Finale Alert! Happening 8 December

sav0001 said:
Get ready for declining ratings and another cancellation then if nothing improves
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And this is the very last chance for Big Brother in Australia, at least in this FTA mode. What network would want to take a gamble on it for a 5th time? Literally, there was only interest this time because they were promising it was going to be like the early days. Why would viewers even attempt to believe any promise of an original format next time? There is genuine love for the OG and I think Big Brother only keeps coming back because of that love. You’ll have an even harder time convincing casuals (and diehard fans) to come back from another cancellation.
 
T.R. said:
And this is the very last chance for Big Brother in Australia, at least in this FTA mode. What network would want to take a gamble on it for a 5th time? Literally, there was only interest this time because they were promising it was going to be like the early days. Why would viewers even attempt to believe any promise of an original format next time? There is genuine love for the OG and I think Big Brother only keeps coming back because of that love. You’ll have an even harder time convincing casuals (and diehard fans) to come back from another cancellation.
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I could see SBS running it as a bare bones documentary style fly on the wall, complete with yellow subtitles and expert analysis from sociologists, etc.
 
behindthemike said:
tbh I think with the live stream 30 days is enough, they could've stretched to 5 or 6 weeks, but what for? the housemates seem to sleep alot. It's after 10 am over there and they're all still in bed...where's a rooster when you need one? 🐓
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Shows need a beginning, middle and the end. We're still very much at the beginning now - and then it'll suddenly be cut off.

We had a couple of six week series of BBUK which every fan could see was too short but most would admit it only needed extended by a couple of weeks rather than going 11-13 weeks as it used too. It's the same here - it needs to go to 8 weeks to make a difference - if they just add a couple of weeks they'll undoubtedly also add a couple of HMs so be no better off than they were.

Ratings wise I think considering the time of year any fall from here on in will likely just be down to the general reduction in the number of viewers as summer kicks in. The first two weeks shows the interest is there, shows what viewers like and what they don't and gives them the opportunity to learn and move forward. I think the feedback from the rewatches will also be much more actionable for a second series which hopefully can begin to carve it's own path again rather than just lift from BBUK.
 
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I think this will hurt goodwill and cause a lack of trust with the general audience, everyone here knew it was a short season but the general public will be blindsided. They should have been honest about the shortness of this season during initial advertising, call it a preview season for 2026, or a holiday season to prepare for 2026. The general public will find it hard to trust 10 to get invested again in 2026 if they don't outright state that it's a longer season next time.
 
Exactly - they should have been upfront about it to manage expectations.

I do think they probably should have added a second cycle each week to move the show on more - crazy in such a short series to basically have the game at a stand still for 6 days between nominations and evictions. That's fine when BB is a marathon but when it's a sprint you need to keep the HMs and format constantly moving forward.
 
I’d prefer for the show to go back to half hour daily shows, followed by another reality format running for an hour afterwards. I vividly remember TBL and Aus Idol running at the same time as BB and fitting together in the schedule.
 
bradnak said:
Heck, in Germany, they've had 365-day seasons. That had live feeds on TV, didn't it?
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Yep… we had more than 2 years of a continuous live feed on TV and people paid a shit ton of money for it. 26 AUD on top of your pay-tv subscription. Sold quite well, too. Revenue (at least initially) was so high that some people believed that you could produce a more basic season with that revenue.

The 365-day season even holds the Guineas World Record for the longest uninterrupted live broadcast… despite the fact that it has been interrupted at one point by force of nature.
 
James T said:
I’d prefer for the show to go back to half hour daily shows, followed by another reality format running for an hour afterwards. I vividly remember TBL and Aus Idol running at the same time as BB and fitting together in the schedule.
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You should feel like you get more out of an hour long edit but you just don't - the skill seems to have been lost and the 30 minute shows kept the show short, snappy and focused. Now they linger on scenes and storylines far too long. In a 20-minute edit the Colin and Holly story would probably get 5 minutes in an episode. Now in a 45 minute edit it probably gets half the run time.

It would be interesting to do a comparison with a random OG daily show to a random 2025 show to see the number of scenes and housemates featured.


One of the reasons I think The Traitors has done so well internationally is they pack so much into an episode - there are 4 format points every episode and they move pretty quickly from one to the next but still give you plenty of footage to get to know contestants.

I know the revised Seven BB format was supposedly to give viewers more per episode but ended up feeling both rushed and slow at the same time but the big issue with the new era live eviction shows was that we didn't feel like we got any pay-off for watching them. They need to offer more than just the eviction - they need to make us care about the eviction and the aftermath too.
 
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Brekkie said:
I think the feedback from the rewatches will also be much more actionable for a second series which hopefully can begin to carve it's own path again rather than just lift from BBUK.
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I live in hope that BBAU can recapture what it has lost without all the poor influences from non-BB reality franchises.
 
Brekkie said:
I do think they probably should have added a second cycle each week to move the show on more
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I said the same. If it were me:

Tomorrow evict 1 =11
Wednesday evict 2 =9
Sunday evict 2 =7
Wednesday evict 2 =5
Sunday evict 2 =3
Monday finale
 
Everything you have all stated, I completely agree with. If we can roll for a 50-60 day season next year (which is still on the shorter side as opposed to OG Ten era BB), we can get a definitive beginning, middle and end to a season in 2.5-3 week blocks. I don't think producers realise that even small changes (like a bit stricter BB, a FNL equivalent, improvement on casting choices) next year would make a ton of difference, especially with the amount of people that have been frustrated (including myself) over this season. Do we all want this program to be around for many years to come? Absolutely, but we won't get there until changes are made and the ratings prove that it's what people want to see and they are sticking around to see more. They supposedly have 3 years on the deal with Network 10, so if each year, there are improvements, we could be around for a lot longer than 2027. But do nothing, and this will end faster than the network can blink. Bottom line.
 
Surly said:
I could see SBS running it as a bare bones documentary style fly on the wall, complete with yellow subtitles and expert analysis from sociologists, etc.
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If SBS even dares to try and get its hands on it, I would expect them to try and go the multicultural route.
I would predict that some may not even have English as a 1st language.
 
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