was so popular that TV6 aired the program three times a day, nearly doubling its network market share. Competitors could accept the highest Internet bid from viewers to oust someone from the house, one player accepted $5,400. The television show could also use their discretion to send players back into the house, even after they had been voted out. One contestant was voted out every week. The television show showed two females, Margarita and Olga naked in the shower, and two female contestants ran around the apartment semi-nude. This sparked angry letters to newspapers and heated talk show discussion. When Sasha got involved with Margarita in the shower, which took up the majority of the television episode, his girlfriend went on a talk show to voice her displeasure. Sasha left the show in an attempt to make up with his real-life girlfriend, stating that his relationship with his girlfriend was more important than winning an apartment. "The producers gave them each a fixed budget equivalent to an average Moscow salary, and as a group they can order groceries sent in. They have no access to television but are allowed video games and techno-rock on their headsets. Olga and Margarita dress in scanty clothes most of the time and sleep in their thong underwear, while Janna wears long-sleeved pajamas. All are required to work out once a day. They do their own cleanup when they feel like it. In the one nod to privacy, the omnipresent cameras never show them using the toilet." The program season ended showing 63 seconds two contestants, Margarita and Maxim, having sex, filmed with infrared cameras. Videos of the season were on sale which showed footage that was not shown on television. The first season ended December 4, 2001. Two winners, "the pouty, dark-haired Janna, the one woman who refused to remove her clothes or engage in any sexual liaisons, and the proud, quiet Denis" received the top prizes of a year's free rent in an apartment in a prestigious Moscow district, worth around $25,000. Contenstants for season one included: Sasha/Alexander (replaced by Anatoly) Anatoly the circus performer; Denis an advertising manager of Armenian descent; Margarita a model; Maxim a musician Olga a 24-year-old strawberry-blond fitness instructor and lesbian; Janna a student. Second season The second season, which began January 19, 2002, was called "Za Steklom: Posledny Bifsteks" "Behind the Glass: The Last Beef Steak". During