Sixteen housemates entering the house during the launch show and another four joined after 56 days.

The housemates included a set of non-identical twin brothers and a father and daughter.

The house was equipped with 50 surveillance cameras which were operated by the Big Brother in-house staff.

Asher's wife was pregnant when he entered the house and gave birth as her husband took part in the show.

Leon works at a clothing store as a salesman and is known in the house for his gentle character and friendship with housemate Einav and then with Shifra.

After failing to vote her off, she was shunned by the other housemates until she decided to leave the show of her own free will.

Ranin Boulos, A 24-year-old woman from Neve Shalom, a village jointly established by Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, that is engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.

In the series she was chosen to represent the Israeli Arab demographic but being a professional actor opted to be more of a drama queen and trouble maker.

Early on she made an impression that she was very emotional, and threatened to leave the show a few times after having fights with other housemates.

Due to a death in Shay's family the Big Brother gave Shay permission to attend his aunt's funeral for a few hours (outside the Big Brother house) so he wasn't present for his eviction on day 51.

She works as a flight attendant for El Al. Shifra was born to a religious family and chose to leave the orthodox lifestyle and become a secular Jew.

HaAhot HaKtana (Hebrew: האחות הקטנה, The Little Sister) provided a comedic criticism of all the events that took place throughout the week in the Big Brother House.

The show aired several times a week on Bip (channel 6 on the HOT cable network), which presented a one-hour-long episode on Friday nights which starred the most recently evicted housemate.

The show was hosted by Efrat Abramov and throughout the week previous housemates and well known entertainment personalities critique the daily events of the house.