''Big Brother 1'' was the first season of the
Bulgarian version of
''Big Brother'' and it's the first
reality show
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in
Bulgaria
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. The show was aired on
Nova Television. The show started on 18 October 2004 and ended on 17 January 2005, and it was hosted by
Niki Kanchev
Nikolay "Niki" Kanchev () (born 26 December 1960) is a Bulgarian television presenter, famous for hosting the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (re-titled to ''Стани богат'' (''Become Rich''), si ...
and Evelina Pavlova. The winner was Zdravko, who won 200,000
lev
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*Lev (given name)
*Lev (surname)
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*Lev, Azerbaijan, a village
*Lev (crater), a tiny lunar crater
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*an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the ...
a.
He also participated in
the second season of ''VIP Brother'' - the season was won by his wife.
Housemates
12 Housemates entered the House on Day 1, and another 1 on Day 18. Veneta and Zeyneb entered on Day 50.
Alidzhan
Alidzhan Aliev is from
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the eighth evicted on Day 85.
Anelia
Anelia Ivanova is from
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
(born in
Ruse
Ruse may refer to:
Places
*Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria
**Ruse Municipality
**Ruse Province
**19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency
*Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia
* Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-cent ...
). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted on Day 22. Disappointed with her participation, Anelia returned to
Italy
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, where she lived before the show.
Dimitar
Dimitar Kazalov is from
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
(lives in
London
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). He entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 17.
Margarita
Margarita Grigorova is from
Kyustendil
Kyustendil ( ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, near the borders of ...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the third evicted on Day 36.
Mariela
Mariela Kiselkova "Mel" is from
Sofia
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(born in
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo (, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the historical and spiritual capital of Bulgaria.
Often referred to as the "''City of the Tsars''", Velik ...
). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fifth evicted on Day 57. She had a brief lesbian romance with her roommate Svetlozara and made love to her.
Nayden
Nayden Naydenov is from
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected on Day 48 along with Svetlan for aggressive behavior. After an incident in which they both started vandalism (breaking things in the house), the nominations were cancelled and there were open special telephone lines - the viewers had to decide whether they should be punished. They had four choices - to eject Nayden, to eject Svetlan, to eject both of them, or both of them simply to stay in the house. Nayden celebrated his 25th birthday in the house - there was a party in which Zara came out of a big cake. They had sex the same night.
Silvia-Aleksandra
Silvia-Aleksandra Docheva is from
Lovech
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. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the second evicted on Day 29.
Stoyka
Stoyka Stefanova is from
Plovdiv
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. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fourth evicted on Day 43.
Svetlan
Svetlan Shevrov "Groshi" is from
Kostandovo
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. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected along with Nayden on Day 48.
Svetlozara
Svetlozara Trendafilova "Zara" is from
Varna
Varna may refer to:
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*Varna, Bulgaria, a city
** Varna Province
** Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
** Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
* Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
* Varna (Šabac), a village in Serbia
Asia
* Var ...
. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished second in the finale on Day 92. She had a brief lesbian romance and sexual encounter with her roommate Mariela.
Tihomir
Tihomir Georgiev is from
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
. He entered the house on Day 18, after Dimitar's voluntary leave. He was the sixth evicted on Day 71. After he left the house, he met and later married the famous TV host Veneta Raykova. On 26 March 2007 they both entered the house as participants in
VIP Brother 2
''VIP Brother 2'' was the second season of the celebrity version of the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian reality television show ''Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series), Big Brother''. It was aired on Nova (Bulgarian TV channel), Nova Television. The sho ...
.
Veneta
Veneta Mileva-Ilieva is from
Kostinbrod
Kostinbrod ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the seat of Kostinbrod Municipality. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — ...
. She entered the house on Day 50, along with Zeyneb. Veneta left the house voluntarily on Day 58. After her participation in the show, she gave birth to her third child.
Viktor
Viktor Zhechkov is from
Sliven
Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and finished third in the finale on Day 92. Viktor was the only housemate not to be nominated for eviction (never faced the public vote) during the whole season.
Zdravko
Zdravko Vasilev is from
Primorsko
Primorsko ( ) is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, the capital of the municipality of the same name, and part of Burgas Province. A well-known resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, it is located 52 km south of Burgas and ...
. He entered the house on Day 1 and became a winner on Day 92. An interesting fact is that his girlfriend Hristina contacted him during his stay in the house to tell him she was pregnant. On 26 March 2007 Zdravko entered the house again, this time as a participant in
VIP Brother 2
''VIP Brother 2'' was the second season of the celebrity version of the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian reality television show ''Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series), Big Brother''. It was aired on Nova (Bulgarian TV channel), Nova Television. The sho ...
. Before entering, he proposed marriage to Hristina. On Day 5, she entered the house, too with their daughter. The couple married in the house. Surprisingly, Hristina was the winner of
VIP Brother 2
''VIP Brother 2'' was the second season of the celebrity version of the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian reality television show ''Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series), Big Brother''. It was aired on Nova (Bulgarian TV channel), Nova Television. The sho ...
.
Zeyneb
Zeyneb Madzhurova is from
Burgas
Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ...
. She entered the house on Day 50 along with Veneta, after Nayden and Svetlan's ejections. She was the seventh evicted on Day 78.
Weekly summary and highlights
Nominations table
Notes
* : Initially, Dimitar and Anelia faced the public vote. However, after Dimitar walked, his nominations were voided meaning Mariela, Silvia-Aleksandra and Stoyka would also face the public vote with Anelia.
* : As a new Housemate, Tihomir was exempt from the nominations process this week.
* : Week 7's eviction was cancelled after the public voted to allow Big Brother to eject both Nayden & Svetlan as punishment for aggressive behavior and vandalizing the house.
* : As new Housemates, Veneta and Zeyneb were exempt from the nominations process this week.
* : As Veneta walked prior to nominations, nominations and the planned eviction for Week 9 were cancelled.
* : For the final week, the public were voting for a winner.
References
External links
The official website of Big Brother 1
{{Big Brother Bulgaria
2004 Bulgarian television seasons
2005 Bulgarian television seasons
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2005 Bulgarian television series endings