2019 International Big Brother Winner’s Circle Comes To A Close
2019 marked 20 years of the Big Brother Franchise and in 2019 a total of 19 Series & 19 Winners crowned, 11 men & 8 ladies. 12 countries aired their “Big Brother” series, India airing 5 different series. US, Italy & Poland airing 2 series each, in total 9 civilian series, 10 Celebrity/VIP series. 1763 days in total, around 42,000 hours filmed & about $2,400,000 worth of prize money awarded around the world!
This year Spain premiered a new twist on the BB program with GH DUO. Poland & Finland returned to the screens after years in hiatus! Big Brother Philippines also marking a record with their longest series to date, 235 days! A first in CBBUS 2 African Americans made it to the final 2 & the first African American winner, Tamar was crowned in a US series, also first woman to win with a unanimous vote. Mercy Eke became the first woman to win BBNaija. A non native player, Mugen Rao from Malaysia won his series of Bigg Boss Tamil. Returning civilian housemateto part of GHVIP7 Adara & won the series marking a total of 185 days she has spent in the BB Spain house.
Below List In Order Of The Winners, Series, Countries & Prizes
Tamar Braxton-Celebrity Big Brother 2-USA. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With A Unanimous Jury Vote (9-0) & After 29 Days She Walked Away With The $250,000 Grand Prize. History-First African American Big Brother US Winner & First Female To Win With A Unanimous Jury Vote.
Asaf Goren-HaAh HaGadol VIP 3/Big Brother VIP 3 Israel.(Celebrity/VIP) Won With The Majority Of The Public Vote & After 50 Days He Walked Away With The  ₪ 250,000 Grand Prize (About $70,000 USD) % Of Votes-Unknown
MarĂa JesĂşs Ruiz-Gran Hermano DUO-Spain. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With 52% Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 94 Days, She Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize. (About $113,000 USD)
Paula von Sperling-Big Brother Brasil 19-Brazil. Won With 61,09% Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 88 Days She Walked Away With The R$1.5 Million Grand Prize. (About $381,000 USD)
Dane Rupert-Big Brother Canada 7-Canada. Won With The Unanimous Jury Votes (7-0) & After 69 Days He Walked Away With The $100,000 Grand Prize, $25K Furniture Makeover From Leon's, $10K Worth Of Summer Fresh Groceries & A Trip For Two Anywhere In The World Courtesy Of Contiki Holidays. History-Becomes The 3rd Person In North American BB History To Win With A "Prefect Game"(Never Recieved An Eviction Vote Against Him, Won & With A Unanimous Vote)
Martina Nasoni-Grande Fratello 16-Italy. Won With 60% Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 64 Days, She Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize. (About $113,000 USD)
Magda Wójcik-Big Brother Polska 6-Poland. Won With 56% Of The Public Vote & After 92 Days She Walked Away With The 100,000 zł Grand Prize(About $26,000 USD) And A Mitsubishi Space Star Car. History-Series Returned After A 11 Year Hiatus.
Yamyam Gucong-Won Pinoy Big Brother Otso(8)-Philippines. Split Into 4 Batches, He Won The Adults Batch & Secured His Spot In The Final Ultim8 Batch, Were He Won With 58% Of The Public Vote (Final 4) & After 235 Days, In Which 113 Days Yamyam Competed, He Finally Walked Away The ₱2 Million(About $38,000) Brand New Condo Unit From Suntrust Properties, Inc, Anegosyo Water Refilling Station Business Package Worth ₱800,000 & Travel Package Worth ₱300,000 From Jag Jeans. Yamyam Also Took ₱100,000 From His Batch 2 Win! History-Longest Pinoy Big Brother Series To Date, With A Total Of 58 Housemates Taking Part.
Janine "Pink" Meissner-Promi Big Brother 7-Germany. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With 53.18% Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 17 Days, She Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize. (About $109,000 USD)
KAUSHAL MANDA-Bigg Boss Marathi 2-India. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of The Public Vote & After 98 Days, He Walked Away With The Winner's Trophy & The Rs 17 Lakh Grand Prize. (About $24,000 USD) % Of Votes-Unknown
Jackson Michie-Big Brother 21-USA. Won With The Majority Of The Housemate’s Jury Votes (6-3) & After 99 Days He Walked Away With The $500,000 Grand Prize. History-Holds The Record For Most HOH/POV Wins By A Winner With 8. Counting His America's Field Trip Competition Win, He Holds The Record For Most Overall Competition Wins By A Winner With 9
Mugen Rao-Bigg Boss Tamil 3-India. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of The Public Vote & After 105 Days, He Walked Away With The Winner's Trophy & The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize. (About $69,000 USD) Said To Have Won With Said 70 Million Votes(Of 200 Million Votes On Finale Night)
Mercy Eke-Big Brother Naija: Pepper Dem-Nigeria. Won With 41.77% Of The Public Vote (Final 5) & After 99 Days She Walked Away With The N30 Million Grand Prize, New INNOSON SUV, All Expense Paid Trip To Dubai For 2, Scanfrost Electronic Makeover, VIP Tickets To The Euro Champions League Final & A One Year Supply Of Pepsi Cola, Mumch It & Indomine Noodle Products. Combined Worth Of N60 Million (About $166,000 USD) History-First Female Winner In BB Naija's History.
Rahul Sipligunj-Bigg Boss Telugu 3-India. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of The Public Vote & After 106 Days, He Walked Away With The Winner's Trophy & The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize. (About $70,000 USD) % Of Votes-Unknown
Kristian Heiskari-Big Brother Suomi 2019-Finland. Won With 57 % Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 71 Days, He Walked Away The €30,000 Grand Prize(About $33,000 USD) History-Series Returned After A 5 Year Hiatus.
Kamil Lemieszewski-Big Brother Polska 7-Poland. Won With The Majority Of The Public Vote & After 94 Days He Walked Away With The 100,000 zł Grand Prize(About $25,000 USD) And A New Car. % Of Votes-Unknown
Adara Molinero-Gran Hermano VIP 7-Spain. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With 56.3% Of The Public Vote (Final 2) & After 100 Days, She Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize. (About $110,000 USD) History-Adara Made Spanish BB History, With Her Stay In GH17 & Now GHVIP7 She's Spent A Total Of 185 In The GH House.
Shine Shetty-Bigg Boss Kannada 7-India. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of Public Vote & After 113 Days, He Walked Away With The The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize, Another Rs 11 Lakhs & A New Car.(About $85,500 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
Siddharth Shukla-Bigg Boss 13-India. (Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of Public Vote & After 140 Days, He Walked Away With The Winner's Trophy & The Rs 40 Lakh Grand Prize. (About $55,000 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
Complete List Of The 2017 International Big Brother Winners
2017 was good year for the Big Brother Franchise, total of 21 Series, 22 winners crowned. 14 men, 6 ladies & 1 married couple won their respective country's shows. 15 countries aired their "Big Brother" programs lowest amount of Series aired in recent years.
India premiered two new version of the Big Brother Franchise, Bigg Boss Tamil & Telugu. Nigeria return to air their series after a 11 year hiatus. 3 Returning Players won their Series, 1 was CBB UK All Star returnee Coleen Nolan, BBCAN3 Kevin Martin returned winning BBCAN5 & Big Brother Bulgaria, Gino Biancalan who actually won his 1st VIP series back in 2015 & was crowned the winner again this time the All Stars series. Some winners made history too, Alyson Eckman of GHVIP5, 1st American to win a Spanish series, Uruguayan Hugo Sierra was the 1st male Foreigner to win the civilian verion of GHRevolution & Big Brother 19 US Josh Martinez was the 1st Latino to win BBUS series.
India aired 4 different series. UK aired 3 series & Spain/Bulgaria airing 2 series each. In Total 8 Civilian series, 7 Celebrity/VIP series, 2 All Star series, 2 Mixed(Civilian/Celebs), 1 Mixed with New Celebrities/All Stars & 1 Civilian mix of New Players/All Stars aired in 2017.
Below List In Order Of The Winners, Series, Countries, & Prizes
1. Carlos Sousa-Secret Story;Desafio Final 4-Portugal.(All Stars) Won With The 66% Of The Public Vote & After 22 Days, He Walked Away With The €5,100 Grand Prize.(About $5,500USD)
2. Coleen Nolan-Celebrity Big Brother 19 “Winter”-United Kingdom.(Celebrity/VIP/All Stars)  Returnee To The Game Won With 32.65% Of The Public Vote & After 32 Days, She Walked Away The Winner.Â
3. Avihai Ohana-HaAh HaGadol 8-Israel. Won With The Majority Of The Public Vote & After 101 Days He Walked Away With The Prize, An Exclusive Brand New Apartment. % of Votes-Unknown
4. Efe Ejeba-Big Brother Naija(2nd Series Of The Nigerian Format After 11 Year Hiatus). Won With 57.61% Of The Public Vote & After 77 Days They Walked Away With The Kia Sorento SUV & The Grand Prize Of 25 Millon Naira!(About $79,000)
5. Alyson Eckmann-Gran Hermano VIP 5-Spain.(Celebrity/VIP) Won With 58.08% Of The Public Vote(Between the Final 2) & After 96 Days, She Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize. (About $106,000 USD)
6. Emilly AraĂşjo-Big Brother Brasil 17-Brazil. Won With 58% Of The Public Vote(Final 3) & After 81 Days She Walked Away With The R$1.5 Million Grand Prize.(About $477,000)
7. Kevin Martin-Big Brother Canada 5-Canada.(New Players/All Stars) Returnee To The Game Won With The Majority Of The Housemate’s Jury Votes (9-0) & After 69 Days They Walked Away With The $100,000 Grand Prize, A 2017 Toyota 86 & The $30,000 Home Makeover From The Brick. Along With The $11,000 Shopping Spree To The Brick He Won During The Season.Â
8. Fotini Derxho & Danjel Dedndreaj-Big Brother 9-Alabnia. Won With 70% Of The Public Vote & After 100 Days He Walked Away With 15,000,000 Leks Grand Prize.(About $133,000USD)
9. Isabelle Warburton-Big Brother UK 18-United Kingdom. Won With The 52.71% The Public Vote & After 38 Days(of 54) He Walked Away The ÂŁ65,000 Grand Prize.(About $77,000 USD)Â
10. Jens Hilbert-Promi Big Brother 5-Germany. Won With 64.1% Of The Public Vote(Between The Final 2) & After 17 Days, He Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize.(About $119,000 USD)
11. Sarah Harding-Celebrity Big Brother 20 “Summer”-United Kingdom.(Celebrity/VIP)  Won With 35.33% Of The Public Vote & After 25 Days, She Walked Away The Winner & Was  Given £50,000 For A Charity Of Her Choice.
12. Josh Martinez-Big Brother 19-USA. Won With The Majority Of The Housemate’s Jury Votes (5-4) & After 92 Days He Walked Away With The $500,000 Grand Prize.
13. Siva Balaji-Bigg Boss Telugu 1-India.(Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of The Public Vote & After 70 Days, He Walked Away With The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize.(About $78,000 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
14. Aarav-Bigg Boss Tamil 1-India.(Civilian/Celebrity/VIP) Won With Majority Of The Public Vote & After 98 Days, He Walked Away With The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize.(About $78,000 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
15. Yonislav Yotov-VIP Big Brother 9-Bulgaria.(Celebrity/VIP) Won With 57.7% Of The Public Vote(Between The Final 2) & After 61 Days, He Walked Away The Winner.
16. Daniele Bossari-Grande Fratello VIP 2-Italy.(Celebrity/VIP) Won With 52.4% Of The Public Vote(Between The Final 2) & After 85 Days, He Walked Away With The €100,000 Grand Prize.(About $118,000 USD)
18. Gino Biancalana-Big Brother: Most Wanted-Bulgaria.(All Stars) Returning Winner Won With 62% Of The Public Vote(Between The Final 3) & After 29 Days, He Walked Away The The Winner.
19. Hugo Sierra-Gran Hermano 17 "Revolution"-Spain. Won With 69.5% Of The Public Vote(Between The Final 2) & After 86 Days, He Walked Away With The €300,000 Grand Prize.(About $356,000 USD)
20. Shilpa Shinde-Bigg Boss 11-India.(Mixed-Celebrity/VIP/Civilian) Won With Majority Of Public Vote & After 105 Days, She Walked Away With The The Rs 44 Lakh Grand Prize.(About $69,000 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
21. Chandan Shetty-Bigg Boss Kannada 5-India.(Mixed-Celebrity/VIP/Civilian) Won With Majority Of Public Vote & After 106 Days, He Walked Away With The The Rs 50 Lakh Grand Prize.(About $78,000 USD) % of Votes-Unknown
