# Big Brother (German TV series) season 7

Season Seven of Big Brother Germany lasted for 148 days from 5 February 2007 to 7 July 2007 and was shown on RTL Zwei.

## Summary

After a disappointing sixth season, which was supposed to run forever but was cut short and a year break the producers decided to return with a "Back to the roots"-format for season seven with 12 housemates living together in one house and the only twist being that the housemates had to earn the prize. For every match, a certain amount of money was put in the jackpot with the maximum being €250,000 which only the winner would receive. During the season the nomination rules were changed several times (see notes in the nominations table) for entertainment purposes and to protect controversial housemates. The most controversial of them was Eddy, who was disliked by a large number of viewers but also had a strong fanbase. Within the house, he had friends (e.g. Basti and Oliver) and "enemies" (e.g. Leon and Janine), with alliances changing over the season (he was friends with Kathrin and Michael at first, but fell out with them later). After being evicted by his fellow housemates Eddy returned as a guest in the final week and provoked some of the most controversial moments of the season (with his targets being Kathrin and Michael). These moments probably helped Michael to win the show, as he was considered a victim of Eddy's provocations. Additionally, Michael's strongest rival for the win, Sonja, had become Basti's girlfriend during the season and Basti was close with Eddy (Basti re-entered as a guest in the final week together with Eddy). Despite not being a rating hit, season 7 at least lived up to RTL II's low expectations and an 8th Season was greenlit right at the end of the show.

## Housemates

| Name | Age on entry | Hometown | Occupation | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
| Michael Carstensen | 34 | Viöl | Bricklayer | 1 | 148 | Winner |
| Sonja Ailler | 20 | Griesstätt | Office clerk | 1 | 148 | Runner-up |
| Kathrin Schlosser | 32 | Hiltenfingen | Forwarding merchant | 71 | 148 | 3rd Place |
| Kathrin Schlosser | 32 | Hiltenfingen | Forwarding merchant | 1 | 57 | Walked |
| Leon Schreiber | 22 | Krailling | Promoter | 1 | 148 | 4th Place |
| Andreas "Knubbel" Büttgenbach | 45 | Bonn | Courier | 50 | 148 | 5th Place |
| Janine Schmelz | 20 | Kirchhain | Nurse | 64 | 141 | Evicted |
| Erdal "Eddy" Ayebe | 28 | Krefeld | Electronic engineer | 1 | 127 | Evicted |
| Sebastian "Basti" Wrzosek | 24 | Wuppertal | Warehouseman | 1 | 120 | Evicted |
| Doreen Heineke | 23 | Jena | Hairdresser | 50 | 106 | Evicted |
| Oliver Hofmann | 30 | Schneverdingen | Banker | 3 | 92 | Evicted |
| Sinan Karaaslan | 29 | Duisburg | Airport security guard | 22 | 78 | Evicted |
| Sheila Schmidt | 19 | Herne | Student | 5 | 71 | Walked |
| Ines Gebhard | 31 | Grabsdorf | Waitress | 5 | 64 | Evicted |
| Natalie "Natasha" Root | 25 | Deckenpfronn | Real estate agent | 36 | 57 | Evicted |
| Jeannine Emmel-Ehmsen | 24 | Hamburg | Agency boss | 3 | 50 | Evicted |
| Anna Masaracchia | 31 | Munich | Nurse | 1 | 36 | Evicted |
| Christian Dorn | 26 | Marl | Online salesman | 1 | 22 | Evicted |

## Nominations table

| | Week 3 | Week 5 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 11 | Week 13 | Week 15 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 20 | Week 21 Final | Week 21 Final | Nominations received |
| Michael | Sonja | Anna | Ines | Ines | Ines | 5th 56 points | Oliver | Eddy Sonja | Janine | Eddy | Janine | Winner (Day 148) | Winner (Day 148) | 8 |
| Sonja | Jeannine | Jeannine | Ines | Oliver | Refused | 1st 80 points | Michael | Knubbel Doreen | Janine | Janine | Janine | Runner-up (Day 148) | Runner-up (Day 148) | 3 |
| Kathrin | Eddy | Anna | Ines | Walked (Day 56) | Walked (Day 56) | Walked (Day 56) | Knubbel | Michael Janine | Knubbel | Eddy | Knubbel | Third place (Day 148) | Third place (Day 148) | 7 |
| Leon | Christian | Anna | Ines | Natasha | Ines | 7th 51 points | Basti | Eddy Basti | Basti | Eddy | Knubbel | Fourth place (Day 148) | Fourth place (Day 148) | 8 |
| Knubbel | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Eddy | Refused | 10th 35 points | Michael | Eddy Janine | Kathrin | Janine | Kathrin | Fifth place (Day 148) | Fifth place (Day 148) | 7 |
| Janine | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Knubbel | Eddy Michael | Basti | Eddy | Sonja | Evicted (Day 141) | Evicted (Day 141) | 9 |
| Eddy | Kathrin | Banned | Ines | Ines | Refused | 3rd 67 points | Michael | Michael Doreen | Leon | Janine | Evicted (Day 127) | Evicted (Day 127) | Evicted (Day 127) | 11 |
| Basti | Anna | Banned | Ines | Natasha | Oliver | 2nd 72 points | Michael | Leon Doreen | Leon | Evicted (Day 120) | Evicted (Day 120) | Evicted (Day 120) | Evicted (Day 120) | 6 |
| Doreen | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Natasha | Refused | 9th 43 points | Knubbel | Eddy Basti | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | Evicted (Day 106) | 3 |
| Oliver | Christian Leon | Basti | Leon | Leon | Refused | 6th 53 points | Michael | Evicted (Day 92) | Evicted (Day 92) | Evicted (Day 92) | Evicted (Day 92) | Evicted (Day 92) | Evicted (Day 92) | 2 |
| Sinan | Not in House | Sheila | Leon | Natasha | Refused | 8th 46 points | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | 0 |
| Sheila | Christian | Kathrin | Ines | Ines | Refused | 4th 57 points | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | Walked (Day 71) | 2 |
| Ines | Kathrin | Michael | Leon | Michael | Refused | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | 9 |
| Natasha | Not in House | Not in House | Leon | Sinan | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | N/A |
| Jeannine | Sheila | Anna | Oliver | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | 2 |
| Anna | Kathrin | Banned | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | 5 |
| Christian | Kathrin | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | 3 |
| Nomination Note | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | none | none | none | |
| Walked | none | none | none | Kathrin | none | Sheila | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | |
| Up for eviction | Christian, Kathrin, Leon | Anna, Sheila | Ines, Jeannine, Sheila | Basti, Eddy, Ines, Leon, Michael, Natasha, Oliver, Sheila, Sinan, Sonja | Ines, Oliver | Doreen, Knubbel, Sinan | Knubbel, Michael, Oliver | Eddy, Doreen, Knubbel | Basti, Janine, Leon | Eddy, Janine, Kathrin | Janine, Knubbel | Kathrin, Knubbel, Leon, Michael, Sonja | Kathrin, Knubbel, Leon, Michael, Sonja | |
| Evicted | Christian -65.9% to evict | Anna -72.8% to evict | Jeannine -64.8% to evict | Natasha 4 of 12 votes to evict | Ines -46.9% to evict | Sinan -67.1% to evict | Oliver -70.9% to evict | Doreen -56.9% to evict | Basti -66.9% to evict | Eddy 4 of 7 votes to evict | Janine -61.8% to evict | Knubbel 16% (out of 5) | Leon 17.1% (out of 4) | |
| Evicted | Christian -65.9% to evict | Anna -72.8% to evict | Jeannine -64.8% to evict | Natasha 4 of 12 votes to evict | Ines -46.9% to evict | Sinan -67.1% to evict | Oliver -70.9% to evict | Doreen -56.9% to evict | Basti -66.9% to evict | Eddy 4 of 7 votes to evict | Janine -61.8% to evict | Kathrin 20.1% (out of 3) | Sonja 42.4% (out of 2) | |