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Big Brother Australia

2004

Big Brother Australia 2004 was the fourth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten, starting on Sunday May 2, 2004, with the housemates entering the day before; and ended on Monday July 26, 2004, lasting 87 days.

The season was billed as "back to basics, but with one small secret". In a return to the basic format of Big Brother 2001 and Big Brother 2002 that had been eschewed in favour of twists and surprises in Big Brother 2003, all housemates were let into the house together and former surprise elements such as swimming pools and gym equipment were all exposed from the beginning. Two Intruders entered the house later in the game, and Miriam, the transsexual star of the show There's Something About Miriam, entered as a houseguest near the end. [1] The prize money was raised from $250,000 to $1,000,000, but this was kept hidden from housemates until later in the series. Evicted housemates also received larger prizes than any season before, with every evictee receiving a Mitsubishi Lancer.

The two Intruders were some of the least liked in all the four series, with Violeta being chosen for eviction by every single housemate, and then Monica, who already had a boyfriend outside, immediately started falling for Ryan, and she and Bree developed an intense dislike towards each other. When Monica was finally up for eviction, she was evicted with a very large percentage of the votes.

The final contestants in 2004 were Bree Amer and Trevor Butler. Trevor won, and then proposed to his girlfriend on stage.

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[edit] Housemates

Fourteen housemates entered the house on launch night, and two more intruders entered later on in the series.

Flag of Illinois Brad Fiorenza, 23 (Chicago, Illinois). He entered on Day 1. He was the 6th evictee, on Day 35.

Flag of South Carolina Cameran Eubanks, 20 (Anderson, South Carolina). He entered on Day 7. He was the 11th evictee, on Day 56.

Flag of Missouri Frankie Abernathy, 22 (Kansas City, Missouri). She entered on Day 1. She was the fifth evictee, on Day 35.

Flag of New Jersey Jacquese Smith, 20 (Paterson, New Jersey). She entered on Day 1.

Flag of California Jamie Chung, 21 (San Francisco, California). She entered on Day 1.

Flag of Texas Karamo Brown, 23 (Houston, Texas). He entered on Day 7. He was the 8th evictee, on Day 42.

Flag of Wisconsin Landon Lueck, 24 (River Falls, Wisconsin). She entered on Day 1, and was the first housemate evicted on Day 7.

Flag of Florida Melanie Silcott, 21 (Miami, Florida). He entered on Day 7. He was the third evictee, on Day 21. He came back to the house on Day 56.

Flag of Tennessee M.J. Garrett, 23 (Nashville, Tennessee). He entered on Day 7. He left the house on Day 51.

Flag of Massachusetts Randy Barry, 24 (Boston, Massachusetts). She entered on Day 1.

Flag of Florida Robin Hibbard, 24 (Tampa, Florida). He entered on Day 7. He was the 2nd evictee, on Day 14.

Flag of Florida Sarah Burke, 23 (Tampa, Florida). He entered on Day 1. He was the fourth evictee, on Day 28.

Flag of California Shavonda Bilingslea, 21 (San Diego, California). She entered on Day 1.

Flag of New York William "Willie" Hernandez, 23 (New York City, New York). She entered on Day 1. She was the 7th evictee, on Day 39.

Flag of Tennessee Ashley Szbado, 28 (Nashville, Tennessee). He entered on Day 35.

Flag of Serbia Charlie Dordevich, 19 (Belgrade, Serbia). She entered on Day 39. She was the 12th evictee, on Day 63.

[edit] Nominations Table

The first Housemate in each box was Nominated for Two Points, and the second Housemate was Nominated for One Point.

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12
Intruder Noms Day83 Day 85 Day 86
Brad Landon,
Robin		 Landon,
M.J.		 M.J.,
Sarah		 M.J.,
Sarah		 Jacquese,
M.J.		 Robin,
Sarah		 Willie,
Sarah		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 M.J.,
Shavonda		 M.J.,
Jamie		 No
Nominations		 Winner
Jamie Robin,
Landon		 Robin,
Landon		 Robin,
Karamo		 Robin,
M.J.		 Robin,
M.J.		 Willie,
Randy		 Karamo,
M.J.		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 M.J.,
Randy		 M.J.,
Randy		 No
Nominations		 Evicted
(Day86)
M.J. Melanie,
Landon		 Cameran,
Jacquese		 Jacquese,
Frankie		 Cameran,
Brad		 Jacquese,
Shavonda		 Sarah,
Shavonda		 Brad,
Jamie		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 Brad,
Randy		 Randy,
Brad		 No
Nominations		 Evicted
(Day 85)
Randy Landon,
Melanie		 Landon,
Robin		 Frankie,
Robin		 Robin,
Sarah		 Shavonda,
Robin		 Jamie,
Robin		 Sarah,
Jamie		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 Shavonda,
Jamie		 Jamie,
M.J.		 Evicted
(Day 83)
Shavonda Sarah,
Landon		 Landon,
Robin		 M.J.,
Sarah		 M.J.,
Robin		 Jacquese,
Brad		 Robin,
Randy		 Karamo,
Randy		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 Randy,
Jamie		 Evicted
(Day 78)
Sarah Landon,
M.J.		 Cameran,
Jacquese		 Cameran,
Brad		 Cameran,
Karamo		 Jacquese,
Karamo		 Willie,
Karamo		 Willie,
Randy		 Ashley No
Nominations		 No
Nominations		 Evicted
(Day 71)
Charlie Not In
House		 Exempt No
Nominations		 Evicted
(Day 71)
Willie Melanie,
Frankie		 Sarah,
Frankie		 Sarah,
Jamie		 Cameran,
Sarah		 Jamie,
Shavonda		 Jamie,
Shavonda		 Sarah,
Shavonda		 Ashley No
Nominations		 Evicted
(Day 68)
Ashley Not In
House		 Exempt Evicted
(Day 60)
Karamo Cameran,
Shavonda		 Frankie,
Cameran		 Frankie,
Robin		 Cameran,
Robin		 Sarah,
Shavonda		 Sarah,
Robin		 Jamie,
Sarah		 Evicted
(Day 57)
Robin Landon,
Sarah		 Landon,
Sarah		 Jacquese,
Frankie		 Jamie,
Randy		 Jamie,
Sarah		 Sarah,
Karamo		 Evicted
(Day 50)
Jacquese Landon,
Robin		 Landon,
Robin		 M.J.,
Robin		 M.J.,
Robin		 M.J.,
Robin		 Evicted
(Day 43)
Cameran Landon,
Karamo		 Landon,
Robin		 Sarah,
Frankie		 Sarah,
Randy		 Evicted
(Day 36)
Frankie Landon,
Melanie		 Landon,
Robin		 Robin,
Jacquese		 Evicted
(Day 29)
Landon Frankie,
Sarah		 Cameran,
Karamo		 Evicted
(Day 22)
Melanie Robin,
M.J.		 Evicted
(Day 15)
Notes - - - - - - - 1 2 3 - - -
Nominated
For Eviction		 Landon,
Melanie,
Robin		 Cameran,
Landon,
Robin		 Frankie,
M.J.,
Robin,
Sarah		 Cameran,
M.J.,
Robin		 Jacquese,
Jamie,
M.J.,
Robin,
Shavonda		 Jamie,
Robin,
Sarah,
Willie		 Jamie,
Karamo,
Sarah,
Willie		 Ashley,
Charlie		 Brad,
Jamie,
M.J.,
Randy,
Sarah,
Shavonda,
Willie		 Brad,
Charlie,
Jamie,
M.J.,
Randy,
Sarah,
Shavonda		 M.J.,
Randy,
Shavonda		 Jamie,
M.J.,
Randy		 Brad,
Jamie,
M.J.		 Brad,
Jamie
Evicted Melanie
45%
to evict		 Landon
47%
to evict		 Frankie
41%
to evict		 Cameran
36%
to evict		 Jacquese
46%
to evict		 Robin
41%
to evict		 Karamo
36%
to evict		 Ashley
7 of 7
Votes		 Willie
20%
to evict		 Charlie
43%
to evict		 Shavonda
41%
to evict		 Randy
37%
toevict		 M.J.
Third
Place		 Jamie
Second
Place
Sarah
13%
to evict		 Brad
Winner

[edit] Nomination Notes

Note 1: The two Inturders faced the Housemate Vote, in which the Housemates would decide which one of them should go home. The Housemates unanimously chose to Evict Ashley.
Note 2: All Housemates were Nominated by Big Brother after failing to give reasonable Nomination reasons. Charlie, as a new Housemate, was exempt from this process.
Note 3: For the second week running all Housemates were automatically Nominated by Big Brother - this was due to the fact that at the last Eviction there was a voting error and Jamie had been incorrectly Evicted. Jamie later returned to the House, and the correct Evictee, Willie, was Evicted on Day 68, four days too late. This left no time for Nominations, so all Housemates were put up for the Public Vote.

[edit] Controversy

  • Housemate Merlin Luck staged a protest at his live eviction show. Upon entering the arena, he revealed a makeshift banner which read "Free Th Refugees". The letter E had fallen off and it was intended to read "Free The Refugees" in reference to Australian Government policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. Merlin placed gaffer tape over his mouth and refused to speak during the live show. The following night, when he returned to appear as a guest on the Nomination show, he apologised to Killeen for putting her on the spot and making her job difficult by refusing to speak during the eviction show. On this show Merlin spoke about his actions in the highest rating show of the timeslot for that night.[1]
  • The producers were criticized for making a deal with housemate Ryan Fitzgerald who was permitted to wear a t-shirt that was branded with "MLS" (acronym for Massive Loser Squad). The t-shirts were being sold while the show was running and Ryan's friends admitted that a proportion of the profits was going towards votes to keep him in the house, thus giving him what was perceived to be an unfair advantage. However the producer pointed-out that many housemates had companies or local communities rally support for them, which was little different, and that there was nothing stopping any other housemate's supporters doing a similar thing to Ryan's friends.
  • Housemate Bree Amer was incorrectly evicted instead of Wesley due to a vote counting error. The error was discovered after the Sunday night eviction show. Bree had already met up with friends and family. She was returned to the house the following night (Monday). [2] Wesley was evicted in a special show on the following Thursday.