Big Brother (Australian season 15)

Season of television series

Big Brother

Season 15
Presented by| Sonia Kruger
No. of days| 25
No. of housemates| 18
Companion show| Big Brother Uncut
Country of origin| Australia
No. of episodes| 25
Release
Original network| Seven Network
Original release| 6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) –
present (present)
Additional information
Filming dates| 31 October (2022-10-31) –
24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)
Season chronology

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Big Brother Australia 15, also known as Big Brother Australia 2023, is 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 initially was teased as Big Brother: House of Love and is set to feature a younger cast consisting of single housemates.[2]

## Production[edit]

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" theme was subsequently dropped from the title, 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 will run for 25 days, and is the shortest civilian season in Big Brother Australia history. [9]

The season will end 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 the outcome. [10]

### International broadcast[edit]

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[edit]

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  | Source

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Louis Phillips  | 23  | Melbourne, Victoria | 1  |  |  |
Mineé Marx  | 22  | Perth, Western Australia | 1  |  |  |
Tay & Ari Wilcoxson  | 23 & 20  | Queensland | 1  |  |  |
Taylah Davies  | 27  | Victoria | 1  |  |  |
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 & Queen of the House[edit]

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

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1  | Josh  | Tay
2  | Teejay  | Bella
3  | Louis  | Mineé
4  | Lewis  | Graciemae
5  | Josh  | Tay

## Episodes[edit]

No.
overall| No. in
season| Title| Day(s)| Original air date [13]| Australian viewers

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Week 1
1617| 1| Episode 1| Days 1–2| 6 November 2023 (2023-11-06)| 274,000[14]
1618| 2| Episode 2| Day 3| 7 November 2023 (2023-11-07)| 213,000[15]
1619| 3| Episode 3| Days 3–4| 8 November 2023 (2023-11-08)| 212,000[16]
1620| 4| Episode 4| Days 5–6| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)| 183,000[17]
1621| 5| Episode 5 – Uncut| Days 1–6| 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)| N/A
Week 2
1622| 6| Episode 6| Days 6–7| 13 November 2023 (2023-11-13)| 156,000[18]
1623| 7| Episode 7| Day 8| 14 November 2023 (2023-11-14)| 130,000[19]
1624| 8| Episode 8| Day 9| 15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)| 112,000[20]
1625| 9| Episode 9| Days 10–11| 15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)| 86,000[20]
1626| 10| Episode 10 – Uncut| Days 7–11| 16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)| N/A
Week 3
1627| 11| Episode 11| Days 11–13| 20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)| 134,000[21]
1628| 12| Episode 12| Day 14| 21 November 2023 (2023-11-21)| 128,000[22]
1629| 13| Episode 13| Day 15| 22 November 2023 (2023-11-22)| 121,000[23]
1630| 14| Episode 14| Day 16| 22 November 2023 (2023-11-22)| 91,000[23]
1631| 15| Episode 15 – Uncut| Days 11–15| 23 November 2023 (2023-11-23)| N/A
Week 4
1632| 16| Episode 16| Days 16–17| 27 November 2023 (2023-11-27)| 169,000[24]
1633| 17| Episode 17| Days 17–18| 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)| 134,000[25]
1634| 18| Episode 18| Day 19| 29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)| 138,000[26]
1635| 19| Episode 19| Days 21–22| 29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)| 97,000[26]
1636| 20| Episode 20 – Uncut| Days 16–19| 30 November 2023 (2023-11-30)| N/A
Week 5 – Grand Final Week
1637| 21| Episode 21| Day 22| 4 December 2023 (2023-12-04)| TBD
1638| 22| Episode 22| Days 22–23| 4 December 2023 (2023-12-04)| TBD
1639| 23| Episode 23 – Top 3 Reveal| TBA| 5 December 2023 (2023-12-05)| TBD
1640| 24| Episode 24 – Uncut| TBA| 5 December 2023 (2023-12-05)| N/A
1641| 25| Episode 25 – Finale| TBA| 6 December 2023 (2023-12-06)| TBD

## Voting history[edit]

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

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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  |  | (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  |
Vote to:  | Evict  | Nominate  | Evict  | Nominate  | Evict  | Nominate  | Evict  | Nominate  | Evict  | Win
Louis  | Quan  | N/A  | AnnaSophia  | Annelise  | Luke
Zach  | Luke  | Bella  | Maddi-Rose
Oli  | Oli  | Oli  | Graciemae  | Dion  | Dion  | Mineé
(to stay) | Dion  | Josh  |  |
Mineé  | Zach  | AnnaSophia  | AnnaSophia  | Annelise  | Luke
Zach  | Luke  | Bella  | N/A  | Jake  | Teejay  | Graciemae  | In Half
House | Teejay  | Nominated | Nominating
Housemate | Josh  |  |
Tay & Ari  | Quan  | AnnaSophia  | AnnaSophia  | Annelise  | Bella
Luke  | Luke  | Nominating
Housemate | Jake  | Jake  | Oli  | Nominating
Housemate | Teejay  | Taylah  | Not
eligible | Lewis  | Taylah  |  |
Taylah  | Zach  | N/A  | Zach  | Josh  | Luke  | In BB
Speakeasy | Jake  | N/A  | Jake  | Oli  | Mineé  | Teejay
Tay & Ari  | Teejay  | Not
eligible | Josh  | Josh  |  |
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] | none  | [h] | [i] [j] | [j] | [k] [d] [l] | [m] | [n] | [o] |  |  |  |
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 | ()
# of # votes
to evict | ()
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 | ()
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

| ()
# of # votes | ()
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 | ()
# of # votes

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. ^ 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.
9. ^ On Day 15, Maddi-Rose decided to leave the house.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ On Day 17, Graciemae and Mineé were Fake Evicted and sent to the Half House.
13. ^ On Day 18, as Graciemae and Mineé were in the Half House, they were not eligible to nominate.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ 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.

## Reception[edit]

### Viewership[edit]

This season returned with 274,000 metro viewers, which is half the viewers of last season premiere of 487,000.[27] The second episode fared no better with only 213,000 viewers[28] and losing another thousand viewers in episode three at 212,000.[29] By the fourth episode, the season had dropped almost half of its premiere viewers with only 183,000.[17] Due to low viewership, further episodes will be moved from 7:30 to 8:30 timeslot from 13 November, with a double episode on the 15th.[30][31]

### Criticism[edit]

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.[32][33]

## References[edit]

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## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Big Brother Facebook Page on Facebook

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Series|

* 1
* 2
* Celebrity
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* VIP
* 14
* 15

Winners|

* Ben Williams
* Peter Corbett
* Dylan Lewis
* Reggie Bird
* Trevor Butler
* Greg Mathew
* Jamie Brooksby
* Aleisha Cowcher
* Terri Munro
* Benjamin Norris
* Tim Dormer
* Ryan Ginns
* Chad Hurst
* Marley Biyendolo
* Luke Toki
* Reggie Sorensen

Notable contestants|

* Adriana Xenides
* Anthony Mundine
* Bernard Curry
* Blair McDonough
* Bree Amer
* Caitlyn Jenner
* Chrissie Swan
* Craig Barnett
* Daniel Gorringe
* Danielle Foote
* Dayne Beams
* Ed Lower
* Gabby Millgate
* Imogen Bailey
* Jamie McDonald
* Jay Laga'aia
* Jemma Gawned
* Jess Trend
* Kimberley Cooper
* Krystal Forscutt
* Kyle Sandilands
* Matt Cooper
* Michael Crafter
* Nick Benton
* Omarosa
* Rachel Corbett
* Red Symons
* Ryan Fitzgerald
* Sam Bramham
* Sara-Marie Fedele
* Simon Deering
* Tim Brunero
* Warwick Capper
* Wesley Dening

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