Big Brother is set to return to Australian TV screens in 2025 with some big changes in store.
The reality show will return to its original home on Ten next year, with the network committed to aligning the Australian franchise with its winning format.
A new generation of housemates will be broadcast live 24/7 as the series returns with new host Mel Tracina in 2025.
Tracina plans to renew the series after taking the hosting reins from Gold Logie winner Sonia Kruger.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Saturday at the ACRA Awards in Sydney, Tracina revealed that Australian viewers will finally have access to the game in real time.
“The nice thing about this is the live streaming element,” he said.
‘So you don’t have to worry about getting a bad edit or being the ‘villain of the season,’ because viewers can log in at any time and see what (the housemates) are up to.’
The much-loved reality show, in which housemates compete to stay in the house and win prize money, was a huge hit on Channel Ten in the early 2000s.
Big Brother host Mel Tracina says she feels responsible for restoring the beloved reality TV franchise to the glory days she grew up watching.
Since then, the show has changed networks several times, first moving to Channel Nine before a revamped version on Channel Seven.
Big Brother has continued to enjoy healthy viewing figures with its multi-platform live streaming cameras in the US and UK.
Across the American franchise’s three weekly broadcasts on CBS, streaming, and the show’s 24/7 live stream on Paramount+, Viewers accumulated 8.3 billion minutes of viewing time..
That put the long-running reality series on par with major streaming hits, such as new seasons of Bridgerton, Stranger Things and the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon in 2022.
In the 2025 season, Big Brother Australia will finally roll out the live streams that have proven to be ratings winners for the UK and US franchises.
Big Brother Australia has been removed from Channel 7’s 2024 schedule after scoring its lowest-rated season yet.
The show moved from its original 7.30 time slot to a later time slot after just one week on air, and concluded its 15th series with just 152,000 overnight viewers in the five capitals, a big drop from when the show relaunched in 2020. with 853,000. spectators.
Fans were unimpressed with last season’s rebranding, which focused on encouraging romance between single, sexy castmates.
Many felt the final season had more in common with Love Island than Big Brother, with one writing on social media at the time: “Bring back the days of normal people here.” Why would you want to vote for any of these people?
Many felt the new season had more in common with rival Love Island than Big Brother, with one writing on social media at the time: “Bring back the days of normal people here.” Why would you want to vote for any of these people?
“It’s so sad to see what was once a great show completely ruined,” lamented another.
“I found out I got the job pretty quickly before the news broke,” Tracina told the Daily Mail.
‘I grew up watching it. When it came out in 2001, I was there.’
Reggie Sorenson (Bird) won the third and fourteenth seasons of Big Brother Australia in 2003 and 2022.
Prior to this job, she was known for her role as ‘cultural correspondent’ on Ten’s comedy show The Cheap Seats.
‘This is so big for me. “It’s also just the fans who love it, it’s a gigantic show,” he added.
“It means a lot to a lot of Australians, so I feel the pressure to do the best job I can.”
Big Brother is known for being one of the only reality TV competitions that not only happens in real time as it airs, but also allows viewers to access an unedited view of what’s happening in the house.
Presenter Mel Tracina is best known for her role as culture correspondent on Ten’s show The Cheap Seats.
By featuring live streams, fans can watch the game unfold naturally rather than following stories set and edited by production.
It comes as reality TV fans tune out shows that they consider overproduced or that have only been cast by social media influencers.
New series Made in Bondi faced backlash after it was revealed that none of the Australian cast members were born or raised in the iconic suburb and that the houses in the series were rentals.
The Block fans criticized the 20th anniversary season as fake and “scheduled.”
Channel Nine accidentally leaked the cast for its 2024 season, which includes a former contestant from Channel 9’s survival show The Summit, a former FBoy Island US winner, a ‘professional bikini athlete’, viral TikTok stars and a Love Island US alum.
Meanwhile, the X-rated Aussie Shore has found an audience because most of its “wild” cast was plucked from Queensland nightclubs.
At the peak of Big Brother’s popularity, it averaged an astonishing 1.4 million viewers per episode, keeping it a ten-store show for eight seasons.
With Channel Ten insisting on returning to the ‘authentic original show you fell in love with all those years ago’, everyday Australians got to see the series return to its glory days.
