[Arneldo]

Here is a List of Facts i have found!

First Big Brothers
First Big Brother: Netherlands - 16th September 1999.
First Big Brother 2: Netherlands - 13th September 2000.
First Big Brother 3: Germany - 27th January 2001.
First Big Brother 4: Netherlands - 14th September 2002.
First Big Brother 5: Spain - 15th September 2003.
First Big Brother 6: Spain - 5th September 2004.
First Big Brother 7: Spain - 20th October 2005.
First VIP/Celebrity: Netherlands - 22nd May 2000.
First All Stars: Belgium - 31st August 2003.
First Teen: UK - 30th July 2003.


First Housemates (BB1 Netherlands unless stated otherwise)
First Ever Housemates : 16th September 1999: 9 - Bart van de Velde; Bianca Plune; Karin van Elswijk; Martin Jonkman; Maurice de Back; Ruud Bénard; Sabine Wendel; Tara van den Bergh & Willem Boomsma

1st Housemate to be evicted: Martin Jonkman (23rd September 1999).
1st Housemate to voluntarily leave: Tara van den Bergh (25th September 1999).
1st Housemate forcibly removed: Nicholas Bateman (17th August 2000, BB1 UK).
1st Replacement Housemate: Mona Rooth-de Leeuw (30th September 1999).
1st Winner: Bart van de Velde (30th December 1999).
1st Female Winner: Daniela Kanton (17th December 2000, BB1 Switzerland).
1st Gay Winner: Brian Dowling (27th July 2001, BB2 UK).
1st Celebrity Winner: Jack Dee (19th March 2001, CBB1 UK).
1st Celebrity Female Winner: Galilea Montijo (28th July 2002, VIP1 Mexico).
1st Non-Celebrity to win Celebrity BB: Chantelle Houghton (27th January 2006, CBB4 UK).
Only Housemate to win twice: Jill Liv Nielsen (BB1 Denmark & Reality All Stars Denmark).


Most Big Brothers
All formats 1: 11 - UK (6 Main, 4 Celebrity & 1 Teen).
All formats 2: 9 - Spain (7 Main, 2 VIP).
All formats 3: 8 - Mexico (3 Main, 5 VIP).
All formats 4: 7 - Netherlands (5 Main, 2 VIP).

Main 1: 7 - Spain.
Main 2: 6 - Germany.
Main 2: 6 - UK.
Main 2: 6 - USA.
Main 2: 6 - Brazil.
Main 2: 6 - Italy.

VIP/Celebrity 1: 5 - Mexico.
VIP/Celebrity 2: 4 - UK.


Most Big Brothers to start in a year
All Formats 1: 25 - 2002.
All Formats 2: 24 - 2001.
All Formats 2: 24 - 2003.
All Formats 4: 22 - 2005.
All Formats 5: 17 - 2004.
All Formats 6: 12 - 2000.
All Formats 7: 8 - 2006.
All Formats 8: 1 - 1999.

Main 1: 21 - 2001.
Main 2: 20 - 2003.
Main 3: 19 - 2005.
Main 4: 18 - 2002.
Main 5: 13 - 2004.
Main 6: 11 - 2000.
Main 7: 5 - 2006.
Main 8: 1 - 1999.

New countries 1: 9 - 2000.
New countries 1: 9 - 2001.
New countries 3: 7 - 2005.
New countries 4: 5 - 2003.
New countries 5: 3 - 2004.
New countries 6: 2 - 2002.
New countries 7: 1 - 1999.


Least Big Brothers
1 - Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador*, Finland*, Russia* & Slovakia.
*=2nd season planned

Big Brother Length
Longest 1: 365 days - Germany 5.
Longest 2: 348 days - Germany 6 (as at 11th Feb 06).
Longest 3: 125 days - Argentina 3.
Longest 4: 123 days - Portugal 4.

Shortest 1: 11 days - Arabia 1 (never completed).

Shortest (completed) 1: 60 days - Mexico 3.
Shortest 2: 64 days - UK 1.
Shortest 2: 64 days - UK 2.
Shortest 2: 64 days - UK 3.
Shortest 2: 64 days - UK 4.

Shortest (All Formats) 1: 8 days - South Africa VIP 1.
Shortest (All Formats) 2: 10 days - UK Teen 1.
Shortest (All Formats) 2: 10 days - Norway 100 Days Later.
Shortest (All Formats) 4: 11 days - UK Celebrity 1.
Shortest (All Formats) 4: 11 days - UK Celebrity 2.
Shortest (All Formats) 4: 11 days - Belgium VIP 1.


Big Brother Countries
Countries with individual BBs: 33 - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdon, United States of America.

Countries with BB: 58 - All of above plus: Chile, Peru, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates, Bahrein, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia.

Housemates
Most 1: 59 - Germany 5.
Most 1: 59 - Germany 6.
Most 3: 31 - Greece 4.
Most 4: 27 - Norway/Sweden 1.
Most 5: 25 - Netherlands VIP 1.

Least 1: 4 - Norway 100 Days Later.
Least 2: 6 - UK Celebrity 1.
Least 2: 6 - UK Celebrity 2.
Least 4: 8 - UK Teen 1.
Least 4: 8 - Denmark VIP 1.
Least 4: 8 - Hungary VIP 1.

Least (Main BBs) 1: 10 - Italy 1.
Least (Main BBs) 1: 10 - Sweden 1.
Least (Main BBs) 1: 10 - USA 1.

Oldest Housemate: 82 years old - Jackie Stallone (Celebrity UK 3).

Longest time 1: 365 Days - Sascha Sirtl (Germany 5).
Longest time 2: 365 Days - Franziska Lewandrowski (Germany 5).
Longest time 3: 364 Days - Michael Homula (Germany 5).

Shortest time 1: 1 hour - Klára (Czech 1).
Shortest time 2: 2 hours - Mercedes (Spain 5).


Numbers
Number of Big Brothers (Total): 133.
Number of Big Brothers (Main): 108.
Number of Big Brothers (Celebrity/VIP): 21.
Number of Big Brothers (Others): 4 (2 All Stars, 1 Teen & 1 "100 Days Later").

Number of Housemates: 1,980.


Timeline
Most BBs on air at same time: 11 (11th-17th Sept. 2001).

Days with no BBs on air: 74 (1st Jan-27th Feb 2000, 2nd-20th Jan 2001, 1st-25th Jan 2002, 12th-14th Jan 2004).

Shortest Gap: 0 minutes - between BB5 & BB6 Germany.
Shortest Gap: 0 minutes - between VIP3-1 & VIP3-2 Mexico.

Longest Gap: 966 Days (2 yrs 7 mnths 23 days) - between BB4 & BB5 Netherlands.


Winners
Number of winners: 127

Reason as to why 127 winners from 133 shows:-
• 8 shows have no winner as they are currently on air.
• 1 show had no winner as it was suspended before the end (BB1 Arabia).
• 1 show did not have a winner (BBVIP1 Netherlands).
• 4 shows had 2 winners (LS1 & 2 France, LS1 Canada & BB5 Aust)


Days on air
1) Germany - 1,127 days
2) Spain - 872 days
3) Netherlands - 626 days
4) Portugal - 588 days
5) Mexico - 561 days
6) Sweden - 557 days (includes 130 days from Norway/Sweden)
7) Italy - 500 days
8) UK - 479 days
9) USA - 478 days
10) Australia - 468 days
11) Belgium - 436 days
12) Greece - 416 days
13) Brazil - 410 days
14) Norway - 405 days (includes 130 days from Norway/Sweden)
15) Argentina - 358 days
16) Denmark - 321 days
17) Poland - 305 days
18) South Africa - 300 days (includes 106 days from BB Africa)
19) Hungary - 247 days
20) Ecuador - 226 days (includes 106 days from BB Pacifico)
21) Croatia - 218 days
22) Romania - 217 days
23) Switzerland - 212 days
24) Bulgaria - 185 days
25) France - 157 days
26) Philippines - 119 days
27) Czech Republic - 113 days
27) Thailand - 113 days
29) Colombia - 107 days
30) Canada - 98 days
31) Finland - 96 days
32) Slovakia - 92 days
33) Russia - 88 days

Total Days on Air Worldwide - 11,378 days

[krinzy]

kool thanks for that

[x-heather-x]

funky thanks a lot

[JakeyBoy]

Good

Enjoyable reading thank you

Shortest 1: 11 days - Arabia 1 (never completed).
Did some one crack a joke (or remove their veil)

[Arneldo]

Big Brother Arabia Nnever finished because of Protest that Men and Woman should not be living in the same house close together and after two housemates snogged the show ended.

[JakeyBoy]

lmao!

[Arneldo]

Its Against there religion.

[cc100]

Intersting stuff bb4eva.

Where did you get this stuff from?