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Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 15

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Big Brother
Season 15
Presented bySonia Kruger
No. of days25
No. of housemates18
WinnerTay & Ari Wilcoxson
Runners-upLouis Phillips
Mineé Marx
Companion showBig Brother Uncut
No. of episodes20 (+5 Uncut)
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release6 November (2023-11-06) –
6 December 2023 (2023-12-06)
Additional information
Filming dates31 October (2022-10-31) –
24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)
Season chronology
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(on Network 10)

Big Brother Australia 15, also known as Big Brother Australia 2023, was the fifteenth season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother. The season began airing on 6 November 2023 on Seven Network.[1] Sonia Kruger returned as the host of the show. The series was initially teased as Big Brother: House of Love and featured a younger cast consisting of single housemates.[2]

On 6 December 2023 Tay & Ari Wilcoxson won the series becoming the second joint-housemate winners in the history of the Australian version of Big Brother, after the Logan twins won season 5.

Production

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In October 2022 Seven Network announced that Big Brother would return for a fifteenth season. It was initially given the title Big Brother: House of Love and was teased to feature "a younger cast of sexy singles looking for love".[3] The format was criticised on social media by viewers who said [the show] really needed to go back to the old Big Brother [format]". The series was again pre-recorded, and filming began on 31 October 2022.[4][5] Following the criticism, the "House of Love" title was dropped, and after the conclusion of filming Seven Network described the series as the "spiciest yet" and a "more stripped-back, traditional Big Brother, where the cast is younger".[6][7] It was also confirmed that the spin-off show Big Brother Uncut would return after seventeen years, having last aired during the sixth season.[8] The season ran for 25 days, the shortest civilian season in Big Brother Australia history.[9]

The season ended in a pre-recorded finale, similar to Big Brother VIP, where three possible endings were filmed for each of the finalist ahead of time with the outcome of Australia's vote determining which was broadcast.[10]

International broadcast

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The season aired in New Zealand, with episodes being made available via TVNZ+ the day after their broadcast in Australia. The Uncut episodes were not made available.[11]

Housemates

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The housemates were revealed in October 2023 and were described by Seven Network as the "sexiest housemates in Australia".[12]

Name Age on entry Residence Day entered Day exited Result
Tay & Ari Wilcoxson 23 & 20 Queensland 1 25 Winners
Louis Phillips 23 Melbourne, Victoria 1 25 Runner-up
Mineé Marx 22 Perth, Western Australia 1 25 Runner-up
Taylah Davies 27 Victoria 1 24 Evicted
Josh Everett 28 Sydney, New South Wales 1 23 Evicted
Dion Prasad 26 Melbourne, Victoria 1 22 Evicted
Lewis Beers 26 Victoria 1 22 Evicted
Graciemae Sinclair 26 New South Wales 1 19 Evicted
Teejay Halkias 26 Brisbane, Queensland 5 19 Evicted
Oli Walton 24 Perth, Western Australia 11 16 Evicted
Jake Vella 25 Victoria 1 15 Evicted
Maddi-Rose McGuire 19 Central Coast, New South Wales 11 15 Walked
Bella Sommers 25 Melbourne, Victoria 5 12 Evicted
Zach Davis 22 Victoria 1 9 Evicted
Luke Hallinan 33 Sydney, New South Wales 1 9 Evicted
Annelise Drake 24 Gold Coast, Queensland 1 7 Evicted
AnnaSophia Lambrou 30 New South Wales 1 5 Evicted
Quan Ja 33 Victoria 1 3 Evicted

King and Queen of the House

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Introduced on Day 2 was the title of "King and Queen of the House". The house will elect a King and a Queen, who will have access to the Suite.

Week King Queen
1 Josh Tay
2 Teejay Bella
3 Louis Mineé
4 Lewis Graciemae
5 Josh Tay

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDay(s)Original air date [13]Australian viewers
Week 1
16171Episode 1Days 1–26 November 2023 (2023-11-06)274,000[14]
16182Episode 2Day 37 November 2023 (2023-11-07)213,000[15]
16193Episode 3Days 3–48 November 2023 (2023-11-08)212,000[16]
16204Episode 4Days 5–69 November 2023 (2023-11-09)183,000[17]
16215Episode 5 – UncutDays 1–69 November 2023 (2023-11-09)N/A
Week 2
16226Episode 6Days 6–713 November 2023 (2023-11-13)156,000[18]
16237Episode 7Day 814 November 2023 (2023-11-14)130,000[19]
16248Episode 8Day 915 November 2023 (2023-11-15)112,000[20]
16259Episode 9Days 10–1115 November 2023 (2023-11-15)86,000[20]
162610Episode 10 – UncutDays 7–1116 November 2023 (2023-11-16)N/A
Week 3
162711Episode 11Days 11–1320 November 2023 (2023-11-20)134,000[21]
162812Episode 12Day 1421 November 2023 (2023-11-21)128,000[22]
162913Episode 13Day 1522 November 2023 (2023-11-22)121,000[23]
163014Episode 14Day 1622 November 2023 (2023-11-22)91,000[23]
163115Episode 15 – UncutDays 11–1523 November 2023 (2023-11-23)N/A
Week 4
163216Episode 16Days 16–1727 November 2023 (2023-11-27)169,000[24]
163317Episode 17Days 17–1828 November 2023 (2023-11-28)134,000[25]
163418Episode 18Day 1929 November 2023 (2023-11-29)138,000[26]
163519Episode 19Days 21–2229 November 2023 (2023-11-29)97,000[26]
163620Episode 20 – UncutDays 16–1930 November 2023 (2023-11-30)N/A
Week 5 – Grand Final Week
163721Episode 21Day 224 December 2023 (2023-12-04)135,000[27]
163822Episode 22Days 22–234 December 2023 (2023-12-04)96,000[27]
163923Episode 23 – Top 3 RevealDay 245 December 2023 (2023-12-05)142,000[28]
164024Episode 24 – UncutDay 1–245 December 2023 (2023-12-05)N/A
164125Episode 25 – FinaleDay 256 December 2023 (2023-12-06)152,000[29]

Voting history

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Key
  This housemate was nominated for eviction.
  This housemate was the nominating Housemate on this round.
  This housemate was immune from this round of eviction due to a twist.
  This housemate won the challenge and is immune for this round of eviction.
  This housemate was originally nominated but won a second chance and was thus saved from eviction.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Episode 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 21 22 23 Finale
Challenge
Winner(s)
Luke (none) Annelise Graciemae
Luke
(none) Tay & Ari (none) Josh
Tay & Ari
(none) Mineé Mineé Louis (none)
Against
House
Vote
Jake
Quan
Zach
All Housemates AnnaSophia
Zach
Annelise
Josh
Louis
All Housemates Bella
Luke
Taylah
Zach
Bella
Jake
Taylah
All Housemates Jake
Maddi-Rose
Oli
Teejay
Oli
Teejay
Graciemae
Mineé
Taylah
All Housemates Dion
Taylah
Teejay
Graciemae
Mineé
Dion
Josh
Lewis
Josh
Tay & Ari
Taylah
Mineé
Tay & Ari
Taylah
Vote to: Evict Nominate Evict Nominate Evict Nominate Evict Nominate Evict Win
Tay & Ari Quan AnnaSophia AnnaSophia Annelise Bella
Luke
Luke Nominating
Housemate
Jake Jake Oli Nominating
Housemate
Teejay Taylah Not
eligible
Lewis Taylah Nominated Winners
(Day 25)
Louis Quan N/A AnnaSophia Annelise Luke
Zach
Luke Bella Maddi-Rose
Oli
Oli Oli Graciemae Dion Dion Mineé
(to stay)
Dion Josh Taylah Runner-up
(Day 25)
Mineé Zach AnnaSophia AnnaSophia Annelise Luke
Zach
Luke Bella N/A Jake Teejay Graciemae In Half
House
Teejay Nominated Nominating
Housemate
Josh Nominated Runner-up
(Day 25)
Taylah Zach N/A Zach Josh Luke In BB
Speakeasy
Jake N/A Jake Oli Mineé Teejay
Tay & Ari
Teejay Not
eligible
Josh Josh Nominated Evicted
(Day 24)
Josh Quan Mineé AnnaSophia Annelise Luke
Taylah
Luke Jake Oli Oli Oli Nominating
Housemate
Teejay Teejay Not
eligible
Lewis Taylah Evicted
(Day 23)
Dion Zach Annelise AnnaSophia Louis Luke
Mineé
In BB
Speakeasy
Bella Oli Jake Oli Graciemae Louis Teejay Not
eligible
Lewis Evicted
(Day 22)
Lewis Zach N/A AnnaSophia Annelise Luke Luke Bella N/A Oli Oli Mineé Dion Dion Graciemae
(to evict)
Dion Evicted
(Day 22)
Graciemae Quan Louis
Annelise
AnnaSophia Nominating
Housemate
Luke Luke Bella N/A Jake Oli Mineé In Half
House
Teejay Nominated Evicted
(Day 19)
Teejay Not in
House
Annelise Luke
Taylah
Luke Jake Jake Oli Nominated Graciemae Dion
Taylah
Dion Evicted
(Day 19)
Oli Not in
House
Bella Teejay Jake Nominated Evicted
(Day 16)
Jake Quan Taylah AnnaSophia Annelise Luke Luke Taylah Teejay Oli Evicted
(Day 15)
Maddi-Rose Not in
House
Bella N/A Nominated Walked
(Day 15)
Bella Not in
House
Josh Luke
Luke Jake Evicted
(Day 12)
Zach Quan N/A Nominated Annelise Luke Luke Evicted
(Day 9)
Luke Nominating
Housemate
Zach AnnaSophia Nominating
Housemate
Louis
Zach Evicted
(Day 9)
Annelise Quan Zach AnnaSophia Louis Evicted
(Day 7)
AnnaSophia Jake Louis Nominated Evicted
(Day 5)
Quan Zach Evicted
(Day 3)
Notes [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h] none [i] [j] [k] [k] [l] [d] [m] [n] [o] [p] [h] none [q] [r]
Source
Walked none Maddi-Rose none
Vote Outcome Quan
7 of 13 votes
to evict
Zach
7 nominations
AnnaSophia
10 of 11 votes
to evict
Annelise
8 of 12 votes
to evict
Luke
12 nominations
Luke
10 of 11 votes
to evict
Bella
7 of 12 votes
to evict
Maddi-Rose
8 nominations
Jake
6 of 11 votes
to evict
Oli
7 of 8 votes
to evict
Graciemae
4 of 7 votes
to fake evict
Dion
4 nominations
Teejay
4 of 8 votes
to evict
Graciemae
Lewis's choice
to evict
Lewis
3 of 6 votes
to evict
Josh
3 of 5 votes
to evict
Taylah
Louis's choice
to evict
Louis
Fewest votes
to win
AnnaSophia
5 nominations
Taylah
Zach

4 nominations
Oli
6 nominations
Taylah
4 nominations
Zach
1 of 11 votes
to evict
Jake
5 nominations
Mineé
3 of 7 votes
to fake evict
Dion
2 of 6 votes
to evict
Mineé
Fewest votes
to win
Annelise
5 nominations
Bella
3 nominations
Teejay
2 nominations
Teejay
4 nominations
Zach
5 of 13 votes
Mineé
3 nominations
Zach
1 of 11 votes
Josh
2 of 12 votes
Louis
Mineé
Teejay

1 nomination
each
Bella
0 of 11 votes
Jake
4 of 12 votes
N/A
1 nomination
each
Oli
5 of 11 votes
Teejay
1 of 8 votes
Taylah
0 of 7 votes
to fake evict
N/A
1 nomination
each
Dion
3 of 8 votes
Mineé
Louis's choice
to stay
Josh
1 of 6 votes
Taylah

2 of 5 votes

Mineé
Louis's choice
to stay
Tay & Ari
Most votes
to win
Louis
2 nominations
Jake
1 of 13 votes
Jake
Lewis
Luke
Taylah

1 nomination
each
Louis
2 of 12 votes
Taylah
1 of 12 votes
Teejay
0 of 11 votes
Taylah
1 of 8 votes
Tay & Ari
0 of 5 votes
Tay & Ari
Louis's choice
to stay
Notes
  1. ^ On Day 2, Annelise, Lewis, Louis, and Luke were still left in the BB Express by housemates in the main house. Only these four forgotten housemates were eligible to compete in the first Nominations Challenge.
  2. ^ On Day 4, housemates participated in House Nominations, with all housemates voting for two Housemates to be nominated for the next Eviction. The three Housemates with the most votes are nominated for eviction.
  3. ^ On Day 5, Big Brother offered the three nominated housemates a chance to save themselves by taking the offer. Annelise choose the offer and saved herself from Eviction. In return, Big Brother took away all the clothes of rest of the housemates.
  4. ^ a b This was a Pairs Challenge. The winning pair had to agree on nominations.
  5. ^ As new housemates Bella and Teejay were immune and couldn't be nominated.
  6. ^ On Day 8, housemates participated in House Nominations, with all housemates voting for two Housemates to be nominated for the next Eviction. The four Housemates with the most votes are nominated for eviction.
  7. ^ On Day 8, Dion could choose to save one of the nominees. He saved Taylah.
  8. ^ a b This round was a double eviction and two housemates with the most votes were evicted.
  9. ^ On Day 14, housemates participated in House Nominations, with all housemates voting for two Housemates to be nominated for the next Eviction. The four Housemates with the most votes are nominated for eviction.
  10. ^ On Day 15, Maddi-Rose decided to leave the house.
  11. ^ a b On Day 15, a sudden snap eviction took place, resulting in Jake to be evicted. Oli and Teejay faced another eviction on Day 16.
  12. ^ On Day 17, the male housemates had to choose a random ball from the box, Teejay got the black ball and had to sit out from the Nominations Challenge and Big Brother gave him immunity.
  13. ^ On Day 17, Graciemae and Mineé were Fake Evicted and sent to the Half House.
  14. ^ On Day 18, as Graciemae and Mineé were in the Half House, they were not eligible to nominate.
  15. ^ On Day 19, as Graciemae and Mineé were in the Half House, they each got a half vote. They mutually had to vote for one housemate.
  16. ^ On Day 19, Graciemae chose Lewis and Mineé chose Louis, who had to decide if they would take 5000 dollars cash or their partner from the Half House.
  17. ^ The winner of the Final Challenge won a place in the Final 3 and the sole vote at the Final Eviction. The other housemates were nominated for the Final Eviction.
  18. ^ For the finale, Australia voted for the winner of "Big Brother Australia 15" and the $100,000 grand prize.

Reception

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Viewership

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This season returned with 274,000 metro viewers, which is half the viewers of last season premiere of 487,000.[30] The second episode fared no better with only 213,000 viewers[31] and losing another thousand viewers in episode three at 212,000.[32] By the fourth episode, the season had dropped almost half of its premiere viewers with only 183,000.[17] Due to low viewership, subsequent episodes were moved from 7:30 to the 8:30 timeslot from 13 November, with a double episode on the 15th.[33][34] The season finale drew 152,000 viewers, down from season 14's 363,000 viewers.[29]

Criticism

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This season of Big Brother has been negatively received by viewers saying it resembles more a dating show than a social experiment. In particular, the season was unfavourablebly compared to Love Island, Married at First Sight, and the concurrently airing reboot of the British version. Criticism was also pointed to the lack of diversity – including the few People of Colour and the lack of LGBT participants.[35][36]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2024 TV Tonight Awards: Worst of 2023 Worst Aussie Show Big Brother Won [37]
Most Overexposed Sonia Kruger Won

References

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  17. ^ a b Knox, David (10 November 2023). "Chase tops entertainment, Amazing Race wins slot for 10". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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