Big Brother (franchise)

Big Brother is a reality game show franchise created by John de Mol. In the show a group of people called "housemates" or "house guests" live together in a specially constructed large house isolated and cut off from the outside world. Contestants are continuously monitored by in-house television cameras as well as personal audio microphones during their entire stay. Each season lasts for about three months, with at least ten contestants entering the house. To win the final cash prize, a contestant must survive periodic (usually weekly) evictions and be the last housemate or house guest remaining in the compound by the series' conclusion. In English-speaking countries the program is often referred to as "BB".

Background

History

The idea for Big Brother is said to have come during a brainstorming session at the Dutch-based international Italian television production firm Endemol on 10 March 1997 . The first version of Big Brother was broadcast in 1999 on Veronica in the Netherlands. Since then the format has become a worldwide TV franchise, airing in many countries in a number of versions.

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Ninel Conde

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Ninel Herrera Conde (born September 29, 1970) is a Mexican singer, actress and television host known for her performances in Rebelde, Fuego en la sangre, Mar de amor and Porque el amor manda.

Career

Her first record production was titled Ninel Conde (2003), which contains the song "Callados", played a duet with singer José Manuel Figueroa. This material was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 for "Mejor álbum grupero."

In 2004, Conde participated in the third edition of the reality show Big Brother VIP and was voted-off after 43 days of confinement. In October 2004, she began acting on Rebelde, produced by Pedro Damián. Her most remarkable role so far has been this one. Her role as Alma Rey in Rebelde (2004–2006) expanded her career to Chile, Romania, Colombia, Brasil, Peru, Spain, Croatia. This show was nominated for the awards TVyNovelas 2006 as "Best Lead Actress." Also involved in the film 7 mujeres, un homosexual y Carlos and Mujeres infieles 2.

Big

Big means large or of great size.

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Brother

A Brother is the male offspring of one's parent.

Overview

The term brother comes from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr, which becomes Latin frater, of the same meaning. Sibling warmth, or sibling affect between male siblings has been correlated to some more negative effects. In pairs of brothers higher sibling warmth is related to more risk taking behaviour although risk taking behaviour is not related to sibling warmth in any other type of sibling pair. The cause of this phenomenon in which sibling warmth is only correlated with risk taking behaviours in brother pairs still is unclear. This finding does, however, suggest that although sibling conflict is a risk factor for risk taking behaviour, sibling warmth does not serve as a protective factor. Some studies suggest that girls having an older brother delays the onset of menarche by roughly one year.

Brotherhood