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Celebrity Big Brother Canada 2021

French version of the American format will launch in Québec on Noovo 10 Jan 2021

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Mouseboy33
Translated from https://www.bellmedia.ca/fr/salle-de-presse/presse/big-brother-celebrites-debarque-sur-noovo-cet-hiver/
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BIG BROTHER CELEBRITIES is coming to Noovo this winter!
- August 24, 2020

Montreal, Monday, August 24, 2020 - This winter on Noovo , local personalities will compete in the Quebec adaptation of BIG BROTHER CÉLÉBRITÉS. Their goal? Trying to create alliances and strategies that will lead them to the end of the game of the famous franchise which is hugely successful all over the world. Coming from all walks of the public sphere, participants will experience the adventure of a lifetime. One thing is for sure, expect the unexpected and never seen on TV in BIG BROTHER's house! Living under the same roof, the players, in addition to being fine strategists, will all have to win various events in order to reach the end of the adventure. Their psychological, physical and social skills will be tested to obtain and accumulate privileges and not be forced out of the house. At the end,a handful of competitors will be named finalists and only one will win the coveted title of winner of BIG BROTHER CELEBRITIES following a vote of excluded participants. Who knew best how to play their cards? Distributed by Endemol Shine North America, the BIG BROTHER format has been adapted in 60 markets, broadcast in 80 countries, with more than 470 seasons and almost 30,000 episodes. BIG BROTHER continues to reinvent itself with eight return deals over the past 12 months, made in major markets such as the Netherlands and Australia, after several years of absence. In Quebec, Entourage Television will produce BIG BROTHER CÉLÉBRITÉS. Stay tuned to discover the participants made up of artists, athletes, influencers or other famous personalities who will take part in BIG BROTHER CÉLÉBRITÉS,as well as the person who will animate it!
Last edited by Mouseboy33 on 8 January 2021 7:20pm - 3 times in total
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Brekkie
I'm probably the only person here interested in this news but an interesting development considering Big Brother hasn't aired in Quebec since the English Canadian version launched.
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Mouseboy33
Well they did a couple of Quebecois versions...but not celebrity versions, i dont think. I know they did Loft Story/Secret Story (used in France) and I think they did 1 series of Big Brother Quebec and then it fizzled out. So Im surprised they are going to relaunch in the province with a celebrity version. And I believe this will be the first time they will have the US/CBS version rather than the Intl/Original version.
Last edited by Mouseboy33 on 24 August 2020 8:00pm
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Brekkie
Yes, the one series of Bog Brother they did after 5-6 years of Loft Story was a horrible mish mash of the international and US format which kind of fell apart as they didn't seem to have faith in their initial format.
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ethanh05
Yes, the one series of Bog Brother they did after 5-6 years of Loft Story was a horrible mish mash of the international and US format which kind of fell apart as they didn't seem to have faith in their initial format.

Bog Brother did muddy the waters somewhat...
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Brekkie
LOL. Now surely over the last 20 years someone has done that spoof.

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Mouseboy33
Well Big Big Brother Célébrités (Quebec) launches on NOOVO on Sunday 10 January. We haven't heard much about the pre-production and we havent seen much about the house. But it seems like an existing structure has been repurposed for the show. The floors make it look like a bank or a old office building or something. There is a rumour that a large house in an exclusive Montreal suburb has been converted for shooting the show. And this seems more likely to me. Hard to say.

Here are some just released pictures of the house. They dont seem to have the the network of camera runs like the BBCAN/BBUSA/BBAU or the old BBUK houses do/did. There seem to be a few in strategic places. They are using the new Edemol/Banijay style of blanketing the house in PTZ cameras. THis version will follow the North American version rather than the old original version.

Living room/HOH
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HOH (Patrol de la Maison)
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Logo - closely resembles the English Canadian and American version and does not use the international eye logo
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what
So let me get this straight? There’s a French language version of Big Brother as well as the English language BB Canada on Global?
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Mouseboy33
what posted:
So let me get this straight? There’s a French language version of Big Brother as well as the English language BB Canada on Global?

Yes the English version airs on Global and will return with BBCAN 9 late winter and early spring. This will air on NOOVO across Quebec and French Canada.
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https://noovo.ca/emissions/big-brother-celebrites

The last English production was shut down in March on Global right in the middle of the pandemic. Quebec has had a French versions before. They did Loft Story for a number of years (based on the version from France) and it was cancelled and then I know they did 1 series of Big Brother (based on the American version I think , I might be wrong) a few years ago. But this is first Celeb version of any language in Canada.
Last edited by Mouseboy33 on 8 January 2021 7:18pm
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Mouseboy33
Here a brief video tour advert. Looks decent. Better than those horrible stills images. Looking at this video this defintely looks like a private house was converted into the Big Brother house. Overall. Not bad looking.


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