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Big Brother Australia 2007 is the seventh season of Big Brother Australia. Like previous seasons, it is hosted by Gretel Killeen and is broadcast on Network Ten in Australia. The 2007 season began airing on April 22, 2007.
Auditions were held throughout November and December 2006, taking place in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.
Changes and additions
Big Brother 2007 introduced several new elements, not seen in previous seasons of Big Brother Australia.
Prize money
Big Brother has stated that housemates will not be winning any prizes at all this year, but the housemates will be able to earn prize money by completing various tasks. The prize money is currently $50,000 (as of 29th April 07).
Friday Night Live winner's twist
This year the winner of Friday Night Live has a greater privilege in nominations. As a replacement from previous series "3-point twist", the Friday Night Live winner can now choose one nominated housemate to be exempt from nomination, and another to replace them.
Adults only
The adults only show, Big Brother Adults Only (Previously as Big Brother Uncut) was cancelled for 2007, due to both political demand and previous incidents in the house, including the Big Brother Australia 2006 "Turkey Slap" incident.[1]
Storeroom
This year the housemates are provided with vegan staples only. It means no animal products are being supplied by Big Brother as "standard" staples. The housemates can supplement this with milk and eggs supplied from the farm yard and herbs and mushrooms from the herb garden.[2]
Telephone
Situated in the lounge room of the Big Brother house is a telephone. This is the first time that a telephone has been put inside the Big Brother house in Australia. It was shown on the Opening Night broadcast before the housemates entered the house, but no explanation regarding its use or purpose has been given as yet.
Chill Out Room
Adjacent to the kitchen is a new room called the "Chill Out Room". This room allows no more than three housemates at a time. It provides a quiet place to talk or relax, away from the rest of the housemates. Entry is by a small door.
White Room
On 23 April, the four remaining wild-card housemates not selected to enter the House via the public vote on Days 1 and 2 were isolated in the "White Room".
The housemates put in isolation were Cruz, Demet, Kara, and Harrison. As the name suggests, the White Room is painted in white, contains white furniture, and the housemates have only white clothes to wear. In the centre of the room is a red button. At any time, a housemate may press the red button if they wish to leave. However, this decision is final and the quitting housemate may not return to the Big Brother House or the White Room. The housemate who stays inside the White Room the longest without pressing the red button will become a genuine Big Brother housemate and enter the main house with the rest of the housemates.
On all the monitors in the Big Brother House, the housemates can now watch the White Room housemates 24/7, but cannot hear any audio. The White Room housemates are also unaware that they are being watched by the Big Brother housemates.
It was revealed on Day 4 that the White Room housemates are provided with a white drink for their nutritional needs keeping within the white room theme.[3]
Secret Relationships
It was revealed on the Game On episode that a secret relationship between Hayley and Andrew exists and has been hidden from the other housemates. Big Brother set the task to both housemates to enter the house and keep secret their relationship for one week. If they succeed, then both of them can stay in the house, if they fail then one of them will be evicted. On the 29 April episode, Big Brother revealed the secret relationship of Hayley and Andrew and 3 housemates had guessed correctly regarding the relationship. Both housemates will stay in the house as a majority of the housemates had to guess correctly for one of them to be evicted. Big Brother also revealed that the housemates had completed the task successfully and awarded $50,000 into the prize pool.
Mr. X (Billy) who is a former partner of Hayley, has been brought into the Big Brother house to "stir" up the relationship of Hayley and Andrew to see if he can make them reveal their secret relationship to the housemates before the week's end. Each day he received a mission from Big Brother to put pressure on their relationship. It was revealed on the 29 April episode that Billy was Hayley's ex-boyfriend.
Billy's Tasks
- Day 2: Before Billy went to bed, he had to say "Goodnight Hayley, sweet dreams".
- Day 3: From the moment Hayley woke up, Billy had to "wait on her hand and foot" and become her best friend.
- Day 4: When Billy was asked to take a housemate with him to tend the animals, he had to choose Hayley.
- Day 5: Billy had to become Andrew's best friend.
Big Brother confirmed on Day 8 that Billy's mission was an overall success, and his reward would be revealed at a later stage.
Housemates
During the first week of the season fifteen housemates were added to the house. Twelve went into the house on opening night while viewers could vote in two extra housemates, one male and one female from a group of six. The following night, Susannah and Zoran entered the house along with an extra housemate, Billy (also known as Mr. X), who became a housemate to put Hayley and Andrew's secret relationship into jeopardy.
Aleisha
Aleisha Cowcher[4] (born 1987) is a hairdresser from Cobram, Victoria and grew up in the country with seven other siblings. She describes herself as hyperactive, energetic and modest. She claims that she often day-dreams about men.[5]
Andrew
Andrew (born 1979) is an MFB firefighter from Victoria. Andrew cannot stand messy, lazy and irresponsible people. He describes himself as happy, confident and tidy.[6] He is currently in a relationship with fellow housemate Hayley, which was being kept secret to the other housemates as a week one challenge set by Big Brother.
Billy
Chris "Billy" Bentley[7] (born 1983)(also known as Mr. X) is a former boyfriend of housemate Hayley. He has been brought into the house to stir up the hidden relationship of Hayley and Andrew.[8] Billy states his occupation as being an insurance broker. He was traveling in Canada when approached by Big Brother producers to enter the house.
Bodie
Bodie Czeladka[9] (born 1983) is an electrical designer from Western Australia. He is also an underwear model and describes himself as grateful, abundant and driven. He believes that he knows what a woman wants - he is a ladies' man.[10] He described himself as an "undiagnosed ADHD sufferer".[11] Bodie was the first Australian housemate to be designated by Big Brother as a "non-housemate" because he broke rules about discussing nominations. He was not permitted to make contact with the rest of the housemates and was to be separated from them at all times. He was reinstated by Big Brother as a "housemate" before the end of Day 10.
Emma
Emma Cornell[12] (born 1983) is a personal trainer from New South Wales. She is the eldest of seven and believes she is the black sheep of her family. She describes herself as daring, stubborn and vivacious.[13] She underwent breast enlargement surgery more than six months before entering the house to enhance her modelling career (similar to Krystal from BB 2006)[12].
Hayley
Hayley Zalewski[14] (born February 22, 1983) is a lawyer from Victoria and was a body sculpture champion[15]. She describes herself as intelligent, fun and compassionate. She is currently in a relationship with fellow housemate Andrew, which was being kept secret to the other housemates as a week one challenge set by Big Brother.[16]
Jamie
Jamie McDonald (born 1978) is a karaoke host and self-proclaimed nerd from Ballarat, Victoria. He grew up in an orphanage until the age of six. Jamie once worked as a singing waiter. He is also the host of Melbourne Channel 31 video game show, Level 3.[17]
Joel
Joel Scalzi[18] (born 1983) is a restaurant manager from South Australia. He is the son of politician Joe Scalzi[14] and describes himself as charismatic and hilarious. Joel claims never to have had a girlfriend ever in his life.[19]
Kate
Kate Gladman[20] (born 1982) is an enquiry officer and Lawyer from Victoria, once accepted a position at Oxford University in Britain. She describes her perfect relationship as "being single" and describes herself as heavenly and fabulous.[21]
Rebecca
Rebecca Dent[22](born 1983) is an events manager from Queensland. She is a Mormon, who has never drunk alcohol or worn a bikini. She describes herself as vibrant, bubbly and open.
Susannah
Susannah (born 1977) is a fraud analyst from Victoria. According to the Big Brother website, she used to work in several dating agencies and has arachnophobia and fears getting trapped in large bodies of water. She is one of the two housemates voted into the house by public SMS vote.[23]
Thomas
Thomas (born 1980) is a real estate agent from Western Australia. He was a former professional basketballer who holds degrees in chemistry and human biology. Thomas is known to be very tall in height at 6 feet 6 inches (198cm). He describes himself as fun, confused and genuine.[24]
TJ
Theresa Jane "TJ" (born July 1, 1985) is a bar attendant from the Northern Territory. She describes herself as unique, bizarre, complex. TJ has been subject to numerous discussions over the internet over her mental state, since she has had several fiery arguments with fellow housemate Thomas.[25]
Travis
Travis is a truck driver from Victoria. He was a child model and is a father, and describes himself as straight up, honest and caring. He and his family reside at Lakeside, Pakenham.[26]
Zoran
Zoran Vidinovski[27] (born 1984) is a club coordinator from Queensland. He says that the best feature about his body is his eyes. He is one of the two housemates voted into the house by public SMS vote and is of Macedonian heritage. He lost 15kg prior to entering the house.[28]
White Room Wild Cards
Cruz
Travers "Cruz" Chue[29] is a twenty-three year old fashion designer from Queensland. He was the first wildcard to press the red button and leave the White Room on Day 8, after being tempted by Big Brother to leave for $AU750. Gretel Killeen later hinted that the money would have greatly increased if he had delayed. [30]
Demet
For Demet, Refer to housemate section
Harrison
Harrison is a twenty year old carpenter from Sydney, New South Wales. He is also a scuba-diving instructor. He was the third housemate to be eliminated from the White Room through voting by the current housemates.
Kara
Kara Otter is an eighteen year old retail assistant from New South Wales who finished year 12 last year at Domremy College In Five Dock. She was the second person to be eliminated from the White Room, by nomination.
Weekly summary and highlights
| Week 1 | Major Events |
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| Week 2 | Major Events |
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| Evictions | Week 2 Eviction airs 7:30pm AEST Sunday May 6th 2007 |
Special shows
Opening Night
Opening Night was the debut of the 2007 series, broadcast on April 22, 2007 (Day 1 of Big Brother 2007). As with previous series, the launch was recorded for viewing on the following day. The first 12 housemates were put into the house and an overnight SMS wild-card vote opened. Hosted by Gretel Killeen.
The 2007 debut had the smallest ever opening night audience in all seven Big Brother Australia series, and a 14% drop from last year's opening night. Network Ten came second overall but lost the night to Nine Network's 60 Minutes. With an average of 1.549 million viewers, the opening night was nevertheless Ten's best Sunday night of the year.[36]
Because of the pre-recorded nature of the show, members of different forums and websites decided to have live streams using mobile phones allowing people to listen to the show before it was broadcast on national television. This resulted in members of the show's production team stopping the recording if live streaming continued. Eventually, production staff offered prizes if audience members would pick out people from the crowd using phones to broadcast the show.[37]
Game On
Game On was a live show broadcast from Dreamworld live on April 23, 2007 (Day 2 of Big Brother 2007). The results of the overnight wild-card SMS vote were revealed. Susanah and Zoran were the chosen two out of the six wild-card housemates. The remainder of the wild-card housemates were isolated in the White Room. The Daily Show was incorporated into the first part of the live show. Hosted by Gretel Killeen.
Full House
Full House was a live show that was broadcast from Dreamworld on April 29, 2007 (Day 8 of Big Brother 2007) during the timeslot which evictions will take place in future weeks. The relationship between Andrew and Hayley was revealed to the house, as was Billy's role to cause tension on Hayley's relationship. Because Hayley and Andrew had been able to keep their relationship a secret from the housemates for the week (as less than 50% of the housemates guessed their relationship), Big Brother revealed that they had earned $50,000 to be added to the prize money, which was previously set at zero. Big Brother also tempted the wildcard housemates to leave the White Room by offering a sum of money to them ($AUD 750), which Cruz accepted. Hosted by Gretel Killeen.
Wild Card Entry
Wild Card Entry is a live show that will be broadcast from Dreamworld on May 2, 2007 (Day 11 of BB 2007). The White Room housemates will leave the room and one of them will be entering the Big Brother house as a housemate.
Challenges
- The first round was determined by nominations and Kara was eliminated with two votes.
- The second round challenge is that each housemate has to pick up three major items of clothing and dress a model while airborne on a large steel frame, which is somewhat covered in glass.
- Big Brother then announces that the third round will be decided by the current housemates - it will determine the final housemate that enters the house.
- The third round is determined by nominations from the current housemates. To cast their vote, they are to place a plastic ball into the corresponding tube for either Harrison or Demet.
- After counting all the votes, the housemate that is entering the house as a wildcard is Demet.
Nominations and evictions
The first person listed is nominated for two points, while the second is nominated for one point.
The first eviction night will take place on Sunday May 6, 2007.
| Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | |
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| Bodie | Kate Rebecca |
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| Demet | White Room | |||||||||||||
| Emma | Kate Jamie |
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| Hayley | Exempt | |||||||||||||
| Jamie | Emma TJ |
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| Joel | Kate TJ |
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| Kate | Emma Bodie |
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| Rebecca | Bodie TJ |
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| Susannah | Jamie Bodie |
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| Thomas | Kate Aleisha |
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| TJ | Zoran Kate |
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| Travis | Zoran Emma |
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| Zoran | Bodie Aleisha |
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| Nomination twist | See note 1 |
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| Up for Eviction | Kate (11) Bodie (6) Jamie (4) |
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| Evicted |
Nomination notes
Template:Fnb For passing their task, Hayley and Andrew are exempt from nominations. However, in future they must nominate as a couple but they can be nominated as individuals. Billy is also exempt as he is not an official housemate. Also, Emma won the Friday Night Live award of discussing nominations with Aleisha. Emma used her new Friday Night Live winner's twist to save herself from nomination, and to nominate Jamie.
Friday Night Live
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | |
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| Theme | Gladiator | Japanese | |||||||||||||
| Winner | Emma | ||||||||||||||
| Winner's Choice | Aleisha | ||||||||||||||
| Major Prize | New Zealand Holiday | ||||||||||||||
| Minor Prize | New Scooter | ||||||||||||||
| Booby Prize | New Baby Shoes |
Italic denotes prize won.
Media & Controversy
The Daily Telegraph had reported that Big Brother producers had failed to "bleep" out offensive language when housemate Bodie told other housemates he was "dense cunt" during the PG-rated Daily Show on Tuesday 24 April, 2007.[38]
The Sunday Mail on 29 April 2007 had reported that the parents of Mormon housemate Rebecca, were upset that their daughter is under siege from fellow housemates over her decision not to join in their party antics.[39]
See also
References
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- ^ Meat for treats: the HMs diet goes veg Ten official site
- ^ http://bigbrother.3mobile.com.au/news.html?id=53 Little Sister: white drinks in the White Room
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- ^ They break the rules, they eat gruel
- ^ Bodie the N-HM... so what happened last night?
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