Reception and Popularity
Big Brother was social phenomena when it began in 2000. At some point in the first series it hits 70% rating share. Despite massive popularity, ratings in third series started to decline. RTL II decided to put Big Brother off air for one year (2002).
The program returned in 2003 with completely modified format and lower expectations. Much higher ratings and sponsors interest resulted in following season. The fifth season reached up to high expectations of the producers. The high succes of the fifth series resulted in back-to-back season, which was supposed to run for at least few years. However ratings started to declain and the show was hiding in the shadow of its former glory. The producers decided to end series after its first year on air.
Year-and-half latter (in 2007) RTL II decided to return back old original format of the program, marking the seventh series as "Back To Basics". Despite the re-newed format was not a rating hit, but it reached up to preoducers low expectations.
The producers tried to re-new the format for eleventh series, because of tenth series low achievements (Finale of tenth series had 1.39 million viewers). Viewing figures however declain in eleventh series, but producers made an impression of success with duration and prize extentition. The ratings in eleventh seires rarely reach 10% share in eleventh series.
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