Big Brother 1 is the first season of the Polishreality television series Big Brother. The show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize.
The show was started on March 3, 2001[1] and concluded on June 17, 2001, last 107 days. For the needs of Big Brother, SMS Premium services were introduced for the first time in Poland.[2]
Martyna Wojciechowska and Grzegorz Miecugow host the main show. Janusz Dzięcioł walked out as the winner. The prize for him is 500.000 PLN.[3] The final of the season brought viewership to almost 10 million viewers making it the most-watched TV show in Poland in 2001.[4]
Big Brother: Ty wybierasz
On 25 February, as part of Big Brother: Ty wybierasz (lit. Big Brother: You Choose), the public vote was open to choose 2 candidates to enter the house from among 5 male candidates (Artur Parlewicz, Jakub Denys, Sebastian Florek, Wojciech Kromka and Wojciech Tęczyński) and 5 female candidates (Agnieszka Broda, Agnieszka Podgórska, Iwona Górnicka, Małgorzata Maier and Patrycja Strzemiecka). The public chose Małgorzata Maier and Sebastian Florek to enter the house on 3 March.
Patrycja Strzemiecka and Wojciech Kromka entered the house after Piotr Lato was ejected from the house.