Big Brother 3 was the third season of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria. It was aired on Nova Television and Nova+. The show launched on 18 September 2006 and ended on 11 December 2006. Originally, the season was planned to air for 11 weeks (78 days), 2 weeks shorter than the previous two seasons. However, the season was extended by 7 days and aired for 85 days in total. For the first time, the show was only hosted by Niki Kanchev.

This season, the prize was 500,000 leva. However, the Housemates were being punished with 5,000 leva for each break of the rules (not wearing microphones, discussing the nominations, etc.), the prize dropped to 200,000 leva, the same as in Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2.

Big Brother 3 also introduced the first Big Brother talk show in Bulgaria - Big Brother's Big Mouth, hosted by former VIP Brother 1 housemate Dim Dukov. It was aired four (initially three) times a week.

This season was also known as "the season of the secrets" - there were many secret tasks during its run.

Big Brother 3 was the first season of the show in Bulgaria, the winner is a female - Lyubov Stancheva, who is one of the Stancheva triplets.

Housemates 18 Housemates entered the House on Day 1. NameAgeOccupationResidenceDay enteredDay exitedStatusLyubov Ilieva Stancheva21TechnologistBlagoevgrad185Violeta Tsvetanova Kondova "Vili"57ChefBrusartsi185Lilyana Yurieva Angelova25BusinesswomanPlovdiv185Paloma Okonor Santana18Pleven185Boyan Bogomilov Angelov23BartenderSofia185Todor Kolev Karagiozov34TheologianSliven180 Vyara Ilieva Stancheva21TechnologistBlagoevgrad178 Pavel Georgiev Takov24Security guardBurgas171 Nadezhda Ilieva Stancheva21TechnologistBlagoevgrad164 Penyo Todorov Daskalov20StudentGalabovo164 Svetlana Nikolaeva Stoycheva28HairdresserPopovo157 Borislav Nikolov Borisov25AthleteSofia150 Eva Ivanova Miteva29UnemployedPleven147Garo Edi Papazyan37Coffee master and hairdresserPlovdiv143 Diyana Anastasova Nikolova "Diya"21Space designerSofia137 Panayot Aleksandrov Kyuchukov "Patso"23StudentGalabovo129 Mariola Ivanova Indzhova26Hairdresser and makeup artistSliven116Plamen Vrabchev Varbanov44RetailerVarna18

Borislav Borislav Borisov is from Sofia. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the fourth evicted on Day 50. During the show he started romantic relationships with one of the other housemates - Lilyana. They are not together any more.

Boyan Boyan Angelov is from Sofia. He entered the house on Day 1 - he was shocked to see his ex-girlfriend Diyana entering the show immediately after him. Boyan remained the last male housemate in the house - he finished fifth in the finale on Day 85.

Diyana Diyana Nikolova is from Sofia. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the second evicted on Day 37. She is the ex-girlfriend of Boyan.

Eva Eva Miteva is from Pleven. She entered the house on Day 1 and left voluntarily on Day 47. Eva is the ex-girlfriend of Marian from Big Brother 2. They have a daughter - Evana.

Garo Garo Papazyan is from Plovdiv. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the third evicted on Day 43. Before entering the house, Garo was given the secret task to help Penyo with his task - pretending to be a woman.

Lilyana Lilyana Angelova is from Plovdiv. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished third in the finale on Day 85. In the house, she started relationships with Borislav. However, they are not together any more. It was announced that Hugh Hefner personally asked her photos from the Bulgarian edition of Playboy to be published in the American one.

Lyubov Lyubov Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She entered the house on Day 1 with her sisters. She is one of the triplets. She became a winner on Day 85.

Mariola Mariola Indzhova is from Sliven. She entered the house on Day 1 and walked on Day 16. On the first nominations Big Brother announced that the two housemates with most negative votes will be automatically evicted. These two were Mariola and Panayot. In the studio, they were told that it was a fake eviction and the two were given a secret task - to stay in the two secret rooms in the house for a week. They had to steal clothes and food from their housemates without their notice. Initially, both Mariola and Panayot agreed to return in the secret rooms, but later the same evening Mariola decided to leave voluntarily.

Nadezhda Nadezhda Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She entered the house on Day 1 with her sisters. She was the first one of the triplets to leave the house - she was the seventh evicted on Day 64.

Paloma Paloma Santana is from Pleven. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished fourth in the finale on Day 85. Paloma and Radomira from Big Brother 2 are the youngest housemates in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. During their stay in the house, they were both 18 years old.

Panayot Panayot Kyuchukov "Patso" is from Galabovo. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the first evicted on Day 29.

Pavel Pavel Takov is from Burgas. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the eighth evicted on Day 71.

Penyo Penyo Daskalov is from Chirpan (born in Stara Zagora). He entered the house on Day 1 and was the sixth evicted on Day 64. Before entering the show, Penyo was given the secret task to pretend for a week that he was a woman. He was told that if his task was successful, he would be given a plastic surgery on his nose. Garo was given the task to help him with the task. However, it was unsuccessful, but later in the show he had the surgery on his nose.

Plamen Plamen Varbanov is from Varna. He entered the house on Day 1 and walked on Day 8. On the first days in the house, when Plamen asked to leave, Big Brother offered him 5 000 leva to stay in the house for at least 14 more days. However, Plamen broke his promise and he returned the money.

Svetlana Svetlana Stoycheva is from Popovo. She entered the house on Day 1 and was the fifth evicted on Day 57. Svetlana was pregnant when she entered the show. On the sixth week of Big Brother 3, she gave birth to her daughter Amber. They both returned in the House on Day 40 and lived in it until Svetlana's eviction.

Todor Todor Karagiozov is from Sliven. He entered the house on Day 1 and was the tenth evicted on Day 80.

Violeta Violeta Kondova "Vili" is from Brusartsi. She entered the house on Day 1 and finished second in the finale on Day 85. She is one of the oldest contestants in the history of Big Brother Bulgaria. During her stay in the show, she was 57 years old.

Vyara Vyara Stancheva is from Blagoevgrad. She is one of the triplets. She entered the house on Day 1. During her and her sisters' secret task it was Vyara's identity, under which they had to live - during one of them was with the other housemates, pretending to be Vyara, the other two were in the secret rooms in the house. Their task was to trick the others that they were one and the same person. The mission of the triplets was successful, and they were allowed to stay in the house. She was the ninth evicted on Day 78.

Nominations table The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point. The triplets - Lyubov, Nadezhda and Vyara were nominate together, but be nominated separately by their fellow housemates. Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Final Nominationsreceived Lyubov Mariola,Borislav Diyana,Garo Borislav,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Borislav,Lilyana Svetlana,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Pavel,Boyan Winner(Day 85) 34Violeta Mariola,Pavel Panayot,Lyubov Diyana,Pavel Borislav,Eva Borislav,Eva Lilyana,Paloma Lilyana,Paloma Pavel,Lilyana Runner-up(Day 85) 11Lilyana Mariola,Lyubov Panayot,Lyubov Garo,Vyara Garo,Vyara Lyubov,Nadezhda Lyubov,Vyara Vyara,Lyubov Lyubov,Vyara Third place(Day 85)26Paloma Mariola,Panayot Panayot,Lyubov Lyubov,Todor Vyara,Nadezhda Vyara,Nadezhda Vyara,Lyubov Vyara,Lyubov Lyubov,Vyara Fourth place(Day 85) 12Boyan Panayot,Penyo Panayot,Paloma Paloma,Penyo Paloma,Lyubov Lyubov,Paloma Penyo,Paloma Penyo,Nadezhda Vyara,Lyubov Fifth place(Day 85) 7Todor Nadezhda,Boyan Svetlana,Eva Violeta,Svetlana Svetlana,Violeta Vyara,Violeta Nadezhda,Violeta Lilyana,Paloma Boyan,Violeta Evicted(Day 80) 9 Vyara Mariola,Borislav Diyana,Garo Borislav,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Borislav,Lilyana Svetlana,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Pavel,Lilyana Evicted(Day 78) 24Pavel Eva,Borislav Todor,Borislav Garo,Violeta Violeta,Nadezhda Eva,Boyan Nadezhda,Vyara Nadezhda,Penyo Lyubov,Vyara Evicted(Day 71) 12 Nadezhda Mariola,Borislav Diyana,Garo Borislav,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Borislav,Lilyana Svetlana,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Evicted(Day 64) 16Penyo Panayot,Mariola Panayot,Pavel Lilyana,Borislav Borlsiav,Lilyana Borislav,Lyubov Svetlana,Lilyana Lilyana,Paloma Evicted(Day 64) 15Svetlana Diyana,Mariola Diyana,Violeta Diyana,Borislav Garo,Borislav Penyo,Todor Penyo,Todor Evicted(Day 57) 9Borislav Pavel,Paloma Lyubov,Garo Lyubov,Garo Vyara,Lyubov Lyubov,Nadezhda Evicted(Day 50) 21Eva Panayot,Pavel Diyana,Panayot Diyana,Penyo Garo,Penyo Pavel,Penyo Walked(Day 47) 8Garo Mariola,Panayot Diyana,Panayot Borislav,Eva Eva,Borislav Evicted(Day 43) 17Diyana Mariola,Penyo Lyubov,Nadezhda Garo,Lyubov Evicted(Day 37) 16Panayot Mariola,Penyo Garo,Penyo Evicted(Day 29) 22Mariola Panayot,Nadezhda Walked(Day 16) 16Plamen Walked(Day 8) N/A Notes 1, 2 1 1, 3 1, 4 1 5, 6 7 8 9Againstpublic vote Mariola,Panayot Diyana,Panayot Borislav,Diyana,Garo Borislav,Garo Borislav,Lyubov Lilyana,Nadezhda,Penyo,Svetlana,Vyara Lilyana& Paloma,Lyubov& Vyara,Nadezhda& Penyo Lyubov,Pavel Paloma,Violeta,VyaraAllHousematesWalked Plamen Mariola none Eva none Evicted Mariola16 of 45 pointsto fake evict Panayot76%to evict Diyana51%to evict Garo51%to evict Borislav65%to evict Svetlana52% to evict Nadezhda& Penyo45%to evict Pavel68%to evict Vyara54%to evict Todor9% (out of 6) Lilyana16%(out of 4) Boyan11%(out of 5) Violeta44%(out of 2) Panayot16 of 45 pointsto fake evict Paloma16%(out of 4)Lyubov56%to win

Notes

: The triplets nominate jointly but are nominated separately by the other housemates. : The two nominated Housemates were sent into the two secret rooms in the House. : Todor was elected the House President and he was given the power to save one of the nominees. He chose to save Borislav from eviction. This means that nominated for eviction this week are Diyana and Garo. : Todor was immune as he is House President. : Housemates were put into pairs of "Best Friends": these were Boyan and Pavel; Lilyana and Paloma; Lyubov and Vyara; Nadezhda and Penyo and Todor and Violeta. Each pair nominated had to nominate one of the other pairs for eviction. : Vyara and Lyubov nominated together this week. : The triplets were allowed to be nominated separately. : This week the Housemates nominated the people they wanted to stay and not to be evicted. Therefore, the two or more Housemates with the fewest points would be automatically facing eviction. : The public were voting for a winner between Boyan, Lilyana, Lubov, Paloma, Todor and Violeta. The Housemate with the fewest votes would be evicted on Day 80.

References

External links The official website of Big Brother 3