Big Brother

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reality television franchise television format

Big Brother is a reality television franchise in which contestants live together under constant surveillance while competing in social and strategic challenges for a cash prize.

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Observed surface forms (19)

Surface form	Occurrences
Big Brother (UK)	2
Big Brother Australia	2
Celebrity Big Brother (UK)	2
Big Brother (U.S.)	1
Big Brother (US)	1
Big Brother (United States)	1
Big Brother Africa	1
Big Brother Canada	1
Big Brother Germany	1
Big Brother Naija (Nigeria)	1
Big Brother Philippines	1
Big Brother Sweden	1
Big Brother house	1
Big Brother: All-Stars (various national versions)	1
Bigg Boss (India)	1
Celebrity Big Brother (UK TV series)	1
Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 2)	1
Celebrity Big Brother (US)	1
L’isola dei famosi	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reality television franchise ⓘ television format ⓘ
basedOn	George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four ⓘ surface form: The novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell (concept of Big Brother)
countryOfOrigin	Netherlands ⓘ
creator	John de Mol ⓘ
firstAired	1999 ⓘ
formatFeature	contestants are isolated from the outside world ⓘ contestants are under constant audio and video surveillance ⓘ contestants live together in a specially constructed house ⓘ edited highlight shows are broadcast regularly ⓘ evictions are often decided by public vote ⓘ evictions can be influenced by housemate nominations ⓘ features a diary room or confession room for private talks ⓘ features a host or presenter ⓘ housemates are periodically evicted ⓘ includes competitions or challenges ⓘ includes social and strategic gameplay ⓘ often includes live feeds ⓘ the last remaining contestant wins the series ⓘ winner typically receives a cash prize ⓘ
genre	reality television ⓘ
hasInternationalVersion	Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother (UK) Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother (United States) Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Africa Big Brother Argentina ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Australia Big Brother Brasil ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Canada Big Brother France ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Germany Big Brother Greece ⓘ Big Brother Israel ⓘ Big Brother Mexico ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Naija (Nigeria) Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Philippines Big Brother Poland ⓘ Big Brother Portugal ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother Sweden Big Brother Turkey ⓘ Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bigg Boss (India) Gran Hermano (Spain) ⓘ Grande Fratello (Italy) ⓘ
inspiredBy	voyeuristic television concepts of the 1990s ⓘ
notableElement	public controversy over privacy and ethics ⓘ significant influence on global reality TV trends ⓘ
notableSpinOff	Big Brother self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Brother: All-Stars (various national versions) Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 2) ⓘ surface form: Celebrity Big Brother
originalLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
originalNetwork	Veronica ⓘ
productionCompany	Endemol Shine Group ⓘ surface form: Endemol Endemol Shine Group ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sammo Hung Kam-bo (Sammo Hung, birth name Hung Kam-bo, but often associated with Jackie Chan as fellow Hong Kong action star) → alias → Big Brother ⓘ

subject surface form: Sammo Hung

George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four → featuresEntity → Big Brother ⓘ

subject surface form: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Dreamworld → hasFormerAttraction → Big Brother ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Brother house