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BBAU Rewatch

(wow it so much easier writing these as the series go on, I will definitely continue to do this)

Nelson: He was a bit of a pig. No, he was a pig. Misogynist and racist and claimed being an asshole as pot-stirring. Watching him be told he was getting no car is the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. So satisfying. He wasn’t even entertaining, he was just unpleasant to watch. I don’t care that he lied but I hate that he went on the show just to win prizes, that really does annoy me.

Constance: She was fine if anything. She seemed to be the type that could be explosive and dynamic but she was more the second in command to Angela. I would prefer she stayed but I’m not totally considering it a huge loss. Good on her for her current success with her social media stuff, she was really nice when I saw her at dancing with the stars. I hope she doesn’t hold ill will to her time on Big Brother. It sucks for her that her boyfriend was the reason she lied and subsequently got kicked out only for them to end things less than a week later.

Angela: She wasn’t a likable figure by any means but she kept the first days interesting. She was not shy to engage in bitchy conversation but also was willing to say shit to people’s faces. She slut shamed Michelle after Glenn saved her for eviction and told Gianna to her face, she believes she likes getting male attention. She had a strong personality and opinions to willingly dish out without giving a fuck. If it were up to me Geneva would have gone first over her, she had potential to provide some more entertainment. She was also pretty cluey and attentive when it came to the twins. She seemed to lead the “cool kids” group and did have some sort of superiority complex.

Gianna: I remember loving her on my first watch but she was pretty unbearable this time. She constantly has to assert to people that she is “smart” or “capable of x” and that did “this or that” “I’m the state champion of that”. I sense a very insecure person who needed to always validate herself to the perspective of others. She was also so obviously wanting attention from the men and would not admit to it. She brought the nurse outfit supposedly as a charity item sure, but no one told you to wear it, let alone wear it more than once and pole dance. She was cut when the boys were interested in the other girls and tried her best to get some from Logan David for him to only feel creeped out. She just didn’t fit in with the group and that must have been awkward for her. You could sense the whole awkwardness from just watching.

Michael: I think he is one housemate of a select few that I just simply disliked watching. He was okay in the first week but then later on he just bitched and moaned about the spa, chores and mess in the house. I don’t really want to watch someone tell off 20-year old’s when I already have Big Brother doing that. I don’t particularly enjoy seeing his ass crack every 5 minutes either. Always on his high horse and had to argue why he was right rather than have a conversation. He didn’t even get shown a lot during the week he left, so it goes to show impressions do make a lasting impact. When he also put his dick on Gianna’s back in uncut probably did him absolutely no favours also. But yeah, could have done without him, there are some housemates who do you love to hate but then there are housemates I just don’t like to watch.

Michelle: Years ago, I loved her and have always thought of her as someone who went too early. Now upon re-watching her, I think those feelings came from her eviction interview rather than how she was in the house. The first word that comes to mind is bogan. She loved a bitch as well yet felt the need to reprimand anyone who engaged in bitching. She was extremely lucky to have been saved by Glenn in week 1 as I firmly believe she was almost the guaranteed evictee that week had Angela not been nominated. She was confrontational at times but in this cast of women that isn’t saying much, so other than her showmance with Glenn she didn’t really give me a big reason to want her to stay. It was fun to see her fight with Rachael but other people fill the roles she offered to the show. Her eviction interview and seeing her reactions to Glenn do make me think better of her. But I can’t really say much more than that.
 
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Rachael: I remember really despising her the first time around, and when I saw her again, I was reminded of how intolerable she was. I then came to realise she was really good value to the show and she was the only one who was happy to stand up to Dean. I can see why some housemates didn’t want to give her a chance, but I can also understand why some did. I think it goes without saying that she was not in an okay mental state in the house and she ethically shouldn’t have been cast on the show. However, in saying that she was probably the most explosive intruder at the time and offered so much to the show. She completely disrupted everything and made every situation about herself and you can’t help but be entertained. Her incredibly bizarre antics and upfront personality added something that was lacking and I thought it was funny how much having her there pissed off Geneva. The producers tried all they could to paint her in a positive light but she went anyway, after her first few days there was no way she was going to survive the eviction, her departure was inevitable really. But given how close the vote was between her and Geneva it does seem she won some people over who were able to see she did add value to the show. Although in saying all of this I am glad she left in a way as it allowed Vesna to develop more. I think overall Rachael sheds light on how Big Brother casting and reality tv casting started to ignore ethical considerations in favour of what just makes good TV.

Geneva: I really could not stand her on both my watches. She came across as immature, moody, bossy, aggressive and always got angry when things didn’t go her way. She wanted to almost be the sex symbol of the season and got really annoyed when she wasn’t getting any. She is probably also the first housemate to be overly irritated about intruders coming in. Her jealousy towards Vesna was icky and she had to seriously kiss him just to stand her ground. I found all of her reactions to any situation completely exaggerated and over the top. She really had it in for Gianna as well and was in no way interested to get to know Rachael even before she exploded at Dean. She has a really strange attraction to Hotdogs and all of her storylines made me feel uncomfortable. I longed for Day 50 to come just so I could see her evicted. After Vesna enters it seems every single scene of hers is negative, she is either crying, complaining or yelling. I really did dislike her once again and I could go on more but I’d just be repeating myself.

Glenn: Ok personally I liked Glenn. I never cared for him when I was younger, I actually found him quite bland. Now that I am older and at his age at the time of the show, I see that he was pretty much quite similar to many of the guys my age who are around me in my daily life (that does not include the treatment of women, however). In terms of his simple personality and bogan appearance, I see that every day. And as I got older, I’ve become attracted to it (I am sure that is a hot take here on this forum). I thought he was humorous, endearing and innocent in a Reggie sort of way (disagree with me if you want but I could see it).

Maybe it’s the mullet and that’s why I took a liking to him, but I genuinely enjoyed him on this rewatch. Now, this boy could have easily won this, hands down, but he fucked it up so easily by viewing the women as no more than items of clothing he could pick and choose to wear when he pleased. I think the reaction to it all is a tad overblown (although that’s easy for me to say as a male, so really who am I to undermine the feelings of the female viewers) but I do agree what he did was incredibly dirty and disrespectful. But really this guy had a really good chance at winning this for the first 4 weeks but fell victim to being controlled by his cock (as we say here apparently?).

I genuinely was initially gravitated to his simple nature and easy-going attitude, I think at the time in his life and also largely due to where he was from, he had no sense of how those who live in metro cities behave towards women. He had no awareness of what the consequences of his actions were and even joked and called himself a bad man when he talked about Michelle. Regardless of my thoughts on how Gretel handled his interview, he made it obvious he semi-knew what he did, but didn’t really care or feel sorry and rather looked at it as a joke and that everyone should get over it. I am hopefully sure he eventually learned from this and came to understand the other side of it all. If you ever want to learn how to lose $836,000 in 57 days then I’d highly recommend watching Glenn’s time on Big Brother 5.

Heath: Really upon thinking now, the 05 group is probably the best mix of intruders the show has had yet and probably does have. Heath was everything I expected him to be yet also everything I didn’t as well in the short 6 days he spent in there. On paper physically he is the epitome of my type of guy. So aside from my extreme fondness for his blonde locks and buff chest, I also found him to be really fun. The first few nights there he’s already stealing drinks and trying to crack on to Kate. His extreme broad accent is almost cartoonish and may I add his eviction interview with Gretel was a cracker. I wish he stayed longer over Mel. Whoever voted to evict him are idiots, he could have added so much more. Although from what I’ve read online he is the one involved with the “other” turkey slap incident with Rita. If that was well known to voters at the time then that’s understandable as to why he got voted out. But I can basically only go off of what I see on the daily shows and from what I saw I did really liked him.
 
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Hotdogs: My entire childhood I heard his name just as many times as I had heard Sara-Marie’s whenever my family talked Big Brother. Both times I watched this season I stopped and thought, why? Why was this guy so memorable to people who watched? I quickly gathered this time that it’s literally just because of him being called ‘hotdogs’ of all reasons. For the entire first half of this season, he is a non-entity with barely any storylines. And honestly, other than Vesna, he has no storyline. He had a hot and cold flirtmance with Vesna and he got too drunk a few times and displayed inappropriate behaviour. That’s all I have to say. Anything I do have to say about him will just involve Vesna. His treatment of her towards the end was really horrible, how he spoke to a woman like that and thought it was okay is pretty sickening. He was funny sometimes yes, but he was kind of just a bogan who started off quiet and got too drunk when he did. If his name wasn’t Hotdogs or there was no Vesna he’d just be another guy on the cast. Especially since Geneva left before him his entire edit is about him and Vesna arguing. So I find him to be grossly overrated by people I know

Dean: I really did not like him years ago and still didn’t like him now. I’ve never really disliked a male reality TV contestant as much before. I found him to be so up himself, so arrogant and such a meathead douche. Wow, you’re such a big noble hero for admitting your lie to Big Brother when you were asked about it at the very last minute. His very own girlfriend didn’t even seem that interested in him every single time she was on stage. I really cannot stand people who act like they’re the leader of the pack, especially guys with this holier-than-thou attitude when they get caught in confrontation. Why the boys followed him and fed his ego just makes me confused. So what if he’s bigger and louder and has a huge cock? I literally do not care. I also noticed he was extremely dismissive of others in arguments or discussions, notably with Rachael and Vesna. Whenever he didn’t like what people said they were automatically wrong and he always had to be in the right. Soooo irritating to watch I just wanted to punch the screen! I didn’t get the hype of him being “attractive”, not my type at all and his personality made it harder for me to get it. He had numerous close calls at several evictions and I was so happy when he nominated himself with the 3-point twist and the audience cheered. Despite Rita’s annoyance, he was a dead man walking all of week 10 and it was so pleasing to watch him lose. I really wanted him to NOT receive the prices.

Logan David: Wow he was boring. I don’t think this guy got a single scene of him talking more than a sentence until week 8. He was Dean’s shadow that followed him everywhere. From what was shown it seems he was harder to get along with than Greg so he was going to go either way regardless if the house or audience voted. Moving on…..

Rita: She honestly was fine when she first went it. She seemed to be a pseudo-Sara-Marie type of person who was going to bring something to the show that the rest of the girls were lacking. And that was positivity. But after about a week of her in the house, she became extremely unbearable VERY QUICKLY. I saw someone who was very insecure in themselves to the point of having such clouded vision that any form of criticism directed towards her was deemed incorrect. If someone had a problem with her it was their issue for not understanding her. I feel she was an extremely deluded individual who had to scold people for being different from her and that the traits people did not like about her were just traits that others had not learned yet. Everything about her was tunnel vision as she seemed to have no understanding that she was stubborn more than others being judgmental. You can’t tell someone you dislike something about them and then tell them they aren’t allowed to get defensive about it. I saw her as an incredibly close-minded person who was just so socially awkward to the point of it being impossible to deal with. I also don’t like when people associate age with life experience in all scenarios. No Rita, being 29 does not mean you know what is correct over a 19-24-year-old. I think she confuses her own life struggles to be the template for everyone else’s.
 
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Christie: Here we are, my favourite of the original housemates. A hornier version of Ashalea from BB4, who in my opinion is probably the cause of what many older people seem to view young girls on Big Brother to be. If I was to give an award for Big Brother’s horniest housemate, she’d take the prize quite easily with not much consideration for anyone else in all honesty. In the beginning, she was really fun to watch and it seemed the voting public felt the same, as she appeared to only score around 10% of the vote whenever she was nominated. It was funny to watch her really try to use words to come across as smart until she used them incorrectly and she’s on national TV saying she’s ‘very intellect”, so I personally found her to be really hilarious. I think her obsession for Greg was more lust as opposed to love, I think she was loving male attention (as any 19-year-old would) and I don’t think there was any chemistry between them in a romantic sense. Her rivalry with Kate was quite comical as it appeared to come from pure jealousy and her being territorial with Greg. The night she got so drunk and was sectioned in the airlock by Big Brother was great fun and she was probably the shining star of uncut for the 2005 group.

When I first watched this as a kid I was so confused as to how in the matter of a month she went from an audience favourite to then evicted with such a large portion of votes in the double. I never understood it until now and reading whirlpool, it seems her constant bitching and gossiping caught up with her after 78 days. Speaking about x to y and then vice versa and laughing with x after talking about them to y and again vice versa. It was hard to ignore that she was doing it but I saw her as the pinnacle of the series storylines and losing her with still three weeks left was really disappointing. Other than Vesna all of the fun had been sucked out and all of the storylines that had formed just come to a halt. She was definitely one of the better housemates of the season and I would have liked her to make it closer to the very end. I think why I like her so much is that she reminds me of a lot of people her age that I know, and I just found her to be really funny.

Kate: I have never understood the appeal of Kate, never. I don’t get why the housemates took so long to nominate her for eviction, I don’t get why she started off popular with the audience and I do not for the life of me understand why she was tipped to be one of the front runners to win the whole damn show. At times I thought she was boring but mostly I found her to be judgemental, prissy, uppity, prudish and uptight. I can’t stand type A people and I really cannot stand people who get so pressed about farting and burping. Sure, you don’t have to like it but it’s a fucking human thing to do lmao. I hate people who look down on others if they don’t act like them and Kate was all of that. She was the type of person I’d really struggle to get along with on a personal level let alone have to live with for 12 weeks. It seemed she was always judging others for their behaviour regardless if it was deserved or not and she always had to put her two cents worth in and I just found her irritating. Her rise and fall was fun to watch for me, she starts off popular with everyone and the audience, and then gets nominated for her entire last month to then be turned on completely by the audience with a decently large % of the vote. I don’t think she was playing the game as much as people say she was, I think she just was lucky people of her archetype tend to last long. The homophobic comment was also a really low point for the series, regardless if she meant it or not, I hope she learned from it later on.

Melanie: She was borderline Irrelevant but also borderline mediocre at the same time. She had the least impact of the three intruders but she managed to be somewhat dynamic in the beginning, especially when it came to her differences with Rita. I think with Rita there and being so different from Melanie it really allowed for Melanie to be forced to contribute to the house simply because Rita did her head in. Overall, she just was there and didn’t stick out as much as the others did. Without Rita there to juxtapose the two there was no point in her being there. Her being there in the final few over Christie is something that brings the end part of the season down for me.
 
Vesna: I don’t know if it’s because if I loved her on my first watch, loved her in real life when I met her multiple times or if it’s because I still loved her just as much this time, but I just love Vesna. Sara-Marie is the only housemate who I genuinely laughed out loud at until Vesna showed up. Usually, I am uninterested in intruders and am very against the idea of them winning, to me if an intruder wins, I look at the time they weren’t there a waste of time. Vesna however really did truly stick out amongst them all. For the first 25 days, I was team Christie, but it was Vesna who was the first to do the impossible, change my opinion despite being a latecomer. Intruders are there to shake up the house and usually, they don’t. Vesna truly is the first Intruder to meet my two criteria; look like an everyday Australian to the point of being relatable whilst also standing out amongst the crowd as a distinctive character. I was interested in watching her develop as well as learning about her life, none of the previous intruders had really engaged me that hard.

She first enters to a warm reception and is the intruder of the two who was able to intergrade better within the house and was able to form bonds, relationships and establish her character quite early on without much struggle. But it is really when the servants & slave's task and high school task happen that she really shines. Much like Sara-Marie, it is the middle of the season where her character truly starts to peak. The complaining, the whining and the screaming are so over the top, so cartoonish yet it is so relatable at the same time? Who else here can honestly say they don’t hate cleaning too? Who complains about their weight and does nothing about it? Vesna is the perfect television representation of what everyday people say and do, and some of us may not like to admit it, but we do. There’s a reason why Vesna lasted so long as an intruder, it’s her hilarious OTT behaviour that is so over-simplified which makes it so relatable and realistic.

It is a shame it took the voting public a while to warm to her, I think it’s very plausible to think she was the 31% behind Geneva’s 31.3% in the week 7 eviction judging on the audience reaction. In some ways, Vesna lucked out in those early evictions where she was nominated against very unpopular housemates, but in saying that there needs to be credit given to her for being able to win over the audience to allow her to stay at the expense of an original housemate. It was warming to see her survive over Hotdogs and to see her finally emerge as her own character rather than “that intruder who got with Hotdogs”. With him gone she was able to show the viewers she was an individual with her own story to tell, she was more than just the intruder involved with Hotdogs. She was Vesna. Hearing the crowd cheer for her and reading about the increase in her popularity was simply warming to know. I think another thing I really love about her is she genuinely did not think she’d last as long as she did and expected to go, she went in wanting a shot at the experience and had no intentions of lasting as long as she did. And she had every right in the world to last those 74 full days she was there in that house.

I watched a woman who was open about insecurities, some may not want to hear this constantly, but I’d argue a lot of those people are also insecure and it’s a bit too close to home to hear another person speak of it, or it may also be too close to home to hear about insecurities when you just wanna watch Big Brother. I saw her as someone raw who proved she was multi-dimensional and was able to develop herself as much as the show did throughout her time in the house. It is a shame the vote to evict system was still used as it looks like she had very strong potential to win had the vote to save mechanic been used. I do think it is pretty amazing she was able to survive 6 evictions as loud of a character as she was and I think it was even more amazing to find out how fantastic and real she is in real life as well. She carries a lot of the end of the show with her endearingly entertaining personality and it was just as fun to see it play out in real life all those years later. You are truly a Big Brother legend @missv8 and BB2022 missed out on some quality content. You deserve a second chance, I don’t really like the idea of living in a world where you don’t get to do Big Brother again whilst other boring housemates do. It just doesn’t feel right.

Tim: It is hard to accurately reflect on him given what we all know about him from the ACA 10-year reunion show. But for the sake of authenticity, I will write my thoughts as if I am watching this in the year 2005 not knowing anything else. I did like Tim a lot on this rewatch, probably even more than before. Much like Vesna, he was a normal-looking everyday Australian that I would see in everyday life whilst also really sticking out as an interesting character. It may be because it was a bunch of horny people in their 20s and he was the older skinny geeky guy that made him stand out, but his intelligence was impossible to go unnoticed given his competition. His quick wit and social maneuvering through the cast makes me think he’d be quite fantastic on the modern version as himself.

The storyline of him wanting to get bigger and become one of the boys was pretty funny, it was relatable and nice to see someone who wasn’t a typical meathead get involved with the gym as I am sure many other guys were inspired by him. But I could do without the whole Kate thing, he was already the skinny underdog everyone picked on he didn’t really need to add that in. But overall, I did like his growth throughout the season and how his change in appearance emulated his growth in the season as well going from the skinny nerdy guy to the bulking “Logan-Tim” who managed to rack up a lot of support. I like seeing people like him do well and I liked that he lasted the entire way as he was a pretty important figure to the storyline of the season. Yes, the sexy singles thing was great but it was just as good to see someone who awkwardly does not fit in with the theme as well, so he played his part pretty well.

I also love his rivalry with Dean, watching Tim confuse Dean’s simple mind during the reverse kanga argument was beyond satisfying. The best part was that in real life Dean would probably come out on top over Tim, but in this scenario, Tim prevailed and scored one for all the smaller kids who got bullied by the bigger kids at school. It was very easy to root for him and I think it’s well deserved. Given what we know now it is pretty extraordinary he was able to pull off what he set out to do and had a clear understanding of what the game of BBAU was well beyond anyone else. His love of the labor party reminds me so much of a friend I have who is the same, as little as I am into politics, I think someone like him was needed for the show. He’d excel in the modern format I believe, whether or not he is the same person would need to be observed, but I was impressed with how he was aware so highly of the social component of Big Brother.

Logan Greg: Honestly, what is there really to say? Much like his brother he was largely a non-event in the show’s story. He was shown more than his Brother but apart from being a twin, his main schtick was being the token good looking-guy who the females wanted to pursue. He was the nicer twin and, in my opinion, the better-looking one, so it really is no surprise he was the twin who lasted longer, and it’s not really much of a shock that he lasted to the end given the show’s history. I’ve met that many Greg’s in my life to be severely unimpressed by him entertainment-wise, but also, I understand why he was liked (or just not cared about that much to vote out). He hooked up with Christie and had most of the girls fawning, everyone also briefly joked about him being gay and he also apparently had a small dick. That is pretty much a summary of his 100-day stint in the Dreamworld compound. Whilst it is not such a shock that he lasted so long I don’t fully get why he won? I guess teenage girls voting, boring white guys and also the alleged vote-buying that came from the Logan twins but what are you gonna do? I was team Tim but I don’t fully hate him enough to be that angry. I prefer Tim but with Vesna not winning it’s a loss either way. Whether or not Vesna’s guess is true about the twins returning to BB2022, I am uninterested anyway to see them on again. I don’t really see much from an entertainment perspective at all.

That’s it for my BB5 coverage. On to BB6 which I am pretty excited about as I expect it to be similar to BB5. Although getting closer and closer to Gretel leaving is not exciting me.
 
I still remember my initial reaction to hearing about there was gonna be a housemate called 'Hotdogs' that year. Iirc I think I thought it was a joke rumour for a moment kinda like rumours that come out about leaked tracklists for albums sometimes have outlandish names (even though sometimes they turn out to be spot on the money).

There wasn't even another 'Simon' in the house that year (which is what they had done for nicknames up to that point (BB02 Marty (Nathan) BB03 Saxon (Daniel), and after in the Ten era. John & Ashley of BB06 (both Michaels).

Cherry in BB08 was kinda a special case using something different than his first name but at least that was his last name IIRC and not something wildly out there like Hotdogs haha.

Also BB03 Jaime and Intruder Jamie avoided this by not being in the house at the same time, like last year they had to initialise Charlotte's (and I kept trying to make the fan nickname 'CHARM' happen in the episode threads lol).
 
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timmy said:
His name was Nathan Martin, IIRC, ergo "Marty".
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oh yep doh! I knew that haha, I mean so another like Cherry, but difference Cherry didn't have to use his last name (no other 'Ed' in BB08), but Marty did because of there being 2 Nathan's.
 
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There wasn't even another 'Simon' in the house that year (which is what they had done for nicknames up to that point (BB02 Marty (Nathan) BB03 Saxon (Daniel), and after in the Ten era. John & Ashley of BB06 (both Michaels).
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Also Max in BB06, whose real name was James - as was Jamie's. (This one is a pet peeve of mine, as growing up I always wanted to see a HM with my name... and then the one year where two HMs were actually named James, neither of them even publicly went by it. 😂)

Re: Hotdogs - I guess it was just something different to add to his "character". And hey, it clearly worked, because he is still one of the most talked about / unforgotten HMs by casual viewers - a lot of which has to do with the name.
 
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Re: Hotdogs - I guess it was just something different to add to his "character". And hey, it clearly worked, because he is still one of the most talked about / unforgotten HMs by casual viewers - a lot of which has to do with the name.
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I wonder how many of his real estate clients call him that when they recognise him.
 
Nice review and I certainly get why this feels like the first season that could air today. The first three especially do have a more dated feeling - BB4 is probably the series that is the necessary step to what it became in BB5.
 
Will: He seems nice, but I don’t think would’ve made an impact.

Nicki: Same with Will, nice but don’t think there would be impact.

Hayley: She was robbed. I truly believe she was the most dynamic intruder besides Keiran. She wasn’t afraid to say it how it is and would’ve shook up the house.

Damian: I liked him quite a bit. It was a bit redundant for him to be the first boot. Him & Mirabai were an interesting couple and would’ve loved to have seen developed more. He was fun in his own which made him endearing to watch. People regularly bitching about him taking a lot of the food was rather amusing. Also his dad Chan is a legend lol.

Katrina: She gave me major “theatre kid” vibes and not in the good way. Very over the top, controlling in the tasks especially in the looming task. Her goldfish dying was truly a meme of its time though.

Aaron: As much as I understand the discourse of Jess & Marty, his self righteous attitude was very unnecessary. Especially when he’s done the same thing himself. The house already made the dumb decision to be a whole 100% of their budget on a task. For him to make people feel so shit about fucking up a task… just made no sense and again not needed. Whilst I somewhat am in agreement to the toilet situation. He went about it in the wrong way being over the top and aggressive at times.

Shannon: She was a likeable character, but she was just quite invisible for the most part. I didn’t mind her being somewhat of a leader. She did it pretty well. Her going in week 5 though made next to no sense. Nonetheless, she did give me “early boot” vibes.

Nicole: I liked what I saw from her in terms of her VT and her time in the intruder retreat. But coming in she… did a lot of nothing. Kinda sat around which was a little disappointing. Her g-string had more screen time than her.

Turkan: She was great to watch, even though her wanting to leave all the time was grating at times. Her and Peter was very meh, she was the one completely carried that storyline from start to finish. Her interpretations of the house dynamics always interested me. How the dynamics completely shift after she left was so fascinating. She was almost unintentionally the mother figure of the house and then afterwards it became a rendition of 12 year old’s at a slumber party.

Brodie: Now I didn’t particularly understand the extent of his charisma… but I’m sure Mirabai did. He was nice, cute & likeable that’s about it. Basically got evicted via being up against the couple.
 
Nathan: He truly was one of the running forces that kept me sane through watching this series. Very dynamic and brought a lot of personality. He was very aware and at least knew how to nominate properly. I however, found the gossiping of the singles bedroom childish considering he blamed Jess & Marty for “excluding others” when mainly him & Alex did the same thing. Also the week he got evicted he was the ring leader of deliberately failing the task and was annoying for being slightly belligerent in regards to anyone having opposing views. With all that said, him leaving really sent the series plummeting to a stagnant finish. It becomes the Jess & Marty show with Keiran being the comical relief.

Alex: At first he never really crossed my mind, mainly because he basically had next to no storyline and quite boring. His biggest storyline was being Nathan & Sahra’s bestie. The only reason I mainly noticed him is because I do find him attractive. But that’s about it. His nominations were however, always concise and I think with the current format if they were to do another “all stars” he should be a consideration. As I feel he would really thrive strategically.

Mirabai: She was always an interesting person to watch. Showmances can be annoying, but hers with Damian and then Brodie were fascinating to say the least. I can’t judge someone on the decisions they make when it comes to partners on the oust. But consequently she ended up being majorly slut shamed which is unfortunate. She had a great hippy vibe who was very spiritual. Her friendship with Jess & Marty was also great to see. They seemed like the underdogs of the bedroom wars. Her lack of involvement with household chores and mundane activities was always amusing as I can personally relate to this.

Keiran: Out of all the intruders, he was probably the best one. He was willing to laugh at himself, he’s extremely relatable and on the topic of intruders. He’s the first of its kind to make it far or more so close/all the way to the end. I’m glad he made it as far as he did. If he went earlier it surely would’ve been a much dimmer house than what it was.

Jessica: She was the standout person of the series. Definitely my top fave as well. She was someone who I was entertained by. She kept the momentum going throughout the series. Even when number had gotten small and storylines were quite literally non-existent. I found myself drawn to her outwards personality. I respect the fact that she never dulled herself down, even though it was a running factor in why she got nominated many times. Speaking of nominations, the way she would come up with reasons were hilarious especially the Alex and his terrible mash potato and Turkan pinching her on the bum. Her & Marty’s relationship was great, but not something I was necessarily invested in. I feel as if she stands well as an individual. She was made for TV and if it wasn’t for her. I would’ve massively struggled getting through the series. Her & Sara-Marie are sole, but very solidified reasons in why the “vote to evict” contention in retrospect does the show a disservice.

Sahra: I don’t really have much to say about her other than, she’s someone who I would’ve liked to have seen more of. Her main arc was on Uncut but that’s about it. Her vibe seems really chill and I can imagine that she’d be fun to hang around with. Her friendships with Alex & Nathan was nice to see. In terms of all BBAU housemates, she’s the definition of neutral.

Marty: He isn’t someone who exactly come to mind right away, but when he does I am very fond of him. He always had such a likeable presence. I appreciate how causally open he was to a lot of things and never really let things get in the way of his enjoyment. He definitely has a great personality and is very cute, I see why Jess went for him. I almost forgot he was the same age I am now lmao. Seeing a straight man be so comfortable with his sexuality was pleasant to watch. Especially with this series being literally 20 years ago. It was wholesome to watch.

Peter: As much as I understand everyone at the time had a reason to vote him to win. I truly can’t wrap my head around how he actually did. There were a number of non-existent people in this series alone, but I think he take the cake for that exact statement. He talked about his parents, fell in love with Turkan and then when she left, he went ghost just to end up winning against… Marty??? I truly feel so sorry for the loss of both his parents, but from a reality tv show perspective… I felt so devoid of understanding. He wasn’t all that dynamic or interesting or entertaining at all in the slightest. I just feel there’s has to more of a concrete reasoning as to why he was chosen to be the winner by a mere margin other than the fact that he needed the money. I’m sure he did and I respect that as much as everyone else who would’ve massively benefited from a $250,000 prize. But that being the only drive force in the public voting him to win almost takes away the value of why people watch Big Brother in the first place. There honestly could’ve been times around the halfway point where he would be evicted. Him winning didn’t exactly satisfy me. But then again the way voting went I can just mostly assume that people were just confused thinking they were voting Marty to win.

That’s my overall thoughts on the BBAU 2002. The cast as a group was worse than the previous year in terms of dynamics and connection. I’m glad I stuck through this series, because I’m nearly finished week 1 of BB03 and going from this to that… omg a huge upgrade already. I’m sure this will take me less time to binge through.
 
I think it made sense to have the HMs know who was evicted before and after the twist, it was another way to create some tension or drama for the week, like Angela being weirdly annoyed at Michelle for being saved. I did sort of like in 2007 where they didn’t know who was saved until eviction night so that no one knew for sure if they were up or not.
 
the Theorist said:
Re: Hotdogs - I guess it was just something different to add to his "character". And hey, it clearly worked, because he is still one of the most talked about / unforgotten HMs by casual viewers - a lot of which has to do with the name.
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My understanding was it was legit his nickname amongst his mates, because he was once this fat kid in school who once got mad at a teacher and called him a "hot dog". At which point his friend turned to him and said "No, mate, you're the hot dog"
 
beardymac said:
My understanding was it was legit his nickname amongst his mates, because he was once this fat kid in school who once got mad at a teacher and called him a "hot dog". At which point his friend turned to him and said "No, mate, you're the hot dog"
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Correct. I meant transferring that to using it in the house / on the show.
 
the Theorist said:
Re: Hotdogs - I guess it was just something different to add to his "character". And hey, it clearly worked, because he is still one of the most talked about / unforgotten HMs by casual viewers - a lot of which has to do with the name.
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This really is the case. He was super quiet for a good chunk of BB5 and it's only when Vesna comes where he actually gets airtime. If his name was Simon no one would have remembered him. My family has always spoken about remembering him, but other than hooking up with Vesna they could never tell me what he actually did.
 
Hoping to get through some BB6 today. Watched the launch show and I never realised how young the cast is. There are A LOT of 19-21 year old housemates so I am very much interested to see how differently I relate to the cast now than I did as a child. It's really weird to think that it wasn't so long ago I was watching this in my early teens and now I am older or the same age than almost 75% of the cast. That is a really weird feeling.

The insider twist is boring and blatantly copied from BBUK6 with Makosi being the mole in the first week of the season. The Sexy singles theme has been boosted to sexy singles who have cheated (MAFS eat your heat out) and also the mean Big Brother. I am looking forward to my watch of the season as 2004-2007 was where I really enjoyed BB.

It's also exciting to think that by the time I finish the TEN era there will probably be more promos and information about the next season.
 
Zcsund1234 said:
This really is the case. He was super quiet for a good chunk of BB5 and it's only when Vesna comes where he actually gets airtime. If his name was Simon no one would have remembered him. My family has always spoken about remembering him, but other than hooking up with Vesna they could never tell me what he actually did.
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Not to mention, he was also given his own TV show after BB - that ran nightly for well over a year.

Case in point, TVTonight even ran a story about him recently: https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/friday-flashback-hotdogs.html
 
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