I doubt it’s started to be built with the fact it’ll likely be an October launch. Also it won’t be a Dreamworld style compound.
The original compound house was built in 6 weeks from scratch in 2001
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It was confirmed to be filmed in Melbourne yes?
I was thinking the Melbourne Show Grounds.
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Woodchop Arena for the house build and the Grand Pavillion for evictions?
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The Melbourne Show is on during September.
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See UK aren’t afraid of a bit of controversy, it gets ratings. They put divisive people with different views, who debate each other and hope to learn something.
In Australia we just immediately get outraged by the idea than it gets canned and we’re left with another season of hot young people in a house after social media klout and to launch onlyfans.
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The UK CBB cast this season is great. Lot’s of unique and crazy people. We are watching it and you could tell from the get go that this was going to be a pretty wild and drama filled season. Our version will never match this.
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The UK version has always been better. Even the regular seasons had controversial housemates and it was great. Big brother should represent everyone.
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The original BB on 10 was outstanding, on 9 just ok, the brand was spoiled by 7! If 10 can get back to what it was then I for one can’t wait!
Original BB did!
Sorry I don’t agree. Reiterating, orginal Channel 10 seasons were outstanding.
IDK - I think originally it was (although it may have skewed younger with the cast mostly being aged 20-35) but by the end most of the housemates were younger bogans who wanted their 15 minutes of fame (I think there’s seasons where everyone is 25 or under, save for 1 or 2 diversity picks)
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Do you actually watch the UK version to disagree on that? The UK version is significantly better.
Yeah I don’t agree i have watched a lot of UK Big Brother and I think it was better than the AU version, even the original. As for the original representing everyone - it didn’t. It didn’t even have an LGBT representative until season 4 or 5
Wasn’t Johnny in season 1 gay?
You also had Nathan in season 2, and I believe there was a female who was bisexual, but I forget her name.
Oh really? I grew up in country SA so channel 10 wasn’t existent. Our first season of big brother was the Logan brothers. I just recall a twist being farmer Dave ‘coming out’ which I wondered why it had to be a twist or secret. Especially now since you say there was representation in 2 other seasons.
I only watched the first 2 seasons - Johnny was definitely gay.
That first season was excellent.
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I think our good memories for the early seasons of Big Brother has a lot to do with nostalgia. It was the early days of reality TV and the show sparked a lot of media attention and water cooler chatter. So I think it will be almost impossible to love newer seasons the same way, even if they’re done well and are strong seasons.
A common criticism of our Big Brother back in the day was that it always skew younger with its casting (mostly low to mid 20 ages). They need to not just mostly cast 20 somethings. Shows like MAFS cast a bit older and it seems to widen the audience reach, with this season the youngest contestant being 28. It would be great to see Big Brother go in that direction. The current UK Big Brother season is definitely a much older cast with only 3 people in their 20s and 6 people over 50.
Also of the advantages of UK Big Brother is its later time slot (9pm or even 10pm on some nights), so it can be less family-friendly and more willing to cast controversial or a broader range of housemates. In contrast, what we get here seems to feel a lot safer and I’m sure that it will be on 10 too.
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Farmer Dave’s season was the season after the Logan brother’s. And the secret/twist for the season you mentioned wasn’t actually anything to do with his sexuality, it was based on the mother/daughter relationship in the house Karen and Krystal. But from memory, the housemates never figured it out until Karen or Krystal actually revealed it.
And I think later on Dave decided to let the other housemates about himself, but i dont think that was pushed to happen.
Oh it was 100% pushed to happen.
Nah i don’t believe this to be true. His sexuality was not part of the narrative for the show. I remember at the time watching it, and he felt like a weight was taken off his shoulder’s because he couldn’t be his full self, and I remember Camilla was a bit upset, because she kind of fancied him.
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He has mentioned it in interviews since leaving the show that it was orchestrated. Not to mention the many ‘gay’ references on opening night by Gretel.