Veliki Brat 2009 is the third season of the hit television reality show Veliki brat, the Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and Macedonian version of Big Brother. Macedonia joined the Veliki brat for the first time, setting the record number of participating countries in Veliki brat to 4. The series started on September 21, 2009 and ended on December 30, 2009.
During the live launch, presenters said on more than one occasion that Big Brother will be two-faced. As a result of this Big Brother gave housemates many secret tascs, which sometimes meant stealing other housemates' items. During the diary-room interviews, Big Brother also pushed some of the housemates to their tipping points, and didn't help them sort out their problems with other housemates, or other sorts of issues they had.
One more example of Big Brother being two-faced is when the housemates had a chance to name two of the evicted housemates who'd they like to see back in the house, Big Brother moved one with the most votes (Danica), and one with the least (Tatjana). On one occasion there was even a fake eviction; public voted who they want to fake evict, have interviewed and then move them back in the house. This housemate was Dragica. When she was interviewed she said nothing but the worst about the others in house, what she didn't know was that the housemates hear and see all of this on the TV in the house.
In the lights of the credit crunch and the financial crisis, the house was purposely designed to look cheap. Most of the walls were covered in pipes, metal and plywood. There were also some misplaced bathtubs in the living room and the bedroom (some of the housemates used these as beds, since the house had more housemates than sleeping places).
The bathroom was locked during the first week, so the housemates had to use one that was set outdoor, in the garden. There was also an outdoor shower, but with no hot water. The furniture was unavailable as well during the first week. Housemate sat on crates during this period. The first week task prize was, beside the budget, winning the access to the bathroom, a crowbar and some house tools to open up the crates, and assemble the furniture which was in them.