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- Big Brother Albania 7 was the seventh season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother. It was based upon the Dutch series of the same name, which gained popularity in 1999 and 2000. It started on February 21, 2014, on Top Channel and ended after ninety-nine days on May 30, 2014. The main host was Arbana Osmani, who returned for the seventh season in a row. The live eviction show this year moved to Fridays at 21:00 CET, while the Daily Recap show aired every day of the week in different schedules, also including a weekly recap on Sundays. Ledion Liço was rumored to be the host of the spin-off show Big Brother Albania Fans' Club thus replacing Albana Osmani, but however in last minute changes, Albana Osmani returned for the third season in a row. The Fans' Club show featured dialogues with eliminated contestants and fans of the show. Liço started hosting a new spin-off series that started airing during the season, called Jashtë Bigut, which was part of the Sunday marathon of E Diell on the same network. Armand Peza took over for the second time, the role of the panelist. Peza had also been a panelist on only the first season of Big Brother Albania. Like all of the previous seasons, two 24/7 live PPV channels were made available on DigitAlb since the start of the show. The winner received 15,000,000 Leks (€100,000). The House changed location and was built from scratch near Gërdec, Albania with a similar architecture and format as last year's one. This season of Big Brother Albania brought a lot of controversy to the show, mainly thanks to the careless remarks made by the housemates and their disputable thoughts. One of the most discussed topic was the sexual orientation of most of the housemates, which became a rising topic inside and out of the House. Different magazines and newspapers were alleging on the housemates sexual preferences using also photos and information from their lives as evidences. During the season, another controversy was that of the racial comments. The seventh season of Big Brother Albania, in spite of small difficulties in the start, managed to set in great ratings and become the second most-watched show in Albania. The season finale for this year set an all-time record with the highest rating for a Big Brother Albania season finale ever. Like all the previous seasons, this season created a lot of buzz in the Albanian show business. Every story from the House went on to make headlines in magazines and newspapers. Nevila Omeri was the winner of this season being so the second female to win Big Brother in Albania. Jona Kalemaj finished as the runner-up of the season and Valer Kolnikaj finished third, leaving the other finalists behind. It is the first time in the Big Brother Albania history that the final duo was made up by two female housemates. Omeri's win was alleged to be fixed by the producers of the show, and it brought a lot of controversy. Kalemaj, the runner-up also showed her daze over Omeri's win, minutes after the finale ended. During the Reunion episode, Meridian, Jona and Valer publicly expressed their shock and disappointment on Nevila being the winner. The panelist, Armand Peza stood on Omeri's side while Ardit and Juliana were the only housemates that thought Nevila deserved to win. Past housemates also expressed their thoughts and said they either saw Jona or Valer win this season, but not Nevila just because of her always tending to avoid fights and arguments and using her story to make people feel sorry about her (en)
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- Big Brother Albania 7 was the seventh season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother. It was based upon the Dutch series of the same name, which gained popularity in 1999 and 2000. It started on February 21, 2014, on Top Channel and ended after ninety-nine days on May 30, 2014. The main host was Arbana Osmani, who returned for the seventh season in a row. The live eviction show this year moved to Fridays at 21:00 CET, while the Daily Recap show aired every day of the week in different schedules, also including a weekly recap on Sundays. Ledion Liço was rumored to be the host of the spin-off show Big Brother Albania Fans' Club thus replacing Albana Osmani, but however in last minute changes, Albana Osmani returned for the third season in a row. The Fans' Club show f (en)
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