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
1
Andre Kirschner
Season 3
32
6
Ander and Joel Falck
Season 5
32 (twins)
2
Annika Rusnak
Season 4
47
3
Anny & Joachim Koehler
Season 3
34 (Anny) 35 (Joachim)
6
Ivan Zorka
Season 1
56
Josef-Jack "Wobble" Starck
Season 3
32
6
Jozek "Joey" Tankov
Season 1
38
Finn Scheller
Season 4
25
3
Marina Abkolv
Season 6
35
1
Melissa Lieblein
Season 2
31
Mira Lindbergh
Season 4
33
3
Nina Scheller
Season 7
23
1
Ottilia Rozenkwit
Season 4
38
3
Paulina Braun
Season 2
37
Pyatro Boskovsky
Season 1
44
Radovan Skalicky
Season 6
28
1
Reiner Hillebrand
Season 3
31
6
Rose Kepler
Season 4
3
Sigmund Rutkowski
Season 5
31
2
Sophie Hornicky
Season 2
30
Tina Dvorak
Season 6
45
1
Toby Hilscher
Season 2
27
Zoya Glockenton
Season 1
56
Viliam Kriz
Season 7
35
Mechanical Design Drafter
1
Finja Mitter
Season 3
38
Biometrician
6
15
Evicted
Silvia Grassl
Season 5
33
Certified Financial Planner
2
15
Evicted
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
Ander + Joel Sigmund Silvia
Ander + Joel Finja Mira Radovan Silvia Wobble
Alek
Alma
Alzbeta
Immune
n/a
Immune
Andre
Immune
n/a
Safe
Ander Joel
Nominated
n/a
Nominated
Annika
Immune
n/a
Immune*
Anny Joachim
Immune
n/a
Safe
Ivan
Joey
Finn
Immune
n/a
Immune*
Marina
Immune
n/a
Safe
Melissa
Mira
Immune
Nominated
Nina
Immune
n/a
Immune
Ottilia
Immune
n/a
Safe
Paulina
Pyatro
Radovan
Immune
n/a
Nominated
Reiner
Immune
n/a
Safe
Rose
Immune
n/a
Safe
Sigmund
Nominated
Mira
Safe
Sophie
Tina
Immune
n/a
Safe
Toby
Viliam
Immune
n/a
Immune
Wobble
Immune
n/a
Nominated
Zoya
Finja
Immune
n/a
Nominated
Evicted (Day 15)
Silvia
Nominated
n/a
Nominated
Evicted (Day 15)
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 Grassl: 7th out of 26
She says that she is from one of the craziest seasons to ever exist of the show. Since her season, she has traveled the world and recently met her now-fiance. She has had a very lucky life and she is ready to bring her new experience into the Big Brother house.
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
Day 6
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: 10th out of 18
She says that, when they last saw her, she was a 32 year old Biometrician who had had her second child only a year and a half ago. Now, she is 38, still doing amazing in her job and is a great mother to boot. It has been five years since she was inside the Big Brother house and she is so hyped to get back in.
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 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.
Nominations
Exits
This week saw nobody evicted.
Week 2
Entrances
Notable Events
Day 8
Day 9
Big Brother brings everybody to the living room. He says that, last week, it was revealed that Annika, Finn and Nina were immune but the reason why would be specified later. He says that the reason is now. The three of them are involved in a twist where all three of them will be vulnerable. Should all three of them fail to complete the puzzle, they will be the only three nominated for eviction. Should they complete the puzzle, they will be immune and the twist will carry on for one more repeat.
Annika, Finn and Nina barely complete the puzzle and are immune for the week.
Day 10
Ander + Joel, Andre, Anny + Joachim, Finja, Marina, Ottilia, Radovan, Reiner, Rose, Sigmund, Silvia, Tina and Wobble are told that, as the ones vulnerable, there will be three challenges that will grant them immunity. The final five will then face nominations.
The first challenge sees Andre, Maryna, Ottilia, Sigmund and Tina SAFE!
Day 11
Day 12
The second challenge sees Anny + Joachim and Rose SAFE!
Day 13
The third challenge sees Reiner SAFE! Ander + Joel, Finja, Radovan, Silvia and Wobble are nominated for eviction alongside Mira.
Day 14
Nominations
Exits
The first eviction was on Day 15.
Week 3
Entrances
Notable Events
Day 15
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Day 21
Nominations
Exits
On Day 15, it was announced that it was a double eviction. The first to be evicted was ... Silvia Grassl ... followed by ... Finja Mitter!