Season two of Big Brother Germany ran from 16 September 2000 to 31 December 2000 and was shown on RTL Zwei.
Season summary After the runaway success of the first season, expectations were very high for the sophomore season. Significant changes were that the producers dared to air the nominations and eviction shows on RTL and gave it the prime slot at 8.15 pm Saturday evening. Oliver Geissen and Aleks Bechtel replaced the less known Percy Hoven and Sophie Rosentreter as hosts of the show and an additional format called Family and Friends was introduced being aired one day after the last nomination–eviction on Sunday afternoon. Daily recaps remained to be aired on RTL 2 but due to the heavy number of voluntary exits and replace entries several live specials were aired during the week, often only announced to be aired on the very same day.
Another novelty was that the viewers got the chance to watch the housemates 24/7 a week on pay-TV station Single TV.
The number of original housemates was put up from 10 to 12 and the show was extended to 106 days. Also, the audience got the chance to vote for their least favorite housemate during the week of nominations, giving the person with the most votes one nomination point. Thanks to the number of applicants from season one increasing almost ten times, the cast was much more diverse than in season one which resulted in several arguments and misunderstandings between the housemates.
The most controversial character of the season was undoubtedly Christian Möllmann, who went on to become the most hated housemate after the launch show thanks to his chauvinist behaviour on his entry and in his audition tape. No wonder he was nominated by all his fellow housemates and the viewers on the first nomination; however as a reversal of fortunes he was able to turn things to this favor with accusing fellow housemate Stefanie Juhrke, a doctor, to be a bully and talking down to people. He survived his first nomination and won the second vote against Juhrke by a landside (Juhrke received 91.2% of the votes to evict). However, he eventually left the house just three days after Juhrke's departure and proved that he was not as tough as he pretended to be. Just like several contestants of season one, Möllmann recorded a single called "Es ist geil ein Arschloch zu sein" () which went straight to number one on German single charts. He became a co-host of Big Brother Germany's season 5 and 6 and was the main host of an Endemol-franchised BB clone named Der Container Exklusive which was aired on pay TV only.
The relationship of Daniela and Karim caused controversy not only because both have been in a relationship with other partners outside, but also Karim's family being strict Muslims and he was even forbidden to show up naked on screen. Against all odds, Daniela and Karim remained a couple and married months after their voluntary exit which was featured on the show as well and are still together as of now.
After several unplanned exits and additional entries (first evictee Marion was voted back into the house only to walk three weeks later again), Alida Kurras was crowned the winner of the season showing similar behaviour to first season's winner John Milz; not only were both born and raised in the former GDR but also kept quiet and very friendly towards everyone in the house. Kurras recorded a single which did not result in any success and hosted several low-profile shows on German call-in station 9Live. She went on to marry the channel's director and is still daily onscreen. She became co-host of Big Brother Germany's season 9. Next to Kurras and Möllman, runner-up Harry Schmidt and Walter Unterweger recorded singles and played roles on German TV series.
As of now, Season 2 had the best average share with German ratings and is known for its several arguments and hot-temperatures contestants.
Housemates
Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result Alida Kurras 23 Eichwalde 1 106 Harry Schmidt 40 Flensburg 1 106 Frank Röthen 28 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 1 106 Alex Melchior 26 Gerlingen 63 104 Ebru Kayman 23 Mülheim 1 102 Linda Traber 29 Dorsten 63 98 Lillian Khadrawi 23 Ottweiler 63 84 Walter Unterweger 23 Klagenfurt, Austria 1 70 Daniela Benguerich 31 Nuremberg 1 63 Karim Benguerich 28 Frankfurt am Main 1 63 Marion Unseld 28 Stuttgart 1 14 38 59 Hanka Rackwitz 31 Dresden 1 56 Christian "Biwi" Mittermeier 37 Landshut 31 42 Jörg Thomas Schulz 31 Dresden 1 38 Céline Jentzsch 31 Cologne 31 35 Christian Möllmann 28 Herne 1 31 Stefanie Jurke 33 Cologne 1 28
Nominations table Week 2Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 8Week 10Week 12Week 14Week 15Final Nominations received Alida Christian,Marion Christian,Stefanie Biwi Biwi,Walter Daniela,Marion Harry,Walter Alex,Lilian Alex,Linda Nonominations Winner(Day 106) 0 Harry Christian,Marion Stefanie,Walter Biwi Jörg,Walter Hanka,Walter Frank,Walter Lillian,Ebru Alex,Linda Nonominations Runner-up(Day 106) 6 Frank Christian,Marion Christian,Stefanie Biwi Biwi,Hanka Ebru,Marion Harry,Walter Lillian,Linda Alex,Linda Nonominations Third place(Day 106) 10 AlexNot inHouse Harry,Linda Frank,Linda Nonominations Evicted(Day 104) 8 Ebru Christian,Marion Frank,Stefanie Biwi Biwi,Jörg Daniela,Hanka Frank,Harry Alex,Linda Alex,Linda Nonominations Evicted(Day 102) 5 LindaNot inHouse Alex,Lillian Alex,Frank Evicted(Day 98) 8 LillianNot inHouse Frank,Harry Evicted(Day 84) 3 Walter Christian,Daniela Christian,Karim Biwi Biwi,Daniela Daniela,Hanka Frank,Harry Evicted(Day 70) 15 Daniela Frank,Walter Stefanie,Walter Biwi Biwi,Jörg Marion,Walter Walked(Day 63) 6 Karim Christian,Marion Stefanie,Walter Biwi Hanka,Walter Hanka,Walter Walked(Day 63) 6 Marion Christian,Frank Evicted(Day 14) Frank,Karim Walked(Day 59) 13 Hanka Christian,Marion Christian,Karim Biwi Biwi,Walter Marion,Walter Evicted(Day 56) 9 BiwiNot inHouse Nominated Daniela,Jörg Evicted(Day 42) 7 Jörg Christian,Marion Christian,Karim Celine Biwi,Karim Walked(Day 38) 4 CelineNot inHouse Nominated Evicted(Day 35) N/A Christian Hanka,Stefanie Hanka,Stefanie Walked(Day 31) 17 Stefanie Christian,Marion Christian,Karim Evicted(Day 28) 9 Publicnominations Christian64% Stefanie76% none Hanka60.79% Hanka39.02% Ebru59.33% Ebru77.49% Ebru49.01% none Nominated Christian,Marion Christian,Stefanie Biwi,Celine Biwi,Jörg,Walter Hanka,Marion,Walter Frank,Harry,Walter Alex,Lillian,Linda Alex,Linda Alex,Alida,Ebru,Frank,Harry Alida,Frank,Harry Walkednone Christian,Jörg none Marion,Karim,Daniela noneEvictedMarion55.07%to evictStefanie90.87%to evictCeline1 of 9 votesto saveBiwi67.03%to evictHanka44%to evictWalter57%to evictLillian41.3%to evictLinda63%to evictEbru63%(out of 5)to evictFrank7.02%)Harry26.87%Alex57%(out of 4)to evictAlida73.13%to win
See also Main Article about the show
References
External links Housemate pictures, Nominations and Evictions All profiles if the housemates season 2 (German)