BBAU 2025: Casting open, return to Dreamworld Confirmed

[Brekkie]

Another thing with the Celeb seasons is they don't seem to be as network focused and self cross promoting as sometimes some of our celeb reality shows can have a slight edge of at times, Like DWTS likes to cast Home & Away cast, Seven news/network personalities, although exceptions like remember Sara Marie, Shannon Noll were on DWTS after they were ex-contestants of reality shows on TEN, similar to how CBBUK the last few seasons have had quite a few XFactor alums as housemates and guests. But they also have drawn from Corrie, Eastenders, TOWIE etc which are all on different channels IYKWIM.

The Aussie networks have a very old fashioned attitude in that regards compared to the UK and even US. I think only Ant and Dec have "golden handcuff" deals now and the BBC even use ITV shows to announce some of their line up for Strictly. They know the battle is no longer with each other but with the streamers.

Yeah, Channel 5 relied on the Channel 4 days when they promoted the launch of the show on their channel, too. The main advert for their first series was former housemates doing the whole "when bruv takes over” singing and dancing. They even got more former housemates than Channel 4 did for their UBB adverts. Some people back then took it as a sign that Channel 5 will invest a lot of money and will make the show better again. Oh well…

The difference back then is most fans felt the show needed a rest rather than that C5 were saving something that shouldn't have been axed. I'm probably more positive about the Seven era of BBAU than what C5 called Big Brother UK.

It may only be two years since it ended on Seven but they did such a poor job of BBAU to most people it feels longer - and in a way Seven fucking it up so badly has meant Ten haven't had to promise too much to win over fans, though I do think they'll piss off many fans with such a short run.

 

[timmy]

I do however hope that perspex soundproof chamber is never seen again

DID YOU GET THAT TULLY!?

It was worth it for that, but yeah, never again.

 

[James T]

DID YOU GET THAT TULLY!?

It was worth it for that, but yeah, never again.

It never made any sense for me, why are they putting them in a clear chamber to nominate when it’s against the rules to talk about nominations, and any interesting content generated by the chamber would’ve been discouraged by the nature of the rules. Completely oxymoronic

 

[Being Big Brother]

I'm probably more positive about the Seven era of BBAU than what C5 called Big Brother UK.

DID YOU GET THAT TULLY!?

It was worth it for that, but yeah, never again.

Not a lot of point when the HMs just covered their mouths and mumbled anyway.

Although I'd rather have the chamber back than YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, GET TO THE POINT, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO SAY ABOUT HER

 

[Afflllate]

The Aussie networks have a very old fashioned attitude in that regards compared to the UK and even US. I think only Ant and Dec have "golden handcuff" deals now and the BBC even use ITV shows to announce some of their line up for Strictly. They know the battle is no longer with each other but with the streamers.

Ah yes. Thinking on it sometimes it seems not even that much of an issue contractually or anything its more that they like to self promote from network produced shows and such. As for the ex-reality contestants, I guess they also are free agents after their season ends, its not like they are a fixed cast member of a currently airing show (In the Shannon Noll on DWTS case that was quite a few years after Australian Idol had ended on Ten anyway).

Compare with say Osher Gunsberg who just appeared on the most recent season of DWTS, His run as Host of Ten's The Bachelor and Masked Singer has been over for some time, Vs maybe being a potential cast back in the earlier seasons whilst he was hosting Idol as Andrew G. That being said I'm not Sure if Shaun Micallef who also was on, is also hosting anything atm (maybe on ABC, or if they would care as much as Nine or Ten etc) But anyways thats getting down a bit of a tangent, but interesting haha.

on the post upthread about how Ch 9 kicked things off with the show's return if there was any nostalgia grabs of the Ten era; I rewatched the first 5 minutes of BBAU9/2012 the other day and they just had a short auditions casting call intro, then bam out comes Sonia and Dancers with that LMFAO Shuffle dance to Party Rock Anthem (Flashbacks I actually went along to one of the filming days for those pre-season ads - the one at Olympic Park as an extra in the dancing mobs outside the stadium that was used for like a millisecond from a wayyyyy sky high angle in the final advert but hey, it was a fun day out and we got to see Sonia which was cool but I digress lol). So anyways after that its straight to business showing the house etc etc.