Big Brother (Hungarian TV series)

Big Brother (Hungarian: Nagy Testvér) is a reality show on TV2. It was the Hungarian version of the original Dutch Big Brother series by Endemol in 1999.

Big Brother
Also known as	Nagy Testvér
Genre	Reality
Created by	John de Mol
Presented by	Claudia Liptai Attila Till
Country of origin	Hungary
Original language	Hungarian
No. of seasons	2 (Regular version); 3 (Big Brother VIP)
Production
Production company	Endemol
Release
Original network	TV2
Original release	1 September 2002 – 30 May 2003

The show originally broadcast between 2002 and 2003, in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.

The hosts of the show were Claudia Liptai & Attila Till.

Series overview

Seasons	Host	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Winner	Prize
Big Brother 1	Liptai Claudia Till Attila	1 September 2002	21 December 2002	114	12	Évi (Éva Párkányi)	16,000,000 HUF
Big Brother VIP 1		5 January 2003	10 January 2003	6	8	Gábor Bochkor	-
Big Brother VIP 2		12 January 2003	17 January 2003			Lajos Boros
Big Brother VIP 3		19 January 2003	23 January 2003	5		Zolee Ganxsta
Big Brother 2		2 February 2003	30 May 2003	118	14	Zsófi (Zsófia Tóth)	20,000,000 HUF

Big Brother 1

12 housemates walked into the Big Brother house on September 1, 2002, but only 3 of them could participate in the final on December 21, 2002. Housemates had to pass weekly tasks. They also had to take care of pigs and a cat that was named "Jánoska" by Pongó.

Évi won 16.000.000 Ft.

Name	Sex	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Distinguishing feature
Andi (Kapitány Andrea)	Female	28	Budapest	Banker	Virgin, she cooks very badly; Aussie relatives
Angéla (Lupsán Angéla)	Female	29	Békéscsaba	Tourist guide	She suddenly establishes (sexual) relationships
Bálint (Kormos Bálint)	Male	21	Eger	Art student	He always sleeps
Évi (Párkányi Éva)	Female	21	Kaposvár	Bartender	Addiction to sex, swearing
Iti (Buchmüller István)	Male	26	Budapest	Bodyguard	Black toenails; Bear
Judit (Nagy Judit)	Female	24	Komárom	Financial intermediary	Bossy
Pongó (Lassan Zoltán)	Male	37	Komló	Female knickers salesman	The craziest man in the House
Popey (Szabadi István)	Male	24	Szeged	Confectioner	Handsome; He can't read well
Renato (Pavesi Renato)	Male	23	Budapest	-	Temperamental; Italian relatives; Swearing Italian
Szabi (Gyovai Szabolcs)	Male	20	Bokros	Student	Girls' favourite
Tara (Kovács Anita)	Female	30	Balatonfenyves	Business representative	Mother
Zsanett (Horváth Zsanett)	Female	22	Gellénháza	Business representative	Comical "t" accent

Nominations Table

	Week 1	Week 3	Week 5	Week 7	Week 9	Week 11	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16 Final
Évi	Judit Zsanett	Andi Zsanett	Renato Zsanett	Andi Zsanett	Renato Zsanett	Renato Zsanett	Andi Renato	Renato Szabi	Bálint Renato	Winner (Day 114)
Bálint	Pongó Tara	Pongó Tara	Pongó Zsanett	Pongó Zsanett	Pongó Renato	Szabi Zsanett	Renato Szabi	Renato Szabi	Évi Popey	Runner up (Day 114)
Renato	Bálint Judit	Bálint Iti	Évi Popey	Évi Popey	Bálint Popey	Évi Popey	Évi Popey	Évi Popey	Évi Popey	Third place (Day 114)
Popey	Évi Pongó	Évi Zsanett	Pongó Zsanett	Andi Pongó	Pongó Renato	Andi Zsanett	Andi Renato	Renato Szabi	Évi Renato	Evicted (Week 15)
Szabi	Iti Judit	Iti Tara	Évi Renato	Évi Renato	Andi Popey	Andi Popey	Bálint Popey	Évi Renato	Evicted (Week 14)
Andi	Judit Zsanett	Angéla Évi	Évi Iti	Évi Pongó	Évi Renato	Szabi Zsanett	Évi Renato	Evicted (Week 13)
Zsanett	Renato Tara	Angéla Tara	Andi Angéla	Angéla Popey	Pongó Popey	Andi Popey	Evicted (Week 12)
Pongó	Bálint Renato	Iti Tara	Angéla Iti	Angéla Bálint	Renato Zsanett	Evicted (Week 10)
Angéla	Judit Zsanett	Pongó Zsanett	Andi Zsanett	Andi Zsanett	Evicted (Week 8)
Iti	Judit Zsanett	Pongó Zsanett	Andi Pongó	Evicted (Week 6)
Tara	Judit Zsanett	Andi Zsanett	Evicted (Week 4)
Judit	Angéla Tara	Evicted (Week 2)
Public nomination	Évi Judit	Pongó Zsanett	Angéla Iti	Andi Angéla	Pongó Renato	Andi Zsanett	Andi Popey	Popey Renato	Popey Renato	none
Nominated	Judit Zsanett	Pongó Tara Zsanett	Andi Angéla Évi Iti Pongó Zsanett	Andi Angéla Évi Pongó Zsanett	Pongó Renato	Andi Zsanett	Andi Popey Renato	Renato Szabi	Évi Popey Renato	All Housemates
Evicted	Judit Most votes to evict	Tara Most votes to evict	Iti Most votes to evict	Angéla Most votes to evict	Pongó Most votes to evict	Zsanett Most votes to evict	Andi Most votes to evict	Szabi Most votes to evict	Popey Most votes to evict	Renato Fewest votes to win	Bálint Fewest votes to win
										Évi Most votes to win

Big Brother VIP 1

The first season of Nagy Testver VIP consisted of eight celebrities competing for the title of the winner of Big Brother. The first season of Nagy Testver VIP aired from January 5, 2003 to January 10, 2003. Throughout the duration of the first season viewers were voting for a winner while the celebrities competed in a series of task while living in the house. Ultimately, Gabor Bochkor is believed to have won the season on day 6. The proceeds from all votes cast during this season went to charity.

Name	Age	Occupation
Elizabeth King (female)		Pornstar
Enikő Détár (female)	38	Actress
Gabor Bochkor (male)	38	Radio DJ
Győző Gáspár (male)	28	Presenter
János Sebeők (male)	44	Author
Romeo Szentgyörgyi (male)	28	Gymnast
Tünde Kiszel (female)	43	Actress
Tvrtko Vujity (male)	30	Journalist

Big Brother VIP 2

The first season of Nagy Testver VIP consisted of eight celebrities competing for the title of the winner of Big Brother. The second season of Nagy Testver VIP started just two days after the final of the first and aired from January 12, 2003 to January 17, 2003. Throughout the duration of the second season viewers were voting for a winner while the celebrities competed in a series of task while living in the house. The winner, who was decided on day 6 of this season, is Lajos Boros.

Name	Age	Occupation
Árpi Zámbó (male)	32	Musician
Beáta "Bea" Karda (female)	52	Musician
Giselle (male)		Famous Transsexual
Ica Bíró (female)	45	Physical Trainer/Model
István Szebeni (male)	26	Presenter
Lajos Boros (male)	55	Presenter/Journalist
László Komár (male)	58	Singer
Gyöngyi Spitzer (female)	36	Singer

Big Brother VIP 3

The third and final season of Nagy Testver VIP consisted of eight celebrities competing for the title of the winner of Big Brother. The third season of Nagy Testver VIP started just two days after the final of the second and aired from January 19, 2003 to January 23, 2003. Throughout the duration of the third season viewers were voting for a winner while the celebrities competed in a series of task while living in the house. Ultimately, it was Zolee Ganxsta who was declared the winner of this season on day 5.

Name	Age	Occupation
Kata Janza (female)	30	Actress
Levente Harsányi (male)	32	Presenter/Singer
Lui Padre (male)		Famous Magician
Norbert Növényi (male)	45	Boxer
Sarolta "Cini" Zalatnay (female)	55	Singer
Zolee Ganxsta (male)	37	Rapper
Zsoka Kapócs (female)	23	Model/Former Miss Hungary
Zsolt "Kozsó" Kocsor (male)	31	Musician/Songwriter

Big Brother 2

14 housemates walked into the Big Brother house on February 2, 2003, but only 4 could participate in the finale on May 30, 2003. There are two major commercial television stations in Hungary. One is TV2, the other is RTL Klub. RTL Klub began airing its second season of their own reality show called ValóVilág earlier than TV2 its Big Brother 2. While most fans of BB1 started watching ValóVilág 2, its viewing ratings got better. Big Brother 2 suffered a popularity breakdown, TV2 decided to air the daily episodes at late night. After finishing this bad rated season, rumours stated that there would be a third season of Big Brother because TV2 made a contract for three seasons. However, Big Brother 3 never aired.

Zsófi won 20.000.000 Ft.

Name	Sex	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Distinguishing feature
Edina (Edina)	Female	36	Budapest	Astrologer	Youthful; Mother
Géza (Géza)	Male	32	Szeged	Plasterer	Hard master; Father
Gézu (Csongrádi Géza)	Male	23	Veszprém	Student	Handsome
Kornélia (Kovács Kornélia)	Female	24	Karcag	-	Stripper
Lilla (Böszörményi Lilla)	Female	23	Budapest	-	Michael Jackson dancer
Linya (Hlinyászky Tamás)	Male	27	Sátoraljaújhely	Folk-dance teacher	He is the funniest person in the House
Mónika (Rádóczi Mónika)	Female	24	Kiskunmajsa	Jurist	She said: "I cannot survive without sex."
Öcsi (Balogh Ferenc)	Male	29	Szolnok	Entertainer	Hairy; Bear
Roli (Tátrai Roland)	Male	24	Balatonföldvár	Student	His height: 2 metres
Sanya (Darmos Sándor)	Male	28	Edelény	Entertainer	Peroxide blond; Temptress
Szilvi (Szekeres Szilvia)	Female	29	Érd	-	Pretty woman
Timi (Lissek Tímea)	Female	29	Pécel	-	The most outspoken woman in the House
Viola (Gáti Viola)	Female	19	Budapest	Student	Rasta hair
Zoli (Zoltán)	Male	25	Tatabánya	Entertainer	The most outspoken man in the House
Zsófi (Tóth Zsófia)	Female	22	Debrecen	-	She likes alcohol

Nominations Table

	Week 1	Week 3	Week 5	Week 6	Week 8	Week 9	Week 11	Week 12	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16 Final
Zsófi	Edina Szilvi	Zoli Mónika	Zoli Mónika	Not eligible	Mónika Kornélia	Not eligible	Kornélia Mónika	Mónika Kornélia	Kornélia Viola	Viola Roli	Winner (Day 118)
Linya	Timi Szilvi	Mónika Zoli	Zoli Lilla	Not eligible	Lilla Sanya	Sanya Öcsi	Sanya Viola	Not eligible	Viola Kornélia	Viola Roli	Runner up (Day 118)
Roli	Géza Roli	Kornélia Zoli	Géza Zoli	Not eligible	Zsófi Linya	Not eligible	Mónika Kornélia	Not eligible	Kornélia Zsófi	Zsófi Gézu	Third place (Day 118)
Gézu	Szilvi Timi	Szilvi Géza	Szilvi Géza	Not eligible	Lilla Sanya	Not eligible	Viola Sanya	Not eligible	Viola Kornélia	Viola Roli	Fourth place (Day 118)
Viola	Not in house					Exempt	Linya Kornélia	Not eligible	Linya Kornélia	Linya Zsófi	Evicted (Day 111)
Kornélia	Edina Zoli	Zoli Edina	Zoli Roli	Not eligible	Roli Öcsi	Not eligible	Zsófi Linya	Not eligible	Viola Roli	Evicted (Day 100)
Mónika	Edina Kornélia	Edina Gézu	Zsófi Gézu	Not eligible	Zsófi Gézu	Not eligible	Zsófi Gézu	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 93)
Sanya	Géza Edina	Zoli Edina	Zoli Géza	Not eligible	Linya Öcsi	Not eligible	Linya Mónika	Evicted (Day 90)
Öcsi	Edina Géza	Gézu Zoli	Géza Zoli	Linya Zoli	Zsófi Lilla	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 76)
Lilla	Szilvi Timi	Zoli Géza	Géza Kornélia	Not eligible	Gézu Linya	Evicted (Day 62)
Zoli	Timi Roli	Gézu Linya	Linya Roli	Not eligible	Evicted (Day 49)
Szilvi	Kornélia Gézu	Gézu Kornélia	Gézu Sanya	Not eligible	Walked (Day 47)
Géza	Edina Gézu	Zoli Gézu	Zoli Gézu	Evicted (Day 42)
Edina	Kornélia Géza	Kornélia Zoli	Evicted (Day 28)
Timi	Zoli Lilla	Evicted (Day 14)
Public nomination	Sanya (20.9%) Timi (15.5%)	Edina (19.1%) Kornelia (16.4%)	Szilvi (29.0%) Kornelia (25.9%)	none	Gézu (36.5%) Lilla (?%)	none	Gézu (?%) Sanya (?%)	none
Nominated	Timi Edina	Edina Gézu Zoli	Géza Zoli	Zoli Linya	Lilla Gézu	Öcsi Sanya	Sanya Mónika Linya Kornélia	Mónika Kornélia	Kornélia Linya Viola	Viola Roli	All Housemates
Walked	none			Szilvi	none
Evicted	Timi 55.2% to evict	Edina 46.7% to evict	Géza 55.5% to evict	Zoli 53.7% to evict	Lilla 52.2% to evict	Öcsi Most votes to evict	Sanya Most votes to evict	Mónika 50.7% to evict	Kornélia Most votes to evict	Viola Most votes to evict	Gézu Fewest votes to win	Roli Fewest votes to win
											Linya Fewest votes to win	Zsófi Most votes to win

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