Big Brother VIPs (Belgian TV series) season 1

Big Brother VIPs 1 was the first celebrity spin-off season of the Belgian version of Big Brother aired in the Flemish Region of Belgium on VTM.

The season was recorded from 20 March 2001 and finished on 30 March 2001 with a total duration of 11 days. The season was prerecorded. The broadcast of the show started on 4 April 2001 and finished on 4 June 2001.

One of the most memorable moments of the show was the fight between Jean-Pierre Van Rossem and Betty Owczarek on Day 1, which even aired on the VTM news.

The winner was Sam Gooris. He didn't receive a money prize but a statue of a golden keyhole.

Since the show was prerecorded and the developments in the house had to be kept secret until the show aired. First evicted housemate Jean-Pierre Van Rossem appeared immediately after his eviction in written media and television programs, talking about the show. Therefore, he broke the contract to be silent, he wasn't paid by the broadcaster. It was decided to air the show faster than its anticipated, although producers stated the decision had nothing to do with Van Rossem's behavior.

This season received high ratings and appeared on the list of best-watched shows of 2001 with having more than one million viewers.

Format
The VIPs season followed the same concept as the regular season. Differences were that there were no weekly tasks but daily tasks, no public votes for evictions, instead, the celebrity housemates were directly evicted by their housemates when having the most nominations and no live show. In comparison with the regular season, the VIPs season was completely prerecorded. The camera's in the shower and toilet were also switched off.

Since all the celebrity housemates got paid for every day in the house, the winner didn't receive a money prize, but a statue.

Nominations table
A series of competitions were held to determine the winner.


 * Day 10 (Final; Part 1): The hot tub had to be emptied with boots. The water had to be transported to boxes. Every candidate has his own box. The slowest candidate would be the fourth runner-up. This was Leo.
 * Day 10 (Final: Part 2): Every candidate had to keep its own candle as long burning as possible. It was allowed to try to blow out the candle of the others. Brigitta lost and was the third runner-up.
 * Day 10 (Final: Part 3): A tower of full glasses with champagne is built at the table. The two finalists have to take their turn glass and drink it. The one that makes the tower fall over is the second runner up. This was Harry, which makes Sam the winner.