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Big Brother (Australia series 3)
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Big Brother Australia 2003 was the third season of the Australia
n television series Big Brother Australia
. The season lasted 87 days, starting on 27 April 2003 and ending on 21 July 2003.
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.
On Day 68, 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 naivete. Chrissie and Daniel came second and third respectively.
, Big Brother Australia, Network Ten
and a map of Australia turns into a housemate-selection machine. We go through the orange bedroom, through the blue bathroom for a shower, through to the blue control room, to the edit section where footage from the diary room is being edited to be shown on the Big Brother Australia yellow stage. We then go to the purple kitchen, and three housmates are up for nomination the red housemate gets the most votes. The pink dining room is broadcast to a person on the internet at home. After eighty-five days, a winner is selected.
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. 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. The closure of the boards led to the title "Belindagate".
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.
Brett Jensen, the fifteenth original housemate (a policeman) left lockdown before BB3 began. Tamara, a travel agent and the sixteenth housemate, appeared on the Launch show but did not enter the house as she was a decoy for the public. Both were from Queensland.
Housemates living in the round houseHousemates living in the square house
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.
Belinda and Carlo from the Square House were up for Eviction, and Daniel and Leah from the Round House were up for Eviction.
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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television series Big Brother Australia
Big Brother (Australia)
Big Brother Australia is the Australian version of the international Big Brother reality television series. Big Brother Australia was produced from 2001 and ran for 8 seasons before it was cancelled in 2008. It has been renewed in September 2011 for a 2012 season. All eight seasons were produced by...
. The season lasted 87 days, starting on 27 April 2003 and ending on 21 July 2003.
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.
On Day 68, Anouska Golebiewski who was the first to be evicted from Big Brother UK 4
Big Brother (UK series 4)
Big Brother 4 in 2003 was the fourth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. The series ran from Friday...
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
Regina Bird
Regina "Reggie" Bird was a contestant and winner of Big Brother 2003 Australia. Small in stature with an unusual nasal intonation, she earned public admiration with her down-to-earth charm, strong work ethic, and naivety...
. Reggie earned public admiration with her unique down-to-earth charm, strong work ethic and naivete. Chrissie and Daniel came second and third respectively.
New programs
Two new shows were introduced:- UpLate hosted by Mike GoldmanMike GoldmanMike Goldman is an Australian television and radio host, probably best known for his various roles in Big Brother Australia series.-Television:...
. 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 FergusonTim FergusonTimothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :...
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.
Opening sequence
The Tower of Terror is displayed, and the logos of DreamworldDreamworld
Dreamworld is a large theme park situated on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is currently Australia's largest theme park with over 27 rides including 4 roller coasters. The park is made up of several themed lands: Ocean Parade, Kid's World, Wiggles World, Gold Rush Country, Rocky Hollow, Tiger...
, Big Brother Australia, Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
and a map of Australia turns into a housemate-selection machine. We go through the orange bedroom, through the blue bathroom for a shower, through to the blue control room, to the edit section where footage from the diary room is being edited to be shown on the Big Brother Australia yellow stage. We then go to the purple kitchen, and three housmates are up for nomination the red housemate gets the most votes. The pink dining room is broadcast to a person on the internet at home. After eighty-five days, a winner is selected.
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 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/17/809047.htm. 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.The incident sparked a legal crisis for Endemol Southern Star
Endemol Southern Star
Endemol Southern Star was an Australian television production company made up of a joint venture between Southern Star Group and Endemol. The joint company ceased to exist after Endemol bought Southern Star Group in 2009.-Programs:...
and Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
as the identification of a minor involved in a court trial is illegal in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, the state where Big Brother is produced. 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. The closure of the boards led to the title "Belindagate".
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
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
where it was cut entirely.
Brett Jensen, the fifteenth original housemate (a policeman) left lockdown before BB3 began. Tamara, a travel agent and the sixteenth housemate, appeared on the Launch show but did not enter the house as she was a decoy for the public. Both were from Queensland.
Nominations table
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 86 | ||||||||||||
| Regina | Patrick Daniel |
Leah Daniel |
Vincent Leah |
Vincent Joanne |
Joanne Vincent |
Joanne Daniel |
No nominations |
Jamie Patrick |
Vincent Patrick |
Daniel Patrick |
No nominations |
Winner |
| Chrissie | Regina Daniel |
Leah Ben |
Leah Patrick |
Ben Saxon |
Claire Saxon |
Regina Saxon |
No nominations |
Vincent Patrick |
Vincent Patrick |
Patrick Regina |
No nominations |
|
| Daniel | 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 | Joanne Regina |
Leah Chrissie |
Leah Daniel |
Ben Belinda |
Saxon Chrissie |
Saxon Chrissie |
No nominations |
Chrissie Jamie |
Chrissie Regina |
Chrissie Regina |
Evicted (Day 78) |
|
| Vincent | Carlo Belinda |
Belinda Carlo |
Belinda Daniel |
Ben Regina |
Daniel Saxon |
Chrissie Regina |
No nominations |
Jamie Patrick |
Regina Chrissie |
Evicted (Day 71) |
||
| Jamie | Not in house |
Exempt | No nominations |
Daniel Vincent |
Evicted (Day 64) |
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| Saxon | Carlo Claire |
Jaime Belinda |
Belinda Daniel |
Belinda Chrissie |
Patrick Daniel |
Daniel Regina |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 57) |
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| Kim | Not in house |
Exempt | No nominations |
Evicted (Day 57) |
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| Joanne | Patrick Chrissie |
Leah Daniel |
Leah Daniel |
Ben Daniel |
Daniel Claire |
Daniel Regina |
Evicted (Day 50) |
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| Claire | Carlo Vincent |
Belinda Jaime |
Belinda Daniel |
Belinda Ben |
Daniel Saxon |
Evicted (Day 43) |
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| Ben | Patrick Regina |
Daniel Chrissie |
Daniel Belinda |
Chrissie Belinda |
Evicted (Day 36) |
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| Belinda | Jaime Claire |
Carlo Vincent |
Saxon Leah |
Saxon Ben |
Walked (Day 31) |
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| Leah | Patrick Daniel |
Daniel Ben |
Daniel Joanne |
Evicted (Day 29) |
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| Carlo | Claire Irena |
Belinda Jaime |
Evicted (Day 22) |
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| Jaime | Vincent Claire |
Carlo Belinda |
Evicted (Day 19) |
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| Irena | Carlo Claire |
Evicted (Day 15) |
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| Twists | 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 |
Chrissie Daniel Regina |
Chrissie Regina |
| 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 |
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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.
Belinda and Carlo from the Square House were up for Eviction, and Daniel and Leah from the Round House were up for Eviction.
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.