Behind Big Brother
2008: Angry about having all of her possessions confiscated via a hand grenade from Saxon, Bridgette tries to get them all back via a hunger strike. Even after threatening Big Brother that she potentially only has 21 days left to live, Big Brother tells Bridgette to “get stuffed”. Later Bridgette creates a top for herself from a cut-out pillowcase. Things don’t get better when party boy Corey throws flour in her bed.
2006: The punishment room is revealed by Big Brother for the first time. Michael is the first to be sent there, and inside he must seperate 5000 pins from 5000 needles. BB also announces the largest fines from the grand prize tally: Jamie has been fined $35,000, Dino has lost $40,000 and Katie has lost $50,000.
2008: Nobbi finally catches a break when Big Brother announces the other housemates must treat him as a mother for a day. Meanwhile it’s a tough day for Travis: he’s forced to shower naked for the first time and both Roy and Ben discuss how they think he’s playing the game to win.
2003: Irena tries to organise a mass walkout from the square house, but the other housemates don’t care. Jo becomes worried the audience will view her actions as being too sexual towards patrick, and Carlo and Belinda clash, with Belinda vowing not to let her emotions out in the house.
2005… in the spirit of revealing secrets: Today was the day the secret of the ‘Logan twins’ was discovered by the other housemates. Glenn suspects there is a twin situation going on, and with the support of the other housemates confronts Logan-Greg. Read the recap.
1.618m viewers tune in to launch show
Big Brother 2012 is off to a strong start, with OzTam’s preliminary overnight ratings revealing 1.618 million viewers tuned in to last night’s launch show, peaking at 2.1 million.
The last season of Big Brother, in 2008, brought in 1.511 million viewers for it’s two-hour launch show, peaking at 1.9 million. In 2007 – the year the housemates were revealed on this website two days before launch – the launch show brought in just 1.55 million viewers, down 14% on 2006’s 1.8 million. 1.58 million viewers tuned in to the 2005 launch and 1.72 million in 2004.
The most watched launch show was in 2003, with 2.225 million viewers. 1.63 million viewers tuned in the launch of the first Australian season of Big Brother in 2001.