Big Brother Australia 2004

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Big Brother Australia 2004 was the fourth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten, starting on May 2, 2004, with the housemates entering the day before; and ended on July 2, 2004, lasting 87 days.

The season was billed as "back to basics, but with one small secret". In a return to the basic format of Big Brother 2001 and Big Brother 2002 that had been eschewed in favour of twists and surprises in Big Brother 2003, all housemates were let into the house together and former surprise elements such as swimming pools and gym equipment were all exposed from the beginning. Two Intruders entered the house later in the game, and Miriam, the transsexual star of the show There's Something About Miriam, entered as a houseguest near the end. ^[1] The prize money was raised from $250,000 to $1,000,000, but this was kept hidden from housemates until later in the series. Evicted housemates also received larger prizes than any season before, with every evictee receiving a Mitsubishi Lancer.

The two Intruders were some of the least liked in all the four series, with Violeta being chosen for eviction by every single housemate, and then Monica, who already had a boyfriend outside, immediately started falling for Ryan, and she and Bree developed an intense dislike towards each other. When Monica was finally up for eviction, she was evicted with a very large percentage of the votes.

Merlin Luck holds a protest during his eviction show.

Trevor and Bree in the diary room.

The final contestants in 2004 were Bree Amer and Trevor Butler. Trevor won, and then proposed to his girlfriend on stage.

[edit] Housemates

[edit] Trevor

Trevor Butler, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, entered the House on Day 0. He was announced as the winner of Big Brother 2004 and $1,000,000 AUD, and proposed to his girlfriend on stage shortly afterwards. Trevor is the only Big Brother Australia housemate to have won $1,000,000.

[edit] Bree

Bree Amer, from the Gold Coast, Queensland, entered the House on Day 0. Bree now co-hosts Friday Night Live and the Friday Night Games with fellow former housemate Ryan Fitzgerald.

[edit] Paul

Paul Dyer, from Jan Juc, Victoria, entered the house on Day 0. Paul had been involved in an intense argument with former refugee Merlin over the issue of becoming an Australian citizen. Paul was evicted on Day 85.

[edit] Ryan

Ryan Fitzgerald (or "Fryzie"), a former professional Australian rules football player from Adelaide, South Australia, entered the House on Day 0, and was evicted on Day 83. He also co-hosts Nova 91.9 Adelaide's breakfast show.

[edit] Catherine

Catherine Tremolada is a single mother of two from Albion Park, New South Wales. She entered the House on Day 0, and was evicted on Day 78, the day before the Final Countdown.

[edit] Ashalea

Ashalea McWalters, from Perth, Western Australia was evicted on Day 71.Entered competition in 2006 on RSVP seen on the big night in with John Foreman

[edit] Monica

Monica de Balso, from New South Wales, entered the House as an Intruder, and was evicted in a Double Eviction on Day 71.

[edit] Wesley

Wesley Dening was evicted on Day 68, and now co-hosts children's television show, Totally Wild.

[edit] Violeta

Violeta Black was from Melbourne, and is of Macedonian descent. Violeta entered the house as an Intruder, and was evicted on Day 59.

[edit] Kane

Kane Dignum, from Queensland was evicted on Day 57.

[edit] Terri

Terri Mann, from Western Australia, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 50.

[edit] Merlin

Merlin Luck, from New South Wales, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 43. During his Eviction, he attracted controversy by taping over his mouth and revealing a makeshift banner which read "Free Th Refugees". The letter E had fallen off and it was intended to read "Free The Refugees" in reference to Australian Government policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. He refused to speak throughout his eviction show, but later spoke of the incident during the following nomination show.

[edit] Elle

Bree Quartermaine, known in the House as Elle and from Western Australia, entered the House on Day 0 and was evicted on Day 36.

[edit] Krystal

Krystal Ince, from Queensland, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 29.

[edit] Igor

Igor Vurmeski, from Melbourne, Victoria, was evicted on Day 22. He is of Macedonian decent.

[edit] Aphrodite

Aphrodite Vuitton was evicted on Day 15. She garnered publicity after the end of the series upon getting cosmetic surgery [1], which consisted of rhinoplasty, chin augmentation, and breast implants.

[edit] Nominations and evictions

The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point.

	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12
											Day 83	Day 85	Day 86
Trevor	Igor Terri	Igor Paul	Paul Ashalea	Paul Ashalea	Merlin Paul	Terri Ashalea	Wesley Ashalea	No Nominations	Paul Catherine	Paul Bree	Final Week No Nominations	Final Week No Nominations	Winner
Bree	Terri Igor	Terri Igor	Terri Kane	Terri Paul	Terri Paul	Wesley Ryan	Kane Paul		Paul Ryan	Paul Ryan			2nd
Paul	Aphrodite Igor	Elle Merlin	Merlin Krystal	Elle Trevor	Merlin Catherine	Ashalea Catherine	Trevior Bree		Trevor Ryan	Ryan Trevor		Evicted Day 85
Ryan	Igor Aphrodite	Igor Terri	Krystal Terri	Terri Ashalea	Catherine Terri	Bree Terri	Ashalea Bree		Catherine Bree	Bree Paul	Evicted Day 83
Catherine	Ashalea Igor	Igor Terri	Paul Ashalea	Paul Terri	Merlin Trevor	Terri Ryan	Kane Ryan		Ryan Bree	Evicted Day 78
Ashalea	Igor Paul	Elle Merlin	Elle Trevor	Elle Kane	Merlin Kane	Wesley Kane	Wesley Ryan		Evicted Day 71
Monica	Not in the house						See Note 1		Evicted Day 71
Wesley	Aphrodite Krystal	Ashalea Krystal	Ashalea Bree	Elle Ashalea	Bree Catherine	Bree Catherine	Ashalea Catherine		Evicted Day 68
Violeta	Not in the house						See Note 1	Evicted Day 59
Kane	Elle Catherine	Krystal Elle	Krystal Terri	Elle Terri	Ashalea Catherine	Ashalea Terri	Bree Ashalea	Evicted Day 57
Terri	Igor Ashalea	Igor Ashalea	Merlin Krystal	Bree Ryan	Bree Ashalea	Ashalea Kane	Evicted Day 50
Merlin	Igor Terri	Igor Terri	Paul Terri	Paul Terri	Paul Terri	Evicted Day 43
Elle	Igor Kane	Igor Terri	Ashalea Krystal	Ashalea Ryan	Evicted Day 36
Krystal	Igor Aphrodite	Igor Terri	Terri Merlin	Evicted Day 29
Igor	Krystal Ashalea	Elle Kane	Evicted Day 22
Aphrodite	Terri Paul	Evicted Day 15
Up for Eviction	Aphrodite Igor Terri	Elle Igor Terri	Ashalea Krystal Paul Terri	Elle Paul Terri	Bree Catherine Merlin Paul Terri	Ashalea Bree Terri Wesley	Ashalea Bree Kane Wesley	All Housemates	Ryan Bree Catherine Paul Trevor	Catherine Paul Ryan	Bree Paul Ryan	Trevor Bree Paul	Trevor Bree
Evicted	Aphrodite 45%	Igor 47%	Krystal 41%	Elle 36%	Merlin 46%	Terri 41%	Kane 36%	Wesley 20%	Monica 43% Ashalea 14%	Catherine 41%	Ryan 37%	Paul	Bree

Note 1: Monica and Violeta entered the House as Intruders, and the housemates had to vote for which of them they wanted to evict.

[edit] Controversy

• Housemate Merlin Luck staged a protest at his live eviction show. Upon entering the arena, he revealed a makeshift banner which read "Free Th Refugees". The letter E had fallen off and it was intended to read "Free The Refugees" in reference to Australian Government policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. Merlin placed gaffer tape over his mouth and refused to speak during the live show. The following night, when he returned to appear as a guest on the Nomination show, he apologised to Killeen for putting her on the spot and making her job difficult by refusing to speak during the eviction show. On this show Merlin spoke about his actions in the highest rating show of the timeslot for that night. ^[1]
• The producers were criticized for making a deal with housemate Ryan Fitzgerald who was permitted to wear a t-shirt that was branded with "MLS" (acronym for Massive Loser Squad). The t-shirts were being sold while the show was running and Ryan's friends admitted that a proportion of the profits was going towards votes to keep him in the house, thus giving him what was perceived to be an unfair advantage. However the producer pointed-out that many housemates had companies or local communities rally support for them, which was little different, and that there was nothing stopping any other housemate's supporters doing a similar thing to Ryan's friends.
• Housemate Bree Amer was incorrectly evicted instead of Wesley due to a vote counting error. The error was discovered after the Sunday night eviction show. Bree had already met up with friends and family. She was returned to the house the following night (Monday) and Wesley was evicted in a special show on the following Thursday.

[edit] References

Big Brother Australia

2001 | 2002 | Celebrity Big Brother | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

Spin-offs: Friday Night Games | The Up-Late Game Show