Big Brother 3 (Australia)

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Series 3 (2003)

Big Brother 2003, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third series of the Australian reality television series Big Brother Australia. The season lasted 86 days, starting on 27 April 2003 and ending on 21 July 2003. The season was the most complicated 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, Reggie, 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, was brought in for a little over a week. The winner of Series 3 was Regina Bird. Reggie earned public admiration with her down-to-earth charm and work ethic.[1]

New programs

Two new shows were introduced:

Opening sequence

The Tower of Terror is displayed, and the logos of Dreamworld, 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 housemates 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 85 days, a winner is selected.

Incidents

An 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.[2] 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 and Network Ten as the identification of a minor involved in a court trial is illegal in Queensland, where Big Brother is produced. Within seconds of the 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 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 15th original housemate (a policeman) left lockdown before Big Brother 3 began. Tamara, a travel agent and the 16th 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

Reggie

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. She won the hearts of the viewers due to her good-natured Australian personality.[3][4] After the show, she left Tasmania, her husband, her job as a fish and chip shop owner, and moved to Sydney.

Preceded by
Peter Corbett		 Big Brother Australia winner
Series 3 (2003) 		Succeeded by
Trevor Butler

Chrissie

Chrissie Swan, from Melbourne, Victoria, was the runner up of Big Brother 2003. Employed after leaving the Big Brother 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 saying, I miss home, I miss my mum's cooking and I miss the cold. 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. Chrissie became and continues to be a popular television personality in Australia. After a successful stint as a regular host on the Channel ten Circle show she is now hosting Can of Worms weekly on Ten - a moral dilemma show.

Daniel

Daniel McInnes is from Adelaide, South Australia. McInnes is now pursuing a career in film and television, landing a role as an extra in ABC TV's ANZAC Girls.

Patrick

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

Vincent

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

Jamie

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

Kim

Kim-Marie Drury, from Armidale, NSW, was evicted on Day 57 in a double eviction with Saxon. Kim was involved in a small scandal as result of a joke she told in the house about Aborigines, and was forced to leave her home town to escape the fallout.

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 Big Brother host Gretel Killeen, 19 years his senior, after being evicted. He spent a few years travelling Australia after the show enjoying the clear appreciation from the female population before jumping into Investment Banking. Recently did work with Michael Kors in their Global campaign for their most recent men's fragrance.

Joanne

Joanne Hams (née Ashton) is from Adelaide, South Australia. She regularly poses in Ralph magazine. Hams Was evicted with an Australian Big Brother record 86% of total votes, which was the largest eviction percentage at that time. This was beaten by Michelle Olsen in 2007 who had 92% of the total evict votes.

Claire

Claire Bellis is from Queensland. Bellis continued with her PhD studies at Griffith University, Gold Coast.

Ben

Ben Archbold is a former undercover police officer. Benjamin is the Solicitor Director in Charge of our firm and responsible for Practice Management. He also heads the Criminal Law Practice Group.

Belinda

Belinda Thorpe is from Queensland. Thorpe left the house voluntarily. She has a daughter, born in 2005, named Nicole. She went to Park Ridge State High School, Park Ridge Queensland, and worked at Luppinos (Hairdresser) in Browns Plains, Grand Plaza Shopping Centre.

Leah

Leah White was known for being one of the younger, louder housemates, which caused her nomination and then eviction.

Carlo

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

Jaime

Jaime Cerda, from Melbourne, is a keen skateboarder. He is now an actor/improvisor with many short film and theatre credits.

Irena

Irena Bukhshtaber was the first housemate evicted from the House.

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 Nomination
points
received
To evict To stay Intruders Normal nom. Day 85 Day 86 (Finale)
Reggie Leah
Joanne 		Patrick
Daniel 		Nominated Leah
Daniel 		Vincent
Leah 		Vincent
Joanne 		Joanne
Vincent 		Joanne
Daniel 		Saxon
Chrissie 		Jamie
Patrick 		Vincent
Patrick 		Daniel
Patrick 		No
Nominations 		Winner
(Day 86) 		16
Chrissie Leah
Ben 		Daniel
Reggie 		Jaime Leah
Ben 		Leah
Patrick 		Ben
Saxon 		Claire
Saxon 		Reggie
Saxon 		Vincent
Patrick 		Vincent
Patrick 		Vincent
Patrick 		Patrick
Reggie 		No
Nominations 		Runner-Up
(Day 86) 		21
Daniel Leah
Patrick 		Chrissie
Ben 		Jaime Ben
Leah 		Leah
Saxon 		Ben
Vincent 		Saxon
Vincent 		Joanne
Patrick 		Vincent
Saxon 		Patrick
Vincent 		Patrick
Vincent 		Patrick
Reggie 		No
Nominations 		Evicted
(Day 85) 		35
Patrick Leah
Chrissie 		Joanne
Reggie 		Claire Leah
Chrissie 		Leah
Daniel 		Ben
Belinda 		Saxon
Chrissie 		Saxon
Chrissie 		Saxon
Chrissie 		Chrissie
Jamie 		Chrissie
Reggie 		Chrissie
Reggie 		Evicted
(Day 78) 		26
Vincent Saxon
Irena 		Carlo
Belinda 		Reggie Belinda
Carlo 		Belinda
Daniel 		Ben
Reggie 		Daniel
Saxon 		Chrissie
Reggie 		Patrick
Kim 		Jamie
Patrick 		Reggie
Chrissie 		Evicted
(Day 71) 		26
Jamie Not in
house 		Exempt Kim
Vincent 		Daniel
Vincent 		Evicted
(Day 64) 		9
Saxon Vincent
Jaime 		Carlo
Claire 		Jaime Jaime
Belinda 		Belinda
Daniel 		Belinda
Chrissie 		Patrick
Daniel 		Daniel
Reggie		 Jamie
Kim 		Evicted
(Day 57) 		21
Kim Not in
house 		Exempt Jamie
Vincent 		Evicted
(Day 57) 		4
Joanne Leah
Daniel 		Patrick
Chrissie 		Jaime Leah
Daniel 		Leah
Daniel 		Ben
Daniel 		Daniel
Claire 		Daniel
Reggie 		Evicted
(Day 50) 		9
Claire Saxon
Belinda 		Carlo
Vincent 		Nominated Belinda
Jaime 		Belinda
Daniel 		Belinda
Ben 		Daniel
Saxon 		Evicted
(Day 43) 		9
Ben Leah
Chrissie 		Patrick
Reggie 		Nominated Daniel
Chrissie 		Daniel
Belinda 		Chrissie
Belinda 		Evicted
(Day 36) 		17
Belinda Vincent
Carlo 		Jaime
Claire 		Claire Carlo
Vincent 		Saxon
Leah 		Saxon
Ben 		Walked
(Day 31) 		22
Leah Ben
Daniel 		Patrick
Reggie 		Ben Daniel
Ben 		Daniel
Joanne 		Evicted
(Day 29) 		19
Carlo Vincent
Belinda 		Claire
Irena 		Jaime Belinda
Jaime 		Evicted
(Day 22) 		13
Jaime Saxon
Carlo 		Vincent
Claire 		Nominated Carlo
Belinda 		Evicted
(Day 19) 		6
Irena Belinda
Vincent 		Carlo
Claire 		Evicted
(Day 15) 		1
Notes 1 2 3 none
Against
public vote		 Belinda,
Ben,
Irena,
Leah,
Saxon 		Ben,
Claire,
Jaime,
Reggie 		Belinda,
Carlo,
Daniel,
Leah 		Belinda,
Daniel,
Leah 		Belinda,
Ben,
Chrissie,
Saxon,
Vincent 		Claire,
Daniel,
Saxon 		Daniel,
Joanne,
Reggie 		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Jamie,
Kim,
Patrick,
Reggie,
Saxon,
Vincent 		Jamie,
Patrick,
Vincent 		Chrissie,
Patrick,
Reggie,
Vincent 		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Patrick,
Reggie 		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Reggie 		Chrissie,
Reggie
Walked none Belinda none
Evicted
(% of public vote)		 Irena
33%
to evict		 Jaime
5 of 9 votes
to evict		 Carlo
66%
to evict		 Leah
41%
to evict		 Ben
73%
to evict		 Claire
60%
to evict		 Joanne
86%
to evict		 Kim
29.07%
to evict		 Jamie
50%
to evict		 Vincent
62%
to evict		 Patrick
50%
to evict		 Daniel
51%
to evict		 Chrissie
72%
to evict
Saxon
19.83%
to evict
Saved Ben
32%
Leah
22%
Belinda
8%
Saxon
5%		 Claire
2 votes
Ben
1 vote
Reggie
1 vote		 Leah
15%
Belinda
12%
Daniel
7%		 Belinda
35%
Daniel
24%		 Vincent
8%
Chrissie
8%
Saxon
7%
Belinda
4%		 Saxon
28%
Daniel
12%		 Daniel
9%
Reggie
5%		 Chrissie
Daniel
Jamie
Patrick
Reggie
Vincent		 Vincent
31%
Patrick
19%		 ?
20%
?
10%
?
8%		 ?
22%
?
20%
?
8%		 Chrissie
Reggie		 Reggie
28%
to evict

Notes

  • ^Note 1 : Housemates could only nominate others from their respective house. This week, Housemates nominated to evict and to stay. Unknown to the Housemates, the nominations to evict had no value, and the Housemates nominated for eviction were the ones with the least points to stay.
  • ^Note 2 : Housemates could only nominate others from their respective house. On Day 19, Housemates from both houses ranked the intruders - Ben, Claire, Jamie, and Reggie - on a scale from one to four. One meaning the Housemate they least would like to stay in the house, and four meaning the housemate they would most want to stay in the house. The Housemate that both houses decided they wanted to stay the least was evicted in a special intruder eviction on Day 19.
  • ^Note 3 : Because Ben, Claire, and Reggie survived the intruder eviction on Day 19, they were immune from being nominated this week.

References

  1. ↑ http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/833428/reggies-biggest-battle
  2. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/03/17/809047.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/21/1058639726175.html
  4. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/19/1084917622776.html

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