Big Brother Canada

Big Brother is a television reality game show based on the original Dutch TV series of the same name, created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show is titled Big Brother Canada to differentiate from the American version of the franchise, which airs in Canada during the summer. The series follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, living together in a custom-built home under constant surveillance, while completely isolated from the outside world. The contestants are competing for a $100,000 grand prize, with weekly competitions and evictions determining who will win the show. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). With a French version and the United States version having aired in the country, Canada officially received its own English version of the series in 2013. The show was met with commercial success, and has gone on to become a hit for its parent network.

Since its inception, the show has been hosted by Arisa Cox. It is produced by Endemol, and Insight Productions for all episodes, Shaw Media for 4 seasons prior to defunct, and Corus Entertainment for Season 5. The show airs at the beginning of Spring in Canada; it originally aired on Slice for its first two seasons, before moving to Global for its third season. Since its inception, there have been a total of 119 episodes aired, and 63 different HouseGuests have competed to win the series. Upon entering the house, the HouseGuests are not permitted to leave the house at any time. HouseGuests are free to leave the house, but doing so would signify them quitting the game, and they would not be allowed re-entry. Should a HouseGuest break the rules set in the house, they can be expelled from the house. The success of the series spawned the spin-off Big Brother Side Show series, which airs following the weekly live episode and is hosted by Cox, alongside former HouseGuests Peter Brown and Sarah Hanlon. On June 7, 2016 Global announced that Big Brother Canada had been renewed for a fifth season which premiered on March 15, 2017.

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