VIP Brother

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VIP Brother is the name of the Bulgarian version of the Big Brother's spin-off Big Brother VIP. In it, the Housemates are only famous people. The show follows the main Big Brother rules, but with some changes. For example, in VIP Brother the show's duration is shorter - a month (like in most of the countries). The nominations are twice a week. VIP Brother Bulgaria started its first season on 13 March, 2006 and ended on 10 April, 2006. The hosts were Niki Kunchev and Evelina Pavlova. A second season of the show is expected in the beginning of the next year.

The winner of VIP Brother was the (pop-)folk singer Konstantin, who was chosen by 78% of the audience. He won 50 000 leva. The other Housemates were:

• • Vesela Neynski (left voluntarily) - an opera singer
  • Galya Litova (left voluntarily) - a famous Bulgarian model
  • Raina (evicted) - (pop-)folk singer
  • Galya Kurdova (left voluntarily) - a singer from the famous pop-duet "Karizma"
  • Liubomir Milchev "Dandy" (left voluntarily) - Bulgarian writer
  • Lilana (evicted) - pop-singer
  • Kiril Vulchev (6th place) - businessman
  • Dim Dukov (5th place) - businessman
  • Mitio "The Gun" (4th place) - a candidate for President of Bulgaria
  • Dicho (3rd place) - pop-singer
  • Violeta Zdravkova (2nd place) - Miss Bulgaria' 99. She entered and lived in the House with her 3-years old daughter Danaya.

[edit] Who Wants to be a Millionaire Special Editions

After the end of VIP Brother, the Housemates were invited to participate in special editions of the TV shows Deal or no Deal and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Galya from "KariZma" refused to participate in both shows. Raina and Konstantin played WWTBAM in a special edition in February. However, Konstantin played again. Raina and LiLana did not appear in these special editions, too.

Although the show is well-known all around the world, including in Bulgaria, some of the participants as Dandy and Kiril seemed not to had watched the show many times as they had difficulties with the rules. Here are the prizes that the participants won in WWTBAM:

• • Vesela Neynski - 3 000 leva. She played with her friend. They reached the 10 000 levas question, but gave a false answer.
  • Galya Litova - 10 000 leva. She played with her sister. They reached the 25 000 levas question, but decided to stop and take 10 000.
  • Liubomir Milchev "Dandy" - 2 500 leva. He played with his wife. They reached the 3 000 levas question, but decided to stop.
  • Kiril Vulchev - 10 000 leva. Unlike the other housemates, he played the game alone and reached the 25 000 levas question, but decided to stop and take 10 000.
  • Dim Dukov - 3 000 leva. He played with his friend. They gave a false answer to the 5 000 levas question.
  • Mitio "The Gun" - 2 500 leva. He played with a friend. They reached the 3 000 levas question, but took 2 500.
  • Dicho - 3 000 leva. He played with his friend. They reached the 10 000 levas question, but gave a false answer.
  • Traicho Trendafilov - He is Danaya's father (Danaya is Violeta's daughter). It is not clear why he had been invited to play WWTBAM, as these special editions are only for the housemates from VIP Brother. Traicho played with his son and they won 3 000 leva, because they gave a false answer to the 10 000 question.
  • Violeta Zdravkova - 10 000 leva. She played with her mother. They reached the 25 000 levas question, but decided to take 10 000.
  • Konstantin - 5 000 leva. He played with his brother. They reached the 10 000 levas question, but took 5 000 (just like Raina and Konstantin did when they played in February).