The first season of Big Brother VIP was confirmed on March 13, 2013 by TVI and premiered on 21 April 2013. The season was hosted by Teresa Guilherme and came with a live channel to watch the Housemates 24 hours a day.[1] This is the first celebrity edition of Big Brother in Portugal to use the name Big Brother VIP and the third overall after the format aired under the name Big Brother Famosos for two seasons.[2]
Two days before the Launch, on Você na TV!, a talk show in the morning of TVI, was revealed the house will have two areas:
Also was revealed that the house have 1000 m2 and 50 microphones and 30 cameras.[3]
Each week, there will be 2 captains: the House Captain and the Shed Captain. They are immune and exempt to nominate.
Celebrities can be immune from the nominations, for some reasons.
On Day 45, the housemates had to choose either Fanny or Cátia to be an official housemate. But, as of this was fake, and both are official housemates. If that was true, Fanny would become an official housemate, and Cátia would be eliminated.
On Day 73, the housemates had to vote for someone to be the finalist. The housemate with the most votes would win a free pass to the final. If that was true, Flávio would become finalist, but that was fake, again. The Captain can also vote and can be voted.
On Day 73, the housemates did fake nominations, when they thought they were real. There were two groups: the ones who are since Day 1, and the ones who entered later. The ones who are since Day 1, nominate the ones who entered later and vice versa (Since Day 1 housemates are without color, and entered later housemates are with blue color). The Captain (Pedro) is immune and exempt to nominate.
Beginning on Day 22, houseguests entered the House. The houseguests who will enter will be ignored. The celebrities have to continue what they were doing, believing that the houseguests aren't there. The celebrities can't speak to them. They can't say anything to the houseguests. The houseguests can talk with them, and finger them. If they have contact with the houseguests, they will be punished. If they have a strong intimacy with the houseguests, they can be ejected.
Also, from Day 45, Cátia and Fanny aren't guests anymore and are now housemates.