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10:20 am - 09/25/2014
Scandal in the Big Brother Australia House! Favouritism and Viewer Manipulation EXPOSED!
When you watch a reality television series that is literally meant to be about one thing and one thing only - the genuine, uncensored reality of strangers trapped in a small house, under 24/7 surveillance for your viewing pleasure - you expect just that! Despite this being the entire premise of iconic reality series Big Brother, the current season has been everything but that. It has been nothing more than a glorified soap opera. A disappointing trend since it's rebirth on Channel 9 in 2012.

With allegations of housemates Lisa and Jake being fed lines to create faux love triangle drama within a fairly obvious one-sided romance with Skye (what kind of desperate ratings ploy?? yikes!) you'd think the heads of Big Brother Australia would be doing whatever they could to prevent this ratings failing series from being exposed as the viewer manipulating really-not-real reality series that it quite possibility is!

Despite having a tight enough grip on the housemates within the house to have housemates poorly acting scenes, that grip was not tight enough to prevent first evictee, Gemma, from exposing herself as not only real life buddy of last year's winner Tim Dormer, but also actual irl friend of fellow housemate Jake. What makes this even more of a mess? Jake is Tim's actual housemate - as EXPOSED by Behind Big Brother last month!!

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Warren


Read more at ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/91284201.html#ixzz3EII1GLjR
 
10:20 am - 09/25/2014
Scandal in the Big Brother Australia House! Favouritism and Viewer Manipulation EXPOSED!
When you watch a reality television series that is literally meant to be about one thing and one thing only - the genuine, uncensored reality of strangers trapped in a small house, under 24/7 surveillance for your viewing pleasure - you expect just that! Despite this being the entire premise of iconic reality series Big Brother, the current season has been everything but that. It has been nothing more than a glorified soap opera. A disappointing trend since it's rebirth on Channel 9 in 2012.

With allegations of housemates Lisa and Jake being fed lines to create faux love triangle drama within a fairly obvious one-sided romance with Skye (what kind of desperate ratings ploy?? yikes!) you'd think the heads of Big Brother Australia would be doing whatever they could to prevent this ratings failing series from being exposed as the viewer manipulating really-not-real reality series that it quite possibility is!

Despite having a tight enough grip on the housemates within the house to have housemates poorly acting scenes, that grip was not tight enough to prevent first evictee, Gemma, from exposing herself as not only real life buddy of last year's winner Tim Dormer, but also actual irl friend of fellow housemate Jake. What makes this even more of a mess? Jake is Tim's actual housemate - as EXPOSED by Behind Big Brother last month!!

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Warren


Read more at ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/91284201.html#ixzz3EII1GLjR

No offence, but the above just seems like real shoddy journalism. How, from those tweets, did they ascertain that Gemma and Jake had a relationship outside of BB? Because Tim offered to cook her dinner? Conjecture.

It's no secret that Tim and Gemma are familiar to each other - they met at auditions last year. I wouldn't call them buddies by any stretch of the imagination though. Gemma also only found out post-eviction that he and Jake were housies. I think this is just the relaxed, welcoming Aussie chumminess that is being misread by Americans.
 
Jake,Tim and Gemma met at the 2013 auditions. Gemma auditioned in Perth and Sydney.
Gemma has tweeted Tim months ago but they just knew each from auditions and nothing more to it.



tim dormer ‏@timdormer 2h
@gemma6foot6 Gem! That was awful last night, you deserved better than that! But ur free now! Catch you soon, Jake & I will make u dinner!

tim dormer ‏@timdormer 1h
@gemma6foot6 jakes the sneaky one, my lips were sealed! Remember that comment you made about us 3 together, I thought you may have known!
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Gemma ‏@gemma6foot6 1h
@timdormer yes I meant from auditions , you completely fooled me
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tim dormer ‏@timdormer 1h
@gemma6foot6 yeah that's what I thought. Jake got through on his own merit, not for me to say. But yes it is all very strange! Enjoy ur wk!!

Gemma ‏@gemma6foot6 1h
@timdormer thanks buddy catch up properly soon
 
Big Brother – Katie Is Getting The Elimination Edit
by Reality Raver
It looks like Katie is getting the elimination edit. She is the ultimate mean girl. When Cat told her about a comment that Skye had made she unleashed. Skye had told Cat that SOMEONE had said that Cat had said she would not hang out with any of these housemates outside the house. Katie had denied she had said those exact words and called it Chinese Whispers.
When the three were in the bedroom having a chat about it, Katie said to Skye that she had betrayed her and she did not think she could trust her. Then at the end of the conversation she was all I love you little chicken.
Continue reading @ http://www.behindbigbrother.com/forums/threads/2014-media-articles-thread.51062/page-36
 
'I'm pretty p***** off that you have lied to me and betrayed me!' Big Brother's Katie calls Skye out for backstabbing her but the ditzy blonde's only defence is her tears
By Amy Croffey for Daily Mail Australia
Published: 01:10 AEST, 26 September 2014 | Updated: 01:26 AEST, 26 September 2014



A small issue escalated pretty quickly in the Big Brother house on Thursday night, leaving Skye in tears and Katie acting like Regina George's second in command.
It all started with Cat calling Katie to the garden to clear up a disagreement between them.
Cat recalled a chat between her and Skye the week before in the bathroom when the ditzy Gold Coast blonde revealed that someone had been talking about Cat behind her back.
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Dramz! A small issue escalated pretty quickly in the Big Brother house on Thursday night, leaving Skye in tears and Katie acting like Regina George's second in command
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Can we have a chat? It all started with Cat calling Katie to the garden to clear up a disagreement between them
'They said bonding with you is a waste of time... because you don't want to keep in touch,' Skye told Cat but she wouldn't divulge who had said it.

Cat guessed it was Katie and asked her straight out, but the 25-year-old nanny swore that what she had said was hugely exaggerated.
'Oh my God, that is really horrible,' Katie growled when Cat told her.
'I'll keep one eye open with her,' Katie added speaking about Skye.
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What did you say? Cat recalled a chat between her and Skye the week before in the bathroom when the ditzy Gold Coast blonde revealed that someone had been talking about Cat behind her back.
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Fuming! Trying to clear the air, Cat took Skye and Katie into the pink room to talk it all out but rather than a cool, calm chat, Katie was in a fit of rage from the outset
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She's not happy! 'I'm pretty p***** off that you have lied to me and betrayed me,' Katie yelled at a shocked Skye
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In her defence: At that, Skye burst into tears and said: 'I don't think before I talk... it just slipped out!'
Trying to clear the air, Cat took Skye and Katie into the pink room to talk it all out but rather than a cool, calm chat, Katie was in a fit of rage from the outset.
'I'm pretty p***** off that you have lied to me and betrayed me,' Katie yelled at a shocked Skye.
'Why would you cross me like that?'
'I don't trust you any more!' she added saying she felt like she been stabbed in the back.
At that, Skye burst into tears and said: 'I don't think before I talk... It just slipped out!'
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Shush! To which Katie contradictorily yelled, 'don't yell at me. Skye, I'm asking you to lower your voice'
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Kiss and makeup! After the trio made up and hugged it out, Katie said she wouldn't tell anyone about their falling out
To which Katie contradicting herself, yelled: 'Don't yell at me. Skye, I'm asking you to lower your voice.'
'I hope that we can move forward from this?' Skye asked Katie through floods of tears.
'I don't think you're the kind of person that can forgive someone that easily,' she told Katie.
After the trio made up and hugged it out, Katie said she wouldn't tell anyone about their falling out but again contradicted herself and ran straight to the garden to discuss it all with Lisa.
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Big mouth: Again Katie contradicted herself and ran straight to the garden to discuss it all with Lisa
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What? Skye couldn't understand why Katie was being so hypocritical and running straight to Lisa with the news
Later on in the show, she also sat down with Sandra and told her about the heated fight, explaining that's why she prefers to spend time with men because there's none of this 'drama'.
'You're like a boy,' she added to Sandra, who just laughed uncomfortably.
Skye later chatted about the situation with Jake who warned her: 'I know if a girl crosses her [Katie] she will cut them down.'
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All of the LOLs! Staying true to form, Big Brother played a hilarious prank on Jason and David
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Sneaky! The mastermind extraordinaire tricked Jason and David into believing that they were nominated by the public to take part in a live online chat with fans, but it was really Sam and Lawson picking the questions from an secret control room
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Good one! 'Man, this is sadistic,' Sam laughed, clearly enjoying the task
Staying true to form, Big Brother played a hilarious prank on Jason and David.
The mastermind extraordinaire tricked the pair into believing that they were nominated by the public to take part in a live online chat with fans, but it was really Sam and Lawson picking the questions from an secret control room.
Boosting David's ego, they pretended to be girls telling him that they wished he'd grow a 'goatee' and that they couldn't wait to meet him on the outside.
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Shake it! A new, 24-hour dancing task has been set up in the garden for the housemates
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All day long! Two people must be inside the dancing globe at all times
'Man, this is sadistic,' Sam laughed, clearly enjoying the task.
Embarrassingly, David later sat in the diary room and said, 'I feel a bit special' and gave a shout out to his fans.
Travis couldn't help but gush again all about Aisha, lying in the garden he told Skye as she ate her dinner while lying down: 'I don't love her... I think she is amazing'.
And spoke about how strange it is seeing someone he likes every day


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2769383/I-m-pretty-p-lied-betrayed-Big-Brother-s-Katie-calls-Skye-backstabbing-ditzy-blonde-s-defence-tears.html#ixzz3ELNxMqii
 
Big Brother - The housemates fame forgot

They set Australian TV alight with the promise of entertainment, won millions of dollars between them and sparked careers with their newfound fame.

But where now are the Big Brother housemates that fame forgot?

While the reality show juggernaut has been a success for many former contestants (see Logie-winning Chrissie Swan or actor Blair McDonough), click through our gallery to find out what happened to some of the most popular housemates who have receded into obscurity.

List: http://www.9news.com.au/entertainme...her-housemates-fame-forgot-where-are-they-now

Obviously a slow news day.
 
Snap eviction: One of the five nominated housemates will be eliminated from the Big Brother house on Monday night and an 'intruder' will enter on Wednesday
By Karishma Sarkari for Daily Mail Australia

Big Brother likes to keep the housemates on their toes.
And nothing quite whips them into a frenzy like a snap eviction, which was announced to the voting public on Friday afternoon.
The five contestants up for elimination this week - Katie, Cate, Dion, Travis and Priya - all think they're safe till Tuesday night but as always Big Brother will be changing the rules on them unannounced.
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Snap eviction: Two of the five nominees will be leaving the house with an extra eviction on Monday night
The 'snap eviction' will see one of the five nominated housemates surprised to find themselves booted out a day early, on Monday night.
More...

It's sure to unsteady the remaining four nominated housemates as they stare down the barrel of Eviction Night.
A second housemate will then be shown the door, as per the norm on Tuesday.
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Dance on: The housemates will continue their 24-hour challenge with an all-in dance party on Friday night's show
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Staying alive: The housemates have no idea that two will be leaving the house next week
Not content with ruffling feathers by eliminating two of the contestants in just a matter of days, Big Brother will stir the pot a little more and boost numbers by introducing an un-named intruder into the house on Wednesday.
Last week, Tim Dormer, the 2013 Big Brother Winner entered the house for a few days to mix things up, offering advice to those in it to win.
Tim also crowned the first Head of House, leaving Lawson in charge.
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Tension: Skye and Sandra have their own drama over tights on Friday night's show
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In charge: Lawson goes over budget in his Head of House duties - how will the others react?
But before all of the evictions begin, the remaining fifteen will party it up on Friday night's show.
The group pile into the Fishbowl for an all-in dance party to continue their dance marathon, as they countdown to the end of their 24-hour challenge.
Despite the fun, there's some drama set to play out, this time between Sky and Sandra, over some stretched out tights.
Big Brother continues Friday night at 7.30pm on GO!
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Not their first intruder: Tim Dormer entered the house last week so the housemates may not be completely surprised when another intruder enters the house on Wednesday


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2770523/One-five-nominated-housemates-eliminated-Big-Brother-house-Monday-night-intruder-enter-Wednesday.html#ixzz3EPi7trLO
 
Big Brother pulls surprise eviction, housemates get no warning

BIG Brother has called a snap eviction and will also send an intruder into the house next week.
THE Nine Network has announced details of the eviction to everyone except the 15 remaining housemates.
Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, where fans pay as much $50 to attend the live evictions at an amphitheatre at the theme park, had flagged the eviction on its website.

Dreamworld sells tickets to the live shows and it has been advertising a “Surprise Eviction” on Monday and an “Intruder Special” on Wednesday.
Nine says one of the five housemates — Katie, Cate, Dion, Travis and Priya — being up for Tuesday’s eviction will actually leave on Monday.
Another of the five potential evictees will leave Tuesday.
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Big Brother has thrown this year’s housemates another curveball. Source: Supplied

Big Brother’s live shows are extremely well attended but the same cannot be said for its Brisbane ratings, once a stronghold for the network, which have halved.

Big Brother was a Brisbane ratings winner for Nine in 2013 and it was regularly among the top three shows each night.
However, its Brisbane overnight OzTAM’s ratings have halved, which highlights the problems facing the Nine series.
The new season is in its third week and it’s drawing audience numbers in the vicinity of 130,000 in Brisbane.
In the third week of the 2013 series, Big Brother’s Brisbane audience was around the 250,000 range.

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Big Brother viewers can expect two evictions next week. Source: Channel 9

The series could be suffering in the ratings because it’s being screened in a later timeslot and the show is running for 90 minutes and finishing past 10pm.
There’s also been some backlash on social media and Big Brother fans sites about the casting and the number of, and type of, stunts on the show.
Big Brother only screened in Sydney and Brisbane on Thursday night and was praised on the Behind Big Brother website for being the best episode yet this series.
However, the audience numbers for Sydney and Brisbane were down 22,000 and 10,000 on last Thursday’s corresponding show.
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Gemma (right) was the first housemate to be evicted for 2014. Source: Channel 9

http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...s-get-no-warning/story-fn8yvfst-1227071758361
 
Not content with ruffling feathers by eliminating two of the contestants in just a matter of days, Big Brother will stir the pot a little more and boost numbers by introducing an un-named intruder into the house on Wednesday.
I know this refers to Housemate numbers but I think we all know there's only one number Nine is hoping to boost.
 
NEW ARTICLE UP ON NINEMSN RE: "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" (and interestingly they've included a couple of HM's who hardly ever get mentioned in these sorts of articles).

http://www.9news.com.au/entertainme...her-housemates-fame-forgot-where-are-they-now

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"They set Australian TV alight with the promise of entertainment, won millions of dollars between them and sparked careers with their newfound fame.

But where now are the Big Brother housemates that fame forgot?

While the reality show juggernaut has been a success for many former contestants (see Logie-winning Chrissie Swan or actor Blair McDonough), click through our gallery to find out what happened to some of the most popular housemates who have receded into obscurity."

Is there an old housemate you want to know more about? Contact the author Kieran Campbell by emailing [email protected].

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Simon 'Hot Dogs' Deering

The provocative member of the 2005 Big Brother house now works as a real estate agent in Perth, according to his LinkedIn profile.

After his eviction he hosted the dismal Up-Late Game Show, made several cameos on television shows and posed nude in magazines.

In 2005 he was arrested outside a nightclub in Cairns, Queensland, and charged with committing an indecent act in public. He later pleaded guilty to having a woman perform oral sex on him during a promotional gig for Big Brother.


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Sara-Marie Fedele

The bum-dancing, bunny-ear-wearing housemate in the inaugural Australian series has ditched her antics in the bid to find a fortune working in the mines.

After a period of celebrity following her 2001 appearance on Big Brother – which included releasing a song to celebrate her "Bum Dance" and presenting on TV – Fedele (pictured with fellow contestants Blair and Ben) went on to work as a plus-sized model.

It's reported that she most recently ditched the spotlight for a job in the mines in Western Australia.


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The Logan Twins

David and Greg Matthew have settled down since they entered the Big Brother house in 2005 trying to fool housemates to believe they were the same person.

The duo born in Wagga Wagga, NSW, have each started their own families since winning $836,000 prize money, with Greg now owning and running pubs and clubs in Newcastle, and David operating a company with mining contracts based out of the Gold Coast in Queensland.

"We were quite smart with what we did (with the prize money). That sort of money doesn't come along all the time," the brothers told The Daily Advertiser in the years after their fame.


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David Graham

The openly gay housemate on Big Brother in 2004 has found love and become engaged.

The man dubbed "Farmer Dave" from Goondiwindi in country Queensland, who came out to the house only a few days after entering, has started a business training dogs.

After a stint on Dancing with the Stars and other celebrity appearances, the now-Sydney-based Graham has found some obscurity and is planning a New York wedding with his business-owner fiancé Michael Cauchi (pictured).

"Thanks so much for everyone's well wishes ... was intending to keep that part of my life private but hey it comes with the territory I suppose," he wrote on Facebook when news of his engagement broke.


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Terri Munro

The Pauline Hanson-idolising grandmother told ninemsn she returned immediately to her job as a Coles retail manager after winning the 2008 season of the show.

The 58-year-old remains in Richmond, NSW, where she says she's still recognised but the hype after her $250,000 win has died down over the years.

"I'm working like a dog, mate," she said.

She splurged on holidays to Canada and Hawaii but still has about $100,000 of her winnings that she is investing to use during retirement, she says.


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Reggie Bird

The winner of Big Brother 2003 has faced numerous struggles in the decade since she stole the hearts of Australians as the ocker girl from Tasmania.

This year the 39-year-old single mum, who is going blind from retinal pigmentation, has revealed she is "struggling to live each week" between working and caring for her two children, one of whom suffers cystic fibrosis.

She told A Current Affair she was broke after spending all of her $250,000 prize money and also suffered depression after her first husband's affair.


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Carlo Melino

The scruffy-haired housemate who sparked a public health warning after footage aired of him bathing in the sink appears to have shaved off his blond locks and taken up a career as a teacher.

He married his girlfriend Kate in 2008.

The pair, who have travelled the world together, now enjoy a quiet life out of the media spotlight in Melbourne.


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Jamie Brooksby

The taut, blond, bandana-wearing housemate who fell in love during the 2006 series of Big Brother has abandoned his playboy image for one more refined these days.

He is a project marketing sales agent and strategist at a Melbourne real estate agency, according to his LinkedIn profile.

His romance with fellow housemate Katie Hastings reportedly fell apart away from the 24-hour scrutiny of Big Brother cameras.

After a few modelling gigs, Brooksby (pictured with runner-up Camilla Severi) embarked on a professional career in 2010.


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Rima Hadchiti

The belly-dancing Victorian who measured only 1m tall but had a personality bigger than most others in the house has given birth to a "miracle" son.

Hadchiti, who left the house after breaking her legs during a challenge, revealed in 2010 that she was forced to give birth to her son, Osiris, at only 24 weeks because she could not carry him full-term due to her height.

She has been vocal in recent years about her son's eating disorder, telling A Current Affair last year it broke her heart.

Osiris has had operations to improve his severe reflux and constant vomiting, but he now associates eating with pain.


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Merlin Luck

Remembered best for hijacking his eviction show with a silent protest in 2004, Luck is no longer a loud advocate for refugees.

Although the issues faced by those seeking asylum in Australia are arguably unchanged in the last decade, Luck has not spoken out publicly on the matter in recent years.

Since his stint on the show, Luck has tamed his wild hairstyle and his wife Sarah gave birth to their son, Levi, in 2011.

The couple also opened a boutique clothing store in Sydney.


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Peter Corbett

Since winning in the second season of the show in 2002, Corbett says he has never again watched another episode of Big Brother.

"I became a commodity, a thing to be used and exploited by television people. I felt the real me, my identity, had been stolen," he told the Illawarra Mercury this year.

The popular contestant, who lost both his parents at a young age, was joined by his younger siblings, brother Tom and sister Meg (pictured), during the emotional finale
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Nathan "Marty" Martin and Jess Hardy

After falling in love during the first 2002 series of Big Brother, the reality TV sweethearts went on to marry at the end of the show.

Despite making the most endearing television couple, their marriage – also filmed for a series called Marty and Jess: An Outback Wedding – later fell apart.

After separating in 2006, Hardy went on to study law on the Gold Coast and even took part in yet another reality show, Dating in the Dark, which she said helped her back into the dating pool.

Martin is now married and has a child.


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Trevor Butler

The first million-dollar winner who proposed to his girlfriend in the finale of the 2004 series continues to have a profile in the media, albeit a significantly subdued one these days.

Now a father of two sons, Butler has previously talked about splitting his time between his family in NSW and working part-time for radio station 102.9 Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast.

"It's the easiest job I've ever had in my life, going around and talking on the radio, just being myself," he said.
 
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Carlo Melino

The scruffy-haired housemate who sparked a public health warning after footage aired of him bathing in the sink appears to have shaved off his blond locks and taken up a career as a teacher.

He married his girlfriend Kate in 2008.

The pair, who have travelled the world together, now enjoy a quiet life out of the media spotlight in Melbourne.


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Jamie Brooksby

The taut, blond, bandana-wearing housemate who fell in love during the 2006 series of Big Brother has abandoned his playboy image for one more refined these days.

He is a project marketing sales agent and strategist at a Melbourne real estate agency, according to his LinkedIn profile.

His romance with fellow housemate Katie Hastings reportedly fell apart away from the 24-hour scrutiny of Big Brother cameras.

After a few modelling gigs, Brooksby (pictured with runner-up Camilla Severi) embarked on a professional career in 2010.


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Rima Hadchiti

The belly-dancing Victorian who measured only 1m tall but had a personality bigger than most others in the house has given birth to a "miracle" son.

Hadchiti, who left the house after breaking her legs during a challenge, revealed in 2010 that she was forced to give birth to her son, Osiris, at only 24 weeks because she could not carry him full-term due to her height.

She has been vocal in recent years about her son's eating disorder, telling A Current Affair last year it broke her heart.

Osiris has had operations to improve his severe reflux and constant vomiting, but he now associates eating with pain.


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Merlin Luck

Remembered best for hijacking his eviction show with a silent protest in 2004, Luck is no longer a loud advocate for refugees.

Although the issues faced by those seeking asylum in Australia are arguably unchanged in the last decade, Luck has not spoken out publicly on the matter in recent years.

Since his stint on the show, Luck has tamed his wild hairstyle and his wife Sarah gave birth to their son, Levi, in 2011.

The couple also opened a boutique clothing store in Sydney.


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Peter Corbett

Since winning in the second season of the show in 2002, Corbett says he has never again watched another episode of Big Brother.

"I became a commodity, a thing to be used and exploited by television people. I felt the real me, my identity, had been stolen," he told the Illawarra Mercury this year.

The popular contestant, who lost both his parents at a young age, was joined by his younger siblings, brother Tom and sister Meg (pictured), during the emotional finale
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Nathan "Marty" Martin and Jess Hardy

After falling in love during the first 2002 series of Big Brother, the reality TV sweethearts went on to marry at the end of the show.

Despite making the most endearing television couple, their marriage – also filmed for a series called Marty and Jess: An Outback Wedding – later fell apart.

After separating in 2006, Hardy went on to study law on the Gold Coast and even took part in yet another reality show, Dating in the Dark, which she said helped her back into the dating pool.

Martin is now married and has a child.


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Trevor Butler

The first million-dollar winner who proposed to his girlfriend in the finale of the 2004 series continues to have a profile in the media, albeit a significantly subdued one these days.

Now a father of two sons, Butler has previously talked about splitting his time between his family in NSW and working part-time for radio station 102.9 Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast.

"It's the easiest job I've ever had in my life, going around and talking on the radio, just being myself," he said.
*points above*
 
'King Lawson' falls off his pedestal: The Big Brother Australia contestant's food order is a big fail as he leaves housemates eating mostly fruit and veg for a whole week
By Sarah Sayers for Daily Mail Australia
Published: 23:29 AEST, 26 September 2014 | Updated: 23:31 AEST, 26 September 2014
Last week, Big Brother Australia Winner 2013 Tim Dormer entered the house to mix things up and offer advice to those in it to win it.
But Tim hadn't anticipated the problems he would cause when he gave Lawson, a 23-year-old from Perth, control of the house and a gold lanyard to prove it.
Calling shots on what contestants could and couldn't do for a whole week earned the electrical apprentice the nickname 'King Lawson' - but proving that anyone can fall from their throne, on Friday night he upset powerful players, namely Katie, by over ordering from the all-important shopping list.
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Calling the shots: Lawson, demanded that housemates tell him what they wanted added to the shopping list, only to be embarrassed later when most of their requests didn't come
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Do I look like a frozen chicken? Graphic designer Ryan put his body on the line showing fellow housemates what a frozen chicken looks like when it's in a sealed bag
Clearly excited over the thought of ordering more chicken, Ryan, a graphic designer with a ripped body of steal, took off all of his clothes and showed everyone 'what a whole raw chicken looks like'.
With everyone crowded in the main lounge room, and Ryan's raw chicken jokes aside, Lawson sat everyone down in the lounge room to ask his fellow house mates what they wanted to eat for the next week.
The girls, feeling emotional after constant bickering between Katie, Lisa and Skye requested sugary treats like ice cream, biscuits, lollies and tea to calm their tethered nerves.
The boys demands meat and lots of it, all of which Lawson made a mental note of.
With a budget of only $750 to spend to feed 15 house mates for a week, Lawson the youngest of the males, acted cool and collected in a private room with only Big Brother to watch over.
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Calling in the troops: Housemates were asked to yell out what they wanted added to the shopping list. Sadly most of it arrived though...
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Key to the kitchen: Cocky Lawson quickly got to work writing down all of the items, not stopping to think about how much all of it would cost
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Who needs a calculator? Acting like a young school boy, Lawson made a joke about having to calculate the grocery costs, only later finding that he went over the budget by hundreds of dollars

Scribbling a weeks worth of groceries on a white board, making sure to include everyone's requests, Lawson took a long look at what he'd written.
Feeling confident, the 23-year-old made a point to jokingly play with a calculator, acting as if he was tallying up what he ordered - only to create what looked like 'boobs' using the brackets and full stops on the keypad.
The hardest falls always come from great heights and Lawson's ego was smashed once the house mates started to unpack their groceries.
There was hardly any protein and no sugary treats.
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No meat or sweats for house mates: Katie was one of the first to realise that no protein or sweets were in the shopping bags
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Hot and bothered: Feeling defeated and stupid, Lawson tried making light hearted jokes with his house mates

Katie wants to kick King Lawson off his throne: 'Any chance if you could tell me when the power will shift? Cause I'm ready to be in power again and for King Lawson to step down.'
Spending $1266.90, blowing the weekly budget by $516, Big Brother did the only thing he could and took out any luxuries leaving mainly fruits and vegetables and only the smallest portions of meat to keep to the original $750.
Always looking on the bright side, Jason, a 26-year-old real estate agent, quickly said 'We have less meat, but with the nice spices we have got we can make really nice vegetarian dishes!'
Katie, who has been in multiple fights this week with the girls in the house was quick to make her way to the diary room and express herself.
'Any chance if you could tell me when the power will shift? Cause I'm ready to be in power again and for King Lawson to step down.'
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A hot mess: Katie has been disputing with almost everyone this week and was quick to voice her concerns to Big Brother about Lawson's leadership abilities
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Looking to see who's behind the door Katie? Quickly running to the main bedroom, Katie told anyone who missed out on hearing earlier that Lawson had screwed up the shopping list
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Lawson knows he's in the dog house: Hearing every word that Katie said about him, Lawson looked terrified to say the least
The 25-year-old who 'doesn't take crap from anyone' headed for the main bedroom where contestants who still hadn't heard the news were informed by the Sydney nanny, all the while with Lawson listening outside the door.
Travis also took to the diary room to vent his spleen.
'I must admit I'm a bit scared of him (Lawson), as he has that gold lanyard around his neck, but once his reign is over I’ll have a word to him.'
With Lawson's confidence faltering and constant riffs between the females in the house, the movie marathon that Big Brother rewarded the house mates with on Friday night should get VERY interesting.
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Luckily they could gorge at their Movie marathon: Big Brother contestants are currently enjoying a movie marathon. They better enjoy their treats as they won't be seeing much of those for a while
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Close cuddles between Aisha and Travis: The close duo made sure to sit next to each other in the movie marathon, cuddling under the sheets



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