"Big Brother" (2001/V) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

David McEvoy

Seasons:

3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown

Release Date:

23 April 2001 (Australia)

Genre:

Game-Show | Reality-TV

Tagline:

Big Brother is Watching You

Plot:

A group of everyday, run of the mill Australians placed in a house (located at Dreamworld in sunny Queensland's Gold Coast) surrounded by cameras and microphones for 3 months to compete for a $250 000 cash prize

Plot Keywords:

Eviction | Friendship | Budget | Suffering | Seclusion

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Mike Goldman	...	Himself - Narrator / ... (56 episodes, 2003-2008)
Aleisha Cowcher	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (37 episodes, 2007-2008)
Zoran Vidinovski	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Theresa-Jane Wilson	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Hayley Luscott	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Bodie Czeladka	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Rebecca Dent	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Emma Cornell	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Demet Sahan	...	Herself - White Room housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Halas	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Thomas Haynes	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Susannah Murray	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Joel Scalzi	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Travis Perkins	...	Himself - Housemate / ... (36 episodes, 2007)
Jamie McDonald	...	Himself - Housemate (35 episodes, 2007)
Kris Bentley	...	Mr. X / ... (35 episodes, 2007)
Kris Noble	...	Big Brother (33 episodes, 2004-2007)
Kate Gladman	...	Herself - Housemate / ... (30 episodes, 2007)

Also Known As:

"Big Brother 2" (Australia) (second season title)
"Big Brother 3" (Australia) (third season title)
"Big Brother 4" (Australia) (fourth season title)
"Big Brother: Australia" (International: English title)
"Big Brother: The Second Series" (Australia)
"Big Brother: Up Late" (Australia) (syndication title)

Runtime:

25 min | Australia:30 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:M (one episode) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Southern Star Endemol

Trivia:

Since Australia's fourth Big brother series, the prize money on offer has been one million dollars. BBAU is the only country to do so.

Quotes:

Mike Goldman: [signing off] I've been Mike Goldman and you've been gold, man.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hole in the Wall: Guys vs Gals (#1.3)" (2008/II)

Excruciating

A year or two ago I was channel-flipping late at night when, on channel 10, I stumbled across a static shot of people sleeping in a large, dimly-lit, dormitory. I lingered briefly, waiting to see which movie this rather dull establishing scene was from, but the shot just went on and on and on, with only the camera angle occasionally varying. Suddenly I realised that someone was pulling a prank, and clearly the prankster (God knows how he did it) was either overriding the channels normal transmission, or more likely, had snuck his way into the studio and was substituting this prank video for the normal program. I started laughing, and sat entranced by this brilliantly outrageous stunt, wondering when the station supervisors would notice this ratings-destroying prank, and envisioned the newspaper headlines the next day such as "Student Jams TV Station". Then after several minutes of this Warholian drivel, the station unexpectedly flipped to a commercial break. I figured that the station had discovered the prank. I was eagerly awaiting the apology for technical difficulties. Instead, after the break, the static dorm shot resumed, and I learned that this supposed student prank was actually the high-rating (!) program "Big Brother". This soul-destroying tedium WAS the program. You couldn't make up something like this. Given that this was late night filler, I checked out the prime time version with only the "highlights" included. It was just as excruciating, yet it rates well. This raises a terrifying question - just who are you freaks? What is the appeal of watching extremely ordinary people of no particular talent, accomplishment or attractiveness (indeed most are downright ugly) sitting around a lounge for hours doing precisely nothing except perhaps spouting inanities? I have read about retards who sit entranced happily playing with string for hours on end, or heroin addicts staring at their shoes all day, but watching this program is about ten levels beneath that. Lord help us.