Finale Alert! Happening 8 December

imsocold said:
Keep in mind that the network, not the producers, determine the finale date. Just speculating, but if I were Ten, I'd be setting an early end date too - to limit the negative brand exposure.

They've got their data from this experiment. They know what works and what doesn't. It's best that they retreat, reassess their creative brief to Endemol, build their budgets, and plan for 2026.
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Valid viewpoint, I hope you're right!
 
imsocold said:
Keep in mind that the network, not the producers, determine the finale date. Just speculating, but if I were Ten, I'd be setting an early end date too - to limit the negative brand exposure.
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But this is rating well. And even if ratings year is done, it's not like advertisers stop advertising two weeks before Christmas. I'm actually a bit surprised they didn't roll the dice and let it run a week longer - or even until the 22nd.
 
timmy said:
I'm actually a bit surprised they didn't roll the dice and let it run a week longer - or even until the 22nd.
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They had the Head Housemate, potentially a pass to the final or other sort of immunity on Sunday. They are running out of ideas on how to keep in their favorites and every week they keep the show going makes it more likely that they will have to do heavier lifting in the edit and less likely for Colin to win. 🫥
 
kamui said:
They had the Head Housemate, potentially a pass to the final or other sort of immunity on Sunday. They are running out of ideas on how to keep in their favorites and every week they keep the show going makes it more likely that they will have to do heavier lifting in the edit and less likely for Colin to win. 🫥
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I don't think Colin is winning anymore, a lot of people find him annoying now on social media and there are less positive comments towards him. More likely to be Vinnie or Allana imo
 
the Theorist said:
The ratings may be great but the season is far from being well received. Either way, considering the HMs have been talking about the end date on the streams for a while, I’m guessing their contract agreements must’ve stated the pre-determined date. It’s even earlier than what we theorised.

So, like everything else these producers have promised this year, the whole “no date is set” and “possibility of extension” was simply to ward off the negative feedback they were receiving on social media before the series started (from casual viewers already complaining about the short series at the time) just long enough to get the show rolling and garner an initial viewership.

Two weeks left to wrap a four-week season… good riddance. We can already see where this is all headed. The way things are going at the moment, it’s becoming increasingly apparent they probably have pre-determined finalists in mind too.

If anything positive can come from this lacklustre over-produced soapie they’ve pulled together this year, is that hopefully next year they can pull their heads in, blame their misdoings on this being a “trial season”, extend the run and realise this is Big Brother and not Love Island while they have a chance to save some face.

Embarrassing for Ten, honestly. It’s been said before but they should’ve just waited til next year.
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MIght be harsh but 2026 is Big Brother Australia's FINAL ever chance imo.

Must be a longer season (enough time to allow a more traditional nomination/eviction cycle, with just one double eviction put in there, maybe two)
Certainly no triples (or even more) in a single week.

Hopefully they are game enough to allow live streams to show diary room conversations live. If they want to avoid any rigging talk, this is a big way to eliminate those concerns.

Also show the percentages to the recently evicted housemate (if a double eviction, perhaps wait til the 2nd evicted housemate is on stage)

Also have it mentioned in their contracts that anything can be used for TV. Next to zero muting of mics (if it can't be complete zero)

Probably other suggestions I can think of but those are big ones for me.
 
timmy said:
But this is rating well. And even if ratings year is done, it's not like advertisers stop advertising two weeks before Christmas. I'm actually a bit surprised they didn't roll the dice and let it run a week longer - or even until the 22nd.
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TV media is generally locked in 6-8 weeks out. It's incredibly difficult to get any kind of last minute media at this time of year. 2025 is pretty much closed out.
 
imsocold said:
TV media is generally locked in 6-8 weeks out. It's incredibly difficult to get any kind of last minute media at this time of year. 2025 is pretty much closed out.
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10 EP Sarah Thornton was pretty vague when asked how many weeks it would run, and she works for the network (4th November article):

“We haven’t (confirmed weeks) but obviously you can see we’re heading to Christmas. We will up the pace as we get to the Final, definitely. But, we’re sort of hoping to get to the Final with enough people that the house is still entertaining and that viewers still feel like they’re getting to decide on their favourite for the winner.”

Perhaps @kamui is right and they realised these HMs suck, so did the bare minimum.
 
timmy said:
Perhaps @kamui is right and they realised these HMs suck, so did the bare minimum.
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My comment wasn't completely serious and more making fun of them trying to protect their favorites.

I would assume that they've never been serious about extending it in the first place unless it would have been such a breakout hit that an extension would have made sense from a financial point, e.g. it only makes sense if they can sell more ads on December 9th with BB on the schedule than without BB on the schedule.

I don't know the Australian ad market that well, but that might be an issue here as well: limited interest from advertisers to fire up additional budgets on a short notice to support an extension despite there being a bigger audience on 10 than usual.
 
timmy said:
10 EP Sarah Thornton was pretty vague when asked how many weeks it would run, and she works for the network (4th November article):

“We haven’t (confirmed weeks) but obviously you can see we’re heading to Christmas. We will up the pace as we get to the Final, definitely. But, we’re sort of hoping to get to the Final with enough people that the house is still entertaining and that viewers still feel like they’re getting to decide on their favourite for the winner.”

Perhaps @kamui is right and they realised these HMs suck, so did the bare minimum.
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Prime time ad space already goes at a premium this time of year, they don't need the show to sell it. They plans were so unclear that they couldn't even get a serious major sponsor.

This has always been a low risk run, which is why budgets are so tight.
 
Wasn't there something mentioned before the season started about a roller coaster nearby needing to reopen for the summer around 8th December?
 
Tim said:
Wasn't there something mentioned before the season started about a roller coaster nearby needing to reopen for the summer around 8th December?
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The Gold Coaster is currently cut off from the park because of the Big Brother set and maintainence for the Gold Coaster ends on December 12th, but I don't think it needs to reopen. They've pushed back the re-opening date before and I think they could easily do without the Gold Coaster for another two weeks. It's not like Dreamworld will be at full capacity just because people can't line up for the Gold Coaster.

The updated King Claw will be the main draw for Dreamworld this summer anyways.
 
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