Big Brother México
Big Brother México is a reality television series based on the international Big Brother format produced in the Netherlands by Endemol. Big Brother México was launched by Televisa in 2002. Before its debut, the idea of being watched twenty-four hours a day by a camera was shocking to some in Mexican society. The series was successful, and it was followed by a special edition called Big Brother VIP with Mexican celebrities from show business and even politics.
| Big Brother México | |
|---|---|
International logo of Big Brother | |
| Genre | Entertainment Reality television |
| Created by | John de Mol Endemol |
| Based on | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |
| Developed by | John de Mol Endemol |
| Presented by | Adela Micha (Season 1,2) Víctor Trujillo (Season VIP 1) Verónica Castro (Season 3, Season VIP 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4) |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 9 (4 regular + 5 VIP edition) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Pedro Torres |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2002 – present |
Congressman Jorge Kahwagi, minority whip of the Mexican Green Party in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico's Congress, shocked and angered many people in Mexico when he asked to be excused from his post in Congress to be sequestered for months inside the Big Brother House. Critics among colleagues and the general public accused him of dereliction of duty, discrediting his office, and seeking personal gain. During the show, late-night variety-show host, comedian, and producer Adal Ramones, also from Televisa, made a send-up of Big Brother which he called "El Gran Carnal" or "Big Bro" in Mexican slang.
The show had returned after 10 years off the air on SKY and Canal 5, with a fourth season premiered on September 21, 2015. In 2023, the fifth celebrity season was ordered, titled La casa de los famosos México which is set to premiere June 4, 2023 on Las Estrellas.