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What are the best and worst parts of being in the house?

Michael: " The best part is no-one can Google anything and apparently because I am a genius they think that I'm right.
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Read: I am not really that smart and bluff my way through life, impressing people with my ability to surreptitiously check google on my smart phone.


Fucking douche.
 
Joyous ending for Big Brother winner Ben Norris after years of heartbreak

Andrew Fenton
From: News Limited Network
November 09, 201212:00AM


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Ben Norris celebrates as his new fiance Ben Williams watches on. Supplied


GAY Big Brother winner Benjamin Norris has spoken candidly about the years of tragedy and heartache he endured before his new fiance Ben Williams helped turn his life around.

In a triumphant ending to this year's Big Brother, after Norris won the major prize of $250,000 and a new car, he got down on one knee, pulled out a diamond passed down from his great-grandfather and asked for Williams' hand in marriage.

Norris, 32, from Toorak, Victoria, said he hoped sharing his story would give comfort to others experiencing dark times.

Just two years ago, Norris was still battling to overcome grief and depression following his father Graeme's suicide, and his mother Jane's cancer diagnosis in 2006.

''There are no words to describe the four years that led from that, it was a grieving process that not even I to this day understand,'' the most popular housemate said yesterday, tired and still emotional from the mammoth events of the night before.

''People laughed at some of the things I did on Big Brother and that's beautiful, to think that maybe some people out there who are experiencing hardships might think: 'I just need to wait the time out'.''

Norris credits his strong relationship with his mother Jane Needham, 59 – ''an incredible woman'' and his three-year relationship with live-in partner Williams for getting him through the tough times.

He admits to being a wild child in his twenties and making ''every mistake'' it was possible to make.

His mum says he was frequently penniless and had trouble holding down a job.

''I was living life at a level that was overwhelming and it took me to meet Ben to start putting my life in my 20s behind me,'' he said.

''He tamed me.''


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Williams, 27, who still appeared stunned by the shock marriage proposal yesterday said: ''I ground him. He's the crazy one and I'm the sensible one and that kind of balance is important in a relationship.''

The pair are similar in many ways, apart from looks and first names.

They also share a job at Scoupon, with Williams stepping into the role while Norris was on Big Brother.

Importantly both Norris and Williams said the marriage proposal was more a public declaration of love than a political manifesto – and they'e both perfectly content with a civil union in front of family and friends (though Williams believes there shouldn't be any barriers for marriage equality).

''This is not a protest, it's not a political statement,'' Norris said.

And as for adopting or having a child using a surrogate?

Williams first heard about it through the media – but he still sees children in their future.

''I'm obsessed with children,'' he revealed.

''We've just opened a new chapter in our life but hopefully one day we can have a family just like any other couple.''

''We have a dog Oscar and that's our child for the time being.''

The Big Brother finale was a big success for Nine drawing a peak audience of 1.5 million viewers.

Programming chief Andrew Backwell said the figures means the network was ''seriously considering'' making an announcement on another season soon.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...y-and-heartbreak/story-e6frf9ho-1226513147824
 
A few interviews on yourtv.com.au:

Michael: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1064281&showcomments=true

Sam: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1063667&showcomments=true

Stacey: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1061160&showcomments=true

Angie: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1059011&showcomments=true

Josh: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1056459&showcomments=true

Bradley: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1054336&showcomments=true

Ava: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1052936&showcomments=true

Ray: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1046490&showcomments=true

Ryan: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1041408&showcomments=true

Charne: http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1039004&showcomments=true
 
Big Brother opens up on life, love, and dance moves

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...-and-dance-moves/story-e6freuy9-1226514351859

Well, even after the season has ended Alex Marvaajskfd;asd is still grasping at his 15 minutes.

At least they finally admitted the Surlys were being replaced. Other than that, this article is complete fluff.

BIG Brother has always been an elusive shadow, a man of few words.

But with his return to Australian television screens after a four-year absence saw him less elusive, more effusive, and, dare we say, more mellow.

He was funny, warm, and not as stern with his housemates.

After a spectacularly successful final show last week, the new, nicer, Big Brother agreed to an exclusive Q and A session with The Sunday Telegraph.

DS: Good afternoon Big Brother thanks for agreeing to an interview with us.

BB: The pleasure is Big Brother's.

DS: Did you sleep in this morning, after partying with the housemates last night?

BB: Big Brother never sleeps. He is ALWAYS watching and listening.

DS: Are you single?

BB: Big Brother is happily married to Mrs Big Brother. We went through a rocky patch in the late 90s but we worked through it and are now stronger than ever.

DS: It's been great to have you back on our screens after four years. What did you do in that hiatus?

BB: On Mondays I have tennis lessons. Wednesday is golf. Thursday is bingo and $10 steaks at the local RSL.

DS: You were funnier and nicer this year than in past seasons. What happened?

BB: Big Brother has mellowed with age. Also this year's Housemates were very entertaining and amused Big Brother greatly.

DS: Was it hard for you to be less cranky?

BB: Like anyone, Big Brother has things that make him cranky. Drivers that don't indicate; people that walk slowly in front of him; and arriving home with a take away only to find an incomplete order. Big Brother still has his moody moments just ask Mrs Big Brother. However, when Housemates embrace their Big Brother experience, like they did in 2012, it makes Big Brother happy.

DS: Rumour has it that there may be more than one Big Brother, because sometimes your voice sounds different. Is this true?

BB: There is only ONE Big Brother. But like Santa Claus he needs some helpers.

DS: This year's housemates often tried to make you laugh when they spoke to you. Were there times you laughed out loud that we didn't see? If you are about to laugh, do you just stifle the laugh and say "Big Brother will get back to you''?

BB: Big Brother enjoys humour like everyone else and has been known to have the odd chuckle. Laughing is what Big Brother is all about.

DS: Were there times you wanted to tell Housemates to get over themselves and stop whining?

BB: Big Brother will always hear Housemates out no matter how painful their whinging becomes.

DS: What was your favourite challenge this year?

BB: Big Brother never lies so I had to invent a clever plan, and use Samoa, to convince the Housemates there was a second House. That was most enjoyable.

DS: When did you decide Surly (the talking puffer fish) would become part of the show?

BB: Big Brother had no idea that Surly was a talking fish until after he instructed the interior designer to put an aquarium in the House.

DS: What will happen to Surly now?

BB: Surly will be returned to the marine specialists that supplied him. I hear he has been flooded with offers from touring musical theatre groups, though, so who knows where he will turn up?

DS: Can you comment on rumours that Surly's voice is very similar to Big Brother Executive producers Alex Mavroidakis' voice, and that Surly has a very similar sense of humour?

BB: Alex is a muppet. End of of story.

DS: Is it true that there may have been three or four Surlys over the course of the show because a few of them ... ummm ... how do we put this delicately ... didn't survive?.

BB: It is true there was more than one Surly. Big Brother was advised to rotate them weekly by the experts. No Surlys died in the making of the show.

DS: Are you Team Surly or Team Delilah (the house dog)?

BB: Big Brother is team Big Brother and only will ever be team Big Brother.

DS: We saw the back of your head on the final show. It's the most we have ever seen of Big Brother? Will we ever see more? Perhaps a sexy magazine shoot?

BB: Big Brother will never reveal himself, but can absolutely assure you that he is smoulderingly handsome.

DS: What do you plan to do now?

BB: Big Brother is playing laser tag today. Tomorrow he will tidy his garage. After that the plotting for the next batch of Housemates begins.

DS: How old is Little Sister? Is she single?

BB:Little Sister is old enough to know better and is single because Big Brother scares her potential suitors away.

DS: During the "ignore the intruders week'', a ninja entered the kitchen, sculled a beer, then left. Can you unmask that Ninja and share how/he she trained for that?

BB: The Big Brother ninjas are schooled in Japan. They must complete a rigorous five-year training course before they earn the hallowed black suit and enter the compound.

DS: Housemate Layla said she would still like to chat with you after she left the house, and maybe give you advice for a change. Is there anything you need advice on?

BB: Big Brother recently purchased an iPhone 5 and is very frustrated with the battery life. Advice is welcomed from anyone.

DS: Will you catch up with any of the housemates now that they have left the house?

BB: Big Brother's duty of care to Housemates starts from the second they are selected and never ends. Once a Housemate enters the Big Brother House they are immediately a part of the Big Brother family and that continues after they are evicted.

DS: Have you scored an invite to Ben and Ben's wedding?

BB: If Big Brother isn't a guest of honour he will be most displeased.

DS: Can you dance Gangnam-style or do the Sonia Kruger-style shuffle?

BB: Big Brother is a great dancer. Nobody puts Big Brother in the corner.

DS: Have you got a few favourite moments from the season?

BB: Big Brother could not help but feel emotional when, after four years of an empty house, the very first Housemate, Michael, walked through the doors on night one. Benjamin's proposal also had Big Brother reaching for his big hankie. Bradley's first kiss with Estelle also made Big Brother laugh a lot.

DS: How old are you, Big Brother?

BB: Big Brother is old enough to be respected but young enough to be "down wit da youth''

DS: What's your mobile phone number? Who do you share it with?

BB: 1300 YO BIG BRO

DS: Will you be back in 2013?

BB: Big Brother WILL get back to you.
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What the!!!!!!

Autistic man gets lost trying to travel to the GC to meet Charne, Angie and Stacey!

Autistic wanderer rescued by homeless man in Big Brother act

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a...ss-man-in-big-brother-act-20121110-295pw.html

CHRISTOPHER Tillett is passionate about trains and Big Brother. But his plan to travel to the Gold Coast to meet the female stars of his favourite reality-TV show came unstuck when he only made it as far as Sydney.

Christopher, 22, has autism, and hatched his plan to seek out curvy bombshell Charne, ladette Angie and hopeless romantic Stacey by stashing clothes in his family's Hampton Park shed and saving about $80.

On Friday, he left his house about 9.30am, telling family he was catching a bus to the local shopping centre, which he did often.

Although he was armed with an iPad and a mobile phone, Christopher never returned home. His father, Leon Tillett, reporting him missing to Dandenong police once it got dark. He was able to trace some of Christopher's movements through his myki card, which showed he caught a train from Dandenong station to Southern Cross.

Christopher then caught a train to Sydney, ending up in Kings Cross, the centre of Sydney's red-light district.

Mr Tillett was at Dandenong police station when he learnt that a homeless man had taken Christopher to a Salvation Army shelter, where they stayed until police made contact.

''I was about to leave the Dandenong police station and I thought, 'I'll give him just one more try' and he answered,'' he said. ''When I heard he was safe, I felt like I'd won Tattslotto.''

Mr Tillett said had it not been for the homeless man, something terrible could have happened. While Christopher has the mental age of a six-year-old in some areas, in others he is a whiz-kid, his father said. He said Christopher was ''mad on Big Brother'' and watched every episode.

He said he ''should have woken up'' when he saw Christopher looking up dates and times on his iPad.

''When he saw me, he said it was frightening. He's never gonna do it again, he's gonna stay in Melbourne.''
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Benjamin Norris, Australia's 'Big Brother' Winner, Proposes To Boyfriend

As if being a reality show champion wasn't enough, Australia's "Big Brother" winner Benjamin Norris surprised his longtime boyfriend by popping the question.

In true old fashioned tradition, the 32-year-old Norris got down on one knee and proposed to his boyfriend, also named Ben, with an heirloom ring.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...australia-big-brother-proposal_n_2101640.html
 
How our BB was a game changer

DEBBIE SCHIPP
The Sunday Telegraph
November 11, 201212:00AM



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Big Brother contestant Josh at his farewell show. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied


IT was a phone call which challenged prime-time TV bosses. In a world first, Big Brother cameras were switched off and production halted as they tackled an unforeseen tragedy.

The producers had just received word from contestant Josh Moore's parents informing them Josh's brother Toby had died unexpectedly.

"Because BB is global, we'll often find a scenario not seen locally has been encountered somewhere else, but not in this case," executive producer Alex Mavroidakis, 36, said. "Bizarrely, there was nothing." It's for this reason Big Brother Australia will deliver a blueprint on handling the death of someone close to a housemate to BB franchises throughout the world.

Mavroidakis and fellow EP Chris Blackburn, 52, will travel to the annual Big Brother exchange in Amsterdam next week to showcase the show's return to Australian television, and relate how they handled the tragic death of BB housemate Moore's brother during production.

Mavroidakis said despite a combined 15 seasons of experience on Big Brother Australia, the death of someone close was a scenario the franchise had not faced.

"When I got that awful call from Josh's parents, I contacted Endemol (the Dutch production company behind the global BB brand) and said 'have you got any protocol of what should happen?'

"There was one instance in an English BB where a guy's step-sister had died, and he had gone out, kissed his mum and dad and gone back in, but there was no plan."

Mavroidakis decided the tragedy was "not for television".

"We said let's switch off the cameras, let's do this right," he said. "All we wanted was to give Josh the opportunity to do whatever he wanted.

"He made the absolutely right call to walk away from the show, and I'm proud of the way we played that. We wanted to handle it right, not tackily, and we'll be taking that to the conference next week."The "yin and yang" partnership of Mavroidakis and Blackburn has presided over a successful revival of BB - one that Mavroidakis initially feared had happened "a year too early".

The BB 2012 finale attracted an average national audience of 1.54 million viewers - by no means a record for a reality television finale, but enough to win the night.

The series opened with an average 1.61 million viewers, and averaged just over one million viewers across its two-and-a-half month run.

Nine is expected to confirm the show will be back next year at its 2013 program launch later this month.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/how-our-bb-was-a-game-changer/story-fndo317g-1226514351718
 
"Because BB is global, we'll often find a scenario not seen locally has been encountered somewhere else, but not in this case," executive producer Alex Mavroidakis, 36, said. "Bizarrely, there was nothing." It's for this reason Big Brother Australia will deliver a blueprint on handling the death of someone close to a housemate to BB franchises throughout the world.
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Are they hoping we've forgotten about Emma's father?

Mavroidakis decided the tragedy was "not for television".

"We said let's switch off the cameras, let's do this right," he said. "All we wanted was to give Josh the opportunity to do whatever he wanted.
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And how it was handled?

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DS: Is it true that there may have been three or four Surlys over the course of the show because a few of them ... ummm ... how do we put this delicately ... didn't survive?.

BB: It is true there was more than one Surly. Big Brother was advised to rotate them weekly by the experts. No Surlys died in the making of the show.
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Sure.:rolleyes:
 
pecan said:
Are they hoping we've forgotten about Emma's father?



And how it was handled?

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Thanks for that Pecan. I didn't watch BB 2007. I have to say that was handled pretty appallingly. Poor Emma.

There was alot I didn't like about this year's BB but I was personally impressed with the whole way Josh's situation was handled.
 
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