Gran Hermano (Spanish season 18)


Gran Hermano 18, also known as Gran Hermano Revolution is the eighteenth and final season of Gran Hermano, the Spanish version of the reality television series franchise Big Brother.
The 18th season started airing on September 19, 2017 on Telecinco with Jorge Javier Vázquez hosting the main live shows or "Galas". The season ended on December 14, 2017 with Hugo Sierra emerging as the winner. At the age of 44, he became the oldest winner of Gran Hermano and the second foreigner to win after Naiala in season 8.

Housemates

On Sunday, September 17, 2017, a total of 100 potential housemates entered the house. It was revealed on the next day, Monday, September 18, 2017, during a special pre-launch show called "Llega La Revolution", that on the following day, September 19, 2017, the actual Live Launch date, that only 20 of the 100 initial candidates would survive the experiment and will become the final housemates of the series. On Launch night, only 18 were announced by producers. After the remaining 82 candidates failed to pick one of their own to move-in, the remaining 2 spots were automatically given to the public to choose their favorites, who entered on Day 2.
HousematesAgeResidenceOccupationEnteredExitedStatus
Hugo Sierra43Palma de MallorcaPersonal trainer and pilates instructorDay 1Day 89
Rubén Valle21VigoAutomation robotics technicianDay 1Day 89
Christian Gabaldón29ValenciaDriver and waiterDay 1Day 89
Yangyang Huang30ArrecifeChinese teacherDay 1Day 89
Pilar Marcellán19ZaragozaStudentDay 1Day 82
Miriam Santiago21A CoruñaSaleswoman and martial arts instructorDay 1
Day 47		Day 26
Day 82
Miriam Santiago21A CoruñaSaleswoman and martial arts instructorDay 1
Day 47		Day 26
Day 82
Carlos Bernal27BarcelonaChef and gastronomy advisorDay 1Day 82
Maico Barzagui42MurciaGardenerDay 1Day 82
Lorena Gómez22CádizModel and motorcycle racing hostessDay 1
Day 61		Day 3
Day 75
Carlota Prado24EsteponaPub promoterDay 1Day 68
Mina Navarro34IbizaHotel clerkDay 1Day 61
Laura Velasco25SevillaPharmacy technicianDay 1
Day 47		Day 40
Day 59
Laura Velasco25SevillaPharmacy technicianDay 1
Day 47		Day 40
Day 59
Miguel Del Villar42NavarraShoemakerDay 1Day 54
Cristian Fernández30BarcelonaSalesmanDay 1Day 54
Daniel Sánchez27MadridSalesmanDay 1
Day 5		Day 3
Day 54
José María López24Torre-PachecoFarmerDay 1
Day 5		Day 3
Day 49
Juan Labory26Tenerife / BerlinGraphic and fashion designerDay 1Day 47
Petra Adrover30IbizaVIP event organizerDay 1Day 40
Javier Eneme29BarcelonaLawyer and legal adviserDay 1Day 33
Yolanda Garrote21ValenciaBusinesswomanDay 1Day 19
Nerea Montaraz20El VendrellStudentDay 1Day 12

Nomination table

Total votes & nominations received

Debate: Blind results


Repechage

On Day 44, due to the low number of women in the house, the evicted female housemates faced a public voting and the two with most votes re-entered the house for a week. Laura and Miriam were chosen to re-enter and they could save a nominated housemate along with the rest of female housemates, and they will play a key part in this week's food task. After Jose María's departure, it was announced that Miriam and/or Laura would be given a second chance to enter the house again as official housemates. The public will decide which one will enter, having the chance to vote for the two of them and also for none of them to enter. If one of them enter the house, one housemate will be evicted as a replacement. If both of them enter the house, then two housemates will be evicted.
Ex-housemate%
Laura & Miriam38%
None of them30%
Miriam25%
Laura7%

Twist

You are inside

After the first eviction, every week a viewer chosen by the random phone call from Gran Hermano, will go into the house with the mission of saving one of the nominated housemates. The housemate who receives the next number of nominations will be nominated for eviction.
WeekNameResidenceAgeEntry DaySaved
2Margarita SuárezCanarias82Gala 3
28 September 2017		Mina
3Alba AparicioBadajoz19Gala 4
5 October 2017		Laura
4ElenaTenerife28Gala 5
12 October 2017		Hugo

Ratings

"Galas"

"Debates"

"Última Hora"

Controversies

On 19 November 2019, digital newspaper El Confidencial published a video showing that Carlota Prado would have allegedly been the victim in the house of sexual abuse while drunk, perpetrated by her then partner José María López. Production team continued recording the reaction after showing her the video footage. Many sponsor companies retired advertisement from Gran Hermano VIP 7 after this incident.