''Big Brother 2'' was the second season of the

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'' in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. aired on Nova Television. The show started on 19 September 2005 and ended on 19 December 2005. 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 chief editor was Nikolay Nikolov, the director was Petko Spasov. The winner was Miroslav Atanasov who won 200 000 leva.

Housemates

15 Housemates entered the House on Day 1, and another 1 on Day 8. Daniela, Leonardo and Maya entered on Day 51.

Daniela

Daniela Dimitrova is from

Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost inhabitants, it is the economic and cultura ...

. She entered the house on Day 51 and was eleventh evicted on Day 85. Daniela celebrated her 25th birthday during her stay in the house. There was going to be a party with her favourite pop-folk singer Anelia. However, the party was cancelled as a punishment, because Ivan broke a major rule in the house - he covered the camera in the toilet in order to masturbate. Before entering the house, Daniela was given a secret task - to seduce one of the men in the house. The same mission was given to Maya. Daniela chose Miroslav. The jury, which had to decide whether their tasks were successful was Miroslav's wife - Elena. She recognized her task as successful, so Daniela was not nominated.

Elena G.

Elena Georgieva is from

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. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fourth evicted on Day 37 (left on Day 38). She entered the house with her husband Miroslav. They were given a secret task by Big Brother - for a week not to tell anyone that they were married, even to pretend that they had never met before. Their task was successful. However, their marriage collapsed - Elena fell in love with another housemate - Marian. At the end, Miroslav won the money. However, they didn't cut their relationships and some people think they played a role in order to take the big prize.

Elena R.

Elena Romele is from

. She entered the house on Day 8 - she was chosen by the viewers to enter the show. Before that, Elena was given a secret mission - to help the married couple save their secret. She was the tenth evicted on Day 78.

Irena

Irena Vasileva is from

. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the twelfth evicted on Day 87.

Ivan

Ivan Naydenov is from

(lives in

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). He entered the house on Day 1 and was the thirteenth evicted on Day 89, receiving the fewest positive votes.

Leonardo

Leonardo Bianchi "Leo" is from

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(

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). He entered the house on Day 51 and finished second in the finale on Day 92. Leonardo was given a secret task - to make the other housemates nominate him with most negative points. This would

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him from being nominated. However, he failed the mission and was automatically nominated by Big Brother.

Marian

Marian Zahariev is from

. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the eighth evicted on Day 64. He was involved in romantic relationships with two of his housemates - Elena and Maya. The mother of his daughter - Eva, was a contestant in '' Big Brother 3''.

Maya

Maya Yotsova is from

. She entered the house on Day 51 and was the ninth evicted on Day 71. Before entering the house, she was given the same task as Daniela - to seduce one of the male housemates. She chose Marian and her task was successful.

Miglena

Miglena Kamenova is from Gomotarci (near

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). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the sixth evicted on Day 50.

Miroslav

Miroslav Atanasov is from

. He entered the house on Day 1 and became a winner on Day 92. He entered the house with his wife - Elena. They were given a secret mission.

Nedyalko

Nedyalko Lazarov is from

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. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the second evicted on Day 22.

Petko

Petko Vasilev is from

. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted on Day 15.

Plamena

Plamena Nikolaeva is from

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. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fifth evicted on Day 43.

Radomira

Radomira Kosadzhieva is from Lom. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the seventh evicted on Day 57.

Radoslav

Radoslav Stoyanov "Rado" is from

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. He entered the house on Day 1. On the very first night in the house, the housemates were given the task to decide which one of them not to receive his luggage during his/her whole stay in the house. Rado entered the show wearing underwear only, so he received the most votes. Rado left the house voluntarily on Day 8.

Silva B.

Silva Bratanova is from

. She entered the house on Day 1 and walked on Day 8.

Silvia D.

Silvia Dragoeva is from

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(lives in

). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the third evicted on Day 29.

Stefan

Stefan Kemalov "Bat Sali" is from

Kazanlak Kazanlak ( , known as Seuthopolis () in ancient times, is a List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, town in Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. It is located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, Balkan mo ...

. He entered the house on Day 1 and finished third in the finale on Day 92. He is the first housemate of

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origin.

Zvezdelin

Zvezdelin Minchev "Vego" is from

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

. He entered the house on Day 1 and finished fourth in the finale on Day 92.

Weekly summary and highlights

Nominations table

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

Notes

* : Nedyalko's nominations were declared void as he had been discussing nominations. As punishment Nedalko was nominated by Big Brother. * : Marian was nominated by Big Brother because he refused to nominate two of his housemates. * : Big Brother had previously told Leonardo that he would automatically be up for eviction unless he received the most nominations, as the person with the highest number of nomination points would be immune from eviction. Leonardo failed his secret mission.

References

External links

The official website of Big Brother 2
{{Big Brother Bulgaria 2005 Bulgarian television seasons 2 2005 Bulgarian television series endings