However, after being on air a few weeks, the show proved to be a massive ratings hit with German audience and Macedonian contestant Zlatko Trpkovski immediately went on to become a love-hate character for his clueless way of speaking and not knowing who William Shakespeare was.
targeting Manuela, one of Zlatko's major threats in the house and after the remaining housemates were able to hear the reactions one of the basic rules (no contact to the outside world) were broken.
He eventually recorded a duet named "Großer Bruder (Big Brother)" with his buddy Jürgen, while that one was still a contestant on the show and therefore clueless about starting his own singing career, which topped the charts as well and was even a bigger success than Zlatko's debut single and the theme of the first season "Leb!
Several contestants of the show tried to break into music business; however, none of them made any huge impact (mostly because of obvious lack of talent, questionable lyrics and low-profile productions[according to whom?])
Being the hands-down favorite to win, Jürgen was beaten in a very close vote by east-German John Milz who remained quiet throughout the entire series and was known as rarely having arguments with his fellow housemates.