Yeah I completely agree, the house tour with the crowd reaction is always the best! Gretel's one take rush around in two mins with the cameraman panting was always great haha. I'm glad it's back on 10, it has always been the channel that pushes boundaries and so that niche is perfect for good relatable, reality TV that we all fell in love with. Like you, I've been overanalysing this show since the very beginning but reluctantly watched 9 which wasn't that bad and flat out refused to watch it on 7 so I'm conscious of giving this a chance without being too biased. I kinda thought it'd be a bit difficult to replicate a cast of the OG seasons 20 years later primarily due to social media and I think that's important to remember here. Hoping for the best and excited to see how they go! All round great job in some really challenging conditions.
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Episode Day 0: 2025 launch day taping spoilers and speculation
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Part of me died when they skipped it completely in that first episode on Seven in 2020.
It absolutely needs to be part of the show. Hopefully they did what they did with Jackie O in 2008 and filmed it separately before tonight.
Stage is designed with the OG human eye on the doors with the 7&9 eye protruding overlay, exactly the same as the social profile pics. The graphics on the TV were the same so I assume the theme, ad breaks outros/intros, to be the same. I hope they reimagine the 05-07 with King Claw haha.
Kingston
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Couldn’t be any worse than the epic rant he had about me on his podcast LMFAO
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Any stand out housemates? Glad you had a good time
I just rewatched all the house tours from the 10 era on YouTube out of excitement, it will feel like a missed opportunity if they don’t do the tour in the episode!
So no cameo by Gretel then? I blame the rain…
I'll be honest over the last week I started to lose faith and was getting less and less excited about the return but hearing stories from tonight about the housemates and it feeling very OG like from the members at the launch has got me exited again and I'm gaining faith again. I never doubted Mel or the energy she would bring to the show but the producers I did.
But I'm looking forward to tomorrow night and seeing how they put it all together and meeting the housemates.
But I'm looking forward to tomorrow night and seeing how they put it all together and meeting the housemates.
Hopefully a video from her during the show tomorrowSo no cameo by Gretel then? I blame the rain…
We still have to see how they edit the show, which won’t be fully realised til Tuesday’s standalone Daily Show. Fingers are crossed!Poor Gretel probably still has PTSD from that flying rogue rubber chicken. After watching all the OGs on the YT livestreams, she was definitely OVER it by then and that chook just sealed the deal.So no cameo by Gretel then? I blame the rain…
Darn, and here I was hoping for an eleventh hour return to the better 2025 logo but here I am sounding like a broken record again...again...again.
But thanks for the description! Bring on 7pm tomorrow.
Idk if this is helpful but the OG executive producer from 01 is back. Mike introduced him. Also love Mike, he needs his own show again like Friday Night Games (it won't happen this series), he's so naturally funny with a little bit of sass. In the warmup, someone was vomiting in the corner and he was like "that'd be perfect for Friday Night Games". I love him! 10 knew it wouldn't be the same without him as did we.
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Same!! It didn't need to be fkd with. It was perfect, I think my fave logo out of everyone we had.Darn, and here I was hoping for an eleventh hour return to the better 2025 logo but here I am sounding like a broken record again...again...again.
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But thanks for the description! Bring on 7pm tomorrow.
Oh wait, not him. His name was Jonathan or something - maybe he was just a producer on the original series and has been made exec now. That's my bad.
@jakes It must be Jonathon Summerhayes, as per:
Fabulous article in today's Sydney Morning Herald. Includes rare photos in HQ from the show's heyday and new interviews with BB01's Blair McDonough & Sara-Marie Fedele, BB03's Reggie Sorensen, "incoming" EP Sarah Thornton and a secondary EP Jonathon Summerhayes who also worked on the show between BB01-BB06.
www.theage.com.au
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