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| Big Brother | |
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| Also known as | Big Brother Danmark |
| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by | John de Mol Jr. |
| Based on | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |
| Presented by | Lisbeth Janniche Mads Vangsø Anette Toftgaard Jill Liv Nielsen Adam Duvå Hall Lisbeth Østergaard Mattias Hundebøll Marie Egede Peter Mygind Anne Kejser Oliver Bjerrehuus |
| Narrated by | Walther Jensen (seasons 1–4) Martin Marx (season 5) Nicolai Molbech (season 10) Peter Mygind (season 11) ???? (seasons 12–13) |
| Opening theme | "House of Fire" by Jeanett Debb (season 1) "I See Right Through to You" by DJ Encore (season 1) "Watching Me" by Rebel Angels (season 4) "Mit Liv" by Cane ft. Phillip (season 10) "Mit Hjerte Kalder" by Ferrish Key (season 12) "Alt er Intet" by Svenstrup & Vendelboe (season 13) |
| Country of origin | Denmark |
| Original language | Danish |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 1,153 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Sluseholmen (seasons 1–2) Fornebu, Norway (season 3) Skovlunde (seasons 4–5; 10; 12–13) Amager (seasons 6–9) Multiple locations (season 11) |
| Production companies | Metronome Film & Television (seasons 1–5) Mastiff A/S (seasons 6–9) Endemol (seasons 10–13) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TvDanmark2 |
| Release | 28 January 2001 – 1 April 2004 |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 26 August 2007 – 18 December 2009 |
| Network | Kanal 5 |
| Release | 31 January 2012 – 24 May 2014 |
| Related | |
| Big Brother Live (2001–2014) Big Brother Talkshowet (2001–2004) Big Brother Director’s Cut (2012–2014) | |
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Big Brother Danmark was the Danish version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother created by producer John de Mol Jr.. The series debuted on Danish television in January 2001 and was axed in June 2014, due to poor ratings.
The show first aired two regular seasons on TvDanmark2 (Now Kanal 4) in 2001. The series returned once again in 2003 on TvDanmark2, first with a celebrity season called "V.I.P.", later that year TvDanmark2 aired the first regular Big Brother season in nearly two years. In 2004 TvDanmark2 aired one season before the show was paused indefinitely. The season was a celebrity season and was called "Reality Allstars".
In 2007, it was announced that Modern Times Group, had bought the rights to Big Brother in Denmark. In the fall of 2007, TV3 Denmark aired the first season of Big Brother. The premiere of the 2007 series was watched by over 199,000 people in Denmark. Big Brother returned once again in 2008 under the title Hotel Big Brother, this season was a special season, and it was broadcast in the summer of 2008. The special edition season only lasted for 56 days. In the fall of 2008, TV3 Denmark aired their third Big Brother season, that season was an ordinary season lasting 105 days.
In April 2009, Modern Times Group and TV3 Denmark announced that a new season of Big Brother would premiere in September 2009. In January 2010 Modern Times Group officially axed Big Brother Denmark after four seasons. They stated in a press release that they would for the future focus more on other productions such as Paradise Hotel and Robinson Ekspeditionen
In 2009, Kanal 4 chose to rebroadcast the first season of Big Brother Denmark.
After a 2-year break, Kanal 5 Denmark and SBS TV Denmark relaunched Big Brother Danmark in 2012 and the show aired for three regular seasons (2012–2014) and one special season (2012).
The show was finally cancelled after 13 years by SBS Discovery on June 19, 2014, due to poor ratings.[1]
In 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the first season in Denmark, Jill Liv Nielsen who won the first season back in 2001 was interviewed by the Danish public service broadcaster DR, for an article about the show.[2]
- ^ "SBS Discovery lægger Big Brother ned". 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Kameraerne fangede ALT: For 20 år siden blev ti danskere spærret inde i banebrydende tv-eksperiment". 27 January 2021.