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== Premise ==
[[File:International Logo of Big Brother.png|thumb|250px|The international ''Big Brother'' logo used from 1999 to 2018]]
At regular intervals, the housemates privately nominate a number of their fellow housemates whom they wish to be evicted from the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.endemol.com/programme/big-brother|title=Big Brother|publisher=[[Endemol]]|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref> The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to [[televoting|vote via telephone]] for the nominee they wish to be evicted or saved from eviction. The last person remaining is declared the winner.

Some more recent editions have since included additional methods of voting, such as voting through social media and smartphone applications. Occasionally, non-standard votes occur, where two houseguests are evicted at once or no one is voted out. In the earlier series of ''Big Brother'', there were 10 contestants with evictions every two weeks. However, the British version introduced a larger number of contestants with weekly evictions. Most versions of ''Big Brother'' follow the weekly eviction format, broadcast over approximately three months for 16 contestants.

The contestants are required to do housework and are assigned tasks by the producers of the show (who communicate with the housemates via the omnipresent authority figure known to them only as "Big Brother"). The tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and community spirit. In some countries, the housemates' shopping budget or weekly allowance (to buy food and other essentials) depends on the outcome of assigned tasks.