Big Brother Australia 2008 Totally Explained

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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. The season is expected to last 84 days.
This season introduced Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O as the new hosts and will feature the return of an adult-themed weekly installment. 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".

Pre-season

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.

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.

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 . The audience for the launch peaked at 1.91 million.

Changes from prior seasons

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 won't 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 ten minutes.

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.
Big Brother will execute "snap evictions" at various points during the season.

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.

Housemates

ť 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.
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.

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 isn't 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'd broken her leg.
	Entrances	Alice, Ben, Bianca, Brigitte, David, Dixie, Nobbi, Rebecca, Renee, Rima, Roy, 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. 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'd 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's 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's 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
	Exits

Voting History

	Week 1	Week 2		Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9
	Week 1	Day 10	Day 14	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9
Head of Household	none	none	Nathan Travis	Rebecca Alice	Alice
Public Nomination			David Rebecca Saxon	Ben Rory Travis	Alice David Nathan
Nominations (post-HoH)			David Rory Saxon	Ben Rebecca Rory	David Nathan Rory
Automatic Nominaton	All Housemates	Barney Michael Nathan	none	none	none

Alice	Ben	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Rebecca Rory	Nathan David
Ben	Terri	Not eligible	David Saxon	Rebecca Rory	David Nathan
Bianca	Nobbi	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	David Nathan
Brigitte	Rima	Not eligible	Saxon Rory	Ben Rory	Nathan Rory
Dixie	Brigitte	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	Nathan Rory
Nobbi	Terri	Not eligible	David Rory	Rebecca Ben	Nathan David
Renee	David	Not eligible	Saxon David	Rebecca Ben	Rory David
Rory	Terri	Not eligible	David Saxon	Rebecca Ben	Nathan David
Terri	Nobbi	Barney Michael	Exempt	Ben Rebecca	Nathan David
Travis	Rory	Not eligible	David Rory	Rory Ben	David Nathan
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
Evicted	Terri 4 of 14 votes to evict	Barney Michael Terri's choice to evict	Saxon to evict	Rebecca to evict	Nathan to evict
Evicted	Terri 4 of 14 votes to evict	Barney Michael Terri's choice to evict	Saxon to evict	Rebecca to evict	David to evict

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.

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'd be re-instated as a Housemate. However she failed this mission.

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.

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're allowed to talk about nominations and eviction.

Although Nathan won FNL, since he's exempt and can't vote; Big Brother gave the eviction duties of Head of Household to the runner-up, Travis.

As Rebecca was evicted, she'd to give her rights as HOH to another housemates, during the goodbye message she gave the rights as HOH to Alice

As this week, it's a double eviction, the two housemates with the highest points will be evicted.Further Information

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