[citation needed] There are also two live pay-per-view channels available on Albanian pay TV platform DigitAlb to watch during this series.

The series' name comes from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which revolves around a dystopia in which dictator Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.

Should their stay inside the house become difficult for them to bear, a housemate is allowed to voluntarily leave at any time during the game.

In the final week of each season, the viewers vote for which of the remaining people in the house should win the prize money and be crowned the winner of Big Brother.

The debut season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother launched on Saturday, 23 February 2008, with fourteen Housemates entering the House.

The main host was Arbana Osmani, while Eno Popi received the contestants in and out of the house and conducted interviews with their families.

The second season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother launched on Saturday, 7 February 2009,[2] with fourteen Housemates entering the House.

The third season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother launched on Saturday, 23 January 2010, with twelve Housemates entering the House.

The fourth season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother launched on Saturday, 25 December 2010, with fifteen Housemates entering the House.

The fifth season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother launched on Saturday, 18 February 2012, with fifteen housemates entering the house.

The sixth season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother started on 23 February 2013,[7] on Top Channel and ended on 1 June 2013.

The seventh season of the Albanian series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother started on February 21, 2014,[9] on Top Channel and ended after 99 days on May 30, 2014.

[10] The eighth season of the Albanian television series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother was on 7 March 2015.

[13] The ninth season of the Albanian television series of the worldwide franchise of Big Brother was on 18 March 2017[14] and the final was on 24 June 2017 in Top Channel.

[21][22] In 2019, Top Channel announced that Big Brother would come back for the 2019–2020 television season in Albania, but no information was given if it will be an original or a celebrity version.

[29] Few months later, Lori Hoxha confirmed that the second season of Big Brother Vip will begin airing after the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.