Big Brother (Swedish TV series) season 8

Big Brother Sverige 2020 is the eighth season of the Swedish Big Brother and the eleventh season of Big Brother overall to air in Sweden.

Big Brother celebrated its 20th anniversary and the show returned to Sweden after a five-year break. On 24 September 2019, TV4 announced that they will revive the show in early 2020. This season officially started on 10 February 2020 on TV4. Malin Stenbäck and Adrian Boberg co-hosted the show, Moa Wallin and Helle Schunnesson were the sidekicks of the live show. This season was planned to run for 100 days. The winner received 1,000,000 kr.

The weekly live shows were broadcast on Mondays on Sjuan, and daily shows were broadcast from Tuesdays to Sundays, also on Sjuan and TV4 Play. There were live streams with multiple camera angles on C More.

Adrian Boberg and Helle Schunnesson both quit hosting the live show after learning of housemate Sami Jakobsson's background with right-wing extremism and his having tattoos with Nazi symbols before.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, no more housemates were allowed to enter the house later in the show.

Format change
The main format for this season has a big change with the cancellation of nomination. Instead, by setting a series of competitions each week and the losers will be nominated for eviction. After analyzing all the years of the reality show, it has been found that the format has led to people being broken down and that many of the participants mentally felt bad. TV4 decided to redo the show's original format.

TV4 writes in the press release that "Mental illness has been promoted by a game engine that focuses on hunting and conflict, rather than the social and psychological experiment that is the show's original idea."

The former premise has been to make it popular in the house to avoid getting the most number of nomination votes by the other participants. The participants have not been allowed to talk about their decisions in previous seasons, which TV4 believes has led to the fact that you can not trust anyone and that the participants have never been able to sort out any conflicts.

The press release states: "Not being able to talk about nominations means that you as a nominee live with the knowledge that the majority of participants may not like you or see you as a threat. If you are lucky and the viewers leave you there, you still need to be left with the feeling of insecurity and the feeling that may not be liked or be a big threat. It leads to confusion."

The show has removed the segment of nomination and the housemates will have the opportunity to talk to each other about their choices. But the production has also divided the season into the Qualifying Game and the Final Game.

In the Qualifying Game, both housemates and viewers have the opportunity to save one or more people in the house. Participants will also need to motivate their choices about why they want a person to stay or leave the house. Viewers also have the power to go against the participants and save the person.

When the Final Game starts, there will be no new housemates to enter the house. The competition momentum will remain during the final game, but the show will be more focused on nominations.

House
The house is built in Telestaden in Farsta, Stockholm. It's a colorful and luxurious house with more than fifty cameras and ninety microphones and it features a 400 m2 living area, a 75  m2 pool room, a spa with a whirlpool and a luxury bathroom, two bedrooms for at least 12 people. Housemates will have access to a fully equipped kitchen and gym.

Game history & nominations table
Since there won't be nominations for the Qualifying Game Phase, a series of competitions would be held for each week. The losers would be in danger of possible eviction. For the Final Game Phase, the show switched back to the original format with housemates nominate each other. Housemates will compete in teams or individually for different benefits.