Big Brother (Australian season 3)

Big Brother 2003, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother. 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.

Big Brother
Season 3
Presented byGretel Killeen
No. of days86
No. of housemates16
WinnerRegina Bird
Runner-upChrissie Swan
Companion shows
Country of originAustralia
Release
Original networkNetwork Ten
Original release27 April (2003-04-27) –
21 July 2003 (2003-07-21)
Season chronology

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, Regina, Chrissie, Daniel, Patrick and Leah were progressively admitted over the first week. The cameras were completely hidden for the first time in this season. 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 season 3 was Regina Bird. Regina earned public admiration with her down-to-earth charm and work ethic.[1]

New programs

Two new shows were introduced:

  • UpLate hosted by Mike Goldman. Mike Goldman was best known for doing the voiceovers in the daily show. UpLate was broadcast late at night showing live vision from the house with minimal editing.
  • The Insider hosted by Tim Ferguson was a panel-type show with additional gossip and discussion about the show. Frequently the week's evicted housemate would be one of the show's guests.

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.[3] 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.[4] 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
Name Age Day entered Day exited Result
Regina Bird 29 3 86 Winner
Chrissie Swan 29 4 86 Runner-up
Daniel McInnes 28 4 85 Evicted
Patrick Flanagan 29 3 78 Evicted
Vincent Amato 29 2 71 Evicted
Jamie O'Brien 22 37 64 Evicted
Daniel "Saxon" Small 19 5 57 Evicted
Kim Drury 21 37 57 Evicted
Joanne Ashton 23 2 50 Evicted
Claire Bellis 24 1 43 Evicted
Benjamin "Ben" Archbold 28 1 36 Evicted
Belinda Thorpe 20 1 31 Walked
Leah White 18 5 29 Evicted
Carlo Melino 21 1 22 Evicted
Jaime Cerda 18 1 19 Evicted
Irena Bukhshtaber 29 1 15 Evicted

Nominations Table

The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point.

  •   Housemates living in the round house
  •   Housemates living in the square house
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 Nominations Intruder Eviction Day 85 Finale
Regina Leah
Joanne		Patrick
Daniel		Leah
Daniel		NominatedVincent
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
Regina		Leah
Ben		JaimeLeah
Patrick		Ben
Saxon		Claire
Saxon		Regina
Saxon		Vincent
Patrick		Vincent
Patrick		Vincent
Patrick		Patrick
Regina		No
nominations		Runner-Up
(Day 86)		21
Daniel Leah
Patrick		Chrissie
Ben		Ben
Leah		JaimeLeah
Saxon		Ben
Vincent		Saxon
Vincent		Joanne
Patrick		Vincent
Saxon		Patrick
Vincent		Patrick
Vincent		Patrick
Regina		No
nominations		Evicted
(Day 85)		35
Patrick Leah
Chrissie		Joanne
Regina		Leah
Chrissie		ClaireLeah
Daniel		Ben
Belinda		Saxon
Chrissie		Saxon
Chrissie		Saxon
Chrissie		Chrissie
Jamie		Chrissie
Regina		Chrissie
Regina		Evicted
(Day 78)		26
Vincent Saxon
Irena		Carlo
Belinda		Belinda
Carlo		ReginaBelinda
Daniel		Ben
Regina		Daniel
Saxon		Chrissie
Regina		Patrick
Kim		Jamie
Patrick		Regina
Chrissie		Evicted
(Day 71)		26
Jamie Not in
House		ExemptKim
Vincent		Daniel
Vincent		Evicted
(Day 64)		9
Saxon Vincent
Jaime		Carlo
Claire		Jaime
Belinda		JaimeBelinda
Daniel		Belinda
Chrissie		Patrick
Daniel		Daniel
Regina		Jamie
Kim		Evicted
(Day 57)		21
Kim Not in
House		ExemptJamie
Vincent		Evicted
(Day 57)		4
Joanne Leah
Daniel		Patrick
Chrissie		Leah
Daniel		JaimeLeah
Daniel		Ben
Daniel		Daniel
Claire		Daniel
Regina		Evicted
(Day 50)		9
Claire Saxon
Belinda		Carlo
Vincent		Belinda
Jaime		NominatedBelinda
Daniel		Belinda
Ben		Daniel
Saxon		Evicted
(Day 43)		9
Ben Leah
Chrissie		Patrick
Regina		Daniel
Chrissie		NominatedDaniel
Belinda		Chrissie
Belinda		Evicted
(Day 36)		17
Belinda Vincent
Carlo		Jaime
Claire		Carlo
Vincent		ClaireSaxon
Leah		Saxon
Ben		Walked
(Day 31)		22
Leah Ben
Daniel		Patrick
Regina		Daniel
Ben		BenDaniel
Joanne		Evicted
(Day 29)		19
Carlo Vincent
Belinda		Claire
Irena		Belinda
Jaime		JaimeEvicted
(Day 22)		13
Jaime Saxon
Carlo		Vincent
Claire		Carlo
Belinda		NominatedEvicted
(Day 19)		6
Irena Belinda
Vincent		Carlo
Claire		Evicted
(Day 15)		1
Notes 1234none
Against
public vote		 Belinda,
Ben,
Irena,
Leah,
Saxon		Belinda,
Carlo,
Daniel,
Leah		Ben,
Claire,
Jaime,
Regina		Belinda,
Daniel,
Leah		Belinda,
Ben,
Chrissie,
Saxon,
Vincent		Claire,
Daniel,
Saxon		Daniel,
Joanne,
Regina		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Jamie,
Kim,
Patrick
Regina,
Saxon,
Vincent		Jamie,
Patrick,
Vincent		Chrissie,
Patrick,
Regina,
Vincent		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Patrick,
Regina		Chrissie,
Daniel,
Regina		Chrissie,
Regina
Walked noneBelindanone
Evicted Irena
33%
to evict		 Carlo
66%
to evict		 Jaime
5 of 9 votes
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
18.83%
to evict
Saved Ben
32%
Leah
22%
Belinda
8%
Saxon
5%		 Leah
15%
Belinda
12%
Daniel
7%		 Claire
2 votes
Ben
1 vote
Regina
1 vote		 Belinda
35%
Daniel
24%		 Vincent
8%
Chrissie
8%
Saxon
7%
Belinda
4%		 Saxon
28%
Daniel
12%		 Daniel
9%
Regina
5%		 Chrissie
Daniel
Jamie
Patrick
Regina
Vincent		 Vincent
31%
Patrick
19%		 ?
20%
?
10%
?
8%		 ?
22%
?
20%
?
8%		 Chrissie
Regina		 Regina
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 fewest points to stay.
  • ^Note 2 : Housemates could only nominate others from their respective house.
  • ^Note 3 : On Day 17, both houses were tasked with choosing a male and female Housemate who were not nominated to be intruders to the other house. Big Brother informed them that all four intruders would face eviction, but the survivors of the eviction would have immunity the following week. Ben and Regina were sent from the Round House to the Square House, while Claire and Jamie went from Square House to the Round House. On Day 19, the Housemates voted in the Intruder Eviction; the Housemates ranked the intruders in the order they wish to evict, resulting in Jamie's eviction.
  • ^Note 4 : The Houses merged on Day 22. As a result of surviving the Intruder Eviction, Ben, Claire, and Regina were immune from eviction this week.

Special shows

References
  1. Usher, Michael (3 July 2009). "Reggie's Biggest Battle". 60 Minutes Australia. nineMSN. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009.
  2. "Teen jailed for six years over Doig murder". ABC News. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "Children and Court Processes". Queensland Law Handbook Online. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. "Big Brother's men in blue". The Age. AAP. 29 April 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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