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Big Brother 2025 (Dutch and Belgian TV series)

Big Brother 2025
Season 5
Presented byGeraldine Kemper
Tatyana Beloy
Release
Original network
Original release6 January 2025 (2025-01-06)
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Series 2024

Big Brother 2025 is the fifth cooperation season of the Dutch and Belgian version of Big Brother. It is the eleventh regular version of Big Brother in both Belgium and the Netherlands. The show is broadcast on RTL5 in the Netherlands and Play4 in Belgium beginning on 15 January 2024. Live streams are available 24/7 on Videoland for Dutch viewers and on GoPlay.be and Telenet for Belgian viewers.

In the summer of 2024, when calling for candidates, the program makers announced that the new season would be completely different from previous seasons.[1] At the unveiling of the house in early January 2025, this was confirmed. The house received a complete makeover and was barely furnished. There was also only 1 bed in the only large bedroom. There were several new rooms such as the Panic Room.[2]

Production

Format

Big Brother 2025 followed the same format as the previous seasons. Housemates lived isolated from the outside world in a custom-built house for a period of 100 days, hoping to be the last one to leave the house as the winner, and walk away with its cash prize.

Concept

Programmers announced in advance that this season everything would be different. At launch, it was announced that basic comforts would no longer be a certainty. The first photos of the house showed a stripped house with a barely furnished house, an enclosed kitchen, locked closets and an outdoor shower. There were also new rooms such as the Decision Room and the Panic Room.[3] In "The Vault," housemates could buy gamechangers to bend the game to their will. In the Decision Room, housemates could make important choices. In the 'Panic Room,' housemates were challenged in different ways. There was also a Big Brother suite - a luxurious room to which only the residents who had access were allowed to go.

Not only did the house look different, the game play was also different. For example, each resident could create their own prize pool, from which only the winner would receive their effective cash prize. The nomination target pin was introduced.[4]

Housemates

On January 3, the first ten housemates were announced.[5] Lennie Blockmans was the first transgender candidate in this Dutch and Flemish co-produced Big Brother series. [6] Kelly van der Veer was the first transgender player for the Dutch version of Big Brother, having participated in 2001.

Name Age Occupation Country Residence Day entered Day exited Status
Elsa Rudge 53 Prison guard Netherlands Rijnsburg 1
Jeffrey Leijzen 24 Unemployed Belgium Belsele 1
Jolien Pede 27 Bank employee & Miss Exclusive 2023 Belgium Zwalm 6
Jordy de Maar 27 Legal assistant Netherlands Kampen 1
Keanu Bruijnen 22 Employee bowling center Netherlands Maastricht 1
Lennie Blockmans 26 Student psychology & therapist Belgium Antwerp 1
Linda van den Akker 46 Orderpicker Netherlands Heesch 1
Mattheüs Jonckheere 27 Content creator Belgium Sint-Truiden 1
Milena Dadabayeva 33 Account manager IT Belgium Mechelen 1
Niels Mestdagh 38 Firefighter & entrepreneur Belgium Blankenberge 1
Remi Jacobs 30 Host & supervisor Netherlands Hoofddorp 6
Fleur van der Vegt 31 Estate agent Netherlands Haarlem 1 8 Evicted

Weekly summary

The main events in the Big Brother house are summarised in the table below.

Week 1
On Day 1, the 10 first housemates entered the house. These were Elsa, Fleur, Jeffrey, Jordy, Keanu, Lennie, Linda, Matthew, Milena and Niels. The housemates were given the chance to press a button for an exemption and a personal benefit, or not to press at all and already make a lot of money together. The group unanimously chose not to press. This earned them 100 euros each. In the next assignment, the residents had another chance to print. This time there were eight prizes at stake, from 1,000 euros over a golden key to a can of ravioli. Again, no one pressed. Once again 100 euros per person was handed out. On the last round, the housemates were obliged to press, but with a twist: the fastest and the slowest would be penalized. Jordy pressed first, Keanu last - and both received a nomination target pin. This week, only they could be nominated. The rest of the group was allowed to choose a prize and enter the house.

Once inside, the housemates quickly discovered that comfort was far away and the only food was "slob." Elsa, thanks to her choice of mystery box, was able to enter the "Big Brother" suite with the golden key. She chose Linda to accompany her.

When the housemates introduced themselves to each other, Lennie's sex change came up. The fellow housemates listened with admiration to the path she has already taken.

On Day 2, housemates were awakened by an alarm. This was the shower alarm. During this alarm there was hot water in the showers. Each housemate was allowed a maximum of 5min to shower with hot water.

Niels was called to the Decision Room by the prize he had chosen the day before. One resident was allowed to accompany him: this was Jeffrey. Both got the pin with 'Decision maker'. Later they could decide to buy food with the residents' personal jackpots, this they did. Lennie was called to the jackpot because she had chosen the clothing token the day before. She was allowed to open her closet but was not allowed to share her clothes with anyone. Linda was able to go to the Vault because of her choice of the key on the first day but there she decided not to buy a gamechanger.

Keanu struggled because he has trouble opening up with new people, saying that few people really know him.

During Day 3, the decision makers must assemble two teams. Team green consists of Niels, Elsa, Jordy, Keanu & Milena. Team pink consists of Jeffrey, Fleur, Lennie, Linda & Mathheüs. The teams compete against each other in the game area and must keep their balance via a pendulum course to reach the other side in group. Team pink wins. They receive a cash prize of 1,000 euros and a clothing token. The clothing token is unanimously given to Fleur. In the Decision Room, the members of team pink get to choose one by one how much of the money they won they will take for their personal jackpot. As previously agreed, they each choose a fifth, which is 200 euros.

In the afternoon, the decision makers must put together a group of 5 housemates for an assignment where the first part of the kitchen can be unlocked. Jeffrey chooses for himself, Jordy, Keanu, Lennie and Matthew. They have to keep a ball with poles in the air for 2 hours. The group succeeds and a part of the kitchen is opened allowing the housemates to cook and they have a refrigerator. Decision maker Niels regrets that he was not involved in the composition of the group.

On Day 4, decision makers must give three other housemates a nomination target pin. Each housemate must give a motivation as to why they do not deserve this pin. Decision makers Jeffrey & Niels are not on the same page. Jeffrey is having a very hard time because he sees Elsa as a mother figure to him. Without explanation, the decision makers give Milena, Fleur and Elsa a pin in this order.

Later that day, all housemates have to name three housemates from the group of housemates with target pin - Elsa, Fleur, Jordy, Keanu and Milena. Fleur, Jordy and Milena are the first nominated housemates.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDay(s)Original release date
Week 1 - Launch week
3051"Episode 1 - Launch"Day 1January 6, 2025 (2025-01-06)
3062"Episode 2"Day 2January 7, 2025 (2025-01-07)

References

  1. ^ "'Big Brother' krijgt nieuw seizoen: "Alles wordt anders"". HLN (in Dutch). 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "ZIEN: iconische huis van 'Big Brother' is haast onherkenbaar voor vijfde seizoen". Flair (in Dutch). 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ "'Big brother' zet alle comfort in huis achter slot en grendel: Slechts één bed en douchen doe je buiten". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 2 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Meteen drama en nominatiepins: dit was de eerste aflevering van 'Big Brother'". Flair (in Dutch). 7 January 2025.
  5. ^ "'Big brother' lost eerste tien namen en er zijn ook twee oude bekenden bij: "Als iedereen rechts gaat, ga ik links"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Lennie Blockmans, van Miss België naar 'Big brother'-huis: "Hoog tijd dat mensen vijf keer per week een trans persoon op tv zien"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 January 2025.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_2025_(Dutch_and_Belgian_TV_series)