Reports today suggested that Big Brother Australia had officially been axed, however TV Blackbox has since learnt that no official decision has been made as yet.
Channel 7 has not made any official announcements about the series, likely because Australian networks are always hesitant to confirm or deny axings, though we can confirm that Big Brother will not return to television screens this year.
The news of the show being reportedly axed came today from journalist Luke Dennehy who was speaking on Perth radio station 6PR about the shows future.
The news follows on from the revamped series recording its worst ever performance last year, with the show being bumped from the 7:30pm timeslot on 7’s main channel after only a week on air to a later timeslot.
While the show did perform well on streaming for the network on catch-up series 7Plus, the series concluded its run in early December with a fairly dismal 152,000 overnight viewers in the 5 capital cities for its 15th season, but still managed to outperform Channel 10’s The Bachelors which languished in it’s 11th and likely last season.
Big Brother Australia attempted to refresh the format again last year with a ‘House of Love’ theme, which was dropped prior to broadcast as the housemates failed to produce any meaningful relationships to support the new tagline for the series.
There however may be plans to return the once popular reality series to its original live format should the network decide to return the show in 2025, though we understand any formal decision on that has yet to be made.
Local viewers have been crying out for the Australian format to return to the live and original format since the show was picked up by Channel 7, recently citing broadcaster ITV in the UK which brought the popular reality series back last year and enjoyed success with returning the original format after a number of years off air.
Channel 7 head programmer Angus Ross previously told the TV Blackbox podcast in late 2022 that he would “be really interested to see how the as live version goes in the UK” when speaking to Rob McKnight about whether they would consider returning to the original format, also saying “it’s certainly something we would consider going forward“.
So there may still be hope for the passionate Big Brother Australia fans, watch this space.
Oh how terrible.
No surprise there. Last season was a rating flop. Terrible viewing.
Total flop no diversity among contestants. All wannabe models or TV stars a disaster not meant to be another Love Island or such. Ruined a show I’ve always loved & looked forward to 🤬😢
good crap show
great news, I was hoping MAFS and The Block wouldn’t either
A shame they ruined it themselves with last season. A terrible way to end it:(
Such a shame but I think they ruined it last season
Only got themselves to blame 😛
Great News
couldn’t be due to viewers not liking the mashup with love island, surely 🙂
Jeff Kay it was, The producers and BB are held responsible for this
No surprises here!
It needs to go back to the original format 🤗
Regina Sorensen please don’t give them ideas
Regina Sorensen They can’t. They don’t cast housemates like your lot anymore. Everyone that’s cast is just looking for Instagram followers & quick fame.
Regina Sorensen if you read the story it says that they are seriously considering the live format again in 2025
Regina Sorensen it just needs to stop all together
Regina Sorensen and have you hosting the show
Michael Barlow NO ,!!!
Leigh Lee no what?
Michael Barlow What you mentioned ?? seriously considering the live format in 2025 that is what you wrote ??
Leigh Lee yes, that is what the story said. If you read it you would have know that….im just saying what the story said….
it should be filled with homeless people and the winner gets a house
Matthew R Brawn love that idea
Watching only people that are desperate to put a roof over their heads seems kind of off to me. I just wanted a real mix of people that represents society and sure the homeless are part of society but I think it’d be cruel to watch only homeless people battle for a life changing prize, it’d really be taking advantage of them
Make it about real people instead of fame hungry wannabes. Nothing beat S1
That’s probably because it was more like love Island……
We are the ones watching it and how many times do we have to say bring back the old brother where we do the voting, no talking about nominations etc….
It died years ago!
You didn’t need to be a genius to know this was gonna happen. Big brother was never a dating show! We already have enough of those.
They need a new theme. Like oh maybe lol. Give what the people want
Just go back to live and the OG format
It will be a hit again if they just follow the original format of the first 3 shows. That’s what everyone loves.
Shane Manning no more. STOP!
Oli Miletić off ya trot
Shane Manning anyone who “loves* that show is a weirdo.
failed after Adult only was canceled
and Tooo FAKE NOW
Oh no what’s old Sonyia going to do
She’ll be fine, hosting her other 37 shows on the network 😂
Not surprised it was crap
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About time! I used to watch it few years back and last year was terrible!
State the obvious
Go back to the old way in season 1 and it will rate again. Bring back the update show and live eviction nights.
Good.
That’s what happens when you get an old Botox woman hosting bunch fake influencers and only fans
No loss
I can’t stand that show, it’s been overdone and it’s boring. My parents are to blame cause they overdid it with watching it every night and took it too serious too. I missed out on my own shows cause of this ridiculous show
Bec Gamino oh lord
Ashley Jackson
Thank Christ for that
Well known that was going too be the case. Format has been played with too much. I think if they had gone back to basics from the first season. It might of made a return
Beau Sinclair if you read the story it states they are seriously considering going back to the old format in 2025
Michael Barlow i think that was before the show flopped and the ratings were low
Beau Sinclair no, that’s since
Yaaaaaayyyyyyyy
💩. Show
Surprise, Surprise. 🙄
Totally ruined it with a new format, turning into another Love Island with wannabe influencers.
Try again with the original format and viewers may return.
Best news ever
Another example of Seven trying to make a show “on a budget” and failing miserably. We get it Seven, you have no money, but sometimes you need to spend it to keep the viewers
Thank god
thank fuck, lat years was a shamble, bring back the original format
I agree that if they went back to original format and live eviction night after Covid, it would be returning in 2024.
Assume 7 only contracted to do some many years
There whole house of love theme was rediculous but it was Graciemae who made the show interesting to watch she was the only housemate was sticking to original format
Agree with that. Gracimae was lovely
Probably for the best.
How good is that
Wonder how I am going to pick up the pieces and move on with my life
Probably cause they absolutely f**ked the last season up by making it a love island style!
Kris Purvis, I agree,it was a disaster. Inappropriate on all levels……….channel 10 did it much better!!!
Good
What made them think it would succeed, when they took away the best part? The audience voting… the interaction… was what made it big.
There are adult internet sites already online with the cheap content bb were trying to create. Morans ruined a good show.
THANK @!#$ FOR THAT
Oh well
Jamie Brown yeah I agree
Andrew Raczek Stacey Raczek
Aw shucks, what a shame, not. Poor TV and full of nonsense, so not missed.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Funny how people dont like to be watched but they watch this crap .
Would love to see Seven pick up “The Bridge” for a second season in its place. So much potential!
They spelt love island wrong 😂
Good
Please don’t have it return ever!
Jodie Lynn My sentiments exactly
Jodie Lynn amen!
Always loved watching. Big Brother This season was aweful. It was too much like Love. Island
List Cloggers
They should be ashamed of going down the soft porn route. KArma
Tina Buttarelli
Thank god for that.
Who cares. Haven’t watched it since about season 2 when it was on Channel 10? Only about 30 years ago.
There’s an idea Channel 10 could run repeats, after all they have nothing that isn’t a repeat or a rehash of another program.
It’ll work if they made it like Hunger Games…
Old news it was pathetic LULTXX 🐯
Brenda Harvey 😳😳😭😭
Hooray 🙌
Again, networks play with a format, stuff it up and do not think returning to the original format might increase viewership or then, maybe not but the original Big Brother was interesting more than the Nine and Seven reboots. The majority of comments whilst the show was airing and post show indicate they stuffed it.
I have never watched this show but all I heard from people that watch it religiously was it was shit.
Wonder why, they totally ruined the whole format!
Ju ripper I can sleep now. Worst fucking show ever. The producer needs a sacking. Put on a farking music show.
Tamara McLeish
Well the last one was just rubbish seriously don’t change what is not broken now you have the consequences before you.
They fully stuffed it up. No one to blame but Chanel 7. Was perfect before this year. Shame on them 🤬
Good
Good U fucked it up for the last time,🥳😁🎉
Well they made sure of that with what path they went down in the series, absolute rubbish, only way to have that show succeed now would be go back to the original format ….
Back to school original BB vote 1 from me
Thank God terrible show.
Hey let’s get a Winning format that works & change that format completely & make it the complete opposite to what it was ! change it from a social experiment with everyday people to a Love Island with influencers !
Yes that’ll work 🤔
Said absolutely No one EVER !!!!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻finally some good news
Good
Good riddens
Thank god!!
Thank god load of shite😖
Yeah well they shot themselves in the foot by turning the show into another love island trash fest. This show deserved better & that they should’ve listened to the fans when all they wanted was for the show to go back to the old original format instead of going down that route that would eventually yet again destroy the show which it now has sadly
TFFT
Why is Channel7 crazy
Karen Elizabeth 😞
Larissa Mary last one was shit, they need to do different age groups again
Larissa Mary sad though cause it could be a good show again if they did it like the old way
Karen Elizabeth i agree, don’t make it a dating show
Larissa Mary that’s sad the bachelor was probably the last I liked that show.
Big brother still might be back did u read it
Karen Elizabeth nah i didn’t lol
Larissa Mary its only a short write up lol
Kyle Martin good
Zach Dwyer
Brenda Brown
Jake Green
Kerryanne Payne knew it
Megan Brown lol
Nicole Smith
It’s not live, theirs no live @ night, theirs no live subscription to watch it online unedited, they don’t have ordinary people. Really basic stuff to have this popular again Channel 7 missed the mark
Laura Mercer
Katelyn Twiss booooo
Bek Brown
Katrina Nicholls
Jockie Johnston
Whitney Davies
CheandStuart Noble Andrew Noble😕
Thank god for small Mercies!
Taylah Zannella
Amy August GOOD!
Brittany Brown NO 😢😢
Laura Galea 2023 was shittttt 😂😂😂
Kyle Baker
Natalie Slade
Suliana Leger probably cause that last season was a let down hahahaha
Natalie Slade fact
Natalie Slade new format is trash
James Johnson AHAHA
Yeah Big Brother this season was dismal…unlikely to consider the prospect of watching too much more reality TV unless Squid Game comes to Australia
I called this when they advertised Love Island Brother 🤷 no surprises. We want normal people on show
Charlie James they were sick of your yearly auditions 😔
Eerin O’leary
Kiara Anne last season wasn’t to good at all. If only they made it like they use to
Rachael Borg Sharnie Tucker Samantha Lennon
Monique Maio not surprised at all after the last season!
Nooo big brother don’t come back please don’t be away to long😥😥
And this is the moment they realised they f*^ked up 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
What made them think Sonia was the answer ? Why change it ? 😂 don’t mess with something already perfect. Keep Sonia away from the good stuff
Libby Phelps gasp
Alana Tingey NOOOOO but it needs to go back to original big brother
Libby Phelps YES
Will be great when it goes back to its original format. This find fake love bullshit is done….stop trying to make idiots fall in love with other idiots…..pathetic
I used to watch the original series not anymore it’s just crap tv
Lisa Savage
Danielle Du-mughn
Eerin O’leary Kiara Anne
Sasha O’Leary needs to go back to how it use to be
Good
It turned to $#!T
Bring back the original format of big brother
All adult age groups all walks of life single married divorced and the ratings will go up again
Not this rubbish love island instagram following $#|T
Thank god
Not surprised,
Kayde Paton Kaitlyn Paton
Not surprised about that!
Kirsten Lamb
Kirsten Lamb
Thank heavens
Good
Awesome the show was Garbage 🤮
Courtney Cox
Overrated bullshit tv show never watch it crap rigged
Bradley Horscroft 😢
Because Australia absolutely butchered it 2023!!!
Good one!!
Unless it has a different Host and goes back to basics, we are DONE
Boooooooooo
Luke Marshall oh
We would love to watch Big Brother Australia her in the US!
Good it’s rubbish it comes down to the producers all wierdos in the city that have no idea what people want. Just take it hack to the original big brother people from all different walks of life make for great viewing. 😁😁
Thank fuck for that 🎉🍾
Who would have thought….. last season was ridiculous
That doesn’t surprise me it was horrid last year.
Alix White 🤣
Good
Happy days thank god
The one this year crap the old ones were the best
the original in 2001 was great but it all slid down the gurgler and at the end it was like love island.just very low class..
Mary Lacey it was low class when it first came out hun.
They tried the sex sells strategy & it failed dismally. I won’t be crying over it not return as it’s absolutely 💯 pure rubbish with contestants on there with over inflated egos.
Return it back to the original. When it was good.
So it should not return it was silly 🤪 in 2023
Courtney Howell hallelujah
🥳
NO loss
shocked Jayden Fennell
Thank God for that
Last year I didn’t watch it. Too much like a dating show. And I’m not a huge Sonia fan. Wish channel ten kept it and not with Sonia
Good job I won’t miss it
Yay 🥳
Joseph Dilabio
Yay best news ever
Niki Dibben😢
Brooke Ross what the
Ben Frecklington
Thank god
They will bring it back allready confirmed
Emily Madden clearly not enough viewers this year 😬
Saffy George not surprised 🤣
Thank God for that. It’s a load of shit.
Yay one crappy show gone now hopefully more to come/go!!
Thank god
Renee Salter
It got the axe
Best news I’ve heard this year.
Maybe if they put every day normal ppl in the house they might get more ppl watching it
Thanks for that
Good
It could be a raging success if they would listen to us go back to the original format with real people of all sizes with personalities and some functioning brain matter to entertain us and not following a script or acting up to the cameras finally Let the viewers vote.
its a sad reflection on the intelligence of today that people watch this rubbish.
I new it wouldn’t last few other shows you also get rid of but hey 1 is a start 😂🤣
The last big brother was shit
Hopefully big brother uk will go as well
Good riddance……next
Thank goodness you turned the show to crap
Katy Hayes
Good ridins
Thank god for that
Take of air yeah 😃
I did enjoy last year’s season with Tim and Reggie. That season was generally well received and they ruined it all with the dating season.
It wasn’t even that bad towards the end I don’t think it needs to be cut I just think go back to the orginal point of the show
Fantastic news
Gee was it on ? B.S. show,
Big Surprise! NOT
Don’t axe it, first year I’ve never watched it as it was not BB. Bring it back like it has alway’s been please 🙏
The last season sucked! The idea of pretty people trying to find love, rather than a showmance. It was Love Island set in a creche. I missed the original format, of Big Brother games that messed with people’s insecurities.
Celebration 🥳
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Best news ever
Unfair. People that don’t like it dont watch it but why the people that do like it have to suffer
Liesa Lavery totally agree I love watching BB
yey bye
Hard it day
No loss need to get rid of a few of these shit shows
Finally crap 💩 show
Yay
Yay
Thank you
Thank you
Thank God for that
Sounds good to me.
Gd the end that show ! Had its time
Oh well last year’s stuffed them.up big time anyone would’ve thought it was love island Australia
No need to axe it just need to bring back original format
Good shit show only fit for morons to watch
its shit any way