Gran Hermano (Chilean TV series) season 2
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| Gran Hermano | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Presented by | Diana Bolocco Emilia Daiber[1] |
| No. of days | 105 |
| No. of housemates | 23 |
| Winner | Michelle Carvalho |
| Runner-up | Waldo Villaroel |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Chilevisión |
| Original release | 12 July – 24 October 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the Chilean version of Gran Hermano was announced in early 2024,[2] with casting calls being opened in March of the same year. Diana Bolocco returned to host the reality series from Chile, while the housemates will once again occupy the Gran Hermano Argentina house.[3]
The series was then announced by Chilevision to have a 2-night premiere event: with the live move-in on Friday, 12 July 2024,[4] and the first team task to determine who gets to stay in the main house airing on Sunday, 14 July 2024.[5] Due to a mix of low ratings, plus the need of the house getting revamped for the upcoming Argentinean season, this series wrapped on Thursday, 24 October 2024.[6][7]
On Day 105 (24 October 2024), with all three finalists in Chile, model, influencer & reality TV personality Michelle Carvalho was proclaimed winner with 50.98%[8] of the public vote in the final duel.[9] Farmer Waldo Villaroel finished as this season's runner-up, with advertising executive & reality TV personality Pedro Astorga placing third.[10]
Format changes and additions
Similar to season one, the format remains largely the same: The show follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who live inside a custom-built house outfitted with cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. The HouseGuests are sequestered with no contact with the outside world. During their stay, the HouseGuests share their thoughts on their day-to-day lives inside the house in a private room known as the Diary Room. Each week, the HouseGuests compete in competitions to win power and safety inside the house. At the start of each week, the HouseGuests compete in a Head of Household (abbreviated as "HOH") competition. The winner of the HoH competition is immune from eviction and selects another HouseGuest to be saved for eviction. On eviction night, the audience vote to evict one of the nominees, and the nominee with the most votes is evicted from the house.
Civilians vs. Celebrities
For the first time in Gran Hermano Chile history, contestants will be divided into 2 teams that will compete against each other for prizes, benefits and immunity. This time around the 22 contestants will be divided into Civilians and Celebrities. During week 3, the Civilians vs. Celebrities twist was over and it was revealed that HouseGuests would competed in teams, pairs, or individuals.[11]
Other casting twists
This series of Gran Hermano also immerses itself into classic Big Brother casting twists, as a mother-daughter duo will be featured for the very first time with actress Yuyuniz Navas and her daughter Antonia Casanova.[12]
Also, this series features the classic twin twist. Identical twins, Maria Camila & Valentina Abello will compete as Valentina, until further notice, and will be switching places via the Diary Room every 24 hours while they swap clothes and exchange information. They were the final housemates to be revealed during the live move-in episode.[13] Their twist was revealed on Day 11 (22 July 2024), following the first eviction of the series,[14] and the twins left the house on Day 14 (25 July 2024) as producer's determined their mission was over.[15]
Returning contestants
Controversial housemate from Gran Hermano 1, Sebastián Ramírez, was featured as one of the original Celebrity housemates during this season.[16]
The Red Phone
A twist that returned this season is the Red Phone, which requires houseguests to answer a red phone and execute whatever punishments or enjoy whatever rewards Gran Hermano provides to the houseguest who takes the phone call. Here are the instances where it was featured in this season:
- Day 12: Camila A. received a message from a loved one.
- Day 26: Michelle staged a fake exit from the house. She ended up back in the SUM watching the reactions to her staged exit from the rest of the house.
- Day 28: Yuhui had to put a fellow housemate up for eviction. He chose Diego.
- Day 32: Waldo had to choose two of his fellow housemates to become the house's servants for 24 hours.
- Day 33: Camila A. was privileged to upgrade one of that week's Basement housemates to the Main house, and vice versa, downgrading a Main housemate to the Basement. She upgraded Michelle and downgraded Camila P.
- Day 35: Alexandra earned the chance to save a nominee from that week's eviction. She saved Camila A.
- Day 56: Manuel earned the chance to save a nominee from that week's eviction. He saved himself.
- Day 60: Patricio received a message from a loved one.
- Day 90: Carlyn had to put a fellow housemate up for eviction. She chose Yuhui.
- Day 90: Waldo watched his fellow housemates' nominations live from the SUM.
- Day 95: Felipe had to evict one of his fellow housemates on the spot. He chose Miguel, however, this was another fake exit as Miguel ended up back in the SUM watching the reactions about his staged exit from the rest of the house.
The Basement
This season will feature another staple twist of the international Big Brother format, dubbed in Spanish, El Sótano (or the Basement in English). This additional room will be for the losing housemates of the weekly budget task, where they will live in very minimal and cruel conditions.[17] The Basement space was formally closed on Day 60 (9 September 2024), and all housemates would move to the main house. The first weekly competition would now determine who would be eligible to compete to become that week's Head of Household.[18]
| Day 3–9 | Day 10–11 | Day 12—17 | Day 18—24 | Day 25–30 | Day 31 | Day 32 | Day 33—38 | Day 39—44 | Day 45 | Day 46—52 | Day 53—60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camila A. | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||||||
| Felipe | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||||
| Linda | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||
| Manuel | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||
| Michelle | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||||
| Miguel | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||||||
| Patricio | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||
| Pedro | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | |||||||
| Waldo | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | |||||||
| Yuhui | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | |||||||
| Angélica | Not in House | House | Basement | House | Basement | |||||||
| Alexandra | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | |||||||
| Camila P. | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||
| Íñigo | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||||
| Iván | House | Basement | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||||
| Antonia | Basement | House | Basement | House | ||||||||
| Carlyn | House | Basement | House | Basement | ||||||||
| Diego | Basement | House | Basement | |||||||||
| Yuyuniz | House | Basement | House | |||||||||
| Sebastián | House | Basement | ||||||||||
| Karina | Basement | House | ||||||||||
| Valentina | Basement | House | ||||||||||
| Daniela | Basement | |||||||||||
Freeze & Stop
Another returning twist from season 1 is Freeze & Stop (or Congelados in Spanish), which requires houseguests to stay frozen and remain in the same position and spot for several minutes while a special guest, who may be a former housemate or a relative of any of the current houseguests, makes an express tour of the compound on their own and speaks to them briefly. Here are the guests that were featured in this season:
- Day 47: Carlyn Romero (5th evictee), during the day; Titi Magrini (Iván's wife), during a live segment on the primetime episode.
- Day 98: former housemates Antonia Casanova, Camila Power, Íñigo López, and Karina Jerez.
Repechage
As it was done in Season 1, a repechage vote was held halfway through the series, allowing one or more housemates to come back to the house for a second shot at the game.[19] The 8 former housemates that were up for the public vote were Alexandra "Chama" Méndez, Antonia Casanova, Camila Power, Carlyn Romero, Daniela Bravo, Diego Bazaes, Iván Cabrera and Yuyuniz Navas.[20] The number of housemates that are returning to the game was not initially announced. Voting was officially opened on Day 59 (8 September 2024), during the Week 8 eviction show.
On Day 62 (11 September 2024), Alexandra "Chama" Méndez was proclaimed the winner of the first round of public voting during the Week 9 live nominations episode and re-entered the house the following day. A second round of the repechage was opened that same evening, and only Antonia Casanova, Camila Power, Carlyn Romero, Daniela Bravo & Yuyuniz Navas were the eligible options for a digital-only round of voting, with the winner being announced on Day 64 (13 September 2024). That winner was Carlyn Romero,[21] and returned to the game on Day 66 (15 September 2024) during the Week 9 eviction episode.[22]
A third round was held on Day 67 (16 September 2024),[23] this time around the housemates voted for who they wanted to return. Iván Cabrera emerged as the winner and returned at the end of Week 10, doing so on Day 73 (22 September 2024) at the end of Week 10's omnibus non-eviction episode.[24][25]
