Big Brother 2024 (Dutch and Belgian TV series)

Big Brother 2024 is the fourth cooperation season of the Dutch and Belgian version of Big Brother. It is the tenth regular version of Big Brother in both Belgium and the Netherlands. In addition, it was an anniversary edition, as it was 25 years since the first version of Big Brother aired in 1999 in the Netherlands. The show is broadcast on RTL5 in the Netherlands and Play4 in Belgium beginning on 15 January 2024. Live streams are available 24/7 on Videoland for Dutch viewers and on GoPlay.be and Telenet for Belgian viewers.

In August 2023, there was an announcement of the new season and a call for new housemates. The start date was revealed in December 2023. The interior was shown for the first time in January 2023.

Geraldine Kemper and Tatyana Beloy were again hosting. Before the start of the season they made a call for tolerance after hateful posts on social media during last season. The house was restyled. A new entrance was added. The interior had a 70s vibe. A second secret house was build and contained a mirror room, garden and secret hallway to the main house. Unlike previous seasons, this time housemates had to play in pairs.

The launch was considered successful since the ratings were higher then the previous season, reaching 483.000 viewers in the Netherlands. Ashley De Graaf was the second housemate ever in this cooperation series to return after being evicted for some hours. After this, she became one of the most popular housemates this season. Housemate Doriana La Monaca got a warning because she looked and talked too much straight into the camera, and Big Brother doesn't want his housemates to break the fourth wall. Like the two previous seasons, there were crowdfundings from fans to fly airplanes with banners over the house. This season it was a record number with six planes for Basiri, Tom, Randy, Tom and Ashley and two planes for Karen. For the first time, fans were allowed into the house during fan week during a freeze assignment where residents were not allowed to move and/or talk. When Ashley De Graaf bought an exemption for 20,000 euros of the prize money near the end, after weeks of being wronged by her fellow contestants, it made headlines. Tyron Bolwerk went home for 15,000 euros from the jackpot a week before the finals.

This season had fewer viewers in Flanders compared to previous seasons, but did see a strong increase in digital viewers and viewers via the other platforms. The general shift from linear to digital viewing continued strongly with Big Brother. In the Netherlands, the season had the highest ratings since the first collaborative season in 2021.

The final was on April 13, 2024. The winner was Glenn Van Himst. He won the lowest winner amount up to that point, which was 56,266 euros.

Production

Format

Big Brother 2024 followed the same format as the previous seasons of the program. Housemates lived in isolation from the outside world in a custom-built house for a period of 100 days, hoping to be the last one to leave the house as the winner, and walk away with a large cash prize.

Concept

Producers of the reality show stated this season would have new rules compared to the other season. For the first time the housemates formed duos, put together by Big Brother.

Broadcasts

The first episode was pre-recorded on the evening of 10 January 2024 and simultaneously broadcast on RTL4 and RTL5 in the Netherlands, Play4 on Belgium on 15 January 2024. The Daily show aired from Monday to Friday with the live show on Saturday night.

Housemates

Eight housemates entered the house during the launch. During the launch night, five extra housemates joined the house. In the second week another two housemates were added. At the start of the third week a new housemate joined the house as king. At the beginning of the fourth week two female housemates entered the house.

Several housemates already participated in other programs before their participation in Big Brother. For example, Ashley De Graaf participated in the reality search Hunted in 2017, Danny Hertveldt in the reality competition Homo Universalis in 2022, Lenie Gerrits in the reality soap Bij ons op het kamp in 2022 and Nouchka Willems in the reality survival Million Dollar Island in 2023.

Twists

Prize money

The prize money started again this season at €100.000. The prize money would decrease by housemates buying personal items or favors. The prize money could also increase by winning missions.

Duos & coins

Duos were formed during the launch. The housemates in a duo had to work together, sleep together in the duo beds and do the household tasks in duo. From week 10, the duos were stopped. From then on, residents had to continue playing individually.

Housemates could earn and spend Big Brother coins. They could earn them by succeeding in tasks and spend them by shopping. Each duo had to share coins. Individual housemates, not in a duo, had their own wallet of coins.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Big Brother house are summarised in the table below.

Episodes

Nominations table

  Housemates from The Netherlands

  Housemates from Belgium

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• "Dutch official website on RTL Nederland".
• Belgian "Official website on Play4 (TV channel)". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)