''Big Brother Family'' was the first family edition of the

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'' Big Brother'' in

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, it was initially referred to as ''Big Brother 5''. It was also the first family season all over the world. The show launched on Nova Television on 22 March 2010 and continued for 3 months (12 weeks), ended on 10 June. This was the shortest regular ''Big Brother'' season in Bulgaria so far, lasted for 81 Days. ''Big Brother Family'' was produced by Niko Tuparev (''Old School Productions''). For the very first time the Housemates consisted of families - married couples or ones with a child. The winning family was Kouzmovi, who won 200,000 leva, an apartment and a car. Also, for the first time the Housemates had salary. This was the first regular season to be held in the spring, instead of a ''VIP-''season.

Pre-series

A new season of ''Big Brother'' was confirmed by

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on the "Man of the year 2009" awards. The first promo for ''Big Brother Family'' was aired on Nova Television on 24 December 2009. It featured the actor Nikolay Urumov.

Broadcast

The show was aired on Nova Television. Live shows (nominations and evictions) aired on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Daily shows were aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 PM.

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was broadcasting live every day at 9:30 AM.

Housemates

From 16 January until 7 February auditions were held in the four biggest cities in Bulgaria -

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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 ...

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and

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. Bulgarian families who live abroad also auditioned after completing a survey on the official website of ''Big Brother Family''. Ani Vladimirova is again the show's psychologist. 10 families entered the House on Day 1. Another 5 new families entered the show on Day 32, which made ''Big Brother Family'' the season with the most contestants so far in Bulgaria - 30.

Chipevi

Sashka is from

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and Pavlin is from

. They entered the House and Day 1 and were supposed to help the two fake families with their secret task. They finished third in the finale on Day 81.

Genchevi

Tsanka and Antony are from

. They entered the House on Day 32 and were the ninth evicted on Day 71. Antony is a brother of Ivayla and Bozhidara from ''

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''.

Gospodinovi

Dinko is from

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and Magdalena is from Turgovishte. They entered the House on Day 32 and were the sixth evicted on Day 50.

Ivanovi

Borislava is from

and Plamen is from

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. They entered the House on Day 32 with a secret mission. Plamen has to seduce Kornelia and Borislava has to seduce Radoslav. They were the seventh evicted on Day 57. Plamen is a keyboard player in the famous orchestra Kristali.

Kachanovi

Eleonora is from

and David is from

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. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the eighth evicted on Day 64.

Kamenarovi

Radka and Chavdar are from

. They are the oldest couple in the House (62 years old respectively), and also the oldest Housemates in the history of ''

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''. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the fourth evicted on Day 32.

Kolevi

Tsoncho is from Straldja and Sofia is from

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. They entered the House on Day 32 and finished second in the finale on Day 81. They lived in the United States for 18 years before entering the House. Sofia worked with a close partner of

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Kuzmovi

Eli is from

and Veselin is from Dimitrovgrad. They entered the House on Day 1 with their two children and two dogs and became a winners on Day 81.

Leomani

Massimo is from

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, Italy and Kristiana is from

. They entered the House with their daughter on Day 1 and walked on Day 5. Together with Danail and Daniel from '' Big Brother 4'', they are holding the record for the shortest stay in the House in

- 4 Days.

Milevi

Boryana is from

and Boyan is from

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. They entered the House on Day 1 with their two children and were the first evicted on Day 18.

Petrovi

Andzhelika was born in

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and Radoslav is from

. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the fifth evicted on Day 43.

Shopovi

Maria and Stoyan are both from Ruse. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the second evicted on Day 25.

Stefanovi

Dobrin is from

and Diyana is from

. They entered the House on Day 32 with their one-year daughter Karina and finished fourth in the finale on Day 81. Dobrin was a candidate for '' Big Brother 2'' and '' Big Brother 3''.

Trifonovi

Kornelia is from

and Hristo is from

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. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the tenth evicted on Day 78.

Tsvetanovi

Vanesa is from

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and Tsvetelin is from

. Vanessa is 17 years old, making her the youngest Housemate in the history of ''

''. They entered the House on Day 1 with a secret task. Tsvetelin entered with Iva, the mother of his first child, pretending that they were married. Vanessa entered with her ex-boyfriend Svetlin. They were also pretending to be a family and entered the House via the secret room, where they stayed for one week. On Day 8 they entered the main House. The four Housemates had to keep their secret task for 10 Days. However, it was unsuccessful. Iva and Svetlin left the House on Day 15. Tsvetanovi were the third evicted on Day 25.

House

''Big Brother Family'' was shot in the House in ''Novi khan'', where the Housemates from '' Big Brother 4'' and ''

'' lived. It was redecorated for the new season. For the new family format there was a supermarket, restaurant, beauty salon and ATM. As there were families with children, private teachers were teaching them during their stay in the House.

Nominations table

Each Monday every family nominates two Housemate with two and one points. The first name listed is the one nominated with two points, and the second - with one. The three families with the most negative votes are nominated for eviction on Thursday.

Notes

References

External links

Big Brother Family Official Website
{{Big Brother 2010 Bulgarian television seasons Big Brother (Bulgarian TV series) seasons 2010 Bulgarian television series endings Nova (Bulgarian TV channel) original programming