Big Brother Family
Introduction '''''Big Brother Family''''' was the first family edition of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria, 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 Niki Kanchev 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. Diema Family 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 - Bourgas, Plovdiv, Varna and Sofia. 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.Family Name Age on entry Occupation Hometown Relatives(in the house) Day entered Day exited StatusKuzmoviVeselin Ivanov Kuzmov 32Funeral agentPlovdivChristian - son (6 years old)Elia - daughter (2.5 years old) 1 81Eli Plamenova Vladkova34UnemployedKoleviSofia Dimitrova Koleva 59Store managerStara Zagora 3281Tsoncho Stoyanov Kolev59CoachStraldzhaChipeviSashka Stamenova Chipeva 30WaitressEtropole 1 81Pavlin Ivanov Chipev32UnemployedSofiaStefanoviDiana Dimitrova Stefanova 28Stewardess and yoga instructorBurgasKarina - daughter (1 years old) 32 81Dobrin Stefanov Stefanov30LawyerVarnaTrifonoviHristo Dimitrov Trifonov38BusinessmanPomorie 1 78Kornelia Hristova Bairaktarova34BusinesswomanStara ZagoraGencheviAntoni Mitkov Genchev 40Construction businessmanVarna 32 71Tsanka Slavova Stoyanova39HousewifeKachanoviDavid Tsankov Kachanov26CookVelingrad164Eleonora Teodorova Palaveyska 19WaiterPlovdivIvanoviPlamen Ivanov Petrov 34MusicianMontana 32 57Borislava Svetlozarova Petrova32UnemployedSofiaGospodinoviMagdalena Yankova Mihailova - Gospodinova 24Hairdressing salon ownerTargovishte 32 50Dinko Marchev Gospodinov26BusinessmanBurgasPetroviAngelika Petrova 29ModelBelarus 1 43Radoslav Petrov29ManagerSofiaKamenaroviRadka Bozhkova Kamenarova 62PhysicianPlovdiv 1 32Chavdar Nikolov Kamenarov63EngineerTsvetanoviTsvetelin Hristov Tsvetanov 31SalesmanSofia 1 25Vanessa Tihomirova Saykova17StudentBotevgradShopoviMaria Petrova Shopova 26UnemployedRuse 1 25Stoyan Emilov Shopov24DJRuseMileviBoryana Ilcheva Mileva 37UnemployedSofiaMartin - son (7 years old)Kalina - daughter (4 years old) 1 18Boyan Milev Milev37Restaurateur and businessmanPrimorskoLeomaniMassimo Leomanni 39BusinessmanLecce, ItalyVivien - daughter (4 years old) 1 5Kristiana Raicheva Andreeva - Leomanni32Former modelVarna=== Chipevi ==='''Sashka''' is from Etropole and '''Pavlin''' is from Sofia. 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 Varna. They entered the House on Day 32 and were the ninth evicted on Day 71.Antony is a brother of Ivayla and Bozhidara from ''VIP Brother 3''.=== Gospodinovi ==='''Dinko''' is from Burgas and '''Magdalena''' is from Turgovishte. They entered the House on Day 32 and were the sixth evicted on Day 50.=== Ivanovi ==='''Borislava''' is from Sofia and '''Plamen''' is from Montana. 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 Plovdiv and '''David''' is from Velingrad. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the eighth evicted on Day 64.=== Kamenarovi ==='''Radka''' and '''Chavdar''' are from Plovdiv. They are the oldest couple in the House (62 years old respectively), and also the oldest Housemates in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the fourth evicted on Day 32.=== Kolevi ==='''Tsoncho''' is from Straldja and '''Sofia''' is from Stara Zagora. 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 Donald Trump.=== Kuzmovi ==='''Eli''' is from Plovdiv 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 Lecce, Italy and '''Kristiana''' is from Varna. 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 Big Brother Bulgaria - 4 Days.=== Milevi ==='''Boryana''' is from Sofia and '''Boyan''' is from Primorsko. They entered the House on Day 1 with their two children and were the first evicted on Day 18.=== Petrovi ==='''Andzhelika''' was born in Belarus and '''Radoslav''' is from Sofia. 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 Varna and '''Diyana''' is from Burgas. 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 Stara Zagora and '''Hristo''' is from Pomorie. They entered the House on Day 1 and were the tenth evicted on Day 78.=== Tsvetanovi ==='''Vanesa''' is from Botevgrad and '''Tsvetelin''' is from Sofia. Vanessa is 17 years old, making her the youngest Housemate in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. 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 ''VIP Brother 3'' lived. It was redecorated for the new season.For the new family format there was a shop and a restaurant. 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. Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Final Nominationsreceived Kuzmovi Boryana,Vanesa Radka,Vanesa Radka,Eleonora Borislava,Antony Diyana,Dobrin Ivanovi,Trifonovi (Eli only) Dorbin,Diyana''Nominated'' Kolevi,Stefanovi '''Winner'''(Day 81) 8 Kolevi ''Not inHouse'' David,Andzhelika David,Eleonora Kachanovi,Chipevi (Sofia only) Eleonora,Veselin''NoNominations'' Stefanovi,Chipevi '''Runner-up'''(Day 81) 14 Cipevi Tsvetelin,Radka Chavdar,Radka David,Eleonora Sofia,Tsoncho Antony,Tsanka Ivanovi,Genchevi (Sashka only) Tsoncho,Tsanka''NoNominations'' Trifonovi,Stefanovi '''Third place'''(Day 81) 5 Stefanovi ''Not inHouse'' Andzhelika,Radoslav Veselin,David Kachanovi,Kuzmovi (Diyana only) Tsanka,David''NoNominations'' Trifonovi,Chipevi '''Fourth place'''(Day 81) 5 Trifonovi Tsvetelin,Radka Radka,Tsvetelin Radka,Chavdar Borislava,Plamen Antony,Tsanka Ivanovi,Kachanovi (Kornelia only) Tsanka,Tsoncho''Nominated'' Chipevi,Stefanovi ''Evicted''(Day 78) 17 Genchevi ''Not inHouse'' Veselin,Hristo David,Veselin Kachanovi,Trifonovi (Tsanka only) Hristo,Eleonora''Nominated'' ''Evicted''(Day 71) 16 Kachanovi Tsvetelin,Maria ''In SecretSuite'' Andzhelika,Radoslav Tsoncho,Tsanka Dinko,Magdalena Kolevi,Genchevi (Eleonora only) Tsoncho,Sofia ''Evicted''(Day 64) 33 Ivanovi ''Not inHouse'' Andzhelika,Radoslav Eleonora,Hristo Kachanovi,Trifonovi (Borislava only) ''Evicted''(Day 57) 11 Gospodinovi  ''Not inHouse'' Hristo,Kornelia David,Eleonora ''Evicted''(Day 50) 3 Petrovi Boryana,Tsvetelin Tsvetelin,Radka David,Eleonora Hristo,Kornelia ''Evicted''(Day 43) 12 Kamenarovi  Tsvetelin,Boyan Tsvetelin,Stoyan Andzhelika,Veselin ''Evicted''(Day 32)  16 Tsvetanovi  Pavlin,Sashka Maria,Stoyan ''Evicted''(Day 25)  20 Shopovi  Tsvetelin,David Tsvetelin,Radka ''Evicted''(Day 25)  5  Milevi  Hristo,Kornelia ''Evicted''(Day 18)  5 Leomani  ''Walked''(Day 5)  0  Nominationnotes ''1''  ''2''  ''3''  ''4'', ''5''  ''6''  ''7''  ''8'', ''9''  ''10''  ''11'', ''12'' ''none'' Againstpublic vote Chipevi,Tsvetanovi,Milevi,Trifonovi Tsvetanovi,Kamenarovi,Shopovi Kachanovi,Kamenarovi,Petrovi Ivanovi,Petrovi,Trifonovi Genchevi,Gospodinovi,Kachanovi,Kuzomvi,Stefanovi Ivanovi,Kachanovi,Trifonovi Genchevi,Kolevi,Kachanovi Genchevi,Kuzomvi,Trifonovi Chipevi,Kolevi,Kuzomvi,TrifonoviAllFamilies Walked'''Leomani''' ''none'' Evicted '''Milevi'''67.2%to evict  '''Shopovi'''69.1%to evict '''Kamenarovi'''40.4%to save  '''Petrovi'''48.7%to save  '''Gospodinovi'''57.4%to evict  '''Ivanovi'''55.5%to evict '''Kachanovi'''58.3%to evict '''Genchevi'''51.4%to evict '''Trifonovi'''64.3%to evict '''Stefanovi'''11.5%(out of 4) '''Chipevi'''21.9%(out of 3) '''Tsvetanovi'''22.8%to evict '''Kolevi'''32%(out of 2) '''Kuzmovi'''68%to win=== Notes ===
References
External links *  Big Brother Family Official Website