The new Dutch Big Brother, which debuted yesterday, includes a pregnant woman who will give birth after about six weeks in the house. The baby will then live in the house (too bad this isn’t happening in the US to give April and Ivette some fair competition). All of this apparently assumes her fellow houseguests …
International Big Brothers
While we in the states wait for our sixth version of Big Brother to begin, two versions elsewhere in the world are generating controversy. In the UK, where the series was born, the head of Channel 4 “described the programme as a modern-day embodiment of biblical values,” BBC News reports. Those values, Andy Duncan said, …
Thai Big Brother investigated by government because of couple’s behavior. If you think the tight-ass politicians in the US are frightening, A House committee in Thailand is investigating “improper behaviour” on the Thai version of Big Brother. What was the problem? Two houseguests who “were seen holding hands, touching, hugging and seen lying together on …
no end date for new Germany Big Brother, which will include a whole town. German’s Big Brother is about to undergo a major transformation, becoming an indefinitely running series that encompasses an entire studio-built town. Presently, RTL 2 is broadcasting a year-long version of the reality series, featuring two houses, and which began airing in …
Portugal ‘s first Big Brother winner threatens suicide after being “abandoned.” The winner of the first Portugal edition of Big Brother “threatened to throw himself from a bridge over the weekend,” Agence France-Presse reports. Despite initial fame and fortune, he blew through his money and is no longer popular. Thus, a local newspaper, “Correio da …
Italy’s Big Brother, Grande Fratello, is Europe’s most popular version of the show. With more than one-sixth of Italy’s population tuning in to Grande Fratello, the nation’s version of Big Brother, the show is the most popular incarnation in Europe. According to Time magazine, production company Endemol says that “only Spain–another Latin country–has ratings that …
Spain’s Big Brother 4 winner Gustavo photographed nude by paparazzi. The US versions of Big Brother have given us either grainy or nasty naked pictures. That’s not the case with an international version of the show. Via Fleshbot, the winner of Spain’s Big Brother 4, Gustavo, was captured by paparazzi on a nude beach. (These …