Big Brother VIP (Albanian TV series)

This article is about the Albanian edition. For other editions, see Celebrity Big Brother. For the regular edition of the series, see Big Brother Albania. For the recent season, see Big Brother VIP (Albanian TV series) season 3.
Big Brother VIP
GenreReality competition
Based onBig Brother
by John de Mol Jr.
Directed by
  • Eduart Grishaj (1-2)
  • Ergys Lubonja (3-)
Presented by
Country of originAlbania
Original languageAlbanian
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes454
Production
Executive producers
  • Lori Hoxha
  • Sara Hoxha
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyBanijay
Original release
NetworkTop Channel
Release5 October 2021 (2021-10-05) –
present
Related
Big Brother Albania
Big Brother VIP – Fans' Club
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Big Brother VIP, also known as Big Brother VIP Albania, is a reality game show of the Albanian adaptation of Big Brother Albania, both based on the Dutch reality competition franchise Big Brother and created by producer John de Mol Jr..[1] The Albanian edition of Big Brother VIP, it began airing on 5 October 2021 on Top Channel.[2] The series follows a number of celebrity 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 of €100,000.

The programme was initially presented by Arbana Osmani for the first two seasons. Osmani declined to return as presenter on the third season, and the role was taken up by Ledion Liço.[3]

Unlike the original version, the live shows or live eviction shows were seen every Tuesday and Friday (season 1) or every Tuesday and Saturday (since season 2) on Top Channel. Also in the same channel, from Monday to Saturday on afternoon was seen the daily summary, for one hour. Like the original version, every Sunday was covered in a spin-off series with the name Big Brother VIP – Fans' Club. After the final of each season, was broadcast the reunion show, Post Big Brother VIP. Since season 2, was introduced the Big Brother radio show, with the name Big Brother Radio and was broadcast on Top Albania Radio and on My Music. The viewers can watch for the whole season live from the house in two live pay-per-view channels, with the name Big Brother VIP 1 and Big Brother VIP 2, which are available on Albanian TV platform DigitAlb.

Due to satisfactory ratings of the first season, Top Channel announced a second season of Big Brother VIP, which began on 24 December 2022.[4] The show was renewed for a third season in May 2023 and began airing on 13 January 2024 on Top Channel.[5] On 16 June 2024, Top Channel renewed the show for a fourth season.[6]

  1. ^ ""Pranverë" në Top Channel; Sezoni i ri me numrin më të madh të programeve të reja". Top Channel. September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Konfirmohet data! "Big Brother Vip" nis me 5 Tetor!". Top Channel. September 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "ZYRTARE! Ledion Liço 'sposton' Arbana Osmanin, prezantohet si moderator i BBVIP3". zeri.mediadesk.ai. December 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "Big Brother VIP Albania/ Të shtunën nis në Top Channel 'reality show' me audiencë të jashtëzakonshme". Top Channel. December 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ne presim finalen e "BBVA2", por Sara Hoxha thotë se shumë shpejt, do të kemi "BBVA3"". Top Channel. May 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jeni gati? Nisin përgatitjet për "Big Brother VIP 4"". iconstyle.al.