Big Brother Lazanistan

Big Brother Lazanistan is the Lazani version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother. The show follows a number of contestants, known as houseguests, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one of the houseguests are evicted by the other houseguests, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize. The series premiered on the 1st of June 2016 on ÜTS, and was met with great reviews. The series also featured a 24-hour live feed, in which fans could tune into to see what was happening in the house at any time.

The show is hosted by Arisa Cox.

Format
Big Brother Lazanistan is a game show in which a group of contestants, referred to as houseguests, live in a custom-built "house" (actually a set near the Üzdik Televïzïyalıq Stancïya headquarters), constantly under video surveillance. While in the house, the contestants are completely isolated from the outside world, meaning no phone, television, internet, magazines, newspaper or contact with those not in the house. This rule could be broken, however, in the event of a medical injury, a family emergency or death. The contestants compete for a grand prize of 500,000 Lazani Pumas (LPU).

At the start of the week in the house, the houseguests compete for the title of Head of Household. The Head of Household for each week is given luxuries such as their own personal bedroom and bathroom. They are also responsible for nominating two houseguests for eviction. The Head of Household is not able to compete in the following weeks Head of Household competition, meaning that a houseguest can not hold the title for two weeks in a row, except for the final week or other stated circumstances. After the Head of Household has made their two nominations, the Head of Household, the two nominees and three players selected by a random draw will compete in the Power of Veto competition, a competition where the winner can choose to VETO (nullify) one of the nominated houseguests. The Power of Veto does not have to be used, it is entirely up to the holder of the Power of Veto. If a nominated player has been taken off using the Power of Veto, the Head of Household has to name a replacement nominee, and it cannot be the houseguest who won the Power of Veto, the houseguest who just got VETOed. All houseguests excluding the Head of Household and nominees later vote to determine which of the two nominees should be evicted, and the nominated houseguest who received the most votes is evicted during a live episode. If there is a tie in the voting, the reigning Head of Household is requried to make the tie-breaker decision. The houseguests are allowed to discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely. Whenever a houseguest is evicted, they will be sent home, unless they are apart of an eventual twist which may include a competition to be brought back into the house.

Upon reaching a specific point during the game (usually when there's 9 or 11 players left), the evicted houseguests go on to become members of the jury, which are responsible for choosing who wins the series. The members of the jury live in a separate house, with complete isolation from the outside world, just like the house they were previously evicted from. The jurors are not shown any Diary Room confessionals or interviews, or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations. They are, however, shown a weekly recap of who won Head of Household and the Power of Veto competitions, along with the nomination, Power of Veto and eviction ceremony.

To keep the series intriguing, each season typically features a new twist to change the format of the game. This could include (but not limited to) two Head of Households, a third nominee, a player returning back to the competition after being previously evicted, or immunity for a week, or more. Season 1 of Big Brother Lazanistan did not include any game-changing twists. Season 2 and Season 3 had this twist that upon entering the house, the houseguests learned that there was not only gonna be one eviction on day 1 - but a double eviction episode was happening on day 1 - meaning that two people would leave the competition within 12 hours after entering the house. However, they did not know that one of them would be returning in week 5, with the other houseguest going home for good. This was the only competition to bring back a previously evicted houseguest on this season.

The season also saw a change on the jury phase. On this season, and from now on, the jury phase started at week 6 - at final 11, meaning that there are now 9 jurors instead of 7. Season 3 also featured 8 all-stars from Season 1 and Season 2.

Big Brother Lazanistan had the big twist of the fourth and fifth season of Big Brother Lazanistan is the duo twist, which lasted for 4 weeks. Upon entering, each houseguest was given a random duo partner. The houseguest who won Head of Household will be the one who makes the nominations, but they cannot nominate their own duo partner. Nominations have to take place in duos, meaning that you could only nominate one duo for nomination. If the Power of Veto is used, both nominees are taken off the block, and the Head of Household has to name a new duo to be put up for eviction. Eviction goes underway as normal, but the houseguest who stayed will receive a golden key which makes them safe until the end of week 4/start of week 5.

Another big twist that happened on week 5 was that the first 4 houseguests evicted had a chance to come back. The four first evicted houseguests competed in the BattleBack competition, where they each faced off, and the houseguest who finished in first re-entered the game. The eliminated houseguests were held in sequester until the end of the BattleBack competition, and the 3 houseguests who did not win the BattleBack competition got sent home for good. Season 5 had all stars from Season 1, 2, 3 and 4.

House and Broadcast
The house is connected to the headquarters of the Üzdik Televïzïyalıq Stancïya.

The show airs three times a week; on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. In each episode, there are highlights from the show, showing the houseguests interact with eachother, and eventual twists and surprises that may occur.


 * The show on Sunday is the live eviction episode, where atleast one houseguest is evicted from the game. The Head of Household competition starts on this episode, and in some cases, ends and crowns the new Head of Household.
 * The show on Mondays is the nomination episode, where the Head of Household nominates two houseguests for eviction. If the Head of Household was not crowned on Sunday's episode, they will be crowned on this episode.
 * The show on Thursdays is the Power of Veto episode, where players are picked for the Power of Veto competition and take part in it as well. The winner of the Power of Veto is crowned, and the Power of Veto ceremony is also shown on this episode.