[2] The series follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house.
Like the original version, every Sunday was covered in a spin-off series with the name Big Brother VIP – Fans' Club.
"[10] In 2019, Top Channel announced that Big Brother would come back for the 2019–2020 television season in Albania, but they didn't say if will be an original or a celebrity version.
[11][12] However, plans for production were never officially released until 2021, where on 17 May 2021, Top Channel announced that the season would air later in the year, after a four-year hiatus from the original version.
and at the end of the trailer we hear Arbana Osmani telling "Returns soon on Top Channel.".
However, due to satisfactory ratings, the show was extended by over one month, making it 137 days long and with the finale on 18 February 2022.
[18][19] On 25 March 2023, Arbana Osmani announced that the show was originally scheduled to last 100 days, with the finale on 1 April 2023.
However, due to satisfactory ratings, the show was extended by over one month, making it 134 days long and with the finale on 6 May 2023.
[20] In May 2023, the executive producer, Sara Hoxha announced on her Instagram account, that the third season of the show will begin on Top Channel.
[26] In August 2024, the executive producer, Sara Hoxha has shared her morning coffee on social networks, where it is written "Big Brother VIP 4 is coming".
[29] Big Brother VIP is a game show in which a group of celebrity contestants, referred to as housemates, live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built "house", constantly under video surveillance.
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 of €100,000 and be crowned the winner of Big Brother VIP.
The format of the series is mainly seen as a social experiment, and requires housemates to interact with others who may have differing ideals, beliefs, and prejudices.
[34] In November 2023, Osmani on her social network Instagram has posted a photo as she is seen in the premises of Top Channel getting ready, but it was not announced if she will host the third season.
[45] The show premiered on 17 October 2021 and broadcast every Sunday at 12:15 pm, with Dojna Mema as the presenter and Iva Tiço as the opinionist.
Megi Pojani replaced Mema as the new Fans' Club presenter for season 2 and Ardit Cuni was the new opionist.
[51] The show premiered on 13 February 2023 and was broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays and on Saturdays on Top Albania Radio and on My Music.
On the show often featured interviews from past housemates and the latest evictee as well as calls from fans.
On the opening of finale's show there was shown a video with some stats as following: Albania's prime minister, Edi Rama, posted a video from Valbona with Fifi's song "Diell", which was composed inside the Big Brother VIP's house.
Big Brother VIP and Donald Veshaj were among the most searched words on Google for year 2021.
As of 20 July 2022, the video where Donald Veshaj meets and kisses Bora Zemani, counts up to 2,600,000 views on YouTube.
The video where Donald Veshaj kisses singer Beatrix Ramosaj, counts up to 1,500,000 views.
Singer Beatrix Ramosaj was surprised and sent to watch her brother, singer Alban Ramosaj perform in "Festivali i Këngës", the episode reached 1,300,000 views on YouTube, and was considered the best and most emotional surprise in the first edition of Big Brother VIP Albania by fans.
The official music video of "Me ty", the first known song to be written and recorded inside the "house" of Big Brother VIP, received a million views on YouTube, 9 hours after its upload.