1st Chilean Big Brother Is Roaring Success

As most have you have probably been made aware from all the press coverage the first series of the Chilean version of Big Brother finished yesterday, with the final winner being released to rapturous applause.

Whilst the South American version had it's budget restrictions, compared to it's glitzier and well polished international cousins, the excitement of the country surpassed any expectations from Chilean TV production company Channel 9 and the series seems to have captured hearts all over the world.

It seems like a lifetime ago, not a mere 10 weeks, that 33 unknown Chileans went into the specially dug out studio compound 600 meters underground to escape the tireless hounding of the ferocious Chilean media. The meagre budget allowed for only one camera which was introduced after the 3rd day when the high viewing figures had justified the expense of buying a camera.

The first 3 weeks tasks were not completed, so the housemates had no electricity and had to survive on 1 teaspoon of Tuna a day until week 4 when they won the "Don't Eat One Of Your Housemates!" challenge and food began to be delivered along with messages from the outside world.

The unexpected twist in the Chilean version of BB turned out to be that there were to be no evictions, and that meant with the extremely bad female turnouts of the auditions, that the 33 men were left with no women for the entire 10 weeks. This led to some interesting pairing up and bed hopping just like in the UK version but that all stopped with Pedro's gang rape in week 7.

The final was a tense affair with all 33 vying for their place to be the last man out and even the President was on hand to shake the hand of the 1st South American to win the landmark first series finale. After 32 men came out to their families, and fevered screams of fans and families and chats with Esperanza McCallio the shows brash presenter it was finally time for the last man out.

Luis Urzua was the victor, and was received by the crowd like he was the first man to shit on the moon. He wins the grand prize fund of $57 and a exclusive photo shoot spread in H'OK, the country's number one gossip magazine.

The show was an overall success, with not much mention of the group buggery in the international press and no coverage at all of the "Nasty Nicos" moment where one of the contestants was hauled out after cheating allegations and poked at long spear point for several hours of interrogation, before being told that it was just a joke for that weeks task, which won them an hour each with a pocket vagina in week 6.

Endemol and Channel 4, who have recently seen the popularity of the original UK series stoop to an all time low with viewing figures falling so low on the last series that they actually had to install Televisions in the Big Brother House and make it the task of the week to watch themselves doing nothing but watch themselves in order to make the weeks shopping budget.

They consoled themselves that it was not as bad as the french version where after the viewing numbers dropped to zero on day 33 of series 9 the crew and cameramen simply stopped filming and went home, leaving the housemates to do whatever they fucking liked 'cause no-one cared anymore.

It was 8 days before the contestants noticed and i believe they are still there now, wondering round aimlessly looking at them selves in mirrors and complaining about being bored like retarded goldfish.

Channel 4 are now looking at taking on the Chilean format to revamp the show's popularity here in the UK and an Underground Celebrity Big Brother project is underway once the nation have decided in an online poll who the lucky sub-terrainian 33 will be.

The front runners so far are Gordon Ramsey, Gok Wan, The bloke from the Go Compare advert, David Cameron, The 2 blokes from the 118 118 commercials and Jade Goody's coffin.

 

I wait with unheld breath.