# Big Brother (Serbian TV series) season 1

Veliki Brat 2006 was the first season of Serbian version of Big Brother. The show premiered on 15 September 2006 and ran for 107 days, concluding on 31 December 2006. 14 housemates entered the house on Day 1. During the season, five more housemates were brought in. The winner of the season is Ivan Ljuba, a medical student and pianist from Belgrade. The season quickly became a ratings hit on Serbian television, but has also received plenty of criticism.

## Generalna Proba

A month prior to the start of the first season, a special smaller week-long edition called Veliki Brat: Generalna Proba was held for seven days, where twelve hopefuls entered the house for a chance to win a spot on the first season of Veliki Brat. The hopefuls were pre-recorded with the episodes shown a week later. In the end, the public voted to decide which male and female hopeful would win the prize of becoming an official housemate in the first season. The winners were announced on 15 September 2006, the evening that the first season launched.
Viewers crowned Jelena and Marko as the winners, and they became the official housemates of Veliki Brat 2006.

### Hopefuls

| Name | Age | Residence | Occupation |
| Aleksandra Đukić | 21 | Vrnjacka Banja | Unemployed |
| Antal Skendžić | 19 | Zrenjanin | Student |
| Jelena Provči | 26 | Petrovaradin | Promoter |
| Kesa Keserović | 27 | Belgrade | Champion of Serbia and Yugoslavia in Taekwondo |
| Marko Miljkovic | 22 | New Belgrade | DJ at Green Bar in Belgrade |
| Milana Nenin | 21 | Veternik | Waitress |
| Mirjana Evetović | 27 | Tavankut | Taxi driver |
| Nataša Gocić | 23 | Niš | Student |
| Predrag Krunić, "Peda" | 28 | Novi Sad | Owns a shop |
| Slobodan Velicki | 25 | Ada | Owns a shop |
| Tamara Zornić | 28 | Knjazevac | Sells jewelry |
| Vanja Petrović | 20 | Jagodina | Chef |

## Housemates

Fourteen housemates entered the house on launch night. On day twelve, one housemate entered the house. On day twenty-nine, one more entered the house. On day fifty, three housemates entered the house. Out of 19 total housemates, 16 were from Serbia, two from Bosnia and Herzegovina and one from Montenegro.
| Housemate | Age | Occupation | Resident | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
| Ivan Ljuba | 25 | Pianist | Belgrade | 1 | 107 | Winner |
| Edin Kolenda | 25 | Unemployed | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 107 | Runner-up |
| Dragana Vranješ | 25 | Student | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 107 | 3rd Place |
| Aleksandra Vrbajac | 27 | Unknown | Novi Sad | 50 | 107 | 4th Place |
| Daliborka Milanković | 28 | Nutritionist and masseuse | Zemun | 1 | 106 | Evicted |
| Jadranka Živanović | 45 | Unknown | Konatice | 29 | 106 | Evicted |
| Nikola Ðurović | 29 | Unemployed artist | Ulcinj, Montenegro | 1 | 99 | Evicted |
| Ena Popov | 19 | Student | Novi Sad | 1 | 92 | Evicted |
| Sava Radović | 31 | Unknown | Šabac | 50 | 85 | Walked |
| Marko Miljković | 22 | DJ at Green Bar in Belgrade | New Belgrade | 64 | 85 | Evicted |
| Marko Miljković | 22 | DJ at Green Bar in Belgrade | New Belgrade | 1 | 50 | Evicted |
| Maja Ðorđević | 30 | Butcher | Nis | 64 | 78 | Evicted |
| Maja Ðorđević | 30 | Butcher | Nis | 1 | 43 | Evicted |
| Sanja Vasović | 19 | Unknown | Kula | 50 | 71 | Evicted |
| Ðankarlo Kanduti | 41 | Painter/designer | Belgrade | 1 | 57 | Evicted |
| Jelena Provči | 25 | Promoter | Novi Sad | 1 | 36 | Evicted |
| Branislav "Bane" Cvetković | 47 | Unknown | Belgrade | 12 | 29 | Evicted |
| Veselina Mihajlović | 58 | Pensioner | Belgrade | 1 | 22 | Evicted |
| Miroslav "Miki" Đuričić | 29 | Wood cutter | Kupinovo | 1 | 14 | Walked |
| Anamarija Kikoš | 24 | Model | Belgrade | 1 | 7 | Evicted |
| Srba Josiljević | 41 | Traffic officer | Jagodina | 1 | 1 | Evicted |

## Preview

The 1st season lasted for 107 days.
* Day 2: The housemates publicly evicted Srba.
* Day 3: The housemates got their first task, "Best friends".
* Day 8: The first love began to show. Marko and Daliborka gave each other massages and shared intimate conversations, which made people believe they were in love, but they both denied this.
* Day 12: A new housemate, Branislav entered the house. The housemates, or the viewers didn't like him and he was evicted after 2 weeks.
* Day 14: The favourite for the victory, Miki, left the house. He said he couldn't handle the separation from the world. This made him an even bigger celebrity.
* Day 15: The housemates gave Marko an amazing birthday party, with striptease and sexy dances between couples that everyone remembered.
* Day 20: Marko started separating from Daliborka, and got together with Ena.
* Day 29: Jadranka, who was presented as a Gold Woman, with gold hands entered the house. Many people criticized this, because she was too old, and said she wouldn't stay in the house for more than 2 or 3 weeks. Still she managed to get to the semi-final and left on day 106, one day before the Grand Final.
* Day 50: Three more housemates - Sanja, Aleksandra and Sava entered the house. They would compete for half of the prize - 50.000 euros.
* Days 57 - 63: There was a vote to bring back one housemate. Marko had the most votes. Maja was the runner up.
* Day 64: Marko entered the house again, and Nikola and Sanja were evicted. However, Nikola and Sanja, together with Maja (Which was 2nd place for returning in the house), were put in a room inside the house, that nobody but them knew about - "The secret garden of second chance". They were to stay there for three days and take food and other needed things secretly from the house. Later, Big Brother gave Sava a secret task - to help secret housemates and provide them with groceries.
* Day 65: Marko and Ena started showing their love to the public. Many people thought they had sex under the sheets, but they denied this.
* Day 76: The future winner Ivan succeeded in breaking one of the "Big Brother World Records" by memorizing all 202 items from given memory cards and surpassed the necessary number of 81 by far. He succeeded in two out of four tries and came close to breaking the record from the 'Guinness World Records' memory challenge.
* Day 85: Sava left the house voluntarily.
* Day 89: There was a big party in the house. It stayed remembered by the girls licking and sucking a banana, acting as if it were a penis. The public reacted to this scene and evicted Daliborka on Day 106, the first time she was nominated after it.
* Day 106: The presenter surprised the housemates by telling them two of them would leave the house. Daliborka and Jadranka were evicted.

## Nominations table

| | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 15 | Nominations received |
| | Day 2 | Day 7 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 15 | Nominations received |
| Ivan | Srba | Anamarija, Nikola | Member in task | Jelena, Nikola | Not eligible | No nominations | Marko, Nikola | Ena, Nikola | Ena, Nikola | Aleksandra, Ena | Marko, Sava | No nominations | Ena, Nikola | Daliborka, Nikola | Winner (Day 107) | Winner (Day 107) | 19 |
| Edin | Veselina | Anamarija, Nikola | Non-member in task | Nikola, Branislav | Not eligible | No nominations | Daliborka, Marko | Daliborka, Đankarlo | Aleksandra, Nikola | Daliborka, Ena | Ena, Nikola | No nominations | Ena, Nikola | Dragana, Nikola | Runner-up (Day 107) | Runner-up (Day 107) | 7 |
| Dragana | Srba | Đankarlo, Ivan | Member in task | Nikola, Branislav | Not eligible | No nominations | Đankarlo, Nikola | Đankarlo, Nikola | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Jadranka, Maja | No nominations | Aleksandra, Edin | Edin, Jadranka | Third place (Day 107) | Third place (Day 107) | 5 |
| Aleksandra | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Ivan, Nikola | Banned | Dragana, Sanja | Maja, Marko | No nominations | Dragana, Ena | Edin, Nikola | Fourth place (Day 107) | Fourth place (Day 107) | 13 |
| Daliborka | Srba | Anamarija, Đankarlo | Member in task | Branislav, Đankarlo | Not eligible | No nominations | Banned | Đankarlo, Jadranka | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Aleksandra, Jadranka | No nominations | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Edin, Jadranka | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | 4 |
| Jadranka | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Nikola, Ena | No nominations | Marko, Nikola | Đankarlo, Nikola | Edin, Nikola | Dragana, Sanja | Ena, Maja | No nominations | Daliborka, Nikola | Daliborka, Nikola | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | 19 |
| Nikola | Srba | Edin, Ivan | Non-member in task | Ivan, Branislav | Not eligible | No nominations | Ivan, Jadranka | Đankarlo, Ivan | Banned | Ivan, Jadranka | Ivan, Jadranka | No nominations | Ivan, Jadranka | Banned | Evicted (Day 100) | Evicted (Day 100) | 21 |
| Ena | Srba | Marko, Miroslav | Member in task | Branislav, Đankarlo | Not eligible | No nominations | Banned | Đankarlo, Jadranka | Ivan, Jadranka | Ivan, Jadranka | Ivan, Jadranka | No nominations | Aleksandra, Edin | Evicted (Day 93) | Evicted (Day 93) | Evicted (Day 93) | 11 |
| Sava | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Ivan, Nikola | Banned | Ivan, Sanja | Aleksandra, Ivan | No nominations | Walked (Day 86) | Walked (Day 86) | Walked (Day 86) | Walked (Day 86) | 2 |
| Marko | Ena | Ivan, Miroslav | Member in task | Banned | Not eligible | No nominations | Banned | Evicted (Day 51) | Evicted (Day 51) | Edin, Ivan | Ivan, Sava | No nominations | Re-evicted (Day 86) | Re-evicted (Day 86) | Re-evicted (Day 86) | Re-evicted (Day 86) | 7 |
| Maja | Srba | Anamarija, Miroslav | Non-member in task | Đankarlo, Branislav | Not eligible | No nominations | Evicted (Day 44) | Evicted (Day 44) | Evicted (Day 44) | Jadranka, Sanja | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Re-evicted (Day 79) | Re-evicted (Day 79) | Re-evicted (Day 79) | Re-evicted (Day 79) | Re-evicted (Day 79) | 5 |
| Sanja | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Đankarlo, Dragana | Banned | Aleksandra, Jadranka | Evicted (Day 72) | Evicted (Day 72) | Evicted (Day 72) | Evicted (Day 72) | Evicted (Day 72) | Evicted (Day 72) | 4 |
| Đankarlo | Srba | Anamarija, Miroslav | Member in task | Maja, Branislav | Not eligible | No nominations | Dragana, Edin | Edin, Ena | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | Evicted (Day 58) | 16 |
| Jelena | Veselina | Đankarlo, Veselina | Member in task | Ivan, Đankarlo | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | Evicted (Day 37) | 2 |
| Branislav | Not in House | Not in House | Non-member in task | Marko, Maja | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | Evicted (Day 30) | 7 |
| Veselina | Srba | Jelena, Miroslav | Non-member in task | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | Evicted (Day 23) | 2 |
| Miroslav | Exempt | Anamarija, Veselina | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | 6 |
| Anamarija | Srba | Đankarlo, Miroslav | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | Evicted (Day 9) | 6 |
| Srba | Veselina | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | Evicted (Day 2) | N/A |
| Nomination notes | 1 | none | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | none | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| Against public vote | none | Anamarija, Miroslav | Branislav, Edin, Maja, Nikola, Veselina | Branislav, Đankarlo, Marko | Ena, Jelena, Nikola | Daliborka, Đankarlo, Dragana, Edin, Ena, Ivan, Jadranka, Maja, Marko, Nikola | Marko, Nikola | Đankarlo, Nikola | Aleksandra, Jadranka, Nikola, Sanja, Sava | Aleksandra, Ivan, Jadranka, Sanja | Aleksandra, Jadranka, Maja | Aleksandra, Daliborka, Dragana, Edin, Ena, Ivan, Jadranka, Marko, Nikola | Aleksandra, Ena, Nikola | Edin, Nikola | Aleksandra, Daliborka, Dragana, Edin, Ivan, Jadranka | Aleksandra, Daliborka, Dragana, Edin, Ivan, Jadranka | | |
| Walked | none | none | Miroslav | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | Sava | none | none | none | none | | | | |
| Evicted | Srba 9 of 13 votes to evict | Anamarija Most votes to evict | Veselina Most votes to evict | Branislav 43% to evict | Jelena 55.1% to evict | Maja 35.3% to evict | Marko 64.7% to evict | Đankarlo 71.3% to evict | Nikola 35.1% to move | Sanja 36.7% to evict | Maja 72.5% to evict | Marko 30.3% to evict | Ena 84.5% to evict | Nikola 57.7% to evict | Jadranka Fewest votes (out of 6) | Daliborka Fewest votes (out of 6) | |
| Evicted | Srba 9 of 13 votes to evict | Anamarija Most votes to evict | Veselina Most votes to evict | Branislav 43% to evict | Jelena 55.1% to evict | Maja 35.3% to evict | Marko 64.7% to evict | Đankarlo 71.3% to evict | Nikola 35.1% to move | Sanja 36.7% to evict | Maja 72.5% to evict | Marko 30.3% to evict | Ena 84.5% to evict | Nikola 57.7% to evict | Jadranka Fewest votes (out of 6) | Daliborka Fewest votes (out of 6) | | Aleksandra Fewest votes (out of 4) | Dragana Fewest votes (out of 3) |
| Evicted | Srba 9 of 13 votes to evict | Anamarija Most votes to evict | Veselina Most votes to evict | Branislav 43% to evict | Jelena 55.1% to evict | Maja 35.3% to evict | Marko 64.7% to evict | Đankarlo 71.3% to evict | Nikola 35.1% to move | Sanja 36.7% to evict | Maja 72.5% to evict | Marko 30.3% to evict | Ena 84.5% to evict | Nikola 57.7% to evict | Sanja 24.6% to move | | | Aleksandra Fewest votes (out of 4) | Dragana Fewest votes (out of 3) |
| Evicted | Srba 9 of 13 votes to evict | Anamarija Most votes to evict | Veselina Most votes to evict | Branislav 43% to evict | Jelena 55.1% to evict | Maja 35.3% to evict | Marko 64.7% to evict | Đankarlo 71.3% to evict | Edin 33.2% (out of 2) | Sanja 36.7% to evict | Maja 72.5% to evict | Marko 30.3% to evict | Ena 84.5% to evict | Nikola 57.7% to evict | Sanja 24.6% to move | Saved | | none | Miroslav | Branislav Edin Maja Nikola | Marko 38% Đankarlo 19% | Nikola 35% Ena 9.9% | Jadranka 19.8% Marko 12.3% Others 32.6% | Nikola 35.3% | Nikola 28.7% | Jadranka 23.7% Aleksandra 13.9% Sava 2.7% | Jadranka 30.1% Aleksandra 19.3% Ivan 13.9% | Jadranka 20.3% Aleksandra 7.2% | Ena 25% Jadranka 14.6% Others 30.1% | Aleksandra 9.5% Nikola 6% | Edin 42.3% | Ivan 66.8% to win | Ivan 66.8% to win |