Big Brother (TV series)

There are also some local formats that in one or other way are pretty similar with Endemol's Big Brother:. Nevertheless, today a rock which deviates from a straight line is said to curl. It also had its own version in USA for the latin market airing in Telemundo. One possible derivation is that it came from the old verb "curr" which describes a low rumble, a sound that is strongly associated with the game (curling is often called the roaring game). It's a mixture among Big Brother and Star Academy and has had a huge success in different latin countries, as Chile, Spain, Brazil (formerly known as Casa dos Artistas), Venezuela, Colombia or Mexico. It was first used in print in 1630 in Perth, Scotland. Protagonistas..., a format from the Spanish producer house GloboMedia, developed by its subsidiary in America, Promofilm. The origins of the word "curling" are not known.

The Bar, another format from Strix. In the early history of curling, the rocks were simply flat-bottomed river stones which were sometimes notched or shaped; the thrower had little control over the rock, and relied more on luck than skill to win. It's the third biggest 'people-living-together' reality show on Earth, only defeated by Star Academy/Operación Triunfo (France/Spain, 2001, Endemol) broadcasted in 50 countries and Big Brother (Holland, 1999, Endemol) emitted or planned to be emitted in 68. Curling probably does not take its name from the motion of the stones. The Farm, created by the Swedish producer house Strix, creators of Survivor. Curling is the provincial sport of Saskatchewan, home of one of the most famous curlers, the late Sandra Schmirler, who led her team to what was believed, until 2006, to be the first ever gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. There are three specially important formats around the globe that attach to rules kind of similar with Big Brother:. However there are many young teams who turn heads, and junior curling is quite popular, with national finals being televised nationwide in Canada.

Indeed, in the second Polish edition, one of the housemates was taken to a psychiatric hospital, and the winner of the first season in Portugal tried to kill himself several times. Because accuracy, strategy, skill, and experience are more valuable in curling than traditional sports virtues of speed, stamina, and strength, most competitive curlers are older than their counterparts in other sports. One interesting development is that German scientists have discovered that former Big Brother contestants may be at risk from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition sometimes suffered by those who leave the armed forces. Curling survives as a people's sport, making its Winter Olympic Games debut in 1998 with men's and women's tournaments (some sources also include the competition held in 1924 as an official Olympic tournament). The amount of sex shown on the televised versions varies from country to country depending on censorship rules, with some countries editing out all sex and nudity, and others allowing the show to border on the pornographic. While Canadian bonspiels (tournaments) offer cash prizes, there are no full-time professional curlers. With the passing of time, it has been demonstrated that the most successful versions were the ones that emulated a soap opera, whereas the versions where the principal attraction was sex have been eliminated, as in Hungary or Poland. The first ever world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan skipped by Ernie Richardson.

Some versions have been filled with sex-crazed housemates, whereas others decided to base the conflict within their programs around difficult or romantic personalities, as in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines or Spain. The first world curling championship in the sport was limited to men and was known as the "Scotch Cup" held in Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland, 1959. On the other hand, other versions have involved plotting in the vein of the most cruel soap opera. The Tournament of Hearts and the Brier are contested by provincial and territorial champions, and the world championships by national champions. This only happened once, as afterwards, Big Brother modified its rules to prohibit this type of agreement. Despite its small population, the Brier has been won by the province of Manitoba more times than any other province. While any pretences to be a cultural experiment are dubious, reports of the different results of the show around the world have been mildly interesting from a pop-anthropology standpoint; i.e., in Spain, the competitors designed an agreement to achieve they all were nominated automatically and annul then their power of decision inside the process of elimination in the contest. Improvements in ice making and changes in the rules to increase scoring and promote complex strategy have increased the already high popularity of the sport in Canada, and large television audiences watch frequent curling telecasts, especially the Tournament of Hearts (the national championship for women), the Brier (the national championship for men), and the women's and men's world championships.

More generally, the voyeuristic nature of the show, where contestants volunteer to surrender their privacy in return for minor celebrity status and a comparatively small cash prize, has attracted much scorn. Curling is most popular in Canada, but is played in other countries including the United States, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and even Japan, all of which, with other countries, compete in the world championships. Criticisms typically are based on the ironic aspects of George Orwell's dystopic vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four being consciously aped by producers for public entertainment. If no independent officials are available, the thirds measure the distances. Despite derision from many intellectuals and other critics, the show has been a commercial success around the world. An independent official then measures the distances using a specially designed device that pivots at the center of the button. The house is even shown live on satellite television (with a 10-15 minute delay to permit muting of unacceptable content in the UK). In tournament play the most frequent circumstance in which a decision has to be made by someone other than the third is the failure of the thirds to agree on which rock is closest to the button.

In some countries, the Internet broadcasting was supplemented by updates via email, WAP and SMS. No players other than the third from each team should be in the house while score is being debated. These websites were highly successful, even after some national series started charging for access to the video stream. However, all scoring disputes are handled by the third, or vice-skip. Although the main show, typically broadcast daily with a weekly roundup, is by necessity heavily edited, viewers can also watch a continuous, 24-hour feed from multiple cameras on the web. Most decisions about rules are left to the skips. The series is notable for involving the Internet. Scoring without the hammer is commonly referred to as stealing, or a steal, and is much more difficult.

The last remaining housemate is declared the winner and receives a substantial sum in prize money, the amount of which has varied widely around the world. This is called a blank end. After the votes are tallied, the "evictee" leaves the house and is interviewed on-camera by the host of the show, usually in front of a live studio audience. If only one point is possible, the skip will often try to avoid scoring at all in order to retain the hammer until the next end, when two or more points may be possible. The ones with the most nominations are then named on the television show, and viewers can vote for whom they want to be evicted. Naturally, it is easier to score points with the hammer than without; in tournament play, the team with the hammer generally tries to score two or more points. Each week, the housemates each privately nominate a number of people who they wish to see removed from the house more than the other residents. In the event that neither team scores, the hammer remains with the same team.

Of course, their allowance is lessened if they fail to complete the weekly task. (In tournaments, this is typically assigned, giving every team the hammer first in half of their games.) In all subsequent ends, the hammer belongs to the team that did not score in the preceding end. To obtain a greater allowance, they may gamble some of their initial amount on the success of the completion of tasks. Before the game, teams typically decide who gets the hammer in the first end by coin toss or similar method. The housemates have a weekly allowance with which they can buy food and other essentials. The last rock in an end is called the hammer. The tasks are designed to test their team-working abilities and community spirit. This is often accompanied with saying "Good game!" Hands are also shaken before the game and is accompanied by saying "Good curling!" to the opposing team.

To fill in time, the residents have various chores to maintain the house, and are set apparently random tasks by the producers of the show, who communicate with the housemates through one (unseen) individual issuing commands, termed "Big Brother". When a game is ended by normal means, both teams will shake hands as well. in contraposition to other zones, or characteristics, of the house, more common, even precarious. This may occur at any point during the game, but usually happens near the end. Now almost every country has a modern house for the contest, with jacuzzi, sauna, VIP suite, etc. When a team feels it is impossible or near impossible to win a game, they will shake hands with the opposing team to indicate surrender. This added an element of survival into the show, thus increasing the potential for tensions within the house. This is called a blank end and the end number usually goes in the furthest column on the right in the row of the team who has the hammer (last rock advantage).

Although essential amenities such as running water, furniture and a limited ration of food were provided, luxury items were forbidden. However, some confusion can exist if no team gets points in an end. Initially, the hostel in which they had to reside for the duration of the competition was very basic. This scoreboard works because only one team can get points in an end. Besides the same living together, which is the principal axis and major attraction of the contest, this one turns concerning 4 basic props: the stripped-bare back to basics environment in which they live, the evictions system, the weekly tasks set by Big Brother, and the "diary room", in which the housemates individually convey their thoughts, feelings, frustrations and their eviction nominees. If they score two more in the second end, then a two will be placed beside the five in the red row indicating that the red team has five points in total (3+2). The last remaining is the winner. If the red team scores 3 points in the first end (called a three-ender), then a one (indicating the first end) is placed beside the number three in the red row.

At weekly intervals, the public is invited to vote to evict one of the contestants. The numbers placed are indicative of the end. Private chats with a psychologist are a special exception. It is set up in the same way, except the numbered row indicated points not ends, and it can be found between the rows for the team. Originally shown in the Netherlands in September 1999, and subsequently cloned across the world, the "housemates" are confined inside a specially designed house where every single point in the house is within view of a video camera, and not permitted any contact with the outside world (although some versions, like the ones from Philippines, Mexico, Germany or Spain have introduced in some seasons precise changes, allowing the contact with the outside in certain situations): no TV, radio, telephone, Internet or other media are available to the housemates, not even writing materials. The other form of scoreboard is the one used in most curling clubs (see photo). . The number of points each team gets in an end is marked this way.

The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader. Below this are two rows — one for each team. It has been a prime-time hit in almost 70 different countries, earning Endemol large sums. On this scoreboard the ends are marked by columns 1 through 10 (or 11 for the possibility of an extra end to break ties) plus an additional column for the total. The show, a kind of 'real life soap', was invented by John de Mol of the Netherlands and developed by his production company, Endemol. One is the baseball type scoreboard, which is usually used for televised games. Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize. There are two different types of scoreboards used for curling.

Ukraine, Dom. The score is usually marked on a scoreboard of some sort. UK, Back To Reality. Since the bottom of the rock is rounded, a rock just barely in the house will not have any actual contact with the ring, which will pass under the rounded edge of the stone, but it still counts.) The winner is the team with the highest score after an even number of ends — usually in high-level curling this is ten; however, at club play it is usually eight, or less. Turkey, Biri Bizi Gözetliyor. (A rock is considered in the house if any portion of its edge is over any portion of the 12-foot ring. Spain, La Casa De Tu Vida. Rocks that are not in the house (further from the center than the outer edge of the 12-foot ring) do not score even if no opponent's rock is closer.

Spain, El Bus. After both teams have delivered eight rocks each, the team with the rock closest to the button is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent's closest rock. Slovenia, To Sam Ja. While a sound strategy, this made for an unexciting game. Slovakia VyVolení. The team with the hammer could peel rock after rock, which would blank the end, keeping the last rock advantage for another end. Serbia, To Sam Ja. This rule, a relatively recent addition to curling, was added in response to a strategy of "peeling" opponents' guard stones (knocking them out of play at an angle that caused the shooter's stone to also roll out of play, leaving no stones on the ice) that skilled teams leading a game would employ to prevent their opponents from "stealing" an end (scoring without having the last rock, or hammer) by placing guard stones and later trying to draw around them and using them for protection.

Russia, Za Steklom. This rule is known as the four-rock rule or the free-zone rule; some people and leagues play with a three-guard rule, where the rule is in place until three rocks are played. Russia, Golod. If they are removed, they are replaced and the opponent's rock is removed from play. Russia, Dom. Until four rocks have been played, guard rocks left in the area between the hog and tee lines, excluding the house — known as the free guard zone — may not be removed by an opponent's stone. Russia, 12 Negrityat. A player in the house, either the skip (captain) or vice-skip (also known as the third), will often coach the sweepers as to when they should sweep.

FYR Macedonia, Tom Sam Ja. On each shot, two players are equipped with brushes or brooms with which they can vigorously sweep the ice in front of the rock so as to alter its trajectory or increase the distance of travel. Puerto Rico, 360 Estudio. When throwing the rock, it must be released before the near hogline is reached (players usually slide while releasing their shots) and must cross the far hogline; otherwise it is removed from play. Peru, La Casa De Gisela. In each end each player on each team throws two rocks in turn, the players on each side alternating shots. Norway, Singel 24-7. A competitive game usually consists of ten ends, while recreational games are more commonly only eight or even six ends.

Netherlands, De Bus. Curling is played between two teams of four curlers. Latvia, Barbarossa. Brooms are also used by some curlers as a balancing aide during delivery of the stone. Latvia, Fabrika. Today, brushes have replaced traditional corn brooms at every level of curling, but are universally referred to as brooms. Israel, The Yacht. Brushes were used primarily by elderly curlers as a substitute for corn brooms.

Israel, Project Y. In earlier days, brooms were made of corn strands and were similar to household brooms. Ireland, Cabin Fever. The skip will also hold the broom at the opposite end of the rink from the delivering player to show the deliverer where to aim the rock. Indonesia, Penghuni Terakhir. The broom can also be used to clean debris off the ice, and is also used by the skip to show where she or he wants the rock to go. Hungary, Való Világ. Agressive sweeping in front of the rock momentarily melts the pebble, which lessens the deceleration of the rock, and also straightens the trajectory of the rock.

France, Nice People. The curling broom is used by the sweepers to sweep the ice surface in front of the rock. France, Les Colocataires. Another piece of equipment is the curling broom. Czech Republic VyVolení. This piece of equipment is needed when a player is sweeping, and needs traction with both feet. Croatia, To Sam Ja. This is also usually made of rubber.

Bosnia, To Sam Ja. An additional piece of footwear is the gripper, which can slide on and off the shoe with the slippery surface. Bosnia, 60 Sati. The other foot has a thin layer of rubber, to maximize traction on the ice. Bolivia, Uno Busca. Left-handed curlers have this special shoe on their right foot, while right-handed curlers have it on their left foot. Austria, Taxi Orange. This enables curlers to slide out of the hack when delivering a rock.

Albania, To Sam Ja. Inexpensive sliders can be purchased that can be attached to any shoes by means of an elastic band. Albania, Syri Magjik. The sole of one shoe has a thin strip of Teflon or another type of smooth surface, called a slider. Albania, Kafazi i Arte. When curling, players need to wear special shoes. Countries: Argentina, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland. The two remaining players follow the rock and assist in guiding its trajectory by sweeping the ice before the rock, usually under direction from the skip and their own instincts for the weight of the rock, as well as stopwatch split timing.

Countries: Algeria, Bahrein, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Comoros Islands, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, Yemen.. Thus, each time a rock is thrown, there is one player throwing the rock, and another player at the far end. First series without furnitures on the first day: Celebrity BB Philippines. While the first three players throw their rocks, the skip remains at the far end of the ice to guide the players; while the skip is throwing, the vice takes this role. First celebrity housemate with disability: Rudy Fernandez Celebrity BB Philippines. The lead for each team throws first, followed by the second, third (vice skip or vice or mate), and the skip who is the team captain; this order is not mandatory, and some prominent teams (for example, Randy Ferbey's) reverse the order in which the skip and third throw. Most housemates left on the final night: 6, Celebrity BB4 UK. The team members are named according to the order in which they throw in each end.

First non-celebrity winning Big Brother VIP/Celebrity: Chantelle Houghton, Celebrity BB4 UK. Curling is a team game, played between two teams of four curlers each. First non-celebrity on Big Brother VIP/Celebrity: Chantelle Houghton, Celebrity BB4 UK. Because of the particular rarity of Ailsite, costs for curling stones can reach as much as $500 (CAD). 2006