Gran Hermano (American TV series)

Gran Hermano (also known as Gran Hermano USA) is the Spanish-language adaptation of the reality television franchise Big Brother, broadcast in the United States on Telemundo and produced by Endemol. The series was announced in May 2015 during the network's upfront presentation for the 2015-16 television season in New York City.[1]

Gran Hermano
Presented by	Giselle Blondet
No. of days	92
No. of contestants	16
Winner	Pedro Orta
Runner-up	Yajayra "Yaya" García
Country of origin	United States
Release
Original network	Telemundo
Original release	10 January – 10 April 2016

This is the official adaptation of the international Big Brother format for Hispanic television in the U.S., making the United States in the third country worldwide, after Canada and India, to have different adaptations of the show based on language. Former Nuestra Belleza Latina host Giselle Blondet was announced as the show's presenter on December 14, 2015.[2] The show premiered on January 10, 2016, and lasted 13 weeks.[3]

Format

Based on the Original Dutch Version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of different houseguests, divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations locked up together in a House, where the viewing public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the House as they choose to. The houseguestslive in isolation from the outside world in a house custom built with everyday objects, like fridges and a garden. The house also includes cameras and microphones in most of the rooms to record all of the activity in the house. The confession room is the only place where houseguests can be away from the other contestants, where they can confess their true feelings. The winner is the last contestant remaining in the house, and receives a cash prize of US$250,000. Houseguests are evicted weekly throughout the show by the public via text messaging, cellphone calls, the show's main website, and Facebook.

Houseguests

The cast of Gran Hermano USA

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Top:
Pedro Orta, Agustín Flores, Carlos Uriarte, Jason Rosales and Dante Delgadillo

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Second row:
Domingo Navarro, Maday Velázquez, Carolina Catalino, Yajayra García and Melissa Saldívar

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Third row:
Catalina Naranjo, Iselis Arzola, Rafael Caparroso and Jommart Rivera

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Not pictured:
Andrea González and Elizabeth Prado

Name	Age	Occupation	From	Residence	Entered	Exited	Status
Pedro Orta	42	Personal trainer	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Day 1	Day 92	Winner
Yajayra "Yaya" García	25	Social Worker	Mexico	Texas	Day 1	Day 92	Runner-up
Domingo Navarro	44	Maintenance staff	Dominican Republic	New York	Day 1	Day 92	2nd Runner-up
Jommart Rivera	40	Teacher	Puerto Rico	Florida	Day 1	Day 92	3nd Runner-up
Elizabeth Prado	35	Beauty Salon owner	Mexico	California	Day 36	Day 85	13th Evicted
Rafael Caparroso	26	Actor, Model	Colombia	Florida	Day 1 Day 50	Day 8 Day 85	1st / 12th Evicted
Andrea González	24	Oil company employee	Venezuela	Texas	Day 36	Day 78	11th Evicted
Agustín Flores	32	Gardener	Mexico	Illinois	Day 1	Day 71	10th Evicted
Maday Velázquez	21	Model	Cuba	Pennsylvania	Day 1	Day 64	9th Evicted
Dante Delgadillo	32	Customer service	Mexico	Texas	Day 1	Day 57	8th Evicted
Jason Rosales	27	DJ	Honduras	Indiana	Day 1	Day 50	7th Evicted
Carlos Uriarte	27	Real estate broker	Mexico	Texas	Day 1	Day 43	6th Evicted
Melissa Saldívar	34	Boxing gym owner	Mexico	Texas	Day 1	Day 36	5th Evicted
Iselis Arzola	21	Student	Cuba	Florida	Day 1	Day 29	4th Evicted
Catalina Naranjo	28	Businesswoman	Colombia	Florida	Day 1	Day 22	3rd Evicted
Carolina Catalino	33	Model	Dominican Republic	New York	Day 1	Day 15	2nd Evicted

Nominations table

The first housemate in each box was nominated for three points, the second housemate was nominated for two points, the third housemate was nominated for one point.

  This housemate was the house leader, and could not be nominated.

  This housemate was immune from eviction.

  This housemate was evicted.

  This housemate was automatically put up for eviction by Big Brother.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6		Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13 Final		Nominations received
Leader	Yajayra	Melissa	Iselis	Yajayra	Agustín	Dante		Domingo	Agustín	Andrea	Elizabeth	Jommart	None
Red phone	Carolina	Jason	Jason	Dante	Agustín	Maday	Jason	Jason	Rafael	Jommart	Rafael	Pedro	Domingo	Yajayra
Used on:	Carolina	Melissa	Melissa	Dante	Agustín	Andrea	Elizabeth	Jason	All Housemates	Jommart	Rafael	Pedro	All Housemates	All Housemates
Pedro	Carolina Maday Jason	Carolina Iselis Carlos	Dante Catalina Carlos	Melissa Iselis Carlos	Melissa Jason Carlos	Jason Carlos Maday		Maday Jason Dante	Dante Andrea Maday	Jommart Elizabeth Maday	Yajayra Agustín Jommart	Yajayra Elizabeth Andrea	Elizabeth Yajayra Domingo	Winner (Day 92)		86
Yajayra	Catalina Iselis Maday	Catalina Iselis Jason	Catalina Jason Dante	Iselis Jason Dante	Jason Dante Carlos	Carlos Jason Jommart		Andrea Elizabeth Jason	Elizabeth Dante Andrea	Elizabeth Rafael Jommart	Rafael Andrea Pedro	Elizabeth Andrea Rafael	Rafael Jommart Elizabeth	Runner-up (Day 92)		43
Domingo	Jason Maday Carlos	Catalina Iselis Jason	Melissa Catalina Jason	Iselis Jason Melissa	Melissa Carlos Jason	Jason Carlos Maday		Jason Maday Dante	Dante Maday Andrea	Maday Yajayra Rafael	Andrea Rafael Jommart	Andrea Elizabeth Rafael	Jommart Rafael Elizabeth	Third place (Day 92)		64
Jommart	Carolina Agustin Maday	Iselis Carolina Maday	Melissa Catalina Maday	Melissa Iselis Carlos	Melissa Carlos Maday	Jason Carlos Maday		Maday Elizabeth Jason	Andrea Elizabeth Maday	Maday Agustín Elizabeth	Rafael Andrea Pedro	Andrea Elizabeth Rafael	Rafael Elizabeth Yajayra	Fourth place (Day 92)		65
Elizabeth	Not in House					Exempt		Jason Maday Andrea	Pedro Jommart Domingo	Rafael Yajayra Jommart	Agustín Yajayra Jommart	Yajayra Domingo Rafael	Pedro Rafael Jommart	Evicted (Day 85)		39
Rafael	Iselis Dante Jason	Evicted (Day 8)							Dante Andrea Elizabeth	Jommart Elizabeth Maday	Agustín Jommart Yajayra	Yajayra Domingo Elizabeth	Yajayra Jommart Domingo	Re-evicted (Day 85)		52
Andrea	Not in House					Exempt		Agustín Yajayra Jommart	Pedro Domingo Maday	Maday Jommart Yajayra	Jommart Agustín Yajayra	Yajayra Domingo Pedro	Evicted (Day 78)			41
Agustín	Jommart Rafael Pedro	Jommart Jason Catalina	Catalina Jason Jommart	Iselis Jason Jommart	Not eligible	Carlos Jason Jommart		Jason Andrea Dante	Andrea Dante Rafael	Rafael Jommart Pedro	Andrea Rafael Pedro	Evicted (Day 71)				25
Maday	Jommart Iselis Jason	Carlos Catalina Jason	Carlos Catalina Jason	Iselis Jason Carlos	Carlos Jason Jommart	Jommart Pedro Domingo		Elizabeth Andrea Pedro	Pedro Andrea Elizabeth	Elizabeth Jommart Pedro	Evicted (Day 64)					39
Dante	Rafael Carolina Pedro	Pedro Domingo Carolina	Pedro Domingo Yajayra	Pedro Domingo Agustin	Pedro Domingo Melissa	Pedro Domingo Jommart		Agustín Pedro Elizabeth	Pedro Domingo Rafael	Evicted (Day 57)						25
Jason	Rafael Carolina Maday	Carolina Pedro Domingo	Domingo Yajayra Pedro	Pedro Domingo Agustin	Pedro Domingo Melissa	Domingo Jommart Pedro		Agustín Pedro Jommart	Evicted (Day 50)							65
Carlos	Rafael Maday Jommart	Carolina Pedro Domingo	Pedro Yajayra Domingo	Pedro Domingo Jommart	Pedro Jommart Domingo	Pedro Domingo Jommart		Evicted (Day 43)								38
Melissa	Iselis Catalina Carlos	Domingo Pedro Iselis	Domingo Jommart Jason	Jommart Domingo Pedro	Jommart Domingo Pedro	Evicted (Day 36)										25
Iselis	Rafael Carolina Melissa	Domingo Pedro Carolina	Yajayra Domingo Pedro	Pedro Domingo Jommart	Evicted (Day 29)											38
Catalina	Rafael Domingo Jason	Carolina Domingo Pedro	Yajayra Pedro Domingo	Evicted (Day 22)												29
Carolina	Jommart Iselis Pedro	Pedro Carlos Catalina	Evicted (Day 15)													28
Nomination notes	1	2	3	4	5	6		7, 8	9	10, 11	none	none	none	none
Against public vote	Iselis Jommart Rafael	Carolina Domingo Pedro	Catalina Domingo Yajayra	Dante Domingo Iselis Pedro	Carlos Melissa Pedro	Carlos Jason Jommart Pedro		Agustín Jason Maday	Andrea Dante Pedro	Jommart Maday Pedro Rafael	Agustín Andrea Rafael	Andrea Elizabeth Yajayra	Elizabeth Jommart Rafael	Domingo Jommart Pedro Yajayra
Evicted	Rafael 35.4% to evict	Carolina Most votes to evict	Catalina Most votes to evict	Iselis Most votes to evict	Melissa Most votes to evict	Carlos Most votes to evict		Rafael Most votes to return	Dante 55.1% to evict	Maday 51.6% to evict	Agustín 55.5% to evict	Andrea 55.4% to evict	Rafael 39.36% to evict	Jommart 15.0% to win	Domingo 22.3% to win
								Jason Most votes to evict					Elizabeth 38.22% to evict	Yajayra 24.7% to win
Saved	Iselis 35.1% Jommart 29.5%	Domingo Pedro Fewest votes	Domingo Yajayra Fewest votes	Dante Domingo Pedro Fewest votes	Carlos Pedro Fewest votes	Jason Jommart Pedro Fewest votes		Agustín Maday Fewest votes	Pedro 36.6% Andrea 8.3%	Pedro 29.8% Rafael 9.9% Jommart 8.7%	Andrea 26.6% Rafael 17.9%	Yajayra 30.6% Elizabeth 13.9%	Jommart 22.42%	Pedro 38.0% to win

Notes

• ^Note 1 : On Day 1, Carolina answered the red phone and was secretly informed that she was immune. The votes of other houseguests against her didn't count.
• ^Note 2 : On Day 8, Jason answered the red phone and was told that he had to grant someone immunity. He picked Melissa. Melissa was also the house leader that week, effectively nullifying the immunity she had been granted, as the other houseguests couldn't vote for her anyway.
• ^Note 3 : On Day 15, Jason answered the red phone and was told he had to void someone's nominations. He chose to void Melissa's nominations. This option was later revoked because Jason did not follow the rules and told other people that Melissa's nomination votes would not count.
• ^Note 4 : On Day 22, Dante answered the red phone and was automatically nominated for eviction.
• ^Note 5 : On Day 29, Agustín answered the red phone and was given two options: he was offered $1,000 in exchange for his nomination points, or he could reject the deal but be forced to wear a carrot costume for a period of 48 hours. He chose to take the money, and was not eligible to nominate.
• ^Note 6 : On Day 36, Andrea and Elizabeth entered the house as new houseguests. They were immune from nomination and eviction and were ineligible to nominate that week.
• ^Note 7 : On Day 43, Jason answered the red phone and was given the task to put on a sign over his clothes, which said that he could not talk to anyone at all and had to keep the sign in place until Wednesday's nominations. In doing so he was granted the chance to give nomination scores of 4, 3, and 2 instead of the usual scores of 3, 2, and 1. He was unsuccessful, and received an automatic 4 points against him in Wednesday's nominations as a result.
• ^Note 8 : On Day 50, Rafael returned to the house as an official houseguest via a public vote against Carlos and Iselis.
• ^Note 9 : On Day 50, Rafael answered the red phone shortly after re-entering the house. He received a cake celebrating the 50-day mark of everyone's stay in the house.
• ^Note 10 : On Day 57, Jommart answered the red phone and received a phone call from home.
• ^Note 11 : On Day 59, Pedro and Rafael agreed on nominating the remaining female houseguests, despite the fact that Big Brother had specified that 'conspiring' about nominations to rig the results was against the rules. As a result, both of them had their nominations voided, and were automatically put up for eviction along with Jommart and Maday, who had the most nominations.

Total received nominations

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Total
Pedro	3	15	10	13	10	9	5	12	2	3	1	3	Winner	86
Yajayra	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	12	6	Runner-up	43
Domingo	2	12	12	10	7	8	0	5	0	0	6	2	2nd Runner-up	64
Jommart	10	3	3	6	6	9	2	2	8	8	0	8	3rd Runner-up	65
Elizabeth	Not in House					0	8	7	7	0	10	7	Evicted	39
Rafael	17	Evicted						2	9	10	4	10	Re-evicted	52
Andrea	Not in House					0	8	14	0	10	9	Evicted		41
Agustín	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	2	10	Evicted			25
Maday	9	1	1	0	1	3	10	5	9	Evicted				39
Dante	2	0	4	1	2	0	3	13	Evicted					25
Jason	7	5	7	8	8	13	13+4	Evicted						65
Carlos	2	6	4	5	9	12	Evicted							38
Melissa	1	0	6	7	11	Evicted								25
Iselis	12	10	0	16	Evicted									38
Catalina	5	10	14	Evicted										29
Carolina	12	16	Evicted											28

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	Premios Tu Mundo[4]	Favorite Weekend Program	Gran Hermano USA	Nominated
		Favorite Special or Reality Presenter	Giselle Blondet	Nominated

References

1. Times, Latin. "Telemundo Upfront 2015: 'Big Brother' To Open Doors For Latinos In The U.S". Latintimes.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
2. Tinoco, Armando. "Giselle Blondet 'Gran Hermano US' Telemundo Host: Former Univision Presenter To Helm Reality Show!". Latintimes.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
3. Tinoco, Armando. "'Gran Hermano US' Season 1 Premiere: Watch First Teaser Of New Telemundo Reality Show! [VIDEO]". Latintimes.com. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
4. Oyola, Michelle. "Premios Tu Mundo 2016: Lista de Nominados y Ganadores". ahoramismo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2017.

External links

• Official Website
• Official Twitter
• Official Facebook