# Big Brother (Finnish TV series) season 5

Big Brother 2009 was the fifth season of the Finnish version of the reality show Big Brother. The show aired from August 26, 2009, to November 29, 2009, lasting 97 days. For the fifth season, the house has been split into two sides with one side representing 'Paradise' and the other representing the 'Slums'. The concept of Head of House was introduced into this season.
Vappu Pimiä was the host of the Big Brother Talk Show and Jani Toivola hosted Big Brother Extra. This was the last season where Pimiä served as a hostess; the fifth season was the only season in which Toivola appeared.
The open auditions for the season were completed in April 2009.

## Housemates

Fourteen housemates entered the house on the launch night. Justiina entered on Day 18, and Toni and Marko entered on Day 27, after the eviction of Lotta and Tuija. The final four housemates - Antti, Iida, Saranna and Stephania - entered on Day 55, after Minna's eviction.
| Name | Age on entry | Occupation | Hometown | Day entered | Day exited | Status | |
| Aso Alanso | 30 | Construction worker | Turku, born in Iran | 1 | 97 | Winner | |
| Kätlin Laas | 22 | Food Worker | Seinäjoki, born in Estonia | 1 | 97 | Runner-up | |
| Esa A. Seuranen | 29 | Unemployed | Helsinki | 1 | 93 | 3rd Place | |
| Antti Syrjäläinen | 30 | Unemployed | Kuopio | 55 | 97 | 4th Place | |
| Sampo Salonen | 20 | Student | Helsinki | 1 | 90 | Evicted | |
| Dana Mustajärvi | 21 | Student | Tampere, born in Russia | 1 | 90 | Evicted | |
| Toni Haste | 24 | Restaurant Cook | Rovaniemi | 27 | 90 | Evicted | |
| Stephania Prieto | 22 | Student | Helsinki, born in Colombia | 55 | 90 | Evicted | |
| Sami Kallvikbacka | 30 | Media Assistant | Kokkola | 1 | 83 | Evicted | |
| Saranna Ehrnrooth | 20 | Student | Helsinki | 55 | 76 | Evicted | |
| Iida Ketola | 19 | TV Presenter | Espoo | 55 | 69 | Evicted | |
| Marko Luukkonen | 41 | Restaurant Manager | Tampere | 27 | 62 | Evicted | |
| Minna Anttonen | 32 | Nurse | Turku | 1 | 55 | Evicted | |
| Jenny Justiina Parkkari | 20 | Server | Vaasa | 18 | 48 | Evicted | |
| Esa J. Saonegin | 27 | Mathematics Teacher | Kouvola | 1 | 41 | Evicted | |
| Nino Hermas | 30 | Playground Instructor | Helsinki | 1 | 36 | Ejected | |
| Ragnar Orav | 19 | Model | Helsinki, born in Estonia | 1 | 34 | Evicted | |
| Tuija Heikkinen | 23 | Cashier | Riihimäki | 83 | 90 | Left | |
| Tuija Heikkinen | 23 | Cashier | Riihimäki | 1 | 27 | Evicted | |
| Lotta Kangas | 18 | Hairdresser | Helsinki | 1 | 27 | Evicted | |
| Jelena Roukala | 22 | Student | Espoo | 1 | 20 | Evicted | |
| Terttu Mujunen | 61 | Retired | Joensuu | 1 | 13 | Evicted | |
| Housemate exchange ||||||||
| Catherine "Cathy" Remperas | 22 | Nurse | Bohol | 69 | 74 | Returned | Returned |

## Big Brother Swap

It was announced during the show, that another Big Brother Swap would take place, this time with the third regular season of the Philippine franchise of Big Brother, dubbed Pinoy Big Brother. This would also be the second time that Big Brother Finland linked up with other foreign versions of the show, Season 4 being the first, when housemate Johan Grahn traded places with Munyaradzi Chidzonga from the third season of Big Brother Africa.
The Philippine version boasts of being the first Big Brother franchise with two separate and complete houses, which compete each week for their weekly budget. On Day 66, Kätlin Laas left the Big Brother house. The following day, it was announced that Catherine "Cathy" Remperas, a 22-year-old registered nurse from Bohol, Philippines would be swapped with Kätlin.
Kätlin left the Big Brother Finland House on Day 66 (Day 26 of the Philippine version) and enter either Philippine House on Day 69 (Day 29 of the Philippine version). She was supposed to arrive in the Philippines and enter either House the day before, but her flight was delayed due to weather disturbances caused by Typhoon Mirinae. Hours before her entrance, she had a brief appearance on the show The Buzz. On the other hand, Cathy was supposed to leave in the morning of Day 68 (Day 28 of the Philippines version) but their flight was postponed to a later hour of the day.
Much like the first Big Swap, events from both houses are chronicled. Also, clips from Pinoy Big Brother are shown only in Big Brother Extra, with conversations subtitled in Suomi. For the Philippine version, clips are shown in the daily show with all conversations in English subtitled in Filipino and all Finnish conversations and confessions dubbed over by Filipino voice actors.
The Big Swap started on Day 69 (evening of Day 29 of the Philippine version). Kätlin initially stayed in House A upon her arrival on Day 69. She transferred to House B on Day 71. On Day 72, Cathy and Kätlin were finally able to meet through a video call through Skype. Later that day, Kätlin returned to House A. She left the Philippine House on the morning of Day 34 of the Philippine version (early morning of Day 74 of the Finnish version). She was briefly interviewed for the morning show Umagang Kay Ganda just after stepping outside the front door. Meanwhile, Cathy entered on the evening of Day 69 (early morning of Day 30 of the Philippine version). She left six days later on the evening of Day 74 (early morning of Day 35 of the Philippine version), signaling the end of the Big Swap.
Kätlin left the Philippines the same day she left the Pinoy Big Brother house and re-entered their house in the early morning of Day 75 of the Finnish version (Day 35 of the Philippine version). Cathy left Finland the morning after she left the Finnish Big Brother house and re-entered the Pinoy Big Brother house on the evening of Day 36 of the Philippine version (Day 76 of the Finnish version).
Below is a list of activities each swapped housemate did in their respective host country's houses, aside from introductions and trading of basic phrases:
| Kätlin | In House A: Had a tropical-themed welcoming party. Learned and sang the song "Maalaala Mo Kaya" (Will You Remember in English), together with Tom. Participated in a water soccer game in which her team won (with Rob, Tom and Yuri) and ate Filipino exotic foods (frog legs, crickets, balut, fried worms and snails) as a reward. Patria acted as referee. In House B: Brought plov, an Estonian dish, which is like a casserole with rice, beef or lamb, onions, carrots and ketchup. Learned the dance Pandanggo sa Ilaw with the housemates. Participated in a parlor game involving inline skates and her country's flag, where her team, an all-female team, lost. Tibo acted as referee. Acted as referee in several spider fighting matches. Had a jacuzzi party with Filipino street food (chicken head, chicken feet and chicken blood to name a few) foods, vodka and palm wine (locally known as tuba). As instructed by Big Brother's Finnish counterpart, Kätlin taught a Finnish song "Ihmisten Edessä" (In Front of People in English), and had to choreograph a corresponding dance with the housemates. |
| Cathy | Played a game called pököpallo, invented by the Finnish housemates, a game similar to the French game pétanque. Had a sauna and jacuzzi welcoming party. Learned and sang the song "Sininen Ja Valkoinen" (Blue and White in English), together with all the Finnish housemates. Learned different winter sports and activities, including cross-country skiing, ice fishing, ice hockey, floorball and pesäpallo or Finnish baseball, Finland's national sport, demonstrated by Antti, Aso and Sampo. Had an Asian dinner with the housemates. Experienced her first snow fall. Her housemates made a snowman for her, which she named Chuva Choo Choo. Taught the housemates the Wowowee game Hep Hep, Hooray. Cooked Adobo for the Finnish housemates. Served as the judge in the Head of Household competition, which involved the housemates singing "Sininen Ja Valkoinen". Had a Christmas dinner with the housemates and saw Santa Claus. |
Also, both Philippine and Finnish houses had weekly tasks involving housemates doing a 30-minute cultural variety show portraying their countries' cultures to their visitors. The Filipino housemates should include Kätlin in their presentation while the Finnish housemates should work four at a time in the upstairs room while Cathy is not around. However, it was later revealed that the real weekly task of the Filipino housemates is to make Kätlin feel the Filipino hospitality, to which she felt that both houses were friendly, yet she felt more warmth with House A.
More than three weeks after the Swap ended, on Day 97 of the fifth Finnish season, Kätlin was proclaimed as second placer, behind Aso.
After 10 weeks, Cathy was evicted from the Pinoy Big Brother house, however, instead of going to the outside world, she was instructed by Big Brother to live in House B along with other ex-housemates to be part of the Resbak Attack team. After an intense week, she along with the other male ex housemates finally left the house.

## Nominations table

The housemate first mentioned in each nomination gets two points, while the second gets one point.
| | 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 Final | Week 14 Final |
| Aso | Jelena Esa A. | Dana Ragnar | Kätlin Lotta | Justiina Esa J. | Esa J. Dana | Justiina Dana | Not eligible | Marko Esa A. | Stephania Iida | Stephania Esa A. | Stephania Esa A. | Stephania Dana | Winner (Day 97) | Winner (Day 97) |
| Kätlin | Terttu Esa A. | Jelena Esa A. | Aso Esa A. | Nino Dana | Dana Esa A. | Sampo Dana | Not eligible | Sampo Toni | In Pinoy Big Brother House | In Pinoy Big Brother House | Toni Sami | Toni Antti | Runner up (Day 97) | Runner up (Day 97) |
| Esa A. | Not eligible | Ragnar Dana | Nino Ragnar | Aso Kätlin | Sampo Toni | Justiina Sampo | Nominated | Aso Dana | Iida Sami | Stephania Aso | Sami Toni | Kätlin Stephania | Third Place (Day 97) | Third Place (Day 97) |
| Antti | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Iida Sampo | Sampo Toni | Toni Sami | Sampo Dana | Fourth Place (Day 97) | Fourth Place (Day 97) |
| Sampo | Not eligible | Tuija Esa A. | Tuija Esa A. | Esa A. Ragnar | Esa J. Esa A. | Marko Esa A. | Nominated | Sami Marko | Antti Saranna | Antti Esa A. | Antti Esa A. | Antti Esa A. | Evicted (Day 90) | Evicted (Day 90) |
| Dana | Aso Esa A. | Kätlin Sami | Kätlin Sami | Kätlin Sami | Kätlin Toni | Justiina Marko | Not eligible | Toni Marko | Toni Antti | Nominated | Toni Kätlin | Toni Antti | Evicted (Day 90) | Evicted (Day 90) |
| Stephania | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Marko Sampo | Aso Toni | Aso Esa A. | Aso Toni | Aso Toni | Evicted (Day 90) | Evicted (Day 90) |
| Toni | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Ragnar Nino | Esa A. Marko | Justiina Marko | Not eligible | Dana Esa A. | Antti Stephania | Antti Stephania | Kätlin Stephania | Kätlin Stephania | Evicted (Day 90) | Evicted (Day 90) |
| Sami | Esa A. Tuija | Tuija Ragnar | Tuija Nino | Ragnar Nino | Sampo Marko | Sampo Marko | Esa A. | Sampo Marko | Stephania Sampo | Esa A. Sampo | Esa A. Stephania | Evicted (Day 83) | Evicted (Day 83) | Evicted (Day 83) |
| Saranna | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Iida Antti | Nominated | Evicted (Day 76) | Evicted (Day 76) | Evicted (Day 76) | Evicted (Day 76) |
| Iida | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Antti Saranna | Evicted (Day 69) | Evicted (Day 69) | Evicted (Day 69) | Evicted (Day 69) | Evicted (Day 69) |
| Marko | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Ragnar Esa J. | Toni Aso | Toni Justiina | Nominated | Toni Aso | Evicted (Day 62) | Evicted (Day 62) | Evicted (Day 62) | Evicted (Day 62) | Evicted (Day 62) | Evicted (Day 62) |
| Minna | Terttu Aso | Jelena Kätlin | Aso Esa A. | Aso Kätlin | Marko Kätlin | Esa A. Marko | Nominated | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) | Evicted (Day 55) |
| Justiina | Not in House | Not in House | Kätlin Esa A. | Ragnar Esa A. | Esa A. Kätlin | Kätlin Esa A. | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) | Evicted (Day 48) |
| Esa J. | Ragnar Lotta | Jelena Ragnar | Nino Ragnar | Kätlin Sami | Marko Aso | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) | Evicted (Day 41) |
| Nino | Not eligible | Kätlin Tuija | Lotta Ragnar | Kätlin Ragnar | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) | Ejected (Day 36) |
| Ragnar | Not eligible | Sampo Sami | Esa J. Sami | Esa J. Sami | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) | Evicted (Day 34) |
| Tuija | Not eligible | Lotta Sami | Lotta Nino | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Guest | Re-Evicted (Day 90) | Re-Evicted (Day 90) |
| Lotta | Not eligible | Tuija Ragnar | Nino Tuija | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) | Evicted (Day 27) |
| Jelena | Aso Terttu | Kätlin Tuija | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) | Evicted (Day 20) |
| Terttu | Not eligible | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) | Evicted (Day 13) |
| Notes | | | | | none | none | | | | | none | | | |
| Head of House | Dana | Aso | Sampo | Sampo | Justiina | Sami | Sami | Stephania | Esa A. | Sami | Sampo | Tuija | None | None |
| Up for eviction | Aso Esa A. Terttu | Jelena Kätlin Ragnar Tuija | Kätlin Lotta Nino Tuija | Kätlin Ragnar | Esa A. Esa J. Marko Kätlin Sampo Toni | Justiina Marko | Esa A. Marko Minna Sampo | Aso Marko Sami Sampo Toni | Antti Iida Stephania Toni | Antti Dana Esa A. Saranna Stephania | Esa A. Kätlin Sami Stephania Toni | All Housermates | Antti Aso Esa A. Kätlin | Antti Aso Esa A. Kätlin |
| Ejected | none | none | none | none | Nino | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none |
| Evicted | Terttu Fewest votes to save | Jelena Fewest votes to save | Lotta 2.57% to save | Ragnar -7.3% to evict | Esa J. -11.57% to evict | Justiina -50.6% to evict | Minna -2.39% to evict | Marko -4.38% to evict | Iida -18.20% to evict | Saranna -28.05% to evict | Sami -15.45% to evict | Toni -0.13% to evict | Antti 0.00% to win | Esa A. 15.04% to win |
| Evicted | Terttu Fewest votes to save | Jelena Fewest votes to save | Lotta 2.57% to save | Ragnar -7.3% to evict | Esa J. -11.57% to evict | Justiina -50.6% to evict | Minna -2.39% to evict | Marko -4.38% to evict | Iida -18.20% to evict | Saranna -28.05% to evict | Sami -15.45% to evict | Stephania -0.10% to evict | Antti 0.00% to win | Esa A. 15.04% to win |
| Evicted | Terttu Fewest votes to save | Jelena Fewest votes to save | Tuija 2.67% to save | Ragnar -7.3% to evict | Esa J. -11.57% to evict | Justiina -50.6% to evict | Minna -2.39% to evict | Marko -4.38% to evict | Iida -18.20% to evict | Saranna -28.05% to evict | Sami -15.45% to evict | Dana 0.08% to save | Kätlin 16.73% to win | Aso 18.39% to win |
| Evicted | Terttu Fewest votes to save | Jelena Fewest votes to save | Tuija 2.67% to save | Ragnar -7.3% to evict | Esa J. -11.57% to evict | Justiina -50.6% to evict | Minna -2.39% to evict | Marko -4.38% to evict | Iida -18.20% to evict | Saranna -28.05% to evict | Sami -15.45% to evict | Sampo 0.35% to save | Kätlin 16.73% to win | Aso 18.39% to win |