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.

 

[RandomMacFive]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before but why did Channel 10 decide to bring back Big Brother?

 

[dasnico]

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.

Not once has Ten advertised 2025 as a trial season. This is all pure speculation and an effort to explain/justify the dumpster fire that was just delivered to us.

I'm not sure if this has been asked before but why did Channel 10 decide to bring back Big Brother?

The real reason? No idea. Assuming it was to resuscitate a format they originally built up after seeing Channel 7s awful attempt and the backlash from it online… only to deliver a repackaged version of the same product. Also not out of the question Ten’s programming commissioner saw potential.

 

[Surly]

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

A more economically efficient and less of a Japanese Game show style version of Friday Night Games could make a successful return in future.

 

[TheOneGHOST]

There should be a games night (or at least some night where there is a competition for HoH). But it won't be in the format that we remember (and in certain people in this chat's case, hate).

I still don't they'll do it because we have an inexperienced productiob team working on this now who clearly want to push the program in a direction that hardcore fans don't want.

Again, two 30 day seasons in one year is stupid. While this season may not have been a trial season, running it short was a good way to see whether there was any interest in the program anymore. And clearly, there was. They'll do it longer next year, and if ratings do well, perhaps we'll see something akin to an 80-100 day season down the track, but the current ratings are not enough proof that the show could last for 100 days and keep viewers watching. I nearly tapped out three times on this season, and it only went 30 days. Imagine how many people would have dropped had the generally mediocre cast of 2025 been on for 14 bloody weeks.

 

[kamui]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before but why did Channel 10 decide to bring back Big Brother?

There hasn't been an official explanation but I would assume that it is the result of a few events.

Big Brother has always been a marquee brand for Endemol and Big Brother Australia specifically always had a huge influence on international producers. Even the 7's version was quite loved by Endemol themselves and inspired a lot of production choices around the world. So there was probably a huge interest from the production side to get the show back on air.

And some time before 7's hold on the show came to an end, Endemol probably made the rounds and pitched the show to broadcasters. And they had a nice story to tell with the reboot doing quite well for ITV (and some other success stories).

10 is in desperate need of successful shows. There has been talks/rumors that they were interested in reviving the show before 7 killed the show and then mutilated the corpse, but thought it was too expensive. But this time the stars aligned for whatever reasons, be it 10 being more desperate for a new flagship show, Endemol getting better at cutting costs or whatever.

But once they made the financial side work, it's probably been a no-brainer for 10. Big Brother is the only show that has a dedicated community around that is waiting and asking for their show to come back. They would have had to fuck up royally for the first season not to be a success.

The fans have always been there and will always be there - if you do it right.

 

[dasnico]

“HoH” (god I hate that acronym) needs to die with BBUS. “Head housemate” is also extremely lame and implies strategy. We never had a title for FNL winners and it should be that way.

 

[BBantUK07]

I think survivor has already been filmed, MasterChef already in early production stages. So I’m assuming they’ll tighten the schedule and big brother might air around September/October, depending on where they fit the Amazing Race.

I don’t think they’d have the space for it to be anything more than two months.