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for today's video we're going to discuss some fascinating facts about the show Big Brother
so sit back relax without further ado let's get right into the content guys Dutch Show
often with franchises like Big Brother many people tend to get confused as to where the show really
originated from to put this mystery to rest the series began back in 1999 and was created by a
dutch media tycoon tv producer named john demon jr first being broadcasted in the netherlands
the show featured contestants who lived in a house together away from the outside world
with the name being inspired by george orwell's novel 1984 the housemates were constantly being
monitored via cctv cameras and personal audio microphones on a weekly basis the contestants
boast someone out right up until there's one person left who wins the cash prize
this revolutionary idea was praised beyond belief and spawned a whole list of international
spin-offs there's a big brother in africa china italy mexico and a whole slew of other countries
that are way too long to list each of the 54 franchise countries have aired multiple seasons
add all the seasons together and you have well over 450 which is without a doubt
very mind-blowing thanks to the explosive success of his show alongside his other reality shows like
fear factor and the voice john demould jr is worth around 2.3 billion us dollars talk about
striking gold not allowed of course like any other home the big brother house runs by a set of rules
but some of them are a little bit more uncommon than others if we take a look at the show's rule
book they have the normal expectation for the contestants not to bring in any drugs or weapons
as expected as well the housemates aren't allowed to intimidate threaten or act violently towards
any of the other guests to be completely honest this sounds like a rule that was catering to
people like Justin Sebik who we're going to be mentioning later on anyway they're required to
do their tasks when assigned and are only exempt from doing them if they're facing health issues
since this is a tv show there are a whole slew of other rules that the contestants have to
live by or they put themselves at risk of being expelled like how they're constantly forced to
wear their lapel mics or are prohibited from whispering or speaking any other languages
they can't talk about the outside world or attempt to cover up the cameras or microphones
this may be a hard pill to swallow but once you agree to be on the show the production team has
sold discretion over what is aired and what isn't meaning if something embarrassing happens you
might not want them to publicize you just have to pray that it isn't included i can't imagine
how on edge the contestants must feel having to sit on every word like that trying to avoid
saying anything wrong furthermore those who are avid consumers of youtube will understand that
copyright laws can be extremely aggressive and unforgiving for this very reason contestants are
barred from being able to sing or hum songs as well as quote movies say that a contestant does
decide to do this and it's happened before they pause the 24 7 stream that's available online
while the producer usually issues a warning that's mostly why the housemates aren't allowed to bring
their cell phone gaming devices cd players or even instruments along with them in the case that
a contestant is eliminated from the competition they are required to leave immediately after some
brave goodbyes and need to experience an interview with the producer there are tons of other rules
to mention but you can go check them out on the big brother wiki huge controversy back in 2001 on
cbs big brother was met with some controversy for something really concerning that happened between
two contestants as a little context one of the housemates that we mentioned earlier called justin
sebik who was a tough talking bartender from new jersey did something extremely unexpected
according to the executive producer arnold shapiro he showed his rather bizarre sense
of humor by taking the knife to one of the other house guest's neck while kissing her by the way
and saying things like how would it be if i killed you yeah that's a really weird thing to joke about
in the full scene sebik was making out with fel contestant crystals to go in what seemed
to be the house's kitchen at first he pulls out a shovel and simulates hitting her on the head
asking suspicious questions like would you get mad if i cracked you over the head with this then
moments after he walks towards the camera to grab a knife from the drawer and asks would you get mad
if i killed you to make matters worse he puts the knife to her neck and says i'm gonna slash your
throat which is the moment he was called over to the intercom to meet with the producers inviting
him into a private room sebik was deservingly forced to speak with a psychologist for his dark
quote-unquote jokes executive producer shapiro also expressed that justin was playing the game
well but he has this sense of humor which has in it an ingredient of intimidation and threats
even though he was one of this type of behavior was unacceptable in the big brother house it came
out again for the last time he was later expelled from the competition while at first segal claimed
that the incident wasn't that big of a deal and blown completely out of proportion she quickly
changed her tone not completely remembering the incident since both of them were plastered she
was mentally scarred by what happened after it was highly publicized later on she decided to sue cbs
for not vetting civic's alleged criminal history and providing sufficient therapy for the trauma
the incident caused winner's sad diagnosis other than contestants being booted from the competition
for crossing the line some have voluntarily left themselves like dick donato who was the winner of
the 8th season of big brother who returned for the 13th ready to fight his way to the top once again
donato's world came crashing down when he was called into the house's diary room one fateful day
he said that they told me there's something wrong with my blood test they had done two hiv tests
one had come back positive and the other had come back negative finally after the show's
doctor sampled more blood two hours later he was given life-changing news that he was hiv positive
just as i did reading this sonato explained that when they told me i just went numb my biggest
fear was telling my girlfriend we had this long discussion but she was really understanding about
the whole thing it seems to be very unclear as to how he contracted the disease but he assumes he
got it when he had unprotected sex with a woman in the past for a while donato was researching tons
of ways to treat his condition which he described the experience to be like being blindfolded and
spun around 100 times then being left in a dark room after three years of hiding in the
dark he decided to reveal to the public what was going on by appearing on vh1's couple's therapy
throughout the episode he reminded viewers that it's vital to wear protection and get
tested so they can avoid getting into a situation thankfully denado seems to be doing just fine
but he's going to have to take medication for the rest of his life unlike most would expect
he's leading a very happy and normal life without any major health issues how nice
weekly pay aside from getting your hands on the grand prize of five hundred thousand dollars at
the end of the competition the losers still get something as well for instance runner-ups are
given a hefty fifty thousand dollars for their valiant efforts which is still something to be
happy about that aside something fascinating that even i didn't know about was the fact
that the contestants received a fixed amount of money each week they get a stip end every
seven days as well as even more for the time they spend sequestered as a part of the jury
however if they're evicted from the house earlier on they don't get the chance to be on the jury of
nine that decides the final winner excluding them from that extra pay one contestant confirmed in an
interview that those competing received a pretty decent 750 dollars a week which has been the
standards depend for nearly every season however it did bump up a ton for one of the all-star
seasons where contestants were getting over four thousand dollars a week someone who was on jury
duty for the eighth season revealed that they get a surprising amount of extra money for carrying
out their work they'll get a base amount of close to nine thousand dollars for their duties on top
of any prices you can say that there's quite a bit of money involved in just playing the game like
how one contestant earned forty thousand dollars for performing his tasks or another who got five
thousand from one competition the only person exempt from this depend is the winner of the
competition who gets 500 000 instead at that point why would you even need more money am i right
change of format assuming you weren't already aware the show didn't always have a jury of
contestants to choose the official winner to call back to the origins of the show it was based on
orwell's acclaimed novel 1984 which expressed that in a surveillance state big brother is
always watching since its inception in the late 90s those watching the show effectively became the
big brother to this group of contestants the idea was to let the voyeurs choose who would be evicted
from the house but the outcome didn't satisfy the producers of the us version of the show
while audience voting has been and still is an integral part of the process the american
audience was voting differently rather than replicating the uncontrollable frenzy of
the original big brother people were voting to keep in the nicer contestants which was
really boring wanting to switch things up they hired a woman named allison gradner who was a
talented writer slash director she decided to give the voting power to the contestants this
encouraged the survival of the most manipulative mentality and it made the show even more juicy
thanks to this change the show became a widespread success and is still going on to this day
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