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Big Brother (Finnish TV series)

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Genre
  
Reality

Country of origin
  
Finland

First episode date
  
28 August 2005

Network
  
MTV Oy

Program creator
  
John de Mol Jr.

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Created by
  
John de Mol

Original language(s)
  
Finnish

Final episode date
  
14 November 2014

Number of seasons
  
10

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Starring
  
Mari Sainio (2005–2006, 2013–2014) Sauli Koskinen (2014) Elina Viitanen (2010–2012) Cristal Snow (2012) Susanna Laine (2010–2011) Vappu Pimiä (2005–2009) Jani Toivola (2009) Janne Kataja (2007–2008)

Voices of
  
Jari Karjalainen as "Big Brother"

Cast
  
Martina Aitolehti, Susanna Laine

Similar
  
Celebrity Big Brother, Prized Apart, Big Brother Germany, Big Brother 2009, Big Brother (Sweden)

Profiles

The Finnish adaptation of Big Brother is broadcast on Sub (formerly SubTV) in Finland.

Contents

The series premiered on August 28, 2005 and season nine concluded on October 13, 2013. Since Season 7, the series has been produced by Endemol Finland Oy; the previous seasons were produced by Metronome Film & Television Oy. The season winner wins €50,000. In the tenth season winner will win €100,000.

On March 5, 2013, Sub announced that the ninth season will air in the fall of 2013 and will be the first season to feature celebrities as contestants. The ninth season was shorter than the previous season and featured only one host.

Big Brother

"Big Brother" is the name of the daily show aired every day at 10 pm. On Sundays it's included in "Big Brother Talk Show". The daily show has been referred as both "reality" and "pääohjelma" ("main show") by the hosts.

Big Brother Extra

"Big Brother Extra" is aired from Monday to Friday. "Big Brother Sunnuntai Extra" was aired on Sundays during the show's sixth season. The viewers can send SMS messages about the show. The host also interviews Big Brother staff, evicted house mates and other guests. The show has been hosted by Vappu Pimiä (seasons 1–2), Janne Kataja (seasons 3–4), Jani Toivola (season 5), Elina Viitanen (seasons 6–7), Cristal Snow (season 8), Mari Sainio (season 9) and Sauli Koskinen (season 10–present) .

Big Brother Talk Show

"Big Brother Talk Show" airs on Sundays. It includes clips of the Saturday of housemates, clips from the past week, discussion about the show with varying guests (seasons 1–5) and live eviction. The show has been hosted by Mari Sainio (seasons 1–2), Vappu Pimiä (seasons 3–5), Susanna Laine (seasons 6–7), Elina Viitanen (seasons 6–8) and again by Sainio (season 9–present).

References

Big Brother (Finnish TV series) Wikipedia