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Big Brother Australia
◄ Season 8 (2008)
Name	Entry	Exit
Alice	Day 0
Ben	Day 0
Bianca	Day 0
Brigitte	Day 0
Cherry	Day 35
Nobbi	Day 0
Rory	Day 0
Terrence	Day 35
Terri	Day 0 Day 7	Day 1
Travis	Day 0 Day 36	Day 33
Rhianna	Day 35	Day 49
Renee	Day 0	Day 42
Dixie	Day 0	Day 35
David	Day 0	Day 28
Nathan	Day 7	Day 28
Rebecca	Day 0	Day 21
Saxon	Day 0	Day 14
Barney	Day 7	Day 10
Michael	Day 7	Day 10
Rima	Day 0	Day 5
Legend
Nominated
Evicted
Head of Household
Injured

Big Brother Australia 2008 is the eighth season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother Australia. Episodes will be broadcast on Network Ten and Ten HD in Australia. The first episode aired on April 28, 2008.

This season introduced Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O as the new hosts and will feature the return of an adult-themed weekly installment. ^[1] 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 the public could vote which housemates they wanted to see in the House prior to the commencement of the season. The tagline in pre-season publicity was "I don't think so". ^[2]

Contents 1 Pre-season 1.1 Auditions 1.2 Promotions 2 Series launch 3 Changes from prior seasons 3.1 Broadcasts 3.2 Nomination and Eviction Voting Format 3.3 The House 4 Housemates 5 Reception 5.1 Australian TV ratings 6 Weekly Summary 7 Voting/Nomination Table 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Pre-season

[edit] 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 January 7, 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.

[edit] Promotions

Promotional advertisements for the new series premiered on April 6, 2008 featuring a short video of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard criticising 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.^[3]

[edit] Series launch

The series began Monday 28 April 2008 at 7.00 pm. The opening episode had the lowest-ever ratings of any launch of Australian Big Brother. The episode mostly outrated its competitors in most timeslots - except its second half hour when it lost out to Border Security. The audience for the launch peaked at 1.91 million. ^[4]

[edit] Changes from prior seasons

[edit] Broadcasts

Starting this season new hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O replace Gretel Killeen who had hosted since the show's launch in 2001.

The nomination and eviction processes have been changed for this season and those elements will both be covered in the same weekly episode of the program (nominations previously had a weekly special dedicated to them which aired every Monday evening).

A new panel discussion program titled Big Brother's Big Mouth will air Monday nights at 9:30pm, hosted by Tony Squires and Rebecca Wilson. This show is similar in format to the UK Big Brother panel show of the same name.

Big Brother Up Late will not air this season due to Ten's late night programming schedule being used for Indian Premier League cricket telecasts.

Television broadcast episodes feature a new logo and graphics, and remixed theme music.

The free internet streaming has also changed. The time allotted to free streaming has been cut to three five minute blocks per day.

[edit] Nomination and Eviction Voting Format

In the previous series of Big Brother, housemates nominated two other housemates for eviction and viewers then voted to actually evict. This year, the public vote for which housemate to save from eviction. The three housemates with the least amount of saves are nominated for eviction. The housemates then vote to evict one of the three. Housemates will give two points to one person they want evicted, and one point to another of the three.

For this season, each winner of Friday Night Games has additional power to affect nominations and evictions. They are able to discuss nominations and voting with their two chosen guests in the new "Strategy Room". The winner has the power to remove one nominated housemate from the nomination lineup, after which the housemate in fourth place is moved into the nomination lineup. In awarding eviction points, the winner may award four points to one person, and two points to another.

After five weeks the nomination and eviction process reverted to the traditional format of all previous seasons: the housemates nominate and viewers vote for the housemate to be evicted. Unlike the preceding few seasons, there was no save vote; viewers could only vote to evict.

At the start of the season Big Brother announced that "snap evictions" will be executed at various points during the season. Terri was evicted on the first night in a snap eviction, but was soon returned to the house. Two of the three viewer-voted housemates, Barney and Michael, were removed in what was described by the show's makers as a "snap eviction".

[edit] The House

The House was rebuilt with a new layout as has occurred with most seasons of Australian Big Brother. The bedroom contains just one big bed for all housemates to share. The garden features a Volkswagen Type 2 in which one housemate must sleep. There is also a vending machine in garden. The housemates can buy different things like food, sunglasses but also personal things. For that they can get a maximum of 20 coins depending on their behavior.

[edit] Housemates

Main article: List of Big Brother Australia housemates (2008 series)

It was initially confirmed that there would be 17 housemates this season. 14 housemates entered the House on the opening night, with an additional three entering in the first week.^[5]

Housemate Rima was removed from the House after breaking her leg in the first Friday Night Games. She has been given the option to return to the house upon her recovery. No decision has been made yet.

[edit] Reception

After the telecast of the season's third Eviction show, critic Andrew Mercado summarised the 2008 series Eviction shows, which he described as in previous seasons being a viewing highlight of the series, as having descended into "just a boring, hateful shemozzle, where Kyle insults everybody around him (housemates are psychos, the crew are work experience and the audience is a 'pack of pigs')." ^[6]

The 2008 season has shown a marked downturn in ratings for the program. Both the Daily Show and the Eviction shows are rating significantly lower than previous seasons. Ratings for the first 2008 Eviction were half those achieved by Eviction shows during the program's peak. Academic Alan McKee singled-out the departure of previous host Gretel Killeen as having weakened the series. McKee judged that Killeen had successfully provided the show's "moral centre". Of the replacement hosts McKee said that "Kyle and Jackie O just don't serve the same purpose. Jackie is quite limp and Kyle prides himself on just being wrong - he will always say the wrong, obnoxious thing and hurt people." ^[7]

By the eviction show on June 1 the program's ratings were said to have "almost flatlined on Sunday night, dropping below 500,000 in the key demographic along the East Coast." Host Kyle Sandilands called in sick for this program and his co-hosting duties were handled by usual series announcer and narrator Mike Goldman. ^[8]

Sandilands missed his second eviction show the following week, June 8, after again calling in sick, with a severe chest infection. It was reported that hundreds of fans took to message boards calling for his stand-in Mike Goldman for the June 8 episode to become a permanent fixture. Some speculated Sandilands had already been sacked - and others accused him of faking his illness. A spokeswoman for the series said Sandilands was expected to return for the following eviction show. ^[9]

Another commentator, Peter Craven, described the 2008 season as being increasingly gimmicky. The visit by Carson Kressley to makeover the housemates was seen as an obvious gimmick that looked forced upon being reprised. The visit by hypnotist Peter Powers (Craven erroneously named Derren Brown as the hypnotist visitor) was described as being "riveting", but also as turning Big Brother into more a variety show. The choice of eccentric housemates and an appearance by Corey Worthington was seen as an attempt "to highlight the superficially weird" while the absence of Uplate this year is seen as a mistake. Craven suggests the worst mistake of the season is replacing Gretel Killeen, who Craven praises as being "formidable and charismatic" and skilled at her role, with new hosts. Craven judges Kyle Sandilands the more intelligent of the new hosts, but notes he gives no impression of having kept up with the show, as Killeen always did. Craven believes Sandilands to be "sensationally ill-suited to the format, which requires a warm embrace of the Big Brother ethos. By contrast, Jackie O, as the good cop is all vapid smiles and gooey attentiveness." ^[10]

[edit] Australian TV ratings

MONDAY - FRIDAY DAILY SHOW

WEEK	Sydney	Melbourne	Brisbane	Adelaide	Perth	TOTAL	WEEKLY RANK
01	335,000	335,000	231,000	128,000	124,000	1,154,000	38
02	307,000	307,000	203,000	113,000	121,000	1,051,000	49

[edit] Weekly Summary

Week 1	Events	On Day 0, the 14 Housemates entered the House on launch night. Each Housemate placed a valuable possession on the "Big Brother Memento Cabinet" prior to entering the House. Big Brother informed the Housemates that a "snap eviction" would take place the next day at sunrise. The House was out of bounds until the snap eviction was over. On Day 2 Big Brother gave evicted Housemate Terri a special power called the "Housemate Hand Grenade". With the Housemate Hand Grenade Terri banished Nobbi to the Volkswagen van in the backyard. He is not allowed to enter the House for the time being. On Day 5, during the first Friday Night Live games, Rima injured herself during a competition. After being seen by a medic she was taken to the hospital, where X-rays revealed that she had broken her leg.
	Entrances	Alice, Ben, Bianca, Brigitte, David, Dixie, Nobbi, Rebecca, Renee, Rima, Rory, Saxson, Terri and Travis entered the House on Day 0.
	Exits	Terri was evicted from the House on Day 1 with 4 votes total out of 14. Rima left the House due to an injury on Day 5.
Week 2	Events	On Day 9 Big Brother conducted a snap eviction. Terri accepted the task of deciding the evictees after Corey declined. On Day 10 Terri was re-instated as a Housemate for completing her task to evict two housemates. Later in the day Big Brother called all Housemates to the Diary Room and explained the new nomination and eviction process.
	Tasks	On Day 8, Big Brother set the Housemates a task to clean up a mess in the yard placed by the show's makers after the Housemates went to bed. Each morning the Housemates have one hour after Big Brother wakes up the House to clean the backyard.[11] On Day 9, Corey was given the task of evicting two of the three new Housemates. He declined the task and Big Brother then offered the task to Terri. If she executed this task she would be re-instated as a Housemate. Terri accepted the task.
	Entrances	Barney, Michael and Nathan entered the House as Housemates on Day 7. Terri and Corey entered the House as HouseGuests on Day 7.
	Exits	Barney and Michael were evicted from the House on Day 10. Saxon was evicted from the House on Day 14 with 16 of 39 Points to evict.
Week 3	Events	On Day 15, Saxon handed the second Housemate Hand Grenade to Brigitte, which led to the indefinite removal of all her items. On Day 15, Rory, Alice, David, and Renee were treated to a trip to "Bali": actually a specially decorated pool area within the Big Brother compound. On Day 16, celebrity Carson Kressley entered the House to give Housemates makeovers.
	Tasks	On Day 15 housemates were assigned the Cricket Task: three Housemates at a time must stand in the backyard facing the ball launcher and attempt to catch the ball when it is ejected. They must wear the proper gear at all times while on the field, and must show great enthusiasm when catching a ball.
	Exits	On Day 19, HouseGuest Corey left the House. On Day 21, Rebecca was evicted from the house after receiving 22 out of 45 possible points.
Week 4	Events	On Day 22, Rebbecca handed the third Housemate hand Grenade to Dixie, which she has to do all of the Housemates Clothes. On Day 27, So You Think You Can Dance judges Matt Lee and Jason Coleman judged the Dance Task.
	Tasks	On Day 22, The Housemates were assigned to the So You Think You Can Dance task, couples assigned to were: Alice and Dixie - Hip Hop Ben and Bianca - Tango Brigitte and Travis - Disco David and Terri - German Slap Nathan and Renee - Waltz Nobbi and Rory - Boyband
	Exits	On Day 28, Nathan and David were both evicted from the house in a surprise double eviction.
Week 5	Events	On Day 29, David handed the fourth hand grenade to Bianca, which means she's the night watchwoman, Nathan handed the fifth hand Grenade to Travis, which means he's First out of Bed each Morning and unable to return to sleep.
	Task	On Day 29, The Housemates were assigned the task of maintaining the training of a Seeing Eye Dog puppy from Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
	Exits	On Day 33, During FNL, Travis departed the House after falling ill during the Stable Hands Game. On Day 35, Dixie was evicted after receiving 14 out of a possible 33 points to evict. Usual host Kyle Sandilands did not host the eviction due to illness, and was replaced by Mike Goldman who hosted with Jackie O [12]
Week 6	Events	On Day 35, the voting format changed, housemates nominate for eviction, and the nominated housemates are then evicted by the public. On Day 36, Dixie handed the fifth hand grenade, which was to save one of the three nominated Housemates. She saved Alice, nominating Renee and Terri, tied with the fourth most points.
	Task	On Day 36, the Housemates were assigned the Ignore the Obvious task. Housemates were to ignore obvious occurrences in the House, such as fireworks setting off, a platter with $2,000 and a sign saying "Free Money", and Housemate's relatives on the House TV screen.
	Entrances	Intruders Cherry, Rhianna and Terrence entered the House on Day 35. On Day 36, Travis returned to the House after receiving medical treatment.
	Exits	On Day 41, Ollie, the Seeing-Eye Dog, left the house. On Day 42, Renee was evicted from the Big Brother House with 37.9% to evict. Kyle Sandilands was again replaced by Mike Goldman as Jackie O's co-host for the Eviction show, reportedly again due to illness. [13]
Week 7	Events	On Day 43, Renee handed the Sixth hand Grenade to Brigitte, denying her a Family Message. Brigitte celebrated her 21st Birthday on Day 48 with a Sparkle theme, as a present Big Brother gave Princess Sparkles back to Brigitte.
	Task	Day 43, The Housemates were given the salon task, in which 24 hours a day, housemates take turns at being hairdresser, and housemates take turn at being the person getting a hairdo, keeping up the salon chit chat 24 hours a day.
	Exit	On Day 49, Rhianna was evicted from the Big Brother House with 37.7% to evict.
Week 8	Events	On Day 50, Rhianna handed the Seventh hand Grenade to Cherry, making him the new house maid.
	Task
	Exit

[edit] Voting/Nomination Table

For the first half of the series, the public voted for who to save from nomination. The bottom three housemates with the lowest saves were up for eviction. The housemates then voted for who to evict, with the first vote receiving 2 points and the second 1 point. The housemate with the most points is then evicted. This year introduced a Head of Household; who has the power to save someone in the bottom three from eviction. The person with the 4th lowest saves is then up for eviction. The Head of Household also votes with double eviction points.

In the second half of the series, the voting format reverted to that of previous years. Housemates vote to nominate other housemates for eviction and the public then vote for who to evict from those nominated.

	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 10	Day 14
Head of Household	none	none	Nathan Travis	Rebecca Alice	Alice	Renee		none	Nobbi	Nobbi
Nominations			David Rebecca Saxon	Ben Rory Travis	Alice David Nathan	Alice Bianca Dixie		Alice Bianca Brigitte	Alice Nobbi Terrence
Nominations (post-HoH)			David Rory Saxon	Ben Rebecca Rory	David Nathan Rory	Bianca Dixie Nobbi		Bianca Brigitte Renee Terri	Alice Cherry Rhianna Terrence
Automatic Nominaton	All Housemates	Barney Michael Nathan	none					none
Alice	Ben	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Rebecca Rory	Nathan David	Bianca Nobbi	Bianca Travis	Nobbi Ben
Ben	Terri	Not eligible	David Saxon	Rebecca Rory	David Nathan	Dixie Bianca	Alice Brigitte	Alice Cherry
Bianca	Nobbi	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	David Nathan	Dixie Nobbi	Alice Terri	Terrence Terri
Brigitte	Rima	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Ben Rory	Nathan Rory	Bianca Dixie	Ben Nobbi	Nobbi Cherry
Cherry	Not In House						Exempt	Terrence Rhianna
Nobbi	Terri	Not eligible	David Rory	Rebecca Ben	Nathan David	Dixie Bianca	Alice Terri	Rhianna Alice
Rory	Terri	Not eligible	David Saxon	Rebecca Ben	Nathan David	Dixie Bianca	Brigitte Terri	Alice Brigitte
Terrence	Not In House						Exempt	Cherry Rhianna
Terri	Nobbi	Barney Michael	Exempt	Ben Rebecca	Nathan David	Bianca Dixie	Renee Nobbi	Nobbi Bianca
Travis	Rory	Not eligible	David Rory	Rory Ben	David Nathan	Dixie Nobbi	Brigitte Renee	Nobbi Ben
Rhianna	Not In House						Exempt	Terrence Brigitte	Evicted (Day 49)
Renee	David	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	Rory David	Nobbi Bianca	Bianca Brigitte	Evicted (Day 42)
Dixie	Brigitte	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	Nathan Rory	Dixie Bianca	Evicted (Day 35)
David	Ben	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Ben Rebecca	Rory Nathan	Evicted (Day 28)
Nathan	Not in house	Nominated	Exempt	Rebecca Ben	David Rory	Evicted (Day 28)
Rebecca	Ben	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Rebecca Ben	Evicted (Day 21)
Saxon	Terri	Not eligible	David Rory	Evicted (Day 14)
Barney	Not in house	Nominated	Evicted (Day 10)
Michael	Not in house	Nominated	Evicted (Day 10)
Rima	Brigitte	Injured (Day 5)
Notes	See note 1	See notes 2,3	See notes 4,5	See note 6	See note 7	See note 8		See note 9
Evicted	Terri 4 of 14 votes to evict	Barney Michael Terri's choice to evict	Saxon 16 of 39 points to evict	Rebecca 22 of 42 points to evict	Nathan 18 of 39 points to evict	Dixie 14 of 33 points to evict		Renee 37.9% to evict	Rhianna 37.7% to evict
					David 14 of 39 points to evict

• Note 1: Big Brother revealed to the Housemates that someone will be evicted the next day. Housemates had to decide who would leave the House on Day 1.
• Note 2:      Terri returned to the House along with Corey as HouseGuests. Big Brother set Terri a mission to be Corey's guardian during his time in the House, if successful she would be re-instated as a Housemate. However she failed this mission.
• Note 3: On Day 9 Big Brother announced another snap eviction. Corey was initially offered the task of deciding which two of the three housemates voted in by the Australian public would be evicted. Corey declined this task. It was then offered to Terri and she accepted the task after failing her original task given to her by Big Brother. After the eviction Terri was re-instated as a Housemate.
• Note 4: On Day 12, during FNL Big Brother announced the winner of FNL would also become Head of Big Brother Household, get to vote with double eviction points, and get a dinner for two in the Strategy Room, where they are allowed to talk about nominations and eviction.
• Note 5: Although Nathan won FNL, since he is exempt and cannot vote; Big Brother gave the eviction duties of Head of Household to the runner-up, Travis.
• Note 6: As Rebecca was evicted, she had to give her rights as HOH to another housemates, during the goodbye message she gave the rights as HOH to Alice
• Note 7: As this week, it's a double eviction, the two housemates with the highest points will be evicted.
• Note 8: Intruders Cherry, Rhianna and Terrence entered the House on Day 35.
• Note 9: On Day 36, Brigitte (six points), Alice (six points) and Bianca (four points) were nominated for eviction however evicted Housemate Dixie used a Housemate Hand Grenade and saved Alice from eviction. Both Renee and Terri were then nominated in place of Alice. Both Terri and Renee had three nomination points total.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site

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