Big Brother Australia 2026 rumours

[minerva]

Some rumors are speculating an 82 day season in April, while another article speculates two separate 4 week seasons:

Will Big Brother return in 2026? An insider has spilled some juicy details

After the success of Big Brother Australia 2025, it looks like Channel 10 will be bringing back the popular reality TV show for 2026.

www.chattr.com.au

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother Australia's 2026 return is revealed - but there's a twist

Big Brother Australia is set to return on Network 10 in 2026, but it might not look the same as the 2025 series. Find out more here.

www.newidea.com.au

 

[renere]

good lord i hope it's the former and not the latter

 

[dasnico]

Just do one good season for god sake. Don't burn the candle at both ends.

 

[the Theorist]

Another rumour doing the rounds is that Pete won't be returning as the main Big Brother voice.

This one feels plausible to me. If the Leon Murray controversy is to be believed, Pete was never intended to be the voice this year and it's possible he agreed to fill the role in the interim, as a favour of sorts, due to whatever broke down between Leon and the company at short notice. Plus, it's no secret that his role as BB never really hit the mark this year so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a mutual decision to move on.

Episode Post in thread 'Day 30 Finale Show - 8/12/2025'

Yesterday at 10:01 AM

It will be interesting to see if anything changes other then the BB voice after Pete confirmed his departure to fans

What?

When and where did he confirm this?

I stumbled across the source of this rumour:

Reddit - The heart of the internet

www.reddit.com

• the Theorist

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[Tim]

Both of those sites are known to completely fabricate things out of thin air.

 

[dasnico]

Both of those sites are known to completely fabricate things out of thin air.

Ironically both articles have conflicting info. One states a possible 82 day series and the other states two possible <=30 day seasons.

 

[sav0001]

Take this with a pinch of salt but apparently someone that knows a person that was closely involved with the show this season had this news shared with them....

Will Big Brother return in 2026? An insider has spilled some juicy details

After the success of Big Brother Australia 2025, it looks like Channel 10 will be bringing back the popular reality TV show for 2026.

www.chattr.com.au

 

[dasnico]

See here

 

[sav0001]

See here

Sorry didn't see that, will delete. Thanks for letting me know

 

[BBman]

Another rumour doing the rounds is that Pete won't be returning as the main Big Brother voice.

This one feels plausible to me. If the Leon Murray controversy is to be believed, Pete was never intended to be the voice this year and it's possible he agreed to fill the role in the interim, as a favour of sorts, due to whatever broke down between Leon and the company at short notice. Plus, it's no secret that his role as BB never really hit the mark this year so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a mutual decision to move on.

Episode Post in thread 'Day 30 Finale Show - 8/12/2025'

Yesterday at 10:01 AM

It will be interesting to see if anything changes other then the BB voice after Pete confirmed his departure to fans

What?

When and where did he confirm this?

I stumbled across the source of this rumour:

Reddit - The heart of the internet

www.reddit.com

• the Theorist

• 

Hopefully leon doesn't return. He wants to self promote which shouldn't be allowed. He did it a fair bit towards the end of the 9 era. Just bring in someone who isn't known. That's the mystery I love about big brother. Just who is it

 

[TheOneGHOST]

50-60 days is the optimal number for next season. Not 80-100. 50-60 days gives a better idea as to whether the program can hold on to strong ratings in a season without going bananas. Do 80+ in 2027, but only if ratings hold up. This season isn't enough for me to believe that the show would do well running a 3 month season so soon.

Edit: As for two 30 day seasons in one year, that's an incredibly dumb idea. Doing an All-Stars or Celebrity season should only be considered once the show has done enough over 3-5 seasons to warrant such a special program. Focus on making the civilian seasons good first, then worry about doing extra stuff later. Right now, they haven't even done Step 1 correctly.

 

[BBantUK07]

Hoping neither are true, I think 30 day seasons are too quick for fans to invest and they’ll lose interest if they are too frequent being twice an year and won’t take the seasons seriously. I’m personally not sure if I could go for an 80 day season, bit too long for me. 8 weeks is the sweet spot for me, i think.
I know a lot of people say people will invest if they want to, but I think there’s too many options these days of things to watch and do and there’s always something new coming out. I don’t think many people could do an 80 day season.

 

[Brekkie]

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.

 

[kamui]

they might have a one year deal with Dreamworld so need to film both series within that period

I’d expect Dreamworld to accommodate most production needs. They’ve already done so with this series. The Gold Coaster’s maintenance window has been extended to accommodate Big Brother.

 

[timmy]

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

I think eight weeks would be optimal these days. Give or take a few days for the Sat/Mon thing.

 

[Rison]

Of these two rumours, I'd hope the shorter season rumour is the one that comes true. Four weeks of the 2025 season was more than enough - eight weeks would be painful. I don't have high hopes of such a radical change to how they do the show...

 

[Aimee01]

Wow that would be unbelievably stupid doing 2x this years instead of investing in a much better and longer season but nothing would surprise me anymore. As others have said I’m good with it extended to 8 weeks which gives enough time to do a couple of intruders half way and everything not be so rushed. I doubt they will suddenly have a massive budget to work with so I’d rather sacrifice a few weeks compared to the original BB seasons to improve other aspects of the show. I’ll believe it when I see it though. Honestly I was just expecting a repeat of this years with not many improvements.

 

[timmy]

Of these two rumours, I'd hope the shorter season rumour is the one that comes true. Four weeks of the 2025 season was more than enough - eight weeks would be painful. I don't have high hopes of such a radical change to how they do the show...

Oh I agree entirely. They should only do eight weeks if they fix the format and cast better.

 

[Abby]

I expect it be similar - 30-45 days slotted in with the other reality shows