Big Brother Canada

Big Brother is a Canadian reality television show. The show follows a group of people known as "HouseGuests". They are not allowed to contact anyone from outside the Big Brother house. They are under constant surveillance of cameras and microphones. They live in the house for a chance to win $100,000. Each week the HouseGuests will vote to evict one of the two nominees from the house until two remain.[1][2] The winner is decided by the last seven evicted HouseGuests, known as the Big Brother Jury.[3]

The show is based on the original Dutch language show Big Brother, which was created in 1997 by John de Mol.[4] The Canadian show is produced by Endemol USA and Insight Productions. Insight Productions had produced other Canadian versions of the popular television shows, Canadian Idol and Canada's Got Talent.[5]

In January 2013, Arisa Cox was named as the show's host.[6][7] The first season aired on February 27, 2013 on Slice.[8] On June 5, 2013, the show announced that it will return for a second season. The winner of the first season was Jillian MacLaughlin.[9] The winner of the first season was Jillian MacLaughlin.[10]

On June 27, 2024, it was announced that the series was cancelled.[11]

Season details

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Season HouseGuests Days Winner Runner-up Finale vote Notes
Big Brother 1 15 71 Jillian MacLaughlin Gary Levy 4-3 The first Canadian edition of Big Brother featured a total of fifteen HouseGuests competing to win the $100,000 grand prize.
Big Brother 2 Jon Pardy Sabrina Abbate 6-1

Controversy

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Big Brother 1

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During the final vote Topaz Brady voted for Jillian McLaughlin instead of Gary Levy. She said that she mistakenly voted for Jillian. Topaz pleaded with show producers to allow her vote be changed. However, because of the rules she was not allowed to do so. Topaz's vote for Jillian helped her win Big Brother. Gary was runner-up and said that he is happy for Jillian.[12][13]

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References

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  1. "Bigbrotherarchive.com". www.bigbrotherarchive.com.[permanent dead link]
  2. "Will being nice help to survive Big Brother Canada?".[permanent dead link]
  3. "Big Brother Canada Casting and Launch Details". 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. Carman, John (July 5, 2000). "`Big Brother' Watches Their Every Movement". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  5. "The Big Brother Phenomenon is Coming to Canada" (Press release). Canada Newswire. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. "Arisa Cox named 'Big Brother Canada' host". ca.omg.yahoo.com.
  7. "Big Brother Canada: Arisa Cox to host first edition of reality show - The Star". thestar.com.
  8. "Big Brother Canada to Start February 18, 2013 on Slice - Big Brother Canada – BigBrotherCanada.com on Slice". Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. "Slice TV Renews Big Brother Canada | Slice". Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  10. http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Controversy+swirls+over+Jillians+firstever+Brother+Canada/8330389/story.html[permanent dead link]
  11. "'Big Brother Canada' cancelled after 12 seasons: 'End of an era'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  12. "Controversy swirls over Jillian's win on the first-ever 'Big Brother Canada' - Entertainment - Times Colonist". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  13. "Big Brother Canada names winner in dramatic first season finale". 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

Other websites

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