Big Brother Australia 2026 rumours

[kamui]

No it has not. People have just made assumptions.

I think in some cases it's people needing some sort of coping mechanism. Not so much around here, but I've seen people on other platforms that I think try to convince themselves that the bad things were only bad because it must have been a trial season. Some people even excused the car twist on finale night with it being a trial run.

 

[dasnico]

I think in some cases it's people needing some sort of coping mechanism. Not so much around here, but I've seen people on other platforms that I think try to convince themselves that the bad things were only bad because it must have been a trial season. Some people even excused the car twist on finale night with it being a trial run.

I’ve challenged just about every “it’s a trial run” post on a few different platforms. Not once was it confirmed as a trial. Endemol and Ten have ~3 year contracts. Idk where it started but I’m assuming it’s due to the crass and temporary nature of the house structure they built inside of the exhibition centre and the circumstances regarding the closure of the gold coaster for maintenance and/or allowing the show to tape.

I think this is the location and relative layout of any and all seasons Ten hope to produce despite the fact it is actually not conducive to Dreamworld operating the park. If Big Brother is going to run longer then it needs to be away from the rollercoasters and rides.

 

[Surly]

I’ve challenged just about every “it’s a trial run” post on a few different platforms. Not once was it confirmed as a trial. Endemol and Ten have ~3 year contracts. Idk where it started but I’m assuming it’s due to the crass and temporary nature of the house structure they built inside of the exhibition centre and the circumstances regarding the closure of the gold coaster for maintenance and/or allowing the show to tape.

I think this is the location and relative layout of any and all seasons Ten hope to produce despite the fact it is actually not conducive to Dreamworld operating the park. If Big Brother is going to run longer then it needs to be away from the rollercoasters and rides.

Where else could it be located then without breaking the bank?

 

[kamui]

I’ve challenged just about every “it’s a trial run” post on a few different platforms. Not once was it confirmed as a trial. Endemol and Ten have ~3 year contracts. Idk where it started but I’m assuming it’s due to the crass and temporary nature of the house structure they built inside of the exhibition centre and the circumstances regarding the closure of the gold coaster for maintenance and/or allowing the show to tape.

I think it already started when we figured out that it will be a very short series, but the temporary nature of the house was when the theory took off.

I get people saying "oh, it's only four weeks, they won't throw a lot of money at it" and before the next series, 10 will definitely be like "We've looked at what worked and what didn't work". But neither makes the recent series a trial run. One are budget cuts, the other is PR bs. They already have a different opinion on the season than us. Their review won't change next year.

"Trial run" is such a bullshit excuse and riles me up more than it should... budget and the short time frame they've had have been issues, but certainly not their main issues. Their biggest issue was their attitude. And that won't change.

They've showed park visitors on Tailspin talking to the housemates, which probably inspired Bruce's family to do the same and which was also shown. Absolutely no learning curve, which you'd might expect from somebody treating it as a trial run.

Keep on calling out people excusing bullshit with trail run.. but those people are delusional.

 

[kamui]

Where else could it be located then without breaking the bank?

The least they should do is moving the garden towards the car park, anywhere away from Tailspin.

 

[BBantUK07]

I think David Knox started the trial run rumours lol

 

[dasnico]

Where else could it be located then without breaking the bank?

There’s a dirt lot just south of the current production area that used to be a car park. The main theory going for a while was that would be where the house would go.

 

[hisensewashingmachine]

One thing I wonder is if a bit like the Seven deal for the first house (and possibly second) they might have a one year deal with Dreamworld so need to film both series within that period, though that's not a bad thing.

82 days certainly isn't happening - 80 perhaps if they stick to the traditional Saturday launch, Monday finale but realistically even an expanded show isn't getting close to 11 weeks.

All I can think is where is the actual room on the schedule?

Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
Survivor Australia: Redemption
Masterchef (2026 casting only opened today though so I believe it won’t air until Q3 at least)
The Amazing Race

Where will there be enough room for a 82 day season?

 

[dasnico]

All I can think is where is the actual room on the schedule?

Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
Survivor Australia: Redemption
Masterchef (2026 casting only opened today though so I believe it won’t air until Q3 at least)
The Amazing Race

Where will there be enough room for a 82 day season?

It's certainly doable. It was done in the past. 30-minute daily shows aren't impossible if they're done right. We don't need nightly 60 minute episodes unless the previous days antics warrant an extended show. I'm also not aware of these other IPs running 6-7 nights a week either.

Big Brother doesn't work as a ~30-day show.

 

[timmy]

Big Brother doesn't work as a ~30-day show.

Didn't they have an insanely long season of Masterchef this year? They can cut four weeks off that.

 

[hisensewashingmachine]

Didn't they have an insanely long season of Masterchef this year? They cut four weeks off that.

161 episodea

 

[Spectator O.O]

I’d have to agree, I wouldn’t mind if Friday night live made a comeback if they could find a way to reinvent it/distance it from its controversial past. I don’t think it needs to be anything crazy, just a few challenges in an arena with commentary from maybe Mike and Mel, they seem like a good duo, would love to see them working together + special guest or ex housemate, 45 mins to an hour max.

Obviously there’s a lot they need to work on first so this would be towards the end of the priority list.

Some might argue that Saturday thing nine had flopped, therefore FNL would flop, but the challenges were absolutely horrible in that and it had no excitement/event tv feeling whatsoever.

I think FNL would be a massive hit with younger audiences and tiktok, especially with all the younger audience that got into this series, and could at least provide some variety on a Friday night for 10.

The problem I saw with the more modern games is they then had unfair advantage to the fitter contestants and didn't take as much chances ob diverse body types or disabled people/ age groups. I would hate to see that happening again

 

[imsocold]

All I can think is where is the actual room on the schedule?

Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
Survivor Australia: Redemption
Masterchef (2026 casting only opened today though so I believe it won’t air until Q3 at least)
The Amazing Race

Where will there be enough room for a 82 day season?

You've forgotten The Traitors (which I suspect will follow I'm A Celeb). 82 days seems way too optimistic, I'd guess 8-10 weeks at most (56-70 days).

This year being a "trial season" is pretty self evident. I've spoken elsewhere about how even with a three season commitment the show didn't have the brand capital to attract flagship-level sponsor/ad revenue, and how that would result in them being conservative with spend until it's proven. That doesn't excuse the editorial issues though which frankly were the biggest issue.

There is no world where Friday Night Games comes back. That door is closed, that conversation really needs to stop.