This is the eighth season of the Durnian reality television series Big Brother Durnstaal. The show premiered June 20th, 2016 on the DRS television network, airing three times a week.
The main twist of the season was the return of 32 former alumni from the past seven seasons.
HouseGuests
Name
Season
Age on entry
Occupation
Day entered
Day exited
Result
Alek Cardei
Season 1
Alma Perkowski
Season 1
60
Alzbeta Ruban
Season 7
41
Andre Kirschner
Season 3
32
Ander and Joel Falck
Season 5
32 (twins)
Annika Rusnak
Season 4
47
Anny & Joachim Koehler
Season 3
34 (Anny) 35 (Joachim)
Ivan Zorka
Season 1
56
Josef-Jack "Wobble" Starck
Season 3
32
Jozek "Joey" Tankov
Season 1
38
Finja Mitter
Season 3
42
Finn Scheller
Season 4
25
Marina Abkolv
Season 6
35
Melissa Lieblein
Season 2
31
Mira Lindbergh
Season 4
33
Nina Scheller
Season 7
23
Ottilia Rozenkwit
Season 4
38
Paulina Braun
Season 2
37
Pyatro Boskovsky
Season 1
44
Radovan Skalicky
Season 6
28
Reiner Hillebrand
Season 3
31
Rose Kepler
Season 4
Sigmund Rutkowski
Season 5
31
Silvia Geschwind
Season 5
33
Sophie Hornicky
Season 2
30
Tina Dvorak
Season 6
45
Toby Hilscher
Season 2
27
Zoya Glockenton
Season 1
56
Viliam Kriz
Season 7
35
Mechanical Design Drafter
Nomination Chart
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Nominations
Alek
Alma
Alzbeta
Andre
Ander Joel
Annika
Anny Joachim
Ivan
Joey
Finja
Finn
Marina
Melissa
Mira
Nina
Ottilia
Paulina
Pyatro
Radovan
Reiner
Rose
Sigmund
Silvia
Sophie
Tina
Toby
Viliam
Wobble
Zoya
Weekly Summary
Week 1
Entrances
Notable Events
Day 1
In an opening narration, Mirka Dragan says that she has been here since the beginning ... since 2009. She has watched the show evolve and she is so proud to be the host of the nation's best show.
Mirka Dragan welcomes everybody to the 8th season of Big Brother Durnstaal. She announces that this season will see a record of 32 contestants and all of them ... are returnees. Yes, returnees from all seven previous seasons! Introductions will start from Season 7 first, followed by Season 6 and so on. Here are the houseguests returning from Season 7!
From Season 7:
Alzbeta Ruban: 10th out of 29
Alzbeta says that she was on Season 7 and made it to the Final 10 and she is so proud of herself for doing so. Many will know her for constantly causing drama as well as her fashion.
Nina Scheller: 6th out of 29
Nina says that she just competed on Season 7 and it was an amazing experience. She is so happy to be back. Big Brother is something her brother and mom can bond over.
Viliam Kriz: 7th out of 29
He says that his name is Viliam Henry Kriz, he is a Mechanical Design Drafter from Mesto Saint Gabriella and many will remember him as the villain of Season 7!
From Season 6:
Marina Abkolv: 6th out of 24
She says that many will know her as Maryna Strnád but, a few months after Season 6, she got married. She is now Maryna Abkolv. She was known on Season 6 for being EXTREMELY outspoken. She hasn't changed and will not change for anybody.
Radovan Skalicky: 8th out of 24
He says that he is Radovan Skalicky. On Season 6, he caused as much drama as he could and he was not afraid of anything to get the chaos he wanted. After a while, he started to really open up about himself and people really liked that. They saw him cause chaos and then they saw him be genuine. In the end, he made it to the final week but was the first one out in the Triple Eviction.
Tina Dvorak: 5th out of 24
She says that her name is Tina Dvorak and many will remember her as being the mother of the house. Since the season, her children (Johann--18, Darina--16, Dusana--14, Tamara--12) have been constantly bragging about her. She loves being the cool mom. Since her season, she has kept in touch with Zhanna [Komar]. The two of them are very close friends.
Mirka Dragan reveals that only six of the 32 houseguests will be introduced tonight.
Day 2
More Introductions! From Season 5:
Ander and Joel Falck:
Sigmund Rutkowski:
Silvia Geschwind:
Day 3
More Introductions! From Season 4:
Annika Rusnak:
Finn Scheller:
Mira Lindbergh:
Ottilia Rozenkwit:
Rose Kepler:
Day 4
Big Brother tasks the houseguests to split up into the groups of their respective seasons. The group that fails to win the challenge will all face the viewers. However, Nina, Annika and Finn will all be immune this week for a very specific reason that will be revealed ... next week. They will still compete in this challenge, though. Season 5, ultimately, fails the challenge and faces the viewers.
Big Brother tells the viewers that they are voting to give one person a power to Auto Nominate another houseguest next week but only from two specific groups. This doesn't count as an Eviction, nor a Fake Eviction.
Day 5
More Introductions! From Season 3:
Andre Kirschner:
Anny & Joachim Koehler:
Anny and Joachim are super, super excited to be playing Big Brother again. They both mention being even bigger fans of Reality TV, especially after being on it. Since being on the show, Joachim has been even more successful due to the fame. The family have moved from Chatham, Výchon to Durenko, Piva (Oblast) in 2013. They have been thinking of moving overseas at some point.
Finja Mitter:
Reiner Hillebrand:
Wobble Starck:
Wobble says that, before Big Brother, he got a diploma for radio broadcasting and just got into podcasting over the past two years. Since his time on the show, he is a much more well known podcaster, he got married three years ago and he and his wife, recently, had a kid.
Day 6
Day 7
It is revealed that the viewers were not voting to evict somebody but, rather, to give them an advantage going into next week. From Season 5, they have chosen Sigmund to receive this advantage.
Sigmund is able to Auto Nominate another houseguest next week but only from two specific groups with the first being Season 5. As Seasons 7 and 6 were the first two teams to finish the challenge, that leaves Season 4 as the other group. Sigmund chooses to auto nominate Mira Lindbergh with his reasoning being that she has won before.
Big Brother then reveals that going into next week, as Season 7 won the challenge, Alzbeta, Nina and Viliam are all immune. Everybody else, even Sigmund, is vulnerable.