''HaAh HaGadol VIP'' (; lit. ''The Big Brother VIP'') started on March 1, 2009 and ended on March 31, 2009. The VIP season was the second season of the Israeli version of the ''Big Brother'' series and the first season of the VIP series. The show follows the main ''Big Brother'' rules, but with some changes. For example, in ''VIP Big Brother'' the show's duration is shorter – a month (31 Days – like in most of the countries it is aired in). Thirteen celebrity housemates spent a period of five weeks together in the Big Brother House. Housemates include singers, models, a fashion designer, a journalist and other well-known Israeli personalities. The housemates were not told who the other people who were entering the house would be, but were aware of the predictions that were made in the media, particularly that of Guy Pines which accurately predicted the majority of the housemates.

Details

Hosts:

Erez Tal Erez Moshe Tal (; born 27 July 1961) is an Israeli television host. Early life Born as Erez Moshe Ben-Tulila in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Jewish parents. His father, Aharon Ben-Tulila, immigrated from Algeria, whereas his mother Edna is Israeli-bor ...

and

Assi Azar Assi Azar (; born 10 June 1979) is an Israeli television host and screenwriter. He is the creator of the romantic comedy TV series '' Beauty and the Baker'' (2013 - 2021) and co-creator of the new TV series, '' Metukim'' (2024 - present). Biogr ...

Producer: Elad Kuperman
Channel: Channel 2
Company Of Broadcast in Channel 2: Keshet

Housemates

Adi

Adi Neumann is a 26-year-old female model.

Amir

Amir Fey Guttman is a 32-year-old gay singer.(d.2017)

Corinne

Corinne Allal Corinne Allal (; 15 March 1955 – 12 December 2024) was an Israeli rock musician and music producer. Allal was the 2022 recipient of the Landau Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Israeli music. Early ...

is a 53-year-old lesbian musician and singer.

Daniella

Daniella Pick Daniella Pick (born November 21, 1983) is an Israeli singer and model-actress. Background Pick was born in Ramat Ha-Sharon, Israel, the daughter of singer-songwriter and composer Svika Pick. Her parents divorced when she was a child. In addi ...

is a 25-year-old singer. She is the daughter of a well-known Israeli musician

Svika Pick Svika Pick (, born Henryk Pick, 3 October 1949 – 14 August 2022) was an Israeli pop singer, songwriter, composer, and television personality. Pick first gained traction on a national level after playing a lead part in an Israeli version of ...

Dudi

Dudi Melitz is a 27-year-old male model and restaurateur. He was previously engaged to

Maya Bouskilla Maya Bouskilla (or Buskila; ; born November 9, 1977) is an Israeli singer. Early life Buskila was born in Netanya, Israel, to a religious family of Moroccan-Jewish descent. She was discovered by a scout for Helicon Records, one of Israel's best ...

which also participated in the show. He entered to make Maya cause drama and tension. He was the last to enter the house.

Guy

Guy Lubelchik is a 19-year-old model and athlete.

Kochi

Kochi Mordechai is a 34-year-old lawyer. She was married to Israeli politician

Yitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai (; born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life ...

Maya

is a 31-year-old singer. Maya was previously engaged to Dudi Melitz, but canceled the wedding in February 2006. She was surprised to see him in the house.

Menahem

Menahem Ben Menahem Ben (; October 31, 1948 – March 13, 2020) was an Israelis, Israeli poet and journalist and an outspoken literary and culture critic. He was a frequent op-ed contributor and authored two weekly columns, on culture and literature, in th ...

is a 60-year-old literature critic for the Israeli newspaper

Maariv ''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'', or ''Arbit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night. It consists primarily of the evening '' Shema'' and ''Amidah''. The service will often begin with two ...

Pnina

Pnina Tornai Pnina Tornai (; born November 25, 1962) is an Israeli fashion and wedding dress designer, reality and daytime TV personality. Tornai and her wedding gowns have appeared on TLC's reality television show ''Say Yes to the Dress''. Tornai's dresses h ...

is a 46-year-old wedding fashion designer.

Sharona

Sharona Pick is a 28-year-old singer. She is the daughter of the well-known Israeli musician

Shimi

Shimi Tavori Shimshon "Shimi" Tavori (; born February 9, 1953) is an Israeli singer. He performs mostly in Hebrew but also in French. Biography Shimshon Tawili was born in Ness Ziona, Israel, to a Yemenite Jews, Yemenite-Jewish family. He was the youngest of ...

is a 55-year-old singer.

Yossi

Yossi Milstein (born Peter Karpatian) is a 31-year-old publicist. He was the former publicist of

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak (; ; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthropist, and President of the Congress of Jewish Religious Communities and Organizations of Russia (KEROOR). In the 1990 ...

Nominations table

Notes

* Throughout the first week Amir had to judge the housemates during the tasks and pick three housemates to be nominated for eviction. He had to choose the most antisocial (Yossi), the least talented (Dudi) and the most egotistical (Maya). The two most popular housemates nominated for eviction were Dudi and Menachem. * The Housemates were told that all 8 Housemates who stay in the house would be in the final, but they didn't know that 2 days before the final three of them would be evicted from the house and just 5 Housemates would participate in the final. The voting for the final started a week before the final. At the beginning of the last eviction show, the Housemates were told that 3 of them would be evicted at the end of the program and they were asked to pack their suitcases. After the last eviction, the voting didn't stop, just 3 lines were closed (for those who were evicted) and the voting for the other housemates continued. * There were no nominations in the final week and the public was voting for housemates to win, rather than be evicted. the housemate with the most SMS votes was the winner.

External links

Official VIP website
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