Big Brother Australia 8 is the eighth version of Big Brother Australia. After 85 days, Terri Munro was crowned the winner over runners-up Rory Ammon and Ben McCallum.
Contents
Background
Auditions
Auditions opened in late 2007. People wishing to audition were required to post a video audition of themselves on the official Big Brother website. Voting closed on 7 January 2008. The three people with the highest number of votes would be guaranteed a place in the House with the top 50 others to go through a second selection process.
The season featured a new audition process similar to the format used in the earlier seasons, where people wishing to audition sent in a tape rather than attending cattle call audition sessions. For the first time in Big Brother Australia history, the public could vote which housemates they wanted to see in the House before the start of the season.
Promotions
Promotional advertisements for the new series premiered on 6 April 2008 featuring a short video of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard criticizing the show in 2006, stating that Channel Ten should "get this stupid show off the air", followed by the tagline "I Don't Think So" from the eponymous Kelis track.[1]
Twists
- Snap Evictions: Throughout the season random evictions will take place without notice unlike seasons prior where evictions would happen weekly.
- Opening Night Eviction: On the first night before the housemates were permitted to enter the main house, the housemates had to evict one of their own. That evicted housemate would leave immediately
- Housemate Hand Grenade: After their eviction, the evicted housemate will be given a power or punishment to give to one of the remaining housemates in the game.
- Head of Household: This year, the Head of Household will be the winner of the Friday Night Live games.
- Public Nominate, Housemates Evict: For the first five weeks of the season, the public will nominate three housemates and the housemates will then decide themselves who to evict.
- House Guest: On Day 7, two house guests entered the house. These are not official contestants, however they will have the chance to be housemates if they pass their task.
Housemates
Friday Night Live
Week | Theme | Winner |
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1 | Out of This World | Nobbi |
2 | Hip-Hop | Nathan |
3 | Celebrities | Rebecca |
4 | Scouts | Alice |
5 | A Day at the Races | Renne |
6 | Superheroes | Nobbi |
7 | Friday the 13th | Nobbi |
8 | Heavy Metal | Brigitte |
9 | Spy Night | Cherry |
10 | I Love New York | Cherry |
11 | Circus Night | Ben |
12 | Playing to Win | Rory |
Nominations/Voting History
Vote to Evict | Nominate to Evict | Fake Vote to Evict | |||||||||||||||||
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | ||||||||
Day 11 | Day 15 | Day 74 | Day 78 | Day 85 | Finale | ||||||||||||||
Terri | Nobbi | Barney Michael |
Exempt | Ben Rebecca |
Nathan David |
Bianca Dixie |
Rep Renee Nobbi |
Nobbi Bianca |
Rep Terrence Bianca |
Rory Bianca |
Rep Bianca Rory |
Rory Cherry |
No Nominations |
Travis | Travis | No Nominations |
Winner | ||
Rory | Terri | Ineligible |
Rep David Saxon |
Rebecca Ben |
Rep Nathan David |
Dixie Bianca |
Brigitte Terri |
Alice Brigitte |
Saved Brigitte Cherry |
Travis Brigitte |
Alice Brigitte |
Brigitte Cherry |
No Nominations |
Alice | Travis | No Nominations |
Runner-Up | ||
Ben | Terri | Ineligible |
David Saxon |
Rebecca Rory |
David Nathan |
Dixie Bianca |
Alice Brigitte |
Alice Cherry |
Alice Cherry |
Brigitte Alice |
Travis Alice |
Alice Cherry |
No Nominations |
Alice | Travis | No Nominations |
Third Place | ||
Travis | Rory | Ineligible |
David Rory |
Saved Rory Ben |
David Nathan |
Dixie Nobbi |
Brigitte Renee |
Nobbi Ben |
Terri Terrence |
Terrence Rory |
Rep Bianca Rory |
Terri Rory |
No Nominations |
Terri | Terri | No Nominations |
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Alice | Ben | Ineligible |
Saxon Rory |
Rebecca Rory |
Saved Nathan David |
Saved Bianca Nobbi |
Saved Bianca Travis |
Nobbi Ben |
Ben Rory |
Bianca Ben |
Saved Bianca Rory |
Rep Rory Ben |
No Nominations |
Ben | Secret Room |
No Nominations |
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Cherry | Not In House | Exempt | Rep Terrence Rhianna |
Rory Nobbi |
Rory Ben |
Rory Bianca |
Saved Ben Rory |
No Nominations |
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Brigitte | Rima | Ineligible |
Saxon Rory |
Ben Rory |
Nathan Rory |
Bianca Dixie |
Ben Nobbi |
Nobbi Cherry |
Rep Nobbi Rory |
Saved Terrence Rory |
Rory Ben |
Rep Rory Terri |
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Bianca | Nobbi | Ineligible |
Saxon David |
Rebecca Ben |
David Nathan |
Dixie Nobbi |
Alice Terri |
Terrence Terri |
Terrence Terri |
Rep Terrence Terri |
Terri Alice |
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Terrence | Not In House | Exempt | Cherry Rhianna |
Cherry Brigitte |
Brigitte Alice |
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Nobbi | Terri | Ineligible |
David Rory |
Rebecca Ben |
Nathan David |
Rep Dixie Bianca |
Alice Terri |
Saved Rhianna Alice |
Rep Alice Cherry |
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Rhianna | Not In House | Exempt | Rep Terrence Brigitte |
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Renee | David | Ineligible |
Saxon David |
Rebecca Ben |
Rory David |
Nobbi Bianca |
Rep Bianca Brigitte |
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Dixie | Brigitte | Ineligible |
Saxon David |
Rebecca Ben |
Nathan Rory |
Dixie Bianca |
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David | Ben | Ineligible |
Saxon Rory |
Ben Rebecca |
Rory Nathan |
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Nathan | Not In House |
Exempt | Rebecca Ben |
David Rory |
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Rebecca | Ben | Ineligible |
Saved Saxon Rory |
Rep Rebecca Ben |
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Saxon | Terri | Ineligible |
David Rory |
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Barney | Not In House |
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Michael | Not In House |
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Rima | Brigitte | Guest | | ||||||||||||||||
Corey | Not In House |
Guest | |
Immune | Nominated | Rep: Replacement Nominee | Saved: Saved Nominee | HOH | Dethroned HOH | Guest | Left | Walked | Evicted |
Housemate Hand Grenades
Day | Evicted Housemate(s) |
Description | Housemate(s) Selected |
Reversed? |
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Day 2 | The selected housemate will be banished from the house and will have to live in the Volkswagen van in the backyard for the rest of their time in the house. They will only be allowed in the house when instructed by Big Brother. | ![]() | ||
Day 15 | The selected housemate will lose all of their personal belongings until further notice. | ![]() Day 60 | ||
Day 22 | The selected housemate will have to all the laundry for all the housemates when instructed or requested until further notice. | ![]() | ||
Day 29 | The selected housemate will have to be the first housemate awake. This housemate will have to make Big Brother breakfast and take it to the diary room. | ![]() | ||
The selected housemate will have to be the final housemate to go to bed. The housemate will have to bring a cookie and a glass of milk to the diary room and occasionally read a bedtime story to Big Brother. | ![]() Day 60 | |||
Day 36 | The housemates will no longer vote to evict. Australia will now vote to evict and the housemates will nominate to evict. | ![]() All Housemates |
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Day 43 | The selected housemate will be given the chance to save one housemate from eviction. | |||
The selected housemate will not receive their letter from home. | ||||
Day 50 | The selected housemate will have to be the housekeeper. They will be required to keep the kitchen clean, wash after every meal, and clean both toilets. | ![]() Day 60 | ||
Day 57 | The selected housemate will be banished from the house and will have to live in the Volkswagen van in the backyard until further notice. They will only be allowed in the house when instructed by Big Brother. | ![]() | ||
![]() Day 64 | ||||
Day 64 | The selected housemate will have their hand grenade removed. | |||
The house will remove one item. The selected item was the hair straighter. | ![]() All Housemates |
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Day 68 | There is no mole in the house, and that it was a task by Big Brother. | ![]() All Housemates |
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Day 71 | The selected housemate will be the house chef until further notice. They will be required to do all the cooking. | ![]() Day 72 | ||
Day 74 | The selected housemate will have to live on staples until further notice. | ![]() Day | ||
Day 78 | Presented the announcement that Big Brother would be conducting a housemate-voted eviction that evening. | ![]() All Housemates |
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Presented the announcement that Big Brother would be conducting another housemate-voted eviction that evening. | ![]() All Housemates |
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Presented the announcement that they were fake evicted and were returning to the house. | ![]() All Housemates |
^1 Dixie's house grenade was revealed to the public on house Day 36. However, it was not revealed to the housemates until Day 43.
Trivia
Ratings
Big Brother Australia 8 Ratings | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
Sunday | Daily Show | 0.98 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 1.03 | 1.04 | |
Eviction | 1.12 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 1.38 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.11 | ||
Monday | Daily Show | 1.53 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.89 | 1.50 |
Big Mouth | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.39 | |||
Tuesday | Daily Show | 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.71 | |
Wednesday | Daily Show | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.69 | |
Thursday | Daily Show | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.87 | |
Friday | Daily Show | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.91 | |
FNL | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 1.15 |
Key: | Increase from Last Week | Decrease from Last Week | No Change from Last Week |
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