Big Brother Family

Big Brother Family, (initially referred to as Big Brother 5), was the first family edition of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria. It was also the first family season all over the world. The show launched on Nova Television on 22 March 2010 and continued for 3 months (12 weeks), ended on 10 June. This was the shortest regular Big Brother season in Bulgaria so far, lasted for 81 Days. Big Brother Family was produced by Niko Tuparev (Old School Productions). For the very first time the Housemates consisted of families - married couples or ones with a child. The winning family was Kouzmovi, who won 200,000 leva, an apartment and a car. Also, for the first time the Housemates had salary. This was the first regular season to be held in the spring, instead of a VIP-season.

A new season of Big Brother was confirmed by Niki Kanchev on the "Man of the year 2009" awards. The first promo for Big Brother Family was aired on Nova Television on 24 December 2009. It featured the actor Nikolay Urumov.

The show was aired on Nova Television. Live shows (nominations and evictions) aired on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Daily shows were aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 PM. Diema Family was broadcasting live every day at 9:30 AM.

From 16 January until 7 February auditions were held in the four biggest cities in Bulgaria - Bourgas, Plovdiv, Varna and Sofia. Bulgarian families who live abroad also auditioned after completing a survey on the official website of Big Brother Family. Ani Vladimirova is again the show's psychologist.

10 families entered the House on Day 1. Another 5 new families entered the show on Day 32, which made Big Brother Family the season with the most contestants so far in Bulgaria - 30.

Sashka is from Etropole and Pavlin is from Sofia. They entered the House and Day 1 and were supposed to help the two fake families with their secret task. They finished third in the finale on Day 81.

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