Head of House (HoH), who cannot be nominated and gets to decide which housemates will live in Paradise and which housemates will live in Slums. Housemates in Paradise get to live in the main house, have hot water 24/7 for bathing, plenty of food and the right to nominate. Housemates in Slums get to live in a makeshift area, sleeping on the floor with their jackets as blankets, a garden hose to wash in a roofless toilet, limited food (rice, sardines, porridge and pea soup), and had to earn their right to nominate in Nominations Competitions.

The following Head of Household competitions have taken place:

  • Week 2: Standing on one foot
  • Week 3: Finding a candy from a bowl of sour milk using the mouth
  • Week 4: General knowledge quiz
  • Week 5: Transporting moving crates through an obstacle course
  • Week 6: Finding marbles hidden in bushes
  • Week 7: Shuttle run
  • Week 8: Basketball throwing
  • Week 9: Fear Factor-style eating competition
  • Week 10: Uncharted 2 PlayStation game
  • Week 11: Singing Sininen Ja Valkoinen
  • Week 12: Eat a certain portion from 90-241 kcals, guess how long it will take to burn the food they ate and burn the food they ate using an exercise bicycle.

References

  1. http://worldofbigbrother.com/BB/Fin/5/housemates.shtml
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