HaAh HaGadol 1 (, lit. The Big Brother 1) is the first series of the Israeli version of the reality show Big Brother. The show was first broadcast on Channel 2 on 1 September 2008 and ended on 16 December 2008. Erez Tal and Assi Azar co-host the show.
The show aired on Sunday and Tuesday nights. In addition to the main show broadcast on Channel 2, there was a 24-hour live stream on the HOT channel 20, and also on the Internet via Mako. Internet viewers could choose which camera images they want to view, while HOT viewers could only see camera images chosen by the Big Brother staff.
Sixteen housemates entering the house during the launch show and another four joined after 56 days. The housemates competed for a one million shekel prize. The housemates included a set of non-identical twin brothers and a father and daughter.
The house was located in Neve Ilan, a suburb of Jerusalem. The house was equipped with 50 surveillance cameras which were operated by the Big Brother in-house staff.
Housemates NameDay enteredDay exitedStatusShifra1107Yossi1107Itay1107Einav1107Leon1107Shachar56100Yoni5693Inna5693Ranin186Hagit5679Tzabar172Vanessa165Shay151Asher144Keren137Jenny128Naama126Eran123Miki116Boris19
Asher Asher Simoni, A 29-year-old man from Tiberias. Asher's wife was pregnant when he entered the house and gave birth as her husband took part in the show. He first met his newborn daughter moments after his eviction on live television. He works as a clerk at a post office. Asher was mainly known for his strong religious views and his obsessive smoking.
Boris Boris Schneiderovsky, A 22-year-old man from Ra'anana. His non-identical twin brother, Leon, also participated in the show.
Einav Einav Boublil, A 23-year-old woman from Ashkelon. Her father Yossi entered the house as the sixteenth housemate, to Einav's surprise.
Eran Eran Zilberman, A 26-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works in the "high tech" industry.
Inna Inna Braverman, A 22-year-old woman from Acre.
Itay Itay Ziv, A 28-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works in a circus as an acrobat. Engaged in a romantic relationship with Vanessa throughout the season. When Yoni entered the house the relationship between Itay and Vanessa broke apart as Vanessa was more interested in Yoni. After leaving the house Yoni got back together with Vanessa.
Jenny Jenny Tukrev, A 23-year-old woman from Tel Aviv.
Keren Keren Khasis, A 24-year-old woman from Tel Aviv and Herzliya.
Hagit Hagit Ronen Maimon, A 43-year-old woman from Beersheba. She works as a jewelry store owner and jewelry designer.
Leon Leon Schneiderovsky. A 22-year-old gay man from Ra'anana. His non-identical twin brother Boris was also in the house. Leon works at a clothing store as a salesman and is known in the house for his gentle character and friendship with housemate Einav and then with Shifra. He had a crush on fellow-housemate Shay early in the competition.
Miki Miki Levin, A 31-year-old woman from Ramat HaSharon. She came to the house as the mean blonde woman, but after having fought with other housemates she was evicted.
Naama Naama Friedmann, A 34-year-old writer from Liman. Her main goal in coming to the show was to promote her first book "Like There Is No Tomorrow". Naama was initially appreciated by other housemates, as they saw her as the caring mother housemate. But soon enough they discovered she was trying to manipulate people and pick fights. The housemates tried to vote her off but the audience brought her back twice. After failing to vote her off, she was shunned by the other housemates until she decided to leave the show of her own free will.
Ranin Ranin Boulos, A 24-year-old woman from Neve Shalom, a village jointly established by Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, that is engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. In the series she was chosen to represent the Israeli Arab demographic but being a professional actor opted to be more of a drama queen and trouble maker. Early on she made an impression that she was very emotional, and threatened to leave the show a few times after having fights with other housemates. After being evicted she concluded it was a once in a lifetime positive experience.
Shachar Shachar Ben David, A 28-year-old bodybuilder from Kokhav Yair.
Shay Shay Sheetrit, A 25-year-old man from Tel Aviv. He works as a manager in a bar. Due to a death in Shay's family the Big Brother gave Shay permission to attend his aunt's funeral for a few hours (outside the Big Brother house) so he wasn't present for his eviction on day 51.
Shifra Shifra Cornfeld, The winner of "HaAh HaGadol", A 27-year-old woman from Jerusalem. She works as a flight attendant for El Al. Shifra was born to a religious family and chose to leave the orthodox lifestyle and become a secular Jew. On July 26, 2009, Shifra was a phone-in guest on Big Brothers Little Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother UK and was asked questions on her time in the house.
Tzabar Tzabar Gadish, A 27-year-old man from Binyamina.
Vanessa Vanessa Allouche, A 27-year-old French immigrant woman from Bitan Aharon. She Engaged in a romantic relationship with Itay throughout the season. When Yoni entered the house the relationship between Itay and Vanessa broke apart as Vanessa was more interested in Yoni. After leaving the house Yoni got back together with Vanessa.
In 2017 she participated in France of Cash Island.
Yoni Yoni Vinkel, A 30-year-old man from Arad. His father is a Dutch Christian, and his mother is an Iranian Jew.
Yossi Yossi Boublil, A 56-year-old man from Ashkelon. His daughter, Einav is also in the house.
HaAhot HaKtana HaAhot HaKtana (, The Little Sister) provided a comedic criticism of all the events that took place throughout the week in the Big Brother House. The show aired several times a week on Bip (channel 6 on the HOT cable network), which presented a one-hour-long episode on Friday nights which starred the most recently evicted housemate. The show was hosted by Efrat Abramov and throughout the week previous housemates and well known entertainment personalities critique the daily events of the house. The program only aired during the first two seasons.
Nominations table Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 FinalWeek 15 Shifra KerenMiki NaamaYossi AsherItay AsherItay NoNominations EinavYossi Yossi,Einav YossiEinav NoNominations ItayYossi YossiItay Ranin ShacharYoni NoNominations EinavYossi Winner(Day 107) Yossi NaamaTzabar KerenShay NaamaVenessa NaamaEran NoNominations TzabarShifra ShifraAsher ShifraShay NoNominations ShifraVenessa TzabarShifra Einav ShifraRanin NoNominations ItayShachar Runner-Up(Day 107) Itay MikiShay EinavYossi VanessaYossi ShifraEran NoNominations RaninKeren EinavAsher ShayShifra NoNominations ShifraTzabar InnaShachar Einav ShacharInna NoNominations LeonShachar Third Place(Day 107) Einav Boris,Itay Boris,Shifra Naama,Venessa Eran,Shifra NoNominations Tzabar,Shifra Shifra,Shay Shifra,Shay NoNominations Leon,Venessa Hagit,Tzabar Yossi Shifra,Ranin No Nominations Shachar,Shifra Fourth Place(Day 107) Leon Eran,Jenny Eran,Itay Naama,Yossi Naama,Yossi NoNominations Yossi,Keren Asher,Yossi Yossi,Shay NoNominations Itay,Venessa Shachar,Hagit Shifra Shachar,Yossi NoNominations Itay,Shachar Fifth Place(Day 107)Shachar Not inHouse Shifra,Tzabar Shifra,Tzabar Hagit Shifra,Ranin NoNominations Leon,Itay Evicted(Day 100) Yoni Not inHouse Einav,Tzabar Einav,Shifra Ranin Shifra,Einav NoNominations Evicted(Day 93)Inna Not inHouse ShifraTzabar YossiTzabar Ranin ShifraYoni NoNominations Evicted(Day 93) Ranin Boris,Eran Asher,Yossi Keren,Naama Naama,Eran NoNominations Itay,Venessa Yossi,Einav Venessa,Yossi NoNominations Venessa,Yossi Yossi,Shachar Shifra Yossi,Shachar Evicted(Day 86)Hagit Not inHouse Leon,Shifra Yossi,Shifra Inna Evicted(Day 79) Tzabar Einav,Yossi Einav,Yossi Miki,Naama Naama,Keren NoNominations Asher,Yossi Itay,Venessa Itay,Venessa NoNominations Itay,Venessa Shachar,Yoni Evicted(Day 72) Venessa Boris,Yossi Boris,Yossi Einav,Yossi Einav,Eran NoNominations Ranin,Shay Ranin,Yossi Ranin,Shay NoNominations Leon,Ranin Evicted(Day 65) Shay Einav,Tzabar Einav,Yossi Einav,Miki Naama,Einav NoNominations Einav,Keren Yossi,Einav Einav,Itay Evicted(Day 51) Asher Miki,Shay Shifra,Yossi Naama,Shifra Naama,Keren NoNominations Tzabar,Shifra Refused Evicted(Day 44) Keren Miki,Yossi Miki,Yossi Einav,Miki Eran,Naama NoNominations Tzabar,Shifra Evicted(Day 37) Jenny Einav,Leon Einav,Leon Naama,Shay Naama,Keren NoNominations Evicted(Day 28) Naama Jenny,Yossi Shifra,Yossi Einav,Miki Shay,Shifra NoNominations Walked(Day 26) Eran Itay,Venessa Einav,Yossi Einav,Yossi Naama,Einav Evicted(Day 23) Miki Boris,Itay Boris,Yossi Naama,Venessa Evicted(Day 16) Boris Asher,Ranin Miki,Yossi Evicted(Day 9) Notes none none none none none Nominatedfor eviction Boris,Miki,Yossi Boris,Einav,Shifra,Yossi Einav,Miki,Naama,Venessa,Yossi Einav,Shifra,Naama,Keren,Eran Asher,Einav,Itay,Jenny,Keren,Leon,Naama,Ronin,Shay,Shifra,Tzabar,Venessa,Yossi Yossi, Keren, Einav, Asher Asher,Einav,Yossi Shay,Shifra,Yossi None Shifra,Tzabar,Venessa Shachar,Shifra,Tzabar,Yossi Inna,Itay,Hagit,Leon,Shachar,Yoni,Yossi Shifra,Ranin,Shachar AllHousemates Einav,Itay,Leon,Shachar,Shifra,Yossi Einav,Itay,Leon,Shifra,Yossi Walked none Naama none Evicted Boris Miki Eran Jenny Keren Asher Shay Evictioncancelled Venessa Tzabar Hagit Ranin InnaYoni Shachar Leon3.59%to win Einav4.93%to win Itay7.62%to win Yossi34.53%to win Shifra49.33%to win
Notes
On Day 2 Boris, Miki and Yossi were nominated and the public was given ten minutes to vote. However, a mistake coming from the production meant that only Boris and Yossi faced the public's vote after Miki's nomination was miscalculated. Out of Boris and Yossi, Boris was evicted and interviewed by the show's hosts. Once the mistake was noticed he was put back into the house. The nominations were re-held on Day 7. All housemates were automatically nominated for a special eviction on Day 28. Originally Einav and Asher were not nominated for eviction, but they tried to deceive Big Brother and send Tzabar and Shifra for nomination. Big Brother exposed the fraud and replaced Tzabar and Shifra with Asher and Einav. Big Brother gave Shay permission to attend his aunt's funeral for a few hours (outside the house) so he wasn't present for his eviction. Inna, Hagit, Shachar and Yoni were immune from being nominated because they are new housemates. Housemates nominated who they wanted to stay in the house and the three or more housemates with the MOST nominations were the only ones safe this Week. All housemates automatically faced the public vote this week, and for the first time, two housemates were evicted from the Big Brother house. In week 14, any housemate who got at least one vote, was nominated for eviction. There were no nominations in the final week and the public was voting for housemates to win, rather than be evicted. the housemate with the most SMS votes was the winner.
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