Grande Fratello VIP

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Grande Fratello VIP
John de Mol
Directed by	Sergio Colabona (2016-2017) Marco Fuortes (2016-) Alessio Pollacci (2017-)
Presented by	Ilary Blasi (2016-2018) Alfonso Signorini (2020-)
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of series	7
Production
Producer	Endemol
Running time	185-225 min
Original release
Network	Canale 5 (main show) La5 (live) Italia 1 (live) Mediaset Extra (live)
Release	19 September 2016 (2016-09-19) – present
Related
Grande Fratello

Grande Fratello VIP is the celebrity version of Grande Fratello, the Italian version of the reality television franchise Big Brother.^[1]

Format

Based on the original Dutch version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of "housemates", divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations, locked up together in a house, where the viewing public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the house as they choose.

The housemates can visit the "confessional" at any time during the day, either to talk to

if they need to, talk to "Big Brother", or to nominate.

The title is inspired by the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel tells of a Big Brother, head of the totalitarian state of Oceania that constantly monitors its inhabitants by camera in an attempt to suppress their free will. The tag line of the novel is "Big Brother is watching you", which inspired the show, as it is Big Brother who now has total control over the situation in the house.

The housemates live in a house 24 hours a day, bugged by numerous cameras and microphones which capture their every move. Every week the housemates participate in tasks that determine their food budget for that week, or could even affect that week's nominations. The overall goal is to be the final surviving housemate and claim the prize fund. A PlayStation game based on this version was released in 2003.

Series details

Seasons	Launch date	Finale date	Days	Housemates	Winner	Presenter	Opinionist							Social room			Direction		Grand prize	Average viewers (in millions)	Average share
							In studio				In connection	Popular		Reporter	Radio broadcaster	Internet company	Home	Studio
1	19 September 2016	7 November 2016	50	14	Alessia Macari	Ilary Blasi	Alfonso Signorini				none	none		Alessandro Sansone	R101	none	Sergio Colabona	Marco Fuortes	€100,000	4,19	21.73%
2	11 September 2017	4 December 2017	85	20	Daniele Bossari						Gialappa's Band						Alessio Pollacci			4,86	25.65%
3	24 September 2018	10 December 2018	78	23	Walter Nudo									none	none					3,41	20.04%
4	8 January 2020	8 April 2020	92	29	Paola Di Benedetto	Alfonso Signorini	Pupo	Wanda Nara			none									3,41	18.83%
5	14 September 2020	1 March 2021	169	34	Tommaso Zorzi			Antonella Elia												3,30	19.04%
6	13 September 2021	14 March 2022	183	38	Jessica Hailé Selassié		Adriana Volpe	Sonia Bruganelli	Laura Freddi			Adriana Maria Rota	Rosella Rota			Linkem				3,09	20.20%
7	19 September 2022	3 April 2023	197	35	Nikita Pelizon		Orietta Berti		Soleil Sorge	Pierpaolo Pretelli		none		Giulia Salemi						2,65	20.58%

References

External links

• Official website
• Grande Fratello VIP at
  IMDb