Big Brother 3 (Bulgaria)

Big Brother 3 was the third season of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria. It was aired on Nova Television and Nova+. The show launched on 18 September and ended on 11 December 2006. Originally, the season was planned to continue for 11 weeks (78 Days), 2 weeks shorter than the previous two seasons. However, Big Brother 3 was lengthened with 7 Days and continued for 85 Days in total. For the first time the show was hosted only by Niki Kanchev. Big Brother 3 was the first season of the show in Bulgaria to be won by a woman - Lyubov (one of the triplets). The previous winners were all males - Zdravko (BB1, also participated in VIPB2), Miroslav (BB2) and Konstantin (VIPB1). This season, the prize was 500 000 leva. However, the Housemates were being punished with 5 000 leva for each break of the rules (not wearing microphones, discussing the nominations etc.), so the big prize dropped to 200 000 leva (just like in BB1 and BB2). Big Brother 3 also introduced the first Big Brother talk show in Bulgaria - Big Brother's Big Mouth (hosted by Dim Dukov from VIPB1). It was aired four (initially three) times a week. This season was also known as "the season of the secrets" - there were many secret tasks during it.

Big Brother 3

Big Brother 3 is the third season of various versions of Big Brother and may refer to:

Big Brother 3 (U.S.)

Big Brother 3 was the third season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on CBS on July 10, 2002 and lasted for a total of 82 days. The series concluded on September 25, 2002 when Lisa Donahue was crowned the winner, and Danielle Reyes the runner-up. The premise of the series remained similar to the previous season. The series revolved around twelve strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world. They were constantly filmed during their time in the house, and were not permitted to communicate with those filming them. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, had the task of nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The Power of Veto could be used to safe a nominee. The HouseGuests then voted to evict one of the nominees, with the HouseGuest who received the most votes being evicted from the house. When only two HouseGuests remained, the previously evicted HouseGuests would decide which of them would win the $500,000 grand prize.

Big Brother 3 (Netherlands)

Known as The Battle, the third season of Big Brother was broadcast by the new station Yorin. It lasted from 6 September to 30 December 2001 (114 days). The presenter was Patty Brard (member of girl group Luv'). Due to a better cast of characters, this Big Brother series became "the talk of the town" again.

The format underwent some changes. Contrary to the former seasons, the viewers were only able to vote for their favorite nominee, and not for the one they wanted to leave. This system was introduced to prevent the most controversial housemates being evicted first. Equally important for the producers was that the new system would generate more phone calls, and thus more revenue.

The housemates were divided in two permanent groups. One group lived in a luxurious part of the house, the other group lived in poverty. On unexpected times a battle was announced, in which the two groups could fight for the right to live on the rich half. Each group had a captain with special duties and privileges (a Head of Household before that name was coined). At any moment each participant was free to challenge his leader in a captains-battle.

Bulgarian wine

Grape growing and wine production have a long history in Bulgaria, dating back to the times of the Thracians. Wine is, together with beer and grape rakia, among the most popular alcoholic beverages in the country.

Bulgaria was the world's second largest wine producer in 1980s, but the industry declined after the collapse of communism. Wine production is growing again, reaching 108m litres in 2011, an increase of 4.9% from the previous year.

Viticultural regions

A government decree of 13 July 1960 officially divided Bulgaria into five distinct viticultural regions.

Danubian Plain (North Bulgarian)

The Danubian Plain or North Bulgarian region encompasses the south banks of the Danube and the central and western parts of the Danubian Plain. The climate of the area is temperate continental, has a hot summer and many sunny days a year. Typical styles are Muscat Ottonel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Aligoté, Pamid and the local Gamza. In the US appellation also approved as "Danube River Plains" region.

Bulgaria (fungus)

Bulgaria is a genus of fungi in the family Bulgariaceae.

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The Wombles

The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968. They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways. Although Wombles supposedly live in every country in the world, Beresford's stories are concerned with the lives of the inhabitants of the burrow on Wimbledon Common in London, England.

The characters gained a higher national profile in the UK in the mid-1970s as a result of a BBC commissioned children's television show which used stop motion animation. A number of spin-off novelty songs also became hits in the British music charts. The Wombles pop group was the idea of British singer and composer Mike Batt.

The Womble motto is "Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish". This environmentally friendly message was a reflection of the growing environmental movement of the 1970s.

Background

In 1968, Elisabeth Beresford took her young children for a Boxing Day walk on Wimbledon Common, where her daughter Kate mispronounced it as "Wombledon Common", sparking the idea of the Wombles in her mother's mind. On getting home, Beresford wrote down the idea and started developing the characters and storylines. She developed most of her Womble characters around members of her family, and named them after places the family had associations with.