For example, in VIP Big Brother the show's duration is shorter – a month (31 Days – like in most of the countries it is aired in).
Thirteen celebrity housemates spent a period of five weeks together in the Big Brother House.
Housemates include singers, models, a fashion designer, a journalist and other well-known Israeli personalities.
The housemates were not told who the other people who were entering the house would be, but were aware of the predictions that were made in the media, particularly that of Guy Pines which accurately predicted the majority of the housemates.
Maya was previously engaged to Dudi Melitz, but canceled the wedding in February 2006.
Menahem Ben is a 60-year-old literature critic for the Israeli newspaper Maariv.