Big Brother 5 is the fifth 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 Big Brother 5 was divided into two parts: the first part is the one with celebrity (VIP) housemates and the second part is the one with civilian housemates. The show part one kicked off on 2 March 2008, where nine celebrity housemates entered the house.[1] On 30 March 2008, two potential housemates for the civilian edition of Big Brother 5 entered the house, marked as the second part kicked off. The celebrity edition is still taking place in the house and the launch of the civilian edition marks the first time in the world of Big Brother history that a country has two editions running at the same time.
The first part lasted 36 days, the final was on 6 April 2008, Jarosław "Jarek" Jakimowicz walked out as the winner. The prize for him is two watches with a total value of 50,000 PLN. The second part lasted 64 days, on 1 June 2008, the final of the second part and the Big Brother 5, Janusz Strączek declared as the winner of the second part. The prize for him is 50,000 PLN and a Motorcycle - David Harley. The whole Big Brother 5 lasted 92 days in total.
Kuba Klawiter hosts the main show Big Brother - Ring with Małgorzata Kosik. Sideshows include Big Brother – Prosto z Domu Monday to Friday 18:00, a 30-minute live stream, viewers will be able to watch live how housemates deal with the special tasks set by Big Brother. Big Brother - Extra, a show for adult viewers: new, not broadcast in the live stream show at 18:30 or in recaps shows, reports from the Big Brother House. Big Brother – Omnibus, a summary of the past week on Sundays at 18:00.[2]
Part 1: VIP
Nine celebrity housemates entered the house on Day 1, March 2, 2008. And on Day 8, March 9, 2008, two celebrity housemates entered the house.
^1 On Day 4, housemates nominated for the first time. But this round of nominations was fake and all housemates were put up for eviction.
^2 Jola was automatically nominated for eviction as she came second in the eviction vote on Sunday. The public voted for whether she should be evicted or stay.
^3 On Day 30, Anzhela, Jarek, Jola and Michał have been automatically nominated for eviction. Over the next few days, three votes will take place that will decide the three finalists and at the end of the third vote who will be the last housemate evicted.
Part 2: civilian
The civilian part started on Day 29, March 30, 2008, when two male potential housemates: Janusz and Krystian entered the secret room inside the house. The four remaining VIP housemates will choose one of them became the official housemate. On April 1, Janusz became the first official housemate, after Krystian after received all 4 evict votes. Later that day, two female potential housemates: Dorota and Monika entered the house. The four remaining VIP housemates and Janusz will choose one of them became the official housemate. On April 3, Monika became the second official housemate, for received four save votes. Dorota was evicted for only received one save vote.
^4 On Sunday 30 March, Janusz and Krystian entered the Secret Room. They were automatically nominated for eviction. On Tuesday 1 April, the 4 remaining Big Brother VIP housemates had to choose to evict one of them. Krystian was evicted after received all 4 evict votes from Anzhela, Jarek, Jola and Michał. Janusz became the first official housemate of Big Brother 5.
^5 On Tuesday 1 April, Dorota and Monika entered the Secret Room. They were automatically nominated for eviction. On Thursday 3 April, the 4 remaining Big Brother VIP housemates and Janusz will decide which of them will stay in the Big Brother House. Monika became the second official housemate of Big Brother 5 after received 4 save votes from Anzhela, Michał, Janusz and Jarek. Dorota was evicted.
^6 Jozef was nominated by Big brother for rule-breaking.
^7 Jozef was ejected from the Big brother house because he assaulted Dariusz and Janusz. Following the incident, Monike voluntarily left the house. Because of this, the eviction was cancelled.
^8 Daniela was automatically nominated by Big Brother before the nominations and so she could not be nominated by the other Housemates. She was nominated as a punishment for revealing information to her boyfriend.
^9 Janusz & Sylwia refused to nominate as they wanted to leave the house. They were automatically nominated by Big Brother as punishment.
^10 Marcin was automatically nominated by Big Brother after nominations had taken place. He was nominated as he came last in the weekly task.
^11 Diana was automatically nominated by Big Brother after the nominations as punishment for sending messages to the outside world.
^13 The public are now voting for a winner. They will vote positively (to win) or negatively (to not win) with the housemate with the lowest net win votes being evicted.
