Big Brother 5

## Opening Sequence

**Big Brother 5** is the fifth season of *Big Brother Croatia* that began on 5 September 2008 and ended on 19 December 2008. This season was special and very different from the previous ones. The show moved from Zagreb's Jadran film studio in Dubrava to the film town of Kantana, forty kilometers west of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and took on many of the characteristics of other reality shows. Thus, Croatian Big Brother is the first in the world that is not broadcast from the home country. A total of 18 candidates participated in the season.

The house in Bangkok does not have high walls, but a fence behind which is a long rice field. There is also a swimming pool and an artificial lake in the yard full of various plants characteristic of Thailand. The interior is also decorated in Thai style, and tenants must pay attention to the culture of the host country. When entering closed rooms, they must take off their shoes, and any insult to the king and the Buddha is punished. The show started with the entry of Antonija Blaća on an elephant into the space where the Big Brother house and studio are located, as well as the presentation of the candidates and their entry into the house. The celebrity season co-host Marko Lušić introduced them to the house, while the host Korana Gvozdić called from the Zagreb studio and talked to the families and friends of the tenants.

## Season Summary

Fourteen residents entered the Big Brother house in Thailand on September 5, 2008. Each of the tenants was given a task upon entering the house, and due to failure to complete some of the tasks, the main prize was reduced by HRK 30,000. The first weekly task, crossing the training ground riding an elephant, was also not successfully completed. Martine and Lucija each rode their own elephant, trying to achieve the best possible result for their team, but they did not cross the training ground in less than 5 minutes. On Friday of the first week, a new tenant was introduced - Rina, who entered the house on Sunday, and Tomislav M left her on the same day of his own free will. In the first nominations, Violeta and Lucija were nominated. The following Friday, Violeta left the house, and there were no nominations.

The following week, Big Brother nominated Rina, Valerija and Tomislav K. due to the agreement regarding the nominations, and Elizabeta nominated herself. Along with the four of them, Lucija, Ornela and Marko were nominated through the regular process. Martine left the house voluntarily, and Rina was kicked out on Friday. At the next nominations, Lucija and Tomislav K were nominated. After one week spent in the outside world, Rina was returned to the house, but without the right to be nominated and win the main prize. Rina was given the authority to manage household chores and sleeping arrangements in the dormitories. Two new tenants - Sabina and Mira - entered the house with her. Tomislav K. left the house on Friday of that week.

n the fourth nominations, Marko, Lucija and Saša were nominated. Big Brother found out that some of the housemates had agreed on the nominations during the privacy hour, so he showed Elizabeth's nominations to the housemates. The week was traditionally marked by fights between Mira and Rina, who were banned from communication by Big Brother for a while. The weekly task was not completed successfully, and Lucija left the house on Friday. On the same day, Ornela, Ivan M. and Mira were nominated. On Friday of the following week, Mira was kicked out by the votes of the viewers. Since Ivan M. stayed in the Big Brother house, Rina offered Rina to become a maid in the following week and thereby ensure Ivan immunity from the nominations. Rina accepted the offer, and she also got 3 options: refusal, division and replacement. On the same day, Monika and Marko were nominated. The following Friday, Monika was kicked out, and Valerija and Sabina were nominated.

The eleventh week was marked by a military weekly task which the tenants successfully completed. On Friday, tenants did not complete their Friday assignment and lost their privileges for the following week. Valerija left the house, and the nominees are Elizabeta, Marko, Ornela, Saša, Ivan M. and Sabina.

In addition to the new weekly task, building a castle in the sand, the tenants were also given the opportunity to win a cash prize: by renouncing hygiene and sleeping together in a blue dormitory until the end of the current week, they could win HRK 90,000 together. They had the right to abandon the task and lose their share of the prize, as well as kick others out of the game. Saša was given a secret mission - he had to persuade the tenants to give up the task, which he succeeded in doing. He passed the secret mission, and all tenants except Krešimir (who gave up before the secret mission) won HRK 11,250 each. Elizabeta left the house that week, and all the male tenants were nominated. The special feature of these nominations was that Big Brother decided to introduce positive discrimination against men in order to somewhat equalize the number of men and women in the race for the main prize.

In the following week, Marko and Ornela had secret missions - Ornela had to seduce Ivan M., and Marko had to seduce Rina. With the additional tasks they were given, Ornela and Marko successfully completed their secret missions, won immunity and thus became the first finalists of the fifth season. If they had not completed their secret missions, they would have lost the 1 money won from the hygiene task. This week, the tenants had a humanitarian weekly task, and Big Brother rewarded them with a bigger budget for the next, penultimate week. That Friday, Ivan L. left the house, and the remaining tenants were nominated: Krešimir, Saša, Ivan M. and Sabina.

The following Friday, Ivan M. was kicked out, and Rina went with him. After another short vote, Sabina was kicked out. Marko, Ornela, Saša and Krešimir entered the finals. Within a week, Krešimir won, and Ornela took second place.

## Housemates

Krešimir Duvančić
 **Winner**

Ornela Bešker-Amulić
 **Runner-Up**

Marko Deša
 **Finalist**

Saša Meničanin
 **Finalist**

Sabina Jurić
 **Evicted**

Ivan Mitrović
 **Evicted**

Ivan Lehocki
 **Evicted**

Elizabeta Skoković
 **Evicted**

Valerija Sever
 **Evicted**

Monika Bukovac
 **Evicted**

Mira Mariani
 **Evicted**

Lucija Myšičkova
 **Evicted**

Tomislav Kuščević
 **Evicted**

Rina Dehni
 **Evicted**

Martine Manojlović
 **Walked**

Violeta Kuštro
 **Evicted**

Tomislav Markulinčić
 **Walked**

## Game History

### Week 2

Lucija Myšičkova
 **Nominated**

Violeta Kuštro
 **Evicted**

Rula Lenska
 **Walked**

### Week 4

Elizabeta Skoković
 **Nominated**

Lucija Myšičkova
 **Nominated**

Marko Deša
 **Nominated**

Ornela Bešker-Amulić
 **Nominated**

Tomislav Kuščević
 **Nominated**

Valerija Sever
 **Nominated**

Rina Dehni
 **EnteredEvicted**

Martine Marie Manojlović
 **Walked**

### Week 6

Lucija Myšičkova
 **Nominated**

Tomislav Kuščević
 **Evicted**

### Week 8

Mira Mariani
 **Entered**

Sabina Jurić
 **Entered**

Marko Deša
 **Nominated**

Saša Meničanin
 **Nominated**

Lucija Myšičkova
 **Evicted**

### Week 9

Ivan Mitrović
 **Nominated**

Ornela Bešker-Amulić
 **Nominated**

Mira Mariani
 **Evicted**