Big Brother

Big Brother was an Indonesian version of the Big Brother reality television show based on the Dutch television series of the same name originally created in 1997 by John de Mol's company Endemol. The show is based on a group of strangers, known as Housemates, living together twenty-four hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated from the outside world but under constant surveillance with no privacy for roughly five months. The show, sponsored by Telkomsel (under their prepaid service simPATI), premiered on Sunday, 10 April 2011 on Trans TV, airing six times a week. The Daily Show, which shows the activity of housemates, aired from Monday until Friday at 7 pm, and The Deportation Night, which shows who would be evicted, aired on Saturday at 7.30 pm. The host for the daily shows and the deportation night were Indra Herlambang and Sarah Sechan. There are 15 housemates, with Alan winning the first and only season. During the show, one of the competitors, Luthfie, was disqualified for falsifying his background and identity; he was on the run from charges of embezzlement from Medan police, for which he was convicted of and imprisoned for six months in September 2011. Format Housemates are quarantined in the Big Brother House for more than 100 days with no contact to and from the outside world. Each week participants will compete in various challenges, which they must perform to make Big Brother satisfied. Each week, there will be a Captain (Head of Household) who is chosen by another housemates.