Big Brother Portugal is the Portuguese version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother, produced by Endemol for Portuguese channel TVI. TVI launched the show in 2000. Since its beginning, it has been a great success.
The show had six editions with two being celebrity versions (Big Brother Famosos 1 and Big Brother Famosos 2 ), presented by Teresa Guilherme. The popularity of this show steadily declined until TVI canceled after the fourth season in 2003.
In 2010, TVI aired the first season of Secret Story – Casa dos Segredos franchise. The show based on the original French version of Secret Story.
In 2013, after 11 years, TVI aired the third celebrity version of Big Brother, titled Big Brother VIP.
In 2020, TVI brought Big Brother to life to his first civilian series since 2003. During this new season, the show had a quarantine phase at the beginning, called BB ZOOM, where every housemate had to be isolated in one hotel room due to COVID-19. The contestants had to pass two negative tests to enter the Big Brother house.
During the 2020 season, the official Big Brother app was launched, developed by Portuguese technology company Magycal in partnership with TVI. The app featured a voting system, real-time content, video highlights and discussion chats about the contestants, setting a record for the highest number of votes in TVI's history.
After the end of Big Brother 2020, the network renewed the reality show for a sixth season calling it Big Brother: A Revolução, starting in September 2020 with its original host Teresa Guilherme.
Season chronology
Season Number ofhousemates Number ofdays Finalists Winner Vote Runner-up Vote Third place Vote Fourth place Vote Fifth place Vote Sixth place Vote BB1 14 120 Zé Maria Seleiro Susana Almeida Célia Melo colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BB2 15 Henrique Guimarães Patrícia Maüte Bruno Timóteo Paulo colspan="2" colspan="2" BB3 14 121 Catarina Cabral Pedro Lara Machado colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BBF1 16 57 Ricky Vieira Francisco Mendes João Melo colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BBF2 14 Vítor Norte Ruth Marlene Marisa Ferreira colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BB4 20 123 Nando Geraldes Tatiana Madureira Ricardo Barreiros colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BBVIP 21 92 Pedro Guedes Flávio Furtado Mafalda Teixeira Kelly Baron Sara Santos colspan="2" BB2020 20 99 Soraia Moreira Diogo Cunha Noélia Pereira Iury Mellany Ana Catharina Sandrina Pratas BBR 21 110 Zena Pacheco Jéssica Fernandes Pedro Fonseca colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="2" BBDI 84 Joana Albuquerque Bruno Savate Noélia Pereira Sofia Sousa colspan="2" colspan="2" BB2021 111 Ana Barbosa António Bravo Bruno d'Almeida Rui Pinheiro Fábio Faísca colspan="2" BBF2022 13 56 Kasha Pereira Jorge Guerreiro Catarina Siqueira Marta Gil Mário Jardel colspan="2" BBF2022 II 15 57 Bernardo Sousa Marco Costa Bruna Gomes Daniel Kenedy Vanessa Silva Fernando Semedo BBDF1 11 43 Bruna Gomes Gonçalo Quinaz Pedro Guedes Francisco Macau colspan="2" colspan="2" BB2022 24 112 Miguel Vicente Rúben Boa Nova Bárbara Parada Miro Vemba colspan="2" colspan="2" BB2023 23 113 Francisco Monteiro Hugo Andrade Márcia Soares Joana Sobral André Lopes colspan="2" BBDF2 26 71 Bruno Savate Bárbara Parada Ana Barbosa Noélia Pereira Vina Ribeiro colspan="2" BB2024 25 99 Inês Morais Daniela Ventura Fábio Caçador André Silva colspan="2" colspan="2" BB2025 22Luís Gonçalves Diogo Bordin Lisa Schincariol Manuel Rodrigues Carolina Braga colspan="2" BBV1 19 75Jéssica Vieira Catarina Miranda Viriato Quintela Afonso Leitão colspan="2" colspan="2" BBV2 18 69Sara Alves Boris Carvalho Nuno Pereira João Ventura Ana Luísa Vanessa Condesso BBAS 21 117 colspan="2"
Series overview
Regular versions
# Season Host(s) Launch date Finale date Days Housemates Winner Vote Prize 1 Big Brother 1 Teresa Guilherme 3 September 2000 31 December 2000 120 14 Zé Maria Seleiro N/A 20,000,000 Escudo 2 Big Brother 2 21 January 2001 20 May 2001 15 Henrique Guimarães 3 Big Brother 3 2 September 2001 31 December 2001 121 14 Catarina Cabral 4 Big Brother 4 31 August 2003 31 December 2003 123 20 Fernando Geraldes €100,000 5 Big Brother ZOOM Cláudio Ramos 26 April 2020 9 May 2020 14 18 Soraia Moreira 31% €50,000 Big Brother 2020 10 May 2020 2 August 2020 85 20 6 Big Brother: A Revolução Teresa Guilherme 13 September 2020 31 December 2020 110 21 Zena Pacheco 51% 7 Big Brother 2021 Cláudio Ramos,Manuel Luís Goucha 12 September 2021 31 December 2021 111 Ana Barbosa 59% €52,000 8 Big Brother 2022 Cristina Ferreira 11 September 2022 31 December 2022 112 24 Miguel Vicente 73% €37,645 9 Big Brother 2023 10 September 2023 31 December 2023 113 23 Francisco Monteiro 59% €100,000 10 Big Brother 2024 Cláudio Ramos 24 March 2024 30 June 2024 99 25 Inês Morais 61% 11 Big Brother 2025 23 March 2025 29 June 2025 22 Luís Gonçalves 57%
Celebrity versions
# Season Host Launch date Finale date Days Housemates Winner Vote Prize 1 Big Brother Famosos 1 Teresa Guilherme 8 September 2002 3 November 2002 57 16 Ricky Vieira N/A €50,000 2 Big Brother Famosos 2 5 November 2002 31 December 2002 14 Vítor Norte 3 Big Brother VIP 21 April 2013 21 July 2013 92 21 Pedro Guedes 30% €30,000 4 Big Brother Famosos 2022 Cristina Ferreira 2 January 2022 26 February 2022 56 13 Kasha 52% €10,000 5 Big Brother Famosos 2022 II 27 February 2022 24 April 2022 57 15 Bernardo Sousa 64%
Spin-off versions
# Season Host(s) Launch date Finale date Days Housemates Winner Vote Prize 1 Big Brother: Duplo Impacto Cláudio Ramos,Teresa Guilherme 3 January 2021 27 March 2021 84 21 Joana Albuquerque 62% €20,000 2 Big Brother: Desafio Final 1 Cristina Ferreira 24 April 2022 5 June 2022 43 11 Bruna Gomes 91% €10,000 3 Big Brother: Desafio Final 2 Cláudio Ramos 7 January 2024 17 March 2024 71 26 Bruno Savate 68% €20,000 4 Big Brother Verão 1 Maria Botelho Moniz 30 June 2025 12 September 2025 75 19 Jéssica Vieira 53% €30,000 5 Big Brother Verão 2 28 June 2026 4 September 2026 69 18 Sara Alves 59% €45,400 6 Big Brother: All Stars 6 September 2026 31 December 2026 117 21 % €50,000
Presenters and programmes
Season Galas & Nomeações Diário Extra BB1 Teresa Guilherme,Pedro Miguel Ramos rowspan="7" rowspan="5" BB2 BB3 BBF1 BBF2 BB4 Cristina Ferreira BBVIP Teresa Guilherme Iva Domingues BB2020 Cláudio Ramos Mafalda Castro Maria Botelho Moniz BBR Teresa Guilherme BBDI Cláudio Ramos,Teresa Guilherme Iva Domingues Alice Alves BB2021 Cláudio Ramos,Manuel Luís Goucha Mafalda Castro,Helena Coelho Alice Alves BBF2022 Cristina Ferreira Mafalda Castro Marta Cardoso BBF2022 II BBDF1 BB2022 BB2023 BBDF2 Cláudio Ramos Flávio Furtado BB2024 Maria Botelho Moniz Marta Cardoso BB2025 BBV1 Maria Botelho Moniz Nuno Eiró BBV2 BBAS
Records
Highest number of rejections
# Season Week Evicted Other voting results Original numberof housematesup for eviction BBDF2 1 Pedro Soá Unknown 5 BB2025 2 5 3 BBDI 11 Edmar Teixeira Unknown 3 4 BBDF2 1 Fábio Gonçalves Jéssica Galhofas Bárbara Parada 3 BBV1 1 Salvador Crisball Ana Catharina 4 BBV2 2 João Gomes Pedro Mendes Íris Cardoso 4 4 Joaquim Ribeiro 5 7 Miguel Gameiro Tatiana Durão Afonso Vital 4 9 BBAS 3 Pedro Fonseca David Diamond Érica Silva Diogo Cunha 5 BB2021 3 Ana Morina 5 BB2025 3 Tiago Rodrigues Unknown 6 10 Solange Tavares Manuel Cavaco Nuno Brito 5 BBV2 5 Joana Rodriguez Tatiana Durão Ana Luísa 5 BBAS 1 David Maurício Diogo Cunha Joana Sobral 4
Notes
Ratings
Season Broadcast Premiere episode Finale episode Date Viewers Share Date Viewers Share Big Brother 1 Sunday (Premiere)Tuesday (Eviction) 3 September 2000 14.7% 39.9% 31 December 2000 23% 73.8% Big Brother 2 21 January 2001 21.6% 56% 20 May 2001 22.3% 63.8% Big Brother 3 2 September 2001 17.4% 60.4% 31 December 2001 14.5% 55.7% Big Brother 8 September 2002 15.9% 49.2% 3 November 2002 12.9% 48.2% Big Brother Tuesday (Eviction) 5 November 2002 14.9% 53.8% 31 December 2002 12.7% 48.5% Big Brother 4 31 August 2003 14.3% 41.8% 31 December 2003 10.9% 38.8% Big Brother VIP Sunday (Eviction) 21 April 2013 20.5% 45.9% 21 July 2013 18% 40% Big Brother 2020 (incl. BB ZOOM) 26 April 2020 13.9% 24.5% 2 August 2020 13.6% 32.5% Big Brother: A Revolução 13 September 2020 12.2% 29.8% 31 December 2020 13.5% 27.9% Big Brother: Duplo Impacto Sunday Saturday 3 January 2021 13.3% 22.8% 27 March 2021 13.6% 24.6% Big Brother 2021 Sunday (Eviction) 12 September 2021 12.6% 29.6% 31 December 2021 11.4% 25% Big Brother Famosos 2022 2 January 2022 16.3% 34.3% 26 February 2022 13.3% 31.6% Big Brother Famosos 2022 II 27 February 2022 24 April 2022 Big Brother: Desafio Final 1 24 April 2022 5 June 2022 Big Brother 2022 11 September 2022 31 December 2022 Big Brother 2023 10 September 2023 31 December 2023 Big Brother: Desafio Final 2 7 January 2024 17 March 2024 Big Brother 2024 24 March 2024 30 June 2024 Big Brother 2025 23 March 2025 29 June 2025 Big Brother Verão 1 30 June 2025 12 September 2025 Big Brother Verão 2 28 June 2026 4 September 2026 Big Brother: All Stars 6 September 2026 31 December 2026
The house
The house used during the first four seasons was located in a Studio Complex in Venda do Pinheiro, in the municipality of Mafra. In the fifth season, the house moved to a previously existing mansion known as "Kasa do Futuro", near Ericeira.
Big Brother 1 The first season of Big Brother (BB1) began on 3 September 2000 and finished on 31 December 2000, lasting 120 days. The winner of the reality show was Zé Maria.
In 2014, the season was re-aired in +TVI, a cable channel from the TVI group.
BB1 Housemates Housemate Age Occupation Residence Day entered Day exited Status Zé Maria Seleiro 27 Construction Barrancos 1 120 Susana Almeida 25 Worker on a clothes store Paredes 1 120 Célia Melo 18 Student Vila Nova de Gaia 1 120 Telmo Ferreira 23 Owner of aluminium company Leiria 1 115 Mário Ribeiro 19 Chemistry Student São Mamede de Infesta 1 101 Marta Cardoso 23 Student / Barman Loures 1 87 Paulo 31 Electritian Monte Gordo 51 73 Carla 29 – – 51 59 Sónia Veiga 24 Student Mirandela 1 52 Marco Borges 24 Kick-boxing Lisbon 1 47 Maria João 20 Student Braga 1 38 Ricardo A. 24 IT Oeiras 1 24 Ricardo V. 30 Surfer, writer and theater Parede 1 10 Maria «Riquita» da Conceição 28 English Teacher Guimarães 1 3
BB1 Nominations