Grande Fratello season 10

Grande Fratello 10 was the tenth season of the Italian version of the reality show franchise Big Brother. The show premiered on 26 October 2009 and concluded on 8 March 2010. Alessia Marcuzzi returned as the main host of the show. The winner of the season, Mauro Marin, received a €250,000 grand prize.

Housemates

 * On Day 1 (October 26, 2009) 16 housemates entered the Grande Fratello house; that same night potential housemates Luca Magnani and Alessia Giovagnoli lost the chance to enter the house by losing a public vote and the housemates vote, respectively.
 * On Day 8 (November 2, 2009), Gabriele, Mauro, and Veronica entered the house followed by Daniele and Mattia on November 23, 2009 (Day 29).
 * Day 43 (December 7, 2009) welcomed Sarah and Dominique.
 * On Day 64 (December 28, 2009), the housemates saw the return of Alessia who was evicted by the male housemates back on Day 1 and the addition of Nicola Pappalepore.
 * On Day 85, Gianluca Bedin entered as the last housemate of the edition.

Housemate Exchange
On December 17, 2009, the Spanish Big Brother Gran Hermano 11 revealed a housemate exchange with another country will take place. It was revealed the exchange will be with Grande Fratello; the decision most likely comes as the television station that programs the Spanish and Italian versions of Big Brother are owned by the same company, Mediaset. On December 29, during the spin-off show of Gran Hermano: El Debate, it was shown to the Gran Hermano housemates that the Italian housemates taking part of the exchange will be Carmela and Massimo; they arrived at the Gran Hermano house on January 3, 2010; that same night it was announced that the Gran Hermano housemates involved in the exchange are Saray and Gerardo. The Gran Hermano housemates arrived the next day in the Grande Fratello house (Day 71) and stayed till January 9 (Day 77). Carmela and Massimo left the Gran Hermano house early January 10 and returned to the Grande Fratello house on January 11 (Day 78) during the eviction show.