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Big Brother (Netherlands)
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| Big Brother Netherlands |
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| Series 6 (2006) housemates |
| Winner: Jeroen Visser
Runner-up: Sabrina Turfboer Others: Rik Rovers, Tijn Rovers, Monique de Roo, Semih Turan, Marcia Schouten, Micheline de Reus, Marlies Otten, Egbert Schouten, Etiënne Meulhof, Janine Holder, Milica IJpelaar, Hilde IJpelaar, Marcel Meulhof |
| Series 5 (2005) housemates |
| Winner: Joost Hoebink Runner-up: Roeland (Roel) Dietvorst Others: Lieske Stokkers, Ingrid Hofland, Nathalie Malherbe, Dido van Kuijk, Rob van Nood, Chantal Braspenning, Menno Liebregts, Joscelyn Savanna Slangenberg, Tanja Slangenberg, Linda Rijsdijk, Ralph van der Velt, Rikkert van Bergen |
| Series 4 (2002) housemates |
| Winner: Jeanette Godefroy Runner-up: Margriet Post Others: Stefan, Laurens Jongema, Wouter Valkier, Judith Peereboom, Mustapha (Mushi) Essakati, Daniëla, Marc Vissers, Ting Chan, Arthur van Gijzel, Ursula Barendregt, Dennis van Solkema, Geesje de Vries, Martijn, Joyce Schoenmaekers, Bram Recourt, Sandra, Bo Koole, Carmen, Martijn Krabbé (guest) |
| Series 3 (2001) housemates |
Winner: Sandy Boots Runner-up: Daniëlle van der Kuij Others: Gert-Jan de Boer, Andries de Jong, Leo van Veenendaal, Diane Hendriks, Kelly Van Der Veer Kelly van der Veer Kelly van der Veer is a Dutch television personality, singer and actress. She is regarded the most prominent transsexual person in the Netherlands and rose to fame after competing in Big Brother - The Battle, a Dutch version of the Big Brother-format.-Early life:During her childhood, Van der Veer... , Ed Veter, Pascal van Lingen, Coos van Haaften, Frank Kloppert, Pricella Ahlers, Tania de Maer, Audrey, Richard Oosterhuis, Nancy van Beek, Aldrico Amando Felida, Ellen |
| Series 2 (2000) housemates |
Winner: Bianca Hagenbeek Runner-up: Robin Veen Others: Koos Wentink, Georgie de Gee, Dirk Boterbloem (guest), Hieke van der Heide, Desiree Stegeman, Ferdi Bonnet, Kim Röben, Annet Stokkentreeff, Ed Nypels, Leo Piller, Miranda Huisman, Rex van Iersel, Mohammed Ali Japur (a.k.a. Darius), Jolanda Kelderman |
| Big Brother VIPS (1999) housemates |
Winner: - Runner-up: - Participants: Week 1: Theo van Gogh Theo van Gogh (film director) Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director, film producer, columnist, author and actor.Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the film Submission, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam and aroused controversy among Muslims... , Christine van der Horst, Antje Monteiro, Emile Ratelband, Monique Sluyter, Johan van der Velde, Ad Visser Ad Visser Ad Visser is a Dutch VJ, presenter, writer and music artist.In 1965 Visser performed with his avant-garde pop trio Blurp on AVRO television.... . Week 2: John Blankenstein, Ben Cramer, Kim Holland, Des’ree Manders 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor is a Eurodance band, consisting of the Dutch brothers Martin and Bobby Boer. Since their creation in 1990, the group has been fronted by Dutch singer Desire Claudette.-Early career, 1990-1993:... , Harry Slinger, Manon Thomas. Week 3: Henk Bres, Maja van den Broecke, Menno Buch, Isabelle Kuylenberg, Nicky Nicole, Mike Starink. Week 4: Maya Eksteen, Anneke Grönloh, Theodor Holman, Maxine Eurovision Song Contest 1996 The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear... , Henk Schiffmacher Henk Schiffmacher Hendrikus Johannes Everhardus Schiffmacher is a Dutch tattoo artist who is also considered an expert within the field of body decoration, having curated exhibitions, written books and presented television shows on the subject... , Ronnie Tober |
| Series 1 (1999) housemates |
Winner: Bart Spring in 't Veld Bart Spring in 't Veld Bart Spring in 't Veld is a Dutch television producer and the first winner of Big Brother in the world: in 1999 he won the first Big Brother in The Netherlands. Ever since then, he has been trying to rid himself of the image created by the show that he claimed 'stole [his] life'... Runner-up: Ruud Benard Others: Willem Boomsma, Karin van Elswijk, Maurice de Back, Anouk Drost, Cyrille van Hoof, Bianca Plune, Mona Rooth-De Leeuw, Sabine Wendel, Tara van den Bergh, Martin Jonkman |
The Dutch Big Brother is the original version of the TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
reality shows
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
. It created the format in which contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of a prize at the end. This Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
production set the rules for other Big Brother versions
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
.
John de Mol
The idea was born on Thursday, 4 September 1997 during a brainstormBrainstorming
Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members...
session at John de Mol Produkties, an independent part of Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
. Participants were John de Mol, Patrick Scholtze, Bart Römer and his brother, Paul Römer. The idea called for a luxurious house with six contestants, closed for a year. The winner would receive 1,000,000 guilders. The working title was De Gouden Kooi (The Golden Cage
The Golden Cage
De Gouden Kooi was the original concept and working title for Big Brother. In 2006, it was revived and turned into another format of reality television....
) and the original concept was eventually realized as a reality show on Dutch television at the end of 2006.
The group came up with the idea after the 1991 Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is a structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO...
experiment in the Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
desert, in which eight men and women discovered how hard it is to live together inside an airtight glass and steel geodesic dome that sought to replicate the Earth's environment. Big Brother alternated deprivation
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
with excess
Wealth
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem...
.
The format of Big Brother was also influenced by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's The Real World
The Real World
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
, which began in 1992 and originated the concept of putting strangers together for an extended period and recording the drama that ensued. The Real World had introduced "confessions" by housemates. The Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
TV show Expedition Robinson
Expedition Robinson
Sources-External links:* *...
, which first aired in 1997 (and was later produced in other countries as Survivor
Survivor (TV series)
Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
), added to the Real World 's template the idea of competition, in which contestants battled were removed from the show until only one remained.
The idea of introducing 24/7
24/7
24/7 is an abbreviation which stands for "24 hours a day, 7 days a week", usually referring to a business or service available at all times without interruption...
streaming video was influenced by websites like Jennicam.org from Jennifer Ringley
Jennifer Ringley
Jennifer Kaye Ringley is an Internet personality and former lifecaster. She is known for creating the popular website JenniCam.Previously, live webcams transmitted static shots from cameras aimed through windows or at coffee pots...
, a Washington resident who created it in 1997 to share her activities with Webwatchers
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
.
In development, occupancy of the house was reduced to 100 days. An existing house was abandoned in favor of a prefabricated
Prefabrication
Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing site, and transporting complete assemblies or sub-assemblies to the construction site where the structure is to be located...
house. This made it possible to install "camera-cross", which allowed cameramen inside the house without being seen by the inhabitants. Originally, the idea was to produce a heavily edited weekly program, but after some experiments with the employees of the production house, the allure of slow television
Simple living
Simple living encompasses a number of different voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle. These may include reducing one's possessions or increasing self-sufficiency, for example. Simple living may be characterized by individuals being satisfied with what they need rather than want...
was discovered and the potential for a daily program was realized.
Orwell lawsuit
George OrwellGeorge Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
's book Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party...
, in which Big Brother
Big Brother (1984)
Big Brother is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence – where the ruling Party wields total power for its own sake over the inhabitants.In the society that Orwell...
is the all-seeing leader of a dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
n nation, has never been acknowledged by the producers. However, the heirs of Orwell settled an agreement with the tv-network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
after legal proceedings
Legal proceedings
Legal proceedings may refer to:*Legal process** Trial :*** Lawsuit, a civil trial*** Criminal trial* Hearing ** Administrative hearing** Congressional hearing* Impeachment proceedings* Court orders**Foreclosure**Receivership*Arbitration...
against the concept
Concept
The word concept is used in ordinary language as well as in almost all academic disciplines. Particularly in philosophy, psychology and cognitive sciences the term is much used and much discussed. WordNet defines concept: "conception, construct ". However, the meaning of the term concept is much...
in the American version. The payment has never been revealed.
Voyeurdorm lawsuit
According to a lawsuitLawsuit
A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...
in 2000 in a New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
federal district court
United States district court
The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...
, Big Brother was homegrown in the U.S.A.. The idea, said the suit, came out of meetings in summer 1999 between CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
executives and Voyeurdorm.com, a Tampa
Tâmpa
Tâmpa may refer to several villages in Romania:* Tâmpa, a village in Băcia Commune, Hunedoara County* Tâmpa, a village in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş County* Tâmpa, a mountain in Braşov city...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, adult website of eight college-age women. These women lived, ate, slept, studied and "sunbathed naked" under 55 cameras.
Castaway lawsuit
Also in 2000, the production company CastawayCastaway
A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade their captors or the world in general. Alternatively, a person or item can be cast away, meaning rejected or discarded...
, part-owned by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
, sued Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
for theft of format in a court in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, saying the programme was a rip-off of its Survivor
Survivor (TV series)
Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
-show (Expedition Robinson
Expedition Robinson
Sources-External links:* *...
). A lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
listed 12 similarities to Survivor. Endemol rejected the allegations, saying: "The genre may be the same, but the programmes are completely different and they evolved separately. There are 20 or 30 game shows on TV and many different talk shows, but there are the same genre, not the same programme."
Logo
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The logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
for Big Brother was designed to fit the housestyle
Style guide
A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field...
of Dutch television station Veronica
Veronica (television channel)
Veronica is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands, owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . Other channels of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG in the Netherlands are SBS6 and NET 5....
. The wave under both names harkens back to the time that Veronica was a pirate station
Pirate radio in Europe
An introduction to the subject of pirate radio can be found under that heading.- Belgium :*1962*1964*1973*1974*1978- Denmark :*1958*1961*1962*2006- Finland :...
, broadcasting from international waters
International waters
The terms international waters or trans-boundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems , and wetlands.Oceans,...
off the Netherlands. The wave remained when Veronica left the Holland Media Groep and Big Brother was taken over by Yorin
Yorin
Yorin was a Dutch television channel. Yorin disappeared and most programs of this channel went to RTL 5. The programs of RTL 5 moved to a new channel called RTL 7....
. It showed up in the logos of Big Brother all over the world. However, later versions of Dutch Big Brother at Talpa abandoned the logo and are using the eye-logo introduced with the second series of Big Brother UK
Big Brother (UK series 2)
Big Brother 2 was broadcast in 2001 in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the Big Brother reality television series, 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. It...
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Ethics and Debate
Upon the first announcement of the program's formatTV program format
A TV format describes the overall concept, premise and branding of a copyrighted television program.The format is licensed by TV networks, so that they may produce a version of the show tailored to their nationality and audience. Formats are a major part of the international television market...
a debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
arose about ethical acceptability. Could a program like this be decent
Decency
Decency is the quality or state of conforming to social or moral standards of taste and propriety.-See also:*Taste *Communications Decency Act*Public indecency*Indecent exposure*Sodomy law*Norm *Grotesque body...
and/or in good taste
Good Taste
Good Taste is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction and in the 1983 collection The Winds of Change and Other Stories.-Plot summary:...
? It was not known whether participants would be shown showering or in the toilet. Though both cases had been deemed unacceptable, only the latter still holds. Experts argued whether participants should be protected against themselves and whether participation would cause psychological or emotional damage. This discussion included the moral panic in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
after the first contestant voted off Expedition Robinson
Expedition Robinson
Sources-External links:* *...
killed himself, his family reportedly blaming the rejection he felt due to being unpopular with the public.
P. van Lange, a social psychologist at the Vrije Universiteit
Vrije Universiteit
The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
pointed out the similarity to the Stanford Prison Experiment
Stanford prison experiment
The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14th-20th, 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University...
(1971). In that experiment the participants were placed in a jail, where half played guards and the other half prisoners. In six days the experiment derailed. The guards became aggressive
Aggression
In psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause humiliation, pain, or harm. Ferguson and Beaver defined aggressive behavior as "Behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of...
, repressive
Political repression
Political repression is the persecution of an individual or group for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take political life of society....
and sadistic. They transformed into personalities outside their normal selves. "From the Stanford-experiment may be concluded that human behavior is largely summoned by the local circumstances", added his colleague J. van der Pligt, professor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam or the UvA is a public research university located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre by the scholars Gerardus Vossius and Caspar Barlaeus, it is the third-oldest university in the Netherlands...
.
"People get carried away," said A. Bergsma of Psychologie Magazine. "Isolation becomes reality. They lose themselves in the experiment. There are no checks and balances. If there is no correction
Correction
Correction may refer to:* An euphemism for punishment* Correction , the posting of a notice of a mistake in a past issue of a newspaper* Correction , in financial markets, a short-term price decline...
, they will derail one after another."
All experts agreed that the big reward for the winner increased the chance of accidents. But not all had a negative opinion. A. Lange, a professor of clinical psychology at the Universiteit van Amsterdam indicated that the program could produce certain insights not possible to achieve any more in socio-psychological research because the psychological well-being of the participant had been given greater importance. "The design
Design of experiments
In general usage, design of experiments or experimental design is the design of any information-gathering exercises where variation is present, whether under the full control of the experimenter or not. However, in statistics, these terms are usually used for controlled experiments...
of the programme is the wet dream of a psychological researcher. Nowhere in the world an ethical commission will be found that would agree to such a design", agreed psycho-physiologist A. Gaillard of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek or TNO is a not-for-profit organization in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The main office of TNO is located in Delft...
.
From the moment Big Brother scored high ratings, the debate shifted to what this fact implied about the character
Character structure
A character structure is a system of relatively permanent traits that are manifested in the specific ways that an individual relates and reacts to others, to various kinds of stimuli, and to the environment...
of the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and if sexual
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
explicitism and terms of abuse
Verbal abuse
Verbal abuse is best described as a negative defining statement told to you or about you; or by withholding any response thus defining the target as non-existant...
suited the early broadcasting. What was considered voyeurism
Voyeurism
In clinical psychology, voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other activity usually considered to be of a private nature....
now became mainstream
Mainstream
Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....
entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
. One explanation was that people had become more isolated and were searching for others to identify with. In this view, talking about Big Brother took the place of backbiting and scandal
Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized allegation or set of allegations that damages the reputation of an institution, individual or creed...
on the village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
.
The debate in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
has died down and reality TV has become a standard of television programming. In hindsight it nonetheless became clear that some housemates (like first season's Bart en Ruud) suffered psychological problems akin to post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumaticstress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone else, or to one's own or someone else's physical, sexual, or psychological integrity,...
. They weren't able to bear their 15 minutes of fame
15 minutes of fame
15 minutes of fame is short-lived, often ephemeral, media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was coined by Andy Warhol, who said in 1968 that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." The phenomenon is often used in reference to...
.
Seasons
| Series | Broadcaster | Launch | Finale | Days | Winner | The prize | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brother 1999 (Netherlands) Big Brother 1999 (Netherlands) The first ever season of Big Brother started on 16 September and would last until 30 December 1999 . Big Brother was broadcast by the Dutch television channel Veronica, which formed part of the Holland Media Groep... |
Veronica Veronica Veronica can refer to:* Veronica , a female given name* Saint Veronica* Veronica * Verónica, Buenos Aires, a town in Argentina-Media and entertainment:* Veronica Ballestrini, an Italian-American country music singer... |
16 September 1999 | 31 December 1999 | 106 | Bart Spring in 't Veld | ƒ 250,000 (€ 113,445) | Rolf Wouters & Daphne Deckers Daphne Deckers Daphne Muriël Deckers is a Dutch model, host, writer and occasional actress.Deckers began her career as a model. Later, she also did a few acting jobs, notably in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. In 1999, she co-presented the first series of Big Brother... |
| Big Brother 2000 (Netherlands) Big Brother 2000 (Netherlands) The second series of Big Brother , Big Brother 2000, was again broadcast by Veronica, it lasted from 14 September till 30 December 2000 . Presenters were Beau van Erven Dorens and Esther Duller. This second series still had high ratings but was plagued by mediocre casting which resulted in a... |
Veronica Veronica Veronica can refer to:* Veronica , a female given name* Saint Veronica* Veronica * Verónica, Buenos Aires, a town in Argentina-Media and entertainment:* Veronica Ballestrini, an Italian-American country music singer... |
14 September 2000 | 30 December 2000 | 108 | Bianca Hagenbeek | ƒ 250,000 (€ 113,445) | Esther Duller & Beau Van Erven Doren |
| Big Brother 2001 (Netherlands) Big Brother 2001 (Netherlands) Known as The Battle, the third season Big Brother was broadcast by the new station Yorin. It lasted from 6 September to 30 December 2001 . The presenter was Patty Brard . Due to a better cast of characters, this Big Brother-series became the talk of the town again.The format underwent some changes... |
Yorin Yorin Yorin was a Dutch television channel. Yorin disappeared and most programs of this channel went to RTL 5. The programs of RTL 5 moved to a new channel called RTL 7.... |
6 September 2001 | 30 December 2001 | 115 | Sandy Boots | ƒ 675,000 (€ 306,302) | Patty Brard Patty Brard Patty Brard is a famous Indo entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'... |
| Big Brother 2002 (Netherlands) Big Brother 2002 (Netherlands) Like the third season, the Dutch Season 4 was broadcast by Yorin as well. It lasted from 28 August till 23 December 2002 . Presenter was Martijn Krabbé , aided by psychologist Dr. Steven Pont. This season the house was again divided in a rich area and a poor area... |
Yorin Yorin Yorin was a Dutch television channel. Yorin disappeared and most programs of this channel went to RTL 5. The programs of RTL 5 moved to a new channel called RTL 7.... |
28 August 2002 | 30 December 2002 | 117 | Jeanette Godefroy | € 352,500 | Martijn Krabbé |
| Big Brother 2005 (Netherlands) Big Brother 2005 (Netherlands) Three years after its initial cancellation Big Brother was brought back. John de Mol decided to air it on his own TV station Talpa. Although he did not own the rights any more , he hadn’t forgotten his jewel. Series 5 was shown with moderate success in the early evening from 24 August until 22... |
Talpa Talpa Talpa may refer to:* Talpa, a genus of mole* Talpa, a village in Taos County, New Mexico* Talpa, a village in Texas* Talpa de Allende, a city in Jalisco, Mexico* Talpa, a commune in Teleorman County, Romania... |
24 August 2005 | 22 December 2005 | 121 | Joost Hoebink | € 262,500 | Ruud de Wild Ruud de Wild Rudolf Alexander de Wild is a Dutch radio host. He is also a former DJ, VJ and was one of the faces of the now-defunct television network Talpa.... & Bridget Maasland Bridget Maasland Bridget Maasland is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer.She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy.Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona... |
| Big Brother 2006 (Netherlands) Big Brother 2006 (Netherlands) Big Brother 6, Netherlands is the sixth season of the Dutch reality show Big Brother.-Overview:The sixth and final season of Big brother Netherlands ran from on August 18, 2006 to November 27, 2006 making it the shortest season of Dutch Big brother. The shows presenter was Bridget Maasland... |
Talpa Talpa Talpa may refer to:* Talpa, a genus of mole* Talpa, a village in Taos County, New Mexico* Talpa, a village in Texas* Talpa de Allende, a city in Jalisco, Mexico* Talpa, a commune in Teleorman County, Romania... |
20 Agust 2006 | 27 November 2006 | 102 | Jeroen Visser | € 178,750 | Bridget Maasland Bridget Maasland Bridget Maasland is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer.She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy.Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona... |
| Secret Story 2011 (Netherlands) Secret Story 2011 (Netherlands) Secret Story 2011 started on February 13, 2011 on NET 5. The host for the Galas is Renate Verbaan and for the Daily Diary is Bart Boonstra. The house is the same one used in the Portuguese version, although it has been redecorated for this version.... |
NET5 | 13 February 2011 | 12 May 2011 | 89 | Sharon Hooijkaas | € 117,050 | Renate Verbaan |