Big Brother Australia 2003

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Season 3 (2003)

Big Brother Australia 2003 was the third season of the Australian television series Big Brother Australia. The season lasted 87 days, starting on April 27, 2003 and ending on July 21, 2003.

Contents

This season was the most complicated series to date with housemates starting in two separate houses - a "round house" and a "square house". Housemate Benjamin Archbold was sent in first and spent the entire first day by himself. Other housemates were progressively admitted. On Night 22, all Housemates were locked into their respective bedrooms and a construction crew spent the night merging the two houses and revealing the hidden swimming pool and kitchen that had been in between the two smaller houses. Housemates were released into their new combined house on the morning of Day 23. Later in the day, a bathroom linking the two bedrooms was revealed.

In the Square house (which was on the right of the compound) were Belinda, Jaime, Irena, Carlo and Claire with Vincent and Saxon joining later in the week. After Ben entered the Round house on Day 1, Joanne, Regina, Chrissie, Daniel, Patrick and Leah were progressively admitted over the first week.

The cameras were completely hidden for the first time in this series. Previously some cameras were visible to housemates and at times housemates were aware of the camera tracking their movements.

Late in the series saw a visit from Anouska Golebiewski who was the first to be evicted from Big Brother UK 4 series showing at the time. She was brought in for a little over a week.

The biggest star and eventual winner of Series 3 was Regina Bird. Reggie earned public admiration with her unique down-to-earth charm, strong work ethic and naivety. Chrissie and Daniel came second and third respectively.[citation needed]

[edit] New programs

Two new shows were introduced:

  • UpLate hosted by Mike Goldman. Mike Goldman was best known for doing the voiceovers in the daily show. UpLate was broadcast late at night showing live vision from the house with minimal editing. Often the footage was simply of the housemates sleeping.
  • The Insider hosted by Tim Ferguson was a panel-type show with additional gossip and discussion about the show. Frequently that week's evicted housemate would be one of the show's guests.

[edit] Incidents

A noteworthy incident of Big Brother 2003 involved housemate Belinda Thorpe in what was later dubbed "Belindagate". After a night of drinking, an intoxicated Belinda confided in housemate Carlo that her younger sibling had been involved in the murder of a homosexual man[1]. The information was not immediately revealed by Belinda as she whispered it to Carlo and house microphones did not pick it up, however after she left the room Carlo passed the information on to the other housemates.[citation needed]

Close-up view of the official Big Brother 2003 logo which is now just one eye, tinged blue.
Close-up view of the official Big Brother 2003 logo which is now just one eye, tinged blue.

The incident sparked a legal crisis for Endemol Southern Star and Network Ten as the identification of a minor involved in a court trial is illegal in Queensland, the state where Big Brother is produced.[citation needed] Within seconds of this information being revealed the live Internet feeds were cut and left blank for several hours. Users watching the feeds began discussing the incident on the official website discussion boards. Moderators began deleting these messages but could not keep up with the large amount being posted and eventually the messages boards were closed down. They were re-opened for a short period before being closed again permanently. As a result there were no official message boards during the following 2004 series.[citation needed] The closure of the boards led to the title "Belindagate".[citation needed]

The information spread out to unofficial Big Brother websites and several days later the show producers acknowledged the incident. An edited version of the nights events was shown on Big Brother Uncut, except in Queensland where it was cut entirely.[citation needed]

Brett Jensen, the fifteenth original housemate (a policeman) left lockdown before BB3 began. Tamara - a travel agent, the sixteenth housemate, appeared on the Launch show but did not enter the house. Both were from Queensland.

[edit] Housemates

[edit] Regina

Regina Bird, known to her housemates as Reggie, from Cambridge, Tasmania, entered the House on Day 3 as part of the housemate introduction week. Reggie emerged as the winner of Big Brother 2003.

[edit] Chrissie

Chrissie Swan, from Melbourne, Victoria, was the runner up of Big Brother 2003. Employed after leaving the BB house by DMG Radio to start a new breakfast radio show at HOT91.1 on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, but moved back to Melbourne end of 2006 quoting, I miss home, I miss my mums cooking and I miss the cold. [2] She now works the breakfast shift at Vega 91.5 FM. She is expecting her first child with her partner of one year in December 2008.

[edit] Daniel

Daniel McInness is from Adelaide, South Australia. Now works at Intencity Adelaide, South Australia.

[edit] Patrick

Patrick Flanagan, from Sydney, New South Wales. Works for Dolby Labs in Business Development, wrote articles on Big Brother 2004 for the Canberra Times. Lives in Bondi, Sydney with his wife Amanda, and son Toby.

[edit] Vincent

Vincent Amato is from Melbourne, Victoria. Working at an engineering company in Melbourne.

[edit] Jamie

Jamie O'Brien, from Melbourne, Victoria. Travelled the country as a judge for a Mr Gay Oz competition, before finishing a law degree. Is currently working as an entertainment lawyer.

[edit] Saxon

Daniel Small is from Central Coast, New South Wales. Evicted in a double eviction. Saxon is remembered for crying "I want my Mum" when the pressure of being nominated got too much and for dating host Gretel Killeen after being evicted. He currently works for Bank West in Hornsby.

[edit] Joanne

Joanne Hams is from Adelaide, South Australia. Regularly poses in Ralph magazine. Was evicted with a record 86% of total votes which was only surpassed in the 2007 series by Michelle (92%). Is now married to Mr. Ross Hams and is expecting her first child towards the end of 2008.

[edit] Claire

Claire Bellis is from Queensland. Continued with PhD studies at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Is expected to have completed doctorate by end of 2006. Claire will commence post-doctorate research with Professor Lyn Griffiths in the Genomics Research Centre, Griffith University following the completion of her PhD. Lives on the Gold Coast with girlfriend Camille.

[edit] Ben

Ben Archbold is a former undercover police officer.

[edit] Belinda

Belinda Thorpe is from Queensland. Left the house voluntarily. She has a daughter, born in 2005, named Nicole

[edit] Leah

Leah was known for being one of the louder housemates, which caused her nomination and then eviction. She currently spends her life on an internet forum.

[edit] Carlo

Carlo received a lot of bad press during the series as one of the most disgusting Australian Big Brother housemate of all time. This was a result of many incidents including urinating in the outside garden, bathing in the outdoors laundry trough and attaching a dish cleaning brush to his penis.

[edit] Jaime

Jaime Cerda, from Melbourne, is a keen skateboarder. Wedded with fellow housemate Leah in June 2005.

[edit] Irena

Irena Bukhshtaber was the first housemate evicted from the House.

[edit] Nominations table

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

(S) refers to housemates that were in the Square House. (R) refers to housemates that were in the Round House.

  Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12
Day 85 Day 86
Regina (R) Patrick
Daniel		 Leah
Daniel		 Vincent
Leah		 Vincent
Joanne		 Joanne
Vincent		 Joanne
Daniel		 No
nominations		 Jamie
Patrick		 Vincent
Patrick		 Daniel
Patrick		 No
nominations		 Winner
Chrissie (R) Regina
Daniel		 Leah
Ben		 Leah
Patrick		 Ben
Saxon		 Claire
Saxon		 Regina
Saxon		 No
nominations		 Vincent
Patrick		 Vincent
Patrick		 Patrick
Regina		 No
nominations		 2nd
Daniel (R) Chrissie
Ben		 Ben
Leah		 Leah
Saxon		 Ben
Vincent		 Saxon
Vincent		 Joanne
Patrick		 No
nominations		 Patrick
Vincent		 Patrick
Vincent		 Patrick
Regina		 No
nominations		 Evicted
Day 85
Patrick (R) Joanne
Regina		 Leah
Chrissie		 Leah
Daniel		 Ben
Belinda		 Saxon
Chrissie		 Saxon
Chrissie		 No
nominations		 Chrissie
Jamie		 Chrissie
Regina		 Chrissie
Regina		 Evicted
Day 78
Vincent (S) Carlo
Belinda		 Belinda
Carlo		 Belinda
Daniel		 Ben
Regina		 Daniel
Saxon		 Chrissie
Regina		 No
nominations		 Jamie
Patrick		 Regina
Chrissie		 Evicted
Day 71
Jamie Not in
the house		 Exempt No
nominations		 Daniel
Vincent		 Evicted
Day 64
Kim Not in
the house		 Exempt No
nominations		 Evicted
Day 57
Saxon (S) Carlo
Claire		 Jaime
Belinda		 Belinda
Daniel		 Belinda
Chrissie		 Patrick
Daniel		 Daniel
Regina		 No
nominations		 Evicted
Day 57
Joanne (R) Patrick
Chrissie		 Leah
Daniel		 Leah
Daniel		 Ben
Daniel		 Daniel
Claire		 Daniel
Regina		 Evicted
Day 50
Claire (S) Carlo
Vincent		 Belinda
Jaime		 Belinda
Daniel		 Belinda
Ben		 Daniel
Saxon		 Evicted
Day 43
Ben(R) Patrick
Regina		 Daniel
Chrissie		 Daniel
Belinda		 Chrissie
Belinda		 Evicted
Day 36
Belinda (S) Jaime
Claire		 Carlo
Vincent		 Saxon
Leah		 Saxon
Ben		 Walked
Day 31
Leah (R) Patrick
Daniel		 Daniel
Ben		 Daniel
Joanne		 Evicted
Day 29
Carlo (S) Claire
Irena		 Belinda
Jaime		 Evicted
Day 22
Jaime (S) Vincent
Claire		 Carlo
Belinda		 Evicted
Day 19
Irena (S) Carlo
Claire		 Evicted
Day 15
Twists See
Note 1		 See
Note 2		 None None None None None None None None None None
Against
public vote		 Belinda
Ben
Irena
Leah
Saxon		 Belinda
Carlo
Daniel
Leah		 Belinda
Daniel
Leah		 Belinda
Ben
Chrissie
Saxon
Vincent		 Claire
Daniel
Saxon		 Daniel
Joanne
Regina		 All
Housemates		 Jamie
Patrick
Vincent		 Chrissie
Patrick
Regina
Vincent		 Chrissie
Daniel
Patrick
Regina		 Regina
Chrissie
Daniel		 Regina
Chrissie
Evicted
(% of public vote)		 Irena

33%
to evict

 Carlo

66%
to evict

 Leah

41%
to evict

 Ben

73%
to evict

 Claire

60%
to evict

 Joanne

86%
to evict

 Kim

29%
to evict

 Jamie

50%
to evict

 Vincent

62%
to evict

 Patrick

50%
to evict

 Daniel

51%
to evict

 Chrissie

72%
to evict
Saxon

19%
to evict

 Regina

28%
to evict

(S) Square House: Belinda, Carlo, Claire, Irena, Jaime, Saxon, Vincent

(R) Round House: Ben, Chrissie, Daniel, Joanne, Leah, Patrick, Regina

Note 1: The top five housemates with the highest votes were up for eviction. Belinda, Irena, and Saxon from the Square House, and Ben and Leah from the Round House.

Note 2: Belinda and Carlo from the Square House were up for Eviction, and Daniel and Leah from the Round House were up for Eviction.

Note 3: In a special round of Nominations, Ben, Claire, Jaime and Regina were not permitted to vote. The other housemates had to vote for a housemate to evict, and Jamie received the most votes.

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