Big Brother (German TV series) season 2

Season two of Big Brother Germany ran from 16 September 2000 to 31 December 2000 and was shown on RTL Zwei.

Big Brother
Season 2
Presented byOliver Geissen
No. of days106
No. of housemates17
WinnerAlida Kurras
Runner-upHarry Schmidt
No. of episodes112
Release
Original networkRTL Zwei
Original release16 September (2000-09-16) –
30 December 2000 (2000-12-30)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 1
Next →
Season 3

Season summary

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After the runaway success of the first season, expectations were very high for the sophomore season. Significant changes were that the producers dared to air the nominations and eviction shows on RTL and gave it the prime slot at 8.15 pm Saturday evening. Oliver Geissen and Aleks Bechtel replaced the less known Percy Hoven and Sophie Rosentreter as hosts of the show and an additional format called Family and Friends was introduced being aired one day after the last nomination–eviction on Sunday afternoon. Daily recaps remained to be aired on RTL 2 but due to the heavy number of voluntary exits and replace entries several live specials were aired during the week, often only announced to be aired on the very same day.

Another novelty was that the viewers got the chance to watch the housemates 24/7 a week on pay-TV station Single TV.

The number of original housemates was put up from 10 to 12 and the show was extended to 106 days. Also, the audience got the chance to vote for their least favorite housemate during the week of nominations, giving the person with the most votes one nomination point. Thanks to the number of applicants from season one increasing almost ten times, the cast was much more diverse than in season one which resulted in several arguments and misunderstandings between the housemates.

The most controversial character of the season was undoubtedly Christian Möllmann, who went on to become the most hated housemate after the launch show thanks to his chauvinist behaviour on his entry and in his audition tape. No wonder he was nominated by all his fellow housemates and the viewers on the first nomination; however as a reversal of fortunes he was able to turn things to this favor with accusing fellow housemate Stefanie Juhrke, a doctor, to be a bully and talking down to people. He survived his first nomination and won the second vote against Juhrke by a landside (Juhrke received 91.2% of the votes to evict). However, he eventually left the house just three days after Juhrke's departure and proved that he was not as tough as he pretended to be. Just like several contestants of season one, Möllmann recorded a single called "Es ist geil ein Arschloch zu sein" (English: It's Cool to Be an Asshole") which went straight to number one on German single charts. He became a co-host of Big Brother Germany's season 5 and 6 and was the main host of an Endemol-franchised BB clone named Der Container Exklusive which was aired on pay TV only.

The relationship of Daniela and Karim caused controversy not only because both have been in a relationship with other partners outside, but also Karim's family being strict Muslims and he was even forbidden to show up naked on screen. Against all odds, Daniela and Karim remained a couple and married months after their voluntary exit which was featured on the show as well and are still together as of now.[when?]

After several unplanned exits and additional entries (first evictee Marion was voted back into the house only to walk three weeks later again), Alida Kurras was crowned the winner of the season showing similar behaviour to first season's winner John Milz; not only were both born and raised in the former GDR but also kept quiet and very friendly towards everyone in the house. Kurras recorded a single which did not result in any success and hosted several low-profile shows on German call-in station 9Live. She went on to marry the channel's director and is still daily onscreen. She became co-host of Big Brother Germany's season 9. Next to Kurras and Möllman, runner-up Harry Schmidt and Walter Unterweger recorded singles and played roles on German TV series.

As of now, [when?] Season 2 had the best average share with German ratings and is known for its several arguments and hot-temperatures contestants.

Housemates

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Name Age on entry Hometown Day entered Day exited Result
Alida Kurras 23 Eichwalde 1 106 Winner
Harry Schmidt 40 Flensburg 1 106 Runner-up
Frank Röthen 28 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 1 106 3rd Place
Alex Melchior 26 Gerlingen 63 104 Evicted
Ebru Kayman 23 Mülheim 1 102 Evicted
Linda Traber 29 Dorsten 63 98 Evicted
Lillian Khadrawi 23 Ottweiler 63 84 Evicted
Walter Unterweger 23 Klagenfurt, Austria 1 70 Evicted
Daniela Benguerich 31 Nuremberg 1 63 Walked
Karim Benguerich 28 Frankfurt am Main 1 63 Walked
Marion Unseld 28 Stuttgart 1 14 Evicted
38 59 Walked
Hanka Rackwitz 31 Dresden 1 56 Evicted
Christian "Biwi" Mittermeier 37 Landshut 31 42 Evicted
Jörg Thomas Schulz 31 Dresden 1 38 Walked
Céline Jentzsch 31 Cologne 31 35 Evicted
Christian Möllmann 28 Herne 1 31 Walked
Stefanie Jurke 33 Cologne 1 28 Evicted

Nominations table

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Week 2 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 8 Week 10 Week 12 Week 14 Week 15
Final
Nominations received
Alida Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Stefanie
Biwi Biwi,
Walter
Daniela,
Marion
Harry,
Walter
Alex,
Lilian
Alex,
Linda
No
nominations
Winner
(Day 106)
0
Harry Christian,
Marion
Stefanie,
Walter
Biwi Jörg,
Walter
Hanka,
Walter
Frank,
Walter
Lillian,
Ebru
Alex,
Linda
No
nominations
Runner-up
(Day 106)
6
Frank Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Stefanie
Biwi Biwi,
Hanka
Ebru,
Marion
Harry,
Walter
Lillian,
Linda
Alex,
Linda
No
nominations
Third place
(Day 106)
10
Alex Not in
House
Harry,
Linda
Frank,
Linda
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 104)
8
Ebru Christian,
Marion
Frank,
Stefanie
Biwi Biwi,
Jörg
Daniela,
Hanka
Frank,
Harry
Alex,
Linda
Alex,
Linda
No
nominations
Evicted
(Day 102)
5
Linda Not in
House
Alex,
Lillian
Alex,
Frank
Evicted
(Day 98)
8
Lillian Not in
House
Frank,
Harry
Evicted
(Day 84)
3
Walter Christian,
Daniela
Christian,
Karim
Biwi Biwi,
Daniela
Daniela,
Hanka
Frank,
Harry
Evicted
(Day 70)
15
Daniela Frank,
Walter
Stefanie,
Walter
Biwi Biwi,
Jörg
Marion,
Walter
Walked
(Day 63)
6
Karim Christian,
Marion
Stefanie,
Walter
Biwi Hanka,
Walter
Hanka,
Walter
Walked
(Day 63)
6
Marion Christian,
Frank
Evicted
(Day 14)
Frank,
Karim
Walked
(Day 59)
13
Hanka Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Karim
Biwi Biwi,
Walter
Marion,
Walter
Evicted
(Day 56)
9
Biwi Not in
House
Nominated Daniela,
Jörg
Evicted
(Day 42)
7
Jörg Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Karim
Celine Biwi,
Karim
Walked
(Day 38)
4
Celine Not in
House
Nominated Evicted
(Day 35)
N/A
Christian Hanka,
Stefanie
Hanka,
Stefanie
Walked
(Day 31)
17
Stefanie Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Karim
Evicted
(Day 28)
9
Public
nominations
Christian
64%
Stefanie
76%
none Hanka
60.79%
Hanka
39.02%
Ebru
59.33%
Ebru
77.49%
Ebru
49.01%
none
Nominated Christian,
Marion
Christian,
Stefanie
Biwi,
Celine
Biwi,
Jörg,
Walter
Hanka,
Marion,
Walter
Frank,
Harry,
Walter
Alex,
Lillian,
Linda
Alex,
Linda
Alex,
Alida,
Ebru,
Frank,
Harry
Alida,
Frank,
Harry
Walked none Christian,
Jörg
none Marion,
Karim,
Daniela
none
Evicted Marion
55.07%
to evict
Stefanie
90.87%
to evict
Celine
1 of 9 votes
to save
Biwi
67.03%
to evict
Hanka
44%
to evict
Walter
57%
to evict
Lillian
41.3%
to evict
Linda
63%
to evict
Ebru
63%
(out of 5)
to evict
Frank
7.02%
(out of 3)
Harry
26.87%
(out of 2)
Alex
57%
(out of 4)
to evict
Alida
73.13%
to win

See also

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