Big Brother Australia 9

Big Brother Australia 9
Season Information
Country	Australia
Host	Sonia Kruger
Season	9
Prize Money	$250,000
No. of Housemates	16
No. of Days	88
Winner	Benjamin Norris
Runner(s)-up	Layla Subritzky Estelle Landy
Returnees	Estelle Landy (BBAU14) Layla Subritzky (BBAU14)
Production
Network
Announcers	Mike Goldman
Production Company	Southern Star Endemol
Season Run	August 13, 2012 - November 7, 2012
Sponsor
No. of Episodes	88
Viewership	1.04m
Cast
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Big Brother Australia 8
Next Season	Big Brother Australia 10

Big Brother Australia 9 (other known as Big Brother 2012) is the ninth season of the Australian version of Big Brother and first season on the Nine Network. After 87 days, Benjamin Norris was crowned winner over Layla Subritzky and Estelle Landy to claim the A$250,000 prize.

Twists

• Secrets Revealed: Similar to that in Secret Story seasons, the housemates entered carrying a secret with them. They were divided based on genders upon their entry. Housemates were given a list as to what the secrets were, but not which individual/housemate, was keeping that secret. At the end of the week, the group that would be able to guess better will be saved from nominations. Each group would be given four lives, and lives would be deducted by Big Brother, if Housemates directly asked a Housemate if they had a particular secret that was on the list. At the challenge, if the group guessed incorrectly, they would lose a life. If the group ran out of lives, they would lose the challenge.
• Naughty Corner: Brought back again since Big Brother Australia 6, the Naughty Corner was found in the Lounge Room was a room where a housemate who had done a violation will stay for a specific time.
• Nominations Super Power: It is a special secret power given to a chosen housemate by a previous week's evictee. The Nominations Super Power gives an advantage to one housemate for nominations in a given week. The most recent evictee decides on which housemate they would like to have the power, without knowing what that power is.
• Intruders: Brought back from the Network Ten series was the Intruders twist where aspiring housemates will try to get their place in the house as an official housemate.
• Surly the Fish: A talking fish was put inside the house where it gives various commands to the housemates, some were mischievous while some reveals new twists, including the golden toilet hidden behind a shelf in the bedroom.
• House Pet: This season had a house pet, a dog named Delilah.

The House

Big Brother returned to the original filming location at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with the house and studio given extensive renovations and repairs after being dormant for four years. The theme for the season's house was Australian architectural history, featuring three eras, the 1950s, the 1970s and the modern era.

• The Kitchen was now separated from the main house, which was designed to resemble a 1950s Australian home on the exterior while a typical 1950s Kitchen inside..
• The Rewards Room was brought back now called as the Captain's Quarter's having a Nautical theme to it. However unlike the previous series, they could only have a 24-hour access to the Rewards Room.
• The Garden also featured a large triangular swimming pool at the center, with a small sitting area adjacent to it. There was also a barbecue grill in the patio.
• The Lounge Room was designed resembling to that in the Sydney Opera House.
• The Bedroom featured a mainly dominant violet theme.
• The Bathroom featured lime green design where the laundry were also located.
• The Utility Room is a regularly renovated room that has been used as six separate rooms often in relation to their weekly tasks: The parlour, The man-cave, A cafe, A Switzerland-style room, A zen temple. Also, the hallway to the utility room was used as part of "The Factory" task.

Housemates

Winner    Benjamin

Runner-Up    Layla

Third Place    Estelle

Evicted    Michael

Evicted    Zoe

Evicted    Sam

Evicted    Stacey

Evicted    Angie

Walked    Josh

Evicted    Bradley

Evicted    Ava

Evicted    George

Evicted    Ray

Evicted    Sarah

Evicted    Ryan

Evicted    Charne

Secrets

Housemate	Secret
Benjamin	"I have been fired from every job I've had"
Layla	"I am a member of a royal family"
Estelle	"I was a high-school drop out"
Michael	"I have the IQ of a genius"
Zoe	"I used to be an emo"
Sam	"I am an Intruder"
Stacey	"I was a hand model"
Angie	"I was a champion weight lifter"
Josh	"I have dated over 100 women"
Bradley	"I have Ornithophobia as the result of an emu attack"
Ava	"I am an Intruder"
George	"I am a multi-millionaire"
Ray	"I was a juvenile offender"
Sarah	"I was a nude protester"
Ryan	"I haven't had a girlfriend since I was 11"
Charne	"I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"

Nominations History

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
												Day 85	Finale
Benjamin	4-Layla 1-Angie	3-Ryan 2-Bradley	4-Bradley 1-Estelle	4-Estelle 1-Ray	4-Bradley 1-Angie	1-Josh 4-Angie	4-Sam 1-Angie	4-Sam 1-Angie	4-Layla 1-Zoe	4-Sam 1-Layla	No Nominations	No Nominations	Winner
				4-Bradley 1-Angie
Layla	3-Estelle 2-Charne	3-Ryan 2-Benjamin	4-Bradley 1-Ray	4-Estelle 1-Benjamin	4-Estelle 1-Bradley	6-Estelle	4-Bradley 1-Angie	3-Angie 2-Estelle	3-Benjamin 2-Stacey	3-Benjamin 2-Stacey	No Nominations	No Nominations	Runner-Up
Estelle	3-Layla 2-Stacey	3-Benjamin 2-Michael	4-Sarah 1-Angie	3-Stacey 2-Zoe	3-Angie 2-Bradley	2-Angie 3-Stacey	2-Michael 3-Bradley	3-Stacey 2-Michael	4-Stacey 1-Michael	4-Benjamin 1-Michael	No Nominations	No Nominations	Third Place
									3-Zoe 2-Layla
Michael	4-Charne 1-Estelle	3-Ray 2-Ryan	4-Ray 1-Bradley	3-Ray 2-Estelle	4-George 1-Estelle	4-Ava 1-Estelle	2-Sam 3-Estelle	2-Estelle 3-Sam	3-Zoe 2-Layla	4-Estelle 1-Layla	No Nominations	No Nominations
Zoe	4-Estelle 1-Sarah	3-Bradley 2-Ryan	3-Ray 2-Estelle	3-Estelle 2-Ray	3-Bradley 2-Angie	2-Ava 3-Angie	3-Michael 2-Sam	3-Angie 2-Sam	3-Stacey 2-Layla	4-Stacey 1-Sam	No Nominations	No Nominations
Sam	Not In House					Exempt	3-Benjamin 2-Bradley	4-Josh 1-Stacey	3-Benjamin 2-Zoe	4-Benjamin 1-Stacey	No Nominations
Stacey	3-Charne 2-Estelle	3-Bradley 2-Ray	3-Ray 2-Bradley	3-Ray 2-Angie	3-Bradley 2-Estelle	3-Michael 2-Angie	3-Bradley 2-Josh	3-Sam 2-Estelle	3-Layla 2-Michael	4-Estelle 1-Sam
Angie	3-Estelle 2-Charne	3-Bradley 2-Ray	4-Ray 1-Estelle	3-Estelle 2-Ray	3-Estelle 2-Bradley	3-Estelle 2-Ava	3-Sam 2-Bradley	3-Michael 2-Estelle	3-Zoe 2-Layla
Josh	3-Charne 2-Sarah	3-Ryan 2-George	4-Estelle 1-Layla	3-Ray 2-Bradley	3-Estelle 2-George	3-Estelle 2-Angie	4-Angie 1-Stacey	5-Angie 3-Layla
Bradley	4-Charne 1-Zoe	3-Benjamin 2-Ryan	4-Sarah 1-Michael	3-Benjamin 2-Stacey	4-Estelle 1-Stacey	3-Michael 2-Zoe	4-Layla 1-Michael
Ava	Not In House				Exempt	3-Bradley 2-Stacey
George	3-Angie 2-Layla	4-Benjamin 1-Ryan	3-Sarah 2-Bradley	3-Angie 2-Bradley	3-Benjamin 2-Estelle
Ray	4-Charne 1-Estelle	4-Benjamin 1-Bradley	4-Angie 1-Sarah	4-Angie 1-Benjamin
Sarah	3-Angie 2-Layla	4-Michael 1-Josh	3-Michael 2-Angie
Ryan	4-Stacey 1-Layla	4-Bradley 1-Benjamin
Charne	3-Zoe 2-Stacey

Game History

Week 1 & Week 2

Nominated 49% to save    Layla

Nominated 27% to save    Estelle

Evicted 24% to save    Charne

Week 3

Heads of House    Estelle

Nominated 35% to save    Bradley

Nominated 33% to save    Benjamin

Evicted 32% to save    Ryan

Week 4

Heads of House    Benjamin

Nominated 50% to save    Ray

Nominated 32% to save    Bradley

Evicted 18% to save    Sarah

Week 5

Nominated 45% to save    Angie

Nominated 29% to save    Estelle

Evicted 26% to save    Ray

Week 6

Entered    Ava

Nominated 39% to save    Estelle

Nominated 31% to save    Bradley

Evicted 30% to save    George

Week 7

Entered    Sam

Heads of House    Layla

Nominated 48% to save    Angie

Nominated 38% to save    Estelle

Evicted 14% to save    Ava

Week 8

Heads of House    Estelle

Nominated 46% to save    Michael

Nominated 21% to save    Sam

Nominated 19% to save    Angie

Evicted 14% to save    Bradley

Week 9

Nominated    Angie

Nominated    Estelle

Nominated    Sam

Heads of House Walked    Josh

Week 10

Heads of House    Michael

Nominated 21.6% to save    Layla

Nominated 20.8% to save    Benjamin

Nominated 20.1% to save    Estelle

Nominated 15.5% to save    Zoe

Nominated 11.4% to save    Sam

Evicted 10.6% to save    Angie

Week 11

Heads of House    Layla

Nominated 46% to save    Benjamin

Nominated 30% to save    Estelle

Evicted 24% to save    Stacey

Week 12

Nominated 24% to win    Estelle

Nominated 20% to win    Benjamin

Nominated 18% to win    Layla

Nominated 16% to win    Michael

Nominated 15% to win    Zoe

Evicted 7% to win    Sam

Week 13

Nominated    Benjamin

Nominated    Estelle

Nominated    Layla

Evicted 16% to win    Michael

Evicted 14% to win    Zoe

Finale

Winner 40% to win    Benjamin

Runner-Up 31% to win    Layla

Third Place 29% to win    Estelle

Trivia

• Benjamin Norris is the first openly gay housemate to win in Big Brother Australia.
  • He proposed to his boyfriend who coincidentally is also named Ben, after he was declared as the winner.
• Out of boredom, the housemates created a song Oats a-la Layla talking about Layla Subritzky's oatmeal every morning. Big Brother then decided they create a music video of it just for fun since they've been singing it almost everyday.
• In a rare instance the housemates were allowed to view media from the outside world during their time in the Big Brother house. Big Brother showed the housemates the music video for Gangnam Style (which was a viral sensation at the time). The housemates learnt the dance and filmed their own video on a green screen, the video was used as promotion during the season.
• Multiple pufferfish that played the role of Surly died during filming and had to be replaced. In the following season Surly returned, this time as a video on a screen.