Big Brother Canada (season 1)

Big Brother 1 was the first season of the Canadian reality television game show, Big Brother. It is based on the Dutch language show of the same name. The show is produced by Endemol USA and Insight Productions. Big Brother 1 aired on Slice on February 27, 2013. It lasted for 71 days. The first season ended on May 2, 2013. Over 10,000 people applied to be on the show. Only fourteen HouseGuests were needed. However, because a lot of people tried out for the show, producers allowed fifteen people to enter the house. In January 2013, Arisa Cox was announced to be the host of the show.

Jillian McLaughlin was the winner of the first season. Gary Levy was the runner-up in a controversial finale vote of 4-3. Juror Emerald "Topaz" Brady voted for McLaughlin by mistake. She begged for producers so she can change her vote, which they did not allowed.

 Format 
Big Brother 1 was similar to that of the one featured in the US version. A group of people, known as "HouseGuests", compete to win the show. They vote each other off to be the last HouseGuest remaining. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto has the ability to change the nominations. If they choose to do so, the HoH must nominate another HouseGuest. The HouseGuests then vote to evict one of the nominees. The HouseGuest with the most votes is removed from the show. There was a twist for this season. A phone was placed in the house, and the first person to answer would receive a secret task.

Controversy
During the final vote Topaz Brady voted for Jillian McLaughlin instead of Gary Levy. She said that she mistakenly voted for Jillian. Topaz pleaded with show producers to allow her vote be changed. However, because of the rules she was not allowed to do so. Topaz's vote for Jillian helped her win Big Brother. Gary was runner-up and said that he is happy for Jillian.

HouseGuests
NameAge*OccupationResidence Alec Beall 27 Social Psychology Student  Andrew Monaghan 38 Insurance Sales Trainer  Aneal Ramkissoon 21 Student  Anuj ‘AJ’ Burman 32 Director of Business Development  Danielle Alexander 20 Aspiring Actress  Emerald "Topaz" Brady 27 Dental Hygienist  Emmett Blois 24 Dairy Farmer  Gary Levy 21 Fashion Stylist Assistant  Jillian MacLaughlin 27 Teacher  Kat Yee 27 Bartender  Liza Stinton 29 Tanning Salon Owner  Peter Brown 26 Web Content Curator  Suzette Amaya 36 Radio Show Host/Motivational Speaker  Talla Rajaei 26 Independent Living Support  Thomas "Tom" Plant 25 Firefighter 
 Age of the HouseGuest at the beginning of the Season

Voting history

 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10Evictionvotesreceived Day 15 Day 22 Day 23 Day 29 Day 36 Day 37 Day 43 Day 50 Day 64   Head ofHousehold Suzette Jillian  Tom  Gary  Andrew  Alec  Topaz Andrew   Jillian  Emmett Jillian Emmett Jillian Gary (none)Nominations(pre-veto) EmmettTom  AnealGary GarySuzetteAJSuzette LizaTom  LizaSuzette AJSuzette   AJAndrew GaryTopaz AlecPeter  TallaTopazAndrewPeterAndrewGary GaryTallaEmmett JillianVeto Winner Tom  Gary Tom   Suzette  Alec Emmett Emmett(none)Andrew Peter PeterAndrewGary Emmett(none)Nominations(post-veto) EmmettKat  AnealDanielle AJSuzette  AJAneal LizaTom  LizaSuzetteAJSuzette GaryTopaz AlecTopaz TallaTopazPeterTalla  AndrewTalla  GaryTalla Jillian Kat Head ofHousehold  Nominationsvoid  AJ Tom Liza Suzette AJ Gary Head ofHousehold  TopazHead ofHousehold   Andrew Head ofHousehold  Nominated  Winner$100,0000 Gary Kat  Aneal  NominationsvoidAneal  Head ofHousehold  Liza AJAndrew  Nominated Evicted(Day 43)  Andrew NominatedEmmett$20,0005 Emmett Nominated  Danielle  Nominationsvoid Aneal Liza  LizaSuzette AJ Gary  AlecHead ofHousehold  Peter Head ofHousehold Talla Evicted(Day 71) Jillian 2 Talla Kat  Aneal  Nominationsvoid  Aneal Tom Liza Suzette Andrew Gary Alec  Nominated  Nominated  Nominated  Nominated Evicted Jillian  1 Andrew Kat  Danielle  Nominationsvoid Aneal  Tom Head ofHousehold  Suzette NominatedHead ofHousehold Alec Topaz Peter  Nominated Evicted(Day 64) Jillian  4 Peter Kat  Danielle  Nominationsvoid  Aneal Tom Liza  SuzetteAJ Gary  Topaz Topaz Nominated Evicted(Day 57) Gary  2 Topaz Kat  Danielle  Nominationsvoid Aneal  Tom LizaSuzette Head ofHousehold  Nominated  Nominated   Nominated Evicted(Day 50) Jillian 4 Alec Kat  Danielle  Nominationsvoid  AnealTom Liza Head ofHousehold AJ Gary  NominatedEvicted(Day 50)  Gary  3 AJ Kat  Danielle  Nominated  Tom Liza Nominated  Nominated Evicted(Day 36) Gary  7 SuzetteHead ofHousehold  Aneal Nominated Aneal  Tom Nominated  Nominated  Evicted(Day 36)  6 Liza Emmett  Danielle  Nominationsvoid AJ  Nominated  Nominated  Evicted(Day 29)  9 Tom Kat  Danielle Head of Household  Nominated  Evicted(Day 29)  8 Aneal Kat  Nominated  Nominationsvoid  Nominated Evicted(Day 22)  11 Danielle Kat  Nominated  Evicted(Day 15)  8 Kat Nominated  Evicted(Day 8)  11 Notes 1  none  2, 3   4,  5 none  6  none 7 8  none  9  Evicted Katto evict Danielleto evict None Anealto evict Tom 8 of 9 votesto evict Liza 8 of 8 votesto evict Suzette 6 of 7 votesto evict AJ 4 of 6 votesto evict Gary5 of 5 votesto evict Alec3 of 4 votesto evict Topaz3 of 3 votesto evict Peter2 of 2 votesto evict Andrew2 of 2 votesto evict Tallato evict Emmettto evictGary3 votesto winJillian4 votesto win

Notes
 : Suzette answered the Red Phone on Day 1 and Big Brother named her the first Head of Household. She had to nominate two of her fellow HouseGuests based solely on first impressions only an hour later.
 :  Following Week 3's nominations show, a twist was announced that involved the viewing public choosing to save either Suzette or AJ from possible eviction. 55% of the voting public decided to save Suzette, with Tom nominating Aneal in her place.
 :  Tom could not have nominated Gary because the veto was used on Gary earlier in the week.
 : Emmett was initially announced as the winner of the HoH competition on Day 22, but had the title revoked after it was discovered that he, Jillian, Talla, and Alec had broken the rules of the competition. A new HoH competition then took place from which Emmett, Jillian, Talla, and Alec were prohibited from taking part in.
 : Day 29 was a double eviction in the house; a whole week of competitions took place within the span of one hour.
 : Immediately after Topaz's nominations, the HouseGuests were instructed to cast their eviction votes. No Power of Veto competition was held.
 : Day 50 was another double eviction of the season; a whole week of competitions took place within the span of one hour.
 : On Day 57 it was announced that after a public vote, Gary won with 39.18% of the vote to re-enter the house. Alec received 34.96%, AJ received 21.18% and Topaz received 4.68%.http://i.imgur.com/UVOq2mQ.jpg
 : There were no eviction votes cast during the finale, instead the jury members decided who should win.

Ratings

 # Air Date Canada Source 18-49(rating/share) Viewers(millions) Rank(timeslot) Rank(night) 1 Wednesday, February 27 1.4 3.3 1 1  2 Thursday, February 28 
0.608   3 Sunday, March 3  0.409   4 Wednesday, March 6     5 Thursday, March 7      6 Sunday, March 10      7 Wednesday, March 13      8 Thursday, March 14      9 Sunday, March 17      10 Wednesday, March 20      11 Thursday, March 21      12 Sunday, March 24      13 Wednesday, March 27      14 Thursday, March 28      15 Sunday, March 31      16 Wednesday, April 3      17 Thursday, April 4      18 Sunday, April 7      19 Wednesday, April 10      20 Thursday, April 11      21 Sunday, April 14      22 Wednesday, April 17      23 Thursday, April 18      24 Sunday, April 21      25 Wednesday, April 24      26 Thursday, April 25      27 Sunday, April 28      28 Wednesday, May 1      29 Thursday, May 2     

 References 

Category:2013 Canadian television seasons
Category:Big Brother seasons