Gran Hermano (Chilean TV series) season 2

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 will return 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]

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.

Format changes and additions

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8] Their twist was revealed on Day 11 (22 July 2024), following the first eviction of the series,^[9] and the twins left the house on Day 14 (25 July 2024) as producer's determined their mission was over.^[10]

Returning contestants

Controversial housemate from Gran Hermano 1, Sebastián Ramírez, will be featured as one of the original Celebrity housemates during this season.^[11]

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.^[12]

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 (27 August 2024): Carlyn Romero (5th evictee), during the day; Titi Magrini (Iván's wife), during a live segment on the primetime episode.

A total of 22 HouseGuests are expected to move into the house on Day 1 (12 July 2024), with the number of members per team yet to be confirmed. Chilevision began announcing the original housemates during the days before the premiere, announcing 21 of them, with the 22nd housemate being revealed during the live move-in episode.^[13]

On July 10, 2024, Chilevisión announced that Gran Hermano 1 contestant, event producer, and reality TV personality, Sebastián Ramírez would return to the reality series as an original contestant this season,^[14] with the announcement sparking lots of controversy following his turbulent stint on the show last year.^[15]

During the live move-in episode, the final teams were revealed, and the Civilians will compete against the Celebrities, there'll be 11 members of each team. Also, because of the twin twist, Valentina will be the name under which the Abello twins (María Camila & Valentina) will be competing until further notice or they're discovered by another housemate. The twins left the house on Day 14 (25 July 2024) as Gran Hermano determined their mission was over, and the twist were revealed to the rest of the house 3 days earlier during the first Live Eviction of the series.^[16]

Chilean media announced by early August 2024, that local reality TV personality Angélica Sepúlveda, would become the replacement housemate for the Abello twins & Sebastián following their planned and/or sudden exits from their show, as the housemate herself spilled it on her social media.^[17] Angélica's entrance took place on Day 31 (August 11, 2024) during the Week 4 eviction show.^[18]

Iván Cabrera quit the show during a live segment on the episode aired on 27 August 2024 (Day 47).^[19] His exit happened following the entrance of his wife, Tiffany "Titi" Magrini, as part of that day's Freeze & Stop task that also involved evicted houseguest Carlyn Romero earlier that same day.^[20] Days later, on 1 September 2024 (Day 52), Íñigo López walked out of the house citing mental health concerns,^[21] Íñigo's exit delayed the seventh eviction for one day.

Alexandra "Chama" Méndez quit the game on Day 54 (3 September 2024),^[22] and her voluntary exit from the game was confirmed by the social media channels of both Chilevisión and the show.^[23] Angélica Sepúlveda quit the series on Day 60 (8 September 2024), the same day the Week 8 eviction was meant to take place.^[24] Chilevisión announced through their and the show's official social media accounts that on that evening's primetime show, the percentages for that night's eviction would be revealed. For the first time in Gran Hermano Chile's history, no one would be evicted for the week, or the weekly eviction would be reprogrammed, as done in previous occasions.^[25]

HouseGuests nominate for two and one points, shown in descending order in the nomination box. The four or more HouseGuests with the most nomination points face the public vote.

Key

  – Civilians

  – Celebrities

Notes