Big Brother Tabloid Wiki

Origin
Big Brother is the UK version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The show first broadcasted in June of 1999 with host Tamara Witmayer. In 2005, Witmayer's contract was not renewed and a special edition of Big Brother aired in the summer of 2005. The winner, Caroline Huber, replaced Witmayer as host from then on.

Since its original airing, Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother has influenced three spin-off shows: Teen Big Brother, Big Brother Host and Ultimate Big Brother.

Big Brother
The original series of Big Brother began on 2 June 1999, with the first Celebrity series airing in late August. Typically, Big brother airs once every summer. Big Brother 4 and 7 aired in January due to conflicts with the producers. Big Brother 8 and 9 aired in October due to a nasty dispute with the executive producer of Big Brother, Monica Telex. From Big Brother 10 onwards, the series aired in the usual summer season. In 2012, Channel Nine issued for a second season of Big brother to begin shorty after Big Brother 14 due to the short timespan of it. Because of this, Big Brother 15 premeired on September 10th.

Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother first aired on 24 August 1999 with eight celebrities entering the Big Brother house. Following the high success with the first series, Channel 9 issued a contract to have a Celebrity series air once per year after the main series. The contract took effect immediately until in 2003, when the contract became nullified for unknown reasons. Since then, no Celebrity series have aired, but rumors speculate that the producers of Channel 9 may perhaps be issuing another contract. In 2012, after a nine year haitus, the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother premiered on August 20. It is currrently unknown whether or not Celebrity Big Brother will continue in 2013.

Spin-off series
So far, three Big Brother spin-offs have aired, both taking the place of 'Celebrity Big Brother' from 2004 onward. Teen Big Brother aired in Fall 2004, whilst Ultimate Big Brother aired immediately after the original 2009 series of Big Brother aired, commemorating ten years of Big Brother. Three back-to-back editions of Teen Big Brother aired in 2013 due to the overwhelming number of audition tapes.