Big Brother 2021 (Dutch and Belgian TV series)

Big Brother 2021
Season 1
Presented byGeraldine Kemper
Peter Van de Veire
No. of days99
No. of housemates19
WinnerJill Goede
Runner-upNick Kraftc
No. of episodes82
Release
Original network
Original release4 January (2021-01-04) –
8 April 2021 (2021-04-08)
Additional information
Filming dates31 December 2020 (2020-12-31) –
8 April 2021 (2021-04-08)
Season chronology
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Big Brother 2021 is the first cooperation season of the Dutch and Belgian version of Big Brother. It is the seventh regular version of Big Brother in both Belgium and the Netherlands. The show is broadcast on RTL5 in the Netherlands and VIER (the channel rebranded as Play4 on 28 January 2021) in Belgium beginning on 3 January 2021. Live streams are available 24/7 on Videoland for Dutch viewers and on VIER(later GoPlay.be) and Telenet for Belgian viewers.

On 7 June 2020, it was announced by RTL that there would be a new Dutch season of Big Brother after an absence of 14 years to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Big Brother ever.[1][2] On 23 July 2020, it was announced that it would be a cooperation with Belgian broadcaster SBS België, making it the first cooperated Big Brother season with housemates from both Netherlands and Belgium and the first Belgian season in 13 years.[3][4]

Geraldine Kemper and Peter Van de Veire are co-hosts of the show.[5] The show began airing on 4 January 2021.[6] Eight housemates entered the house on launch night on New Year's Eve, 31 December 2020.[7] The reception of the premiere episode of the season - "De Start" was successful, with more than 1.3 million viewers in the Netherlands and over 500,000 viewers in Belgium.[8][9]

The final was on 8 April 2021 and the winner was Jill Goede. There was some controversy because the voting websites crashed because of high demand during the final vote. The bailiff declared the winner consulting the last intermediate score.[10] The final was watched by 488.000 viewers in the Netherlands and 401.062 viewers in Belgium.[11][12] The Belgian broadcaster Play4 called the season a modest hit with 378.00 daily viewers and 10 million views at the website.[13] A new season was teased during the final.

  1. ^ "Big Brother keert terug op tv". RTL Boulevard. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Big Brother komt terug op tv". AD (in Dutch). 7 June 2020.
  3. ^ "EndemolShine produceert Big Brother voor RTL 5, Videoland en SBS België". EndemolShine Nederland (in Dutch). 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Daar is "Big Brother" weer, volgend jaar nieuw seizoen op VIER of VIJF". VRT News (in Dutch). 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Peter Van de Veire en Geraldine Kemper presenteren "Big Brother 2021"". VRT News (in Dutch). 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Nieuwe 'Big Brother' vanaf 4 januari op televisie". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Nieuwe 'Big brother' is nu echt begonnen: kandidaten sinds oudejaar opgesloten in huis". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Ruim 1,3 miljoen kijkers voor aftrap nieuwe reeks 'Big Brother'". NU (in Dutch). 5 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Er is veel veranderd en er is niets veranderd in 'Big Brother'". HUMO (in Dutch). 5 January 2021.
  10. ^ "'Big Brother'-kijkers boos over stemming: 'Al lang duidelijk dat Jill moest winnen'". Flair (in Dutch). 9 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Finale Big Brother valt buiten lijst met best bekeken programma's". NU (in Dutch). 9 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Ook de finale van 'Big Brother' blijkt niet bepaald een kijkcijferknaller". HUMO (in Dutch). 9 April 2021.
  13. ^ "'Big Brother' keert volgend jaar terug met "zwaardere en onvoorspelbaardere" reeks". HLN (in Dutch). 25 November 2021.