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Big Brother (Norwegian and Swedish TV series) season 3

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ17265719 ↗
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Big Brother 2014 is the ninth Swedish series and the seventh Norwegian series, and the third joined season between the two countries of the reality series Big Brother. It began on 31 August 2014 on the Swedish channel Kanal 9 and the Norwegian channel FEM, with the season being hosted by Adam Alsing and Pia Lykke. The Big Brother house is located in Spånga, Sweden.

Housemates

The Box

Roughly a day before the season's start, four hopeful contestants went inside The Box, situated in the House's backyard. There, two of them would become real housemates on Big Brother 2014 after the season premiere. The four contestants were (with the two in bold who became real housemates):

Anna Andersson, 23, Haninge, Sweden

Erland Slettmoen, 27, Jessheim, Norway

Sondre Hjertas, 20, Sarpsborg, Norway

Krisse-Ly "Krissy" Kuldkepp, 21, Gothenburg, Sweden

During Week 2 though, Sondre got chosen by the women to enter the House and became a housemate on Day 8. And on Day 11, Krissy got chosen as well into the House.

Ladies Week

During the second week, the women were in control choosing new housemates to enter the House. All the potential housemates appearing (with the ones in bold who became real housemates) are listed down here:

Christoffer Bedin, 25, Borås, Sweden

Sondre Hjertas, 20, Sarpsborg, Norway

Henrik Brækhus, 29, Bergen, Norway

Anton Allansson, 24, Falköping, Sweden

Morten Hake, 27, Sandefjord, Norway

Krissy-Ly "Krissy" Kuldkepp, 21, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jenny F, 25, Stockholm, Sweden

Ioana Valentina Pintea, 26, Oslo, Norway

Despite not being chosen, both Jenny Fr. and Ioana entered the House during Week 3.

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Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. The account is most persuasive where Brother, Norwegian and Swedish can be independently traced.
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