Big Brother 1 was the first season of the Bulgarian version of Big Brother and it's the first reality show in Bulgaria. 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 and Evelina Pavlova. The winner was Zdravko, who won 200 000 leva.[1] He also participated in the second season of VIP Brother - the season was won by his wife.[2]
| Big Brother 1 | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 | |
| Presented by | Niki Kanchev Evelina Pavlova |
| No. of days | 92 |
| No. of housemates | 15 |
| Winner | Zdravko Vasilev |
| Runner-up | Svetlozara Trendafilova |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nova television |
| Original release | 18 October 2004 – 17 January 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
Housemates
12 Housemates entered the House on Day 1, and another 1 on Day 18. Veneta and Zeyneb entered on Day 50.
| Name | Age | Occupation | Residence | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zdravko Vasilev | 27 | Unknown | Primorsko | 1 | 92 | Winner |
| Svetlozara Trendafilova "Zara" | 19 | Model | Varna | 1 | 92 | Runner-up |
| Viktor Zhechkov | 27 | Dentist | Sliven | 1 | 92 | Third Place |
| Alidzhan Aliev | 31 | Computer specialist | Sofia | 1 | 85 | Evicted |
| Zeyneb Madzhurova | 19 | Student | Burgas | 50 | 78 | Evicted |
| Tihomir Georgiev | 31 | Businessman | Sofia | 18 | 71 | Evicted |
| Veneta Mileva-Ilieva | 36 | Beautician | Kostinbrod | 50 | 58 | Evicted |
| Mariela Kiselkova "Mel" | 23 | Graphic designer | Sofia/Veliko Tarnovo | 1 | 57 | Evicted |
| Nayden Naydenov | 24 | Computer club operator | Sofia | 1 | 48 | Ejected |
| Svetlan Shevrov "Groshi" | 32 | Carpenter | Kostandovo | 1 | 48 | Ejected |
| Stoyka Stefanova | 25 | Unemployed | Plovdiv | 1 | 43 | Evicted |
| Margarita Grigorova | 38 | Undergraduate | Kyustendil | 1 | 36 | Evicted |
| Silvia-Aleksandra Docheva | 25 | Student | Lovech | 1 | 29 | Evicted |
| Anelia Ivanova | 31 | Housewife | Sofia/Ruse | 1 | 22 | Evicted |
| Dimitar Kazalov | 40 | Unknown | Sofia/London | 1 | 17 | Evicted |
Alidzhan
Alidzhan Aliev is from Sofia. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the eighth evicted on Day 85.
Anelia
Anelia Ivanova is from Sofia (born in Ruse). She entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted on Day 22. Disappointed with her participation, Anelia returned to Italy, where she lived before the show.
Dimitar
Dimitar Kazalov is from Sofia (lives in London). He entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 17.
Margarita
Margarita Grigorova is from Kyustendil. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the third evicted on Day 36.
Mariela
Mariela Kiselkova "Mel" is from Sofia (born in Veliko Tarnovo). 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. 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. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the second evicted on Day 29.
Stoyka
Stoyka Stefanova is from Plovdiv. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fourth evicted on Day 43.
Svetlan
Svetlan Shevrov "Groshi" is from Kostandovo. He entered the house on Day 1, but was ejected along with Nayden on Day 48.
Svetlozara
Svetlozara Trendafilova "Zara" is from Varna. 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. 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.
Veneta
Veneta Mileva-Ilieva is from Kostinbrod. 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. 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. 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. 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.[2]
Zeyneb
Zeyneb Madzhurova is from Burgas. 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
| Week 1 | Tasks | Save the fire - the housemates had to save the fire in the garden for 72 hours. The task was successful. |
|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | Tasks | In the army - the housemates were put into military conditions - to wear army clothes, to separate into two armies... The task was unsuccessful |
| Week 3 | Up for eviction | Dimitar and Anelia (after Dimitar walked the nominees became four - Anelia, Silvia-Aleksandra, Stoyka, Mariela) |
| Entrances | Tihomir entered the house on Day 18 | |
| Tasks | Get to know your buddy - the housemates had to gather as much information about the other as they could. | |
| Exits | Dimitar walked on Day 17 | |
| Week 4 | Up for eviction | Silvia-Aleksandra and Zdravko |
| Tasks | Diet - the housemates were divided into two groups - the first one had to lose weight, the second - to raise | |
| Exits | Anelia was evicted on Day 22 | |
| Week 5 | Up for eviction | Margarita, Stoyka and Zdravko |
| Tasks | Stageplay - the housemates had to make up their own play. The special jury - the three housemates outside the house (Dimitar, Anelia and Silvia-Aleksandra) decided it was unsuccessful. The housemates lost 100% of their budget for the next week. | |
| Exits | Silvia-Aleksandra was evicted on Day 29 | |
| Week 6 | Up for eviction | Stoyka and Zdravko |
| Tasks | A pet - the housemates were given the dog Rufus. They had to take care of him and teach him different tricks. | |
| Exits | Margarita was evicted on Day 36 | |
| Week 7 | Up for eviction | Alidzhan and Zdravko (the nominations were cancelled after Svetlan and Nayden's ejection) |
| Tasks | In chains - the housemates were in chains with each other (in couples). They had to be together everywhere and all the time. The task was unsuccessful - Nayden and Svetlan broke the rules. | |
| Birthdays | Nayden celebrated his 25th birthday on 30 November. There was a party in the house in which Svetlozara came out of a big cake. They had sex the same night. | |
| Exits | Stoyka was evicted on Day 43; Svetlan and Nayden were ejected on Day 48 for breaking the rules | |
| Week 8 | Up for eviction | Alidjan, Zdravko, Mariela and Tihomir |
| Entrances | Veneta and Zeyneb entered the house on Day 50 | |
| Tasks | Rich, poor - the housemates were divided into rich and poor | |
| Week 9 | Up for eviction | There were no nominations because of Veneta's leaving |
| Tasks | Good parents - the housemates were divided into couples, and they were given baby dolls. They had to look after them as their own children. | |
| Exits | Mariela was evicted on Day 57; Veneta walked on Day 58 | |
| Week 10 | Up for eviction | Tihomir and Zeyneb |
| Tasks | Help Santa Claus - the housemates had to run 1208 miles (the distance between Lapland and Helsinki) on a running path in order their relatives to be given Christmas presents. The task was successful. | |
| Week 11 | Up for eviction | Svetlozara and Zeyneb |
| Tasks | Dirty trick - the housemates had to do bad tricks to each other. | |
| Exits | Tihomir was evicted on Day 71 | |
| Week 12 | Up for eviction | Svetlozara and Alidzhan |
| Tasks | Skaters | |
| Exits | Zeyneb was evicted on Day 78 | |
| Week 13 | Up for eviction | No nominations. The positive voting started |
| Tasks | This week there were only day tasks in order to entertain the housemates during their final days in the house | |
| Exits | Alidzhan was evicted on Day 85 | |
| Final Day 92 | Viktor finished in third place, Svetlozara - second and Zdravko left the house as the winner of Big Brother 1 |
Nominations table
| Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Final | Nominations received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zdravko | Mariela, Dimitar | Stoyka, Mariela | Tihomir, Stoyka | Nayden, Stoyka | Nayden, Mariela | Mariela, Tihomir | No Nominations | Tihomir, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Alidzhan | Winner (Day 92) | 27 | |
| Svetlozara | Dimiar, Silvia-Aleksandra | Zdravko, Silvia-Aleksandra | Zdravko, Margarita | Zdravko, Alidzhan | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Alidzhan, Zdravko | No Nominations | Zeyneb, Viktor | Zdravko, Zeyneb | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Runner-up (Day 92) | 9 | |
| Viktor | Dimitar, Anelia | Svetlozara, Zdravko | Svetlan, Alidzhan | Nayden, Stoyka | Nayden, Tihomir | Tihomir, Mariela | No Nominations | Tihomir, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Zeyneb | Alidzhan, Svetlozara | Third place (Day 92) | 5 | |
| Alidzhan | Dimitar, Anelia | Silvia-Aleksandra, Zdravko | Tihomir, Mariela | Nayden, Stoyka | Mariela, Nayden | Tihomir, Mariela | No Nominations | Tihomir, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Zdravko | Evicted (Day 85) | 20 | |
| Zeyneb | Not in House | Exempt | No Nominations | Alidzhan, Tihomir | Alidzhan, Svetlozara | Evicted (Day 78) | 8 | ||||||
| Tihomir | Not in House | Exempt | Margarita, Stoyka | Zdravko, Viktor | Zdravko, Alidzhan | Zdravko, Alidzhan | No Nominations | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Evicted (Day 71) | 10 | |||
| Veneta | Not in House | Exempt | Walked (Day 58) | 0 | |||||||||
| Mariela | Zdravko, Anelia | Zdravko, Silvia-Aleksandra | Margarita, Zdravko | Zdravko, Alidzhan | Zdravko, Alidzhan | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Evicted (Day 57) | 13 | |||||
| Nayden | Anelia, Dimitar | Silvia-Aleksandra, Mariela | Mariela, Stoyka | Stoyka, Viktor | Viktor, Mariela | Ejected (Day 48) | 8 | ||||||
| Svetlan | Dimitar, Stoyka | Zdravko, Stoyka | Zdravko, Stoyka | Zdravko, Stoyka | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Ejected (Day 48) | 2 | ||||||
| Stoyka | Anelia, Silvia-Aleksandra | Silvia-Aleksandra, Zdravko | Zdravko, Margarita | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Evicted (Day 43) | 15 | |||||||
| Margarita | Viktor, Stoyka | Stoyka, Alidzhan | Mariela, Stoyka | Evicted (Day 36) | 4 | ||||||||
| Silvia-Aleksandra | Svetlozara, Mariela | Alidzhan, Svetlan | Evicted (Day 29) | 7 | |||||||||
| Anelia | Dimitar, Nayden | Evicted (Day 22) | 5 | ||||||||||
| Dimitar | Nayden | Walked (Day 17) | 7 | ||||||||||
| Nomination notes | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | 4 | 5 | none | 6 | |||||
| Against public vote | Anelia, Mariela, Silvia-Aleksandra, Stoyka | Silvia-Aleksandra, Zdravko | Margarita, Stoyka, Zdravko | Stoyka, Zdravko | Alidzhan, Zdravko | Alidzhan, Mariela, Tihomir, Zdravko | none | Tihomir, Zeyneb | Svetlozara, Zeyneb | Alidzhan, Svetlozara | All Housemates | ||
| Walked | Dimitar | none | Veneta | none | |||||||||
| Ejected | none | Svetlan, Nayden | none | ||||||||||
| Evicted | Anelia Most votes to evict | Silvia-Aleksandra Most votes to evict | Margarita Most votes to evict | Stoyka Most votes to evict | Eviction Cancelled | Mariela Most votes to evict | Eviction Cancelled | Tihomir Most votes to evict | Zeyneb Most votes to evict | Alidzhan Most votes to evict | Viktor 10% (out of 3) | Svetlozara 46% (out of 2) | |
| Zdravko 54% to win | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ^Note 1 : 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.
- ^Note 2 : As a new Housemate, Tihomir was exempt from the nominations process this week.
- ^Note 3 : 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.
- ^Note 4 : As new Housemates, Veneta and Zeyneb were exempt from the nominations process this week.
- ^Note 5 : As Veneta walked prior to nominations, nominations and the planned eviction for Week 9 were cancelled.
- ^Note 6 : For the final week, the public were voting for a winner.