Big Brother (German TV series) season 11

Big Brother 2011, also known as Big Brother: The Secret is the eleventh season of German reality series Big Brother. The season began on 2 May 2011 and was planned to end on 9 August 2011, lasting 100 days. However, the network announced that the season would be extended by 5 weeks. As a result, it lasted 135 days and ended on 12 September 2011. This season also use some of the game mechanics from the Secret Story franchise.

The launch show was hosted by Sonja Zietlow while the rest of the season was hosted by Aleksandra Bechtel, the presenter from seasons 2 to 4 and 10. Rayo di Sole was crowned the winner of the season and won €125,000.

Format
Big Brother has chosen 30 hopefuls to move into the house. 14 housemates were chosen by Big Brother and the final housemate was picked by a public vote. Each housemate had a secret which one has to keep in the house, otherwise the housemate will automatically face eviction and the housemate who guessed it correctly will receive immunity from evictions and final ticket, but an incorrect guess will also result in facing eviction.

However, the housemate will only have the ticket as long as no other secret is disclosed. The ticket will be going over until a certain point in the series where the owner will have the ticket for good and be a finalist.

Furthermore, housemates will nominate every two weeks with the housemates with the most votes face eviction. They will participate in weekly tasks and matches for treats or to avoid punishments.