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Update: We’ve received a confirmation – of sorts – that Big Brother Australia will start filming in March. And of all places we found out through Grindr:

EXCLUSIVE BIG BROTHER NEWS: Production starts in March and at least one Grindr user will be on staff, thank gawd. Anyway I hope these two had a good hookup. #bbau pic.twitter.com/4AduCmjawD

— Behind Big Brother (@behindbb) February 7, 2020

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Previously: Revealed this evening in a television promo, Sonia Kruger will host 7’s Big Brother reboot. It appears not everything has changed after all.

This is Big Brother.

? see someone is ready to play… @Channel7 #BBAU pic.twitter.com/nNqgtRcQOU

— Big Brother AU (@bigbrother_au) February 5, 2020

Late last year it was reported that Sonia Kruger would host Mega Mini Golf. According to a Channel Seven spokesperson via TV Tonight, this can no longer happen due to a scheduling clash with Big Brother. Mega Mini Golf is expected to be filmed next month (March 2020) according to an earlier casting call for the show:

Applicants need to be available for filming in March 2020, be able to fly to the USA (all expenses paid) and be passionate about golf!

Mega Mini Golf – MyCastingNet

Which leaves the question… will Big Brother Australia filming be under way in March?

This doesn’t answer when Big Brother will actually air. All we know is that Big Brother is expected to air “pre-Olympics” (TV Tonight).

How long will the producers need to create fake and misleading story lines that don’t truly represent the real happenings in the Big Brother house?

The Seven Network is bringing back Big Brother to Australian TV screens in 2020, says the editor of TV BlackBox. This follows not long after a television columnist tweeted about fresh Big Brother rumours.

This is not the first time Seven that have looked at Big Brother for inspiration. Last year, Seven shelved plans to produce The Rich House, their own in-house reality show that was understood to be inspired by Big Brother 2013’s half-way house (rich vs poor) twist.

The Seven Network is restructuring under a new CEO appointed in August. The network now wants to target a younger demographic (Mumbrella). Sunday Night, the network’s weekly public affairs show, will wrap up at the end of the year. TV Blackbox speculates that Big Brother evictions may occupy its time slot.

Officially speaking, neither Seven or any other network has confirmed their involvement with the Big Brother reboot. It was only last week that Channel 10’s social media team reissued a Big Brother 10K retweet challenge when a well-known Big Brother identity appeared on The Masked Singer. However, all three commercial broadcasters will announce their 2020 programming line-ups later this month. Network 10 will be up first on October 10, followed a week later by the Nine Network on October 16. The Seven Network’s own upfronts will follow on October 23 (TV Tonight).

With the original Big Brother house at Dreamworld bulldozed, the reboot will now have to find a new production location. Auditions have commenced, apply online below:

Big Brother is back. The game has changed. Are you ready to play? Apply now: https://t.co/YxxejkOsyd #BBAU pic.twitter.com/IUiZSgVePJ

— Endemol Shine AU (@EndemolShineAU) October 3, 2019

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In case you missed it, Celebrity Big Brother USA is coming to 9Go! from next Sunday. In a somewhat unsurprising move, Nine has scheduled the show to air Sunday to Thursday, the same evenings as Channel Ten’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

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