Big Brother (Australian TV series) 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
Release
Original networkNetwork Ten
Original release27 April (2003-04-27) –
21 July 2003 (2003-07-21)
Season chronology
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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] Chrissie Swan was the runner-up for the season and has excelled as an entertainment and media personality since. At the time of broadcast, Bird and Swan were the first final two housemates in any worldwide Big Brother franchise to have both been women. Bird was the first female winner of the show.

New programs

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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

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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

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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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed] 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

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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

Future appearances

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Regina Bird returned to compete again on Big Brother 14,[5] and won, making Regina the first player of Big Brother Australia to win twice.

Nominations Table

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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
Nominated Vincent
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
Jaime Leah
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
Jaime Leah
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
Claire Leah
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
Regina Belinda
Daniel
Ben
Regina
Daniel
Saxon
Chrissie
Regina
Patrick
Kim
Jamie
Patrick
Regina
Chrissie
Evicted
(Day 71)
26
Jamie Not in
House
Exempt Kim
Vincent
Daniel
Vincent
Evicted
(Day 64)
9
Saxon Vincent
Jaime
Carlo
Claire
Jaime
Belinda
Jaime Belinda
Daniel
Belinda
Chrissie
Patrick
Daniel
Daniel
Regina
Jamie
Kim
Evicted
(Day 57)
21
Kim Not in
House
Exempt Jamie
Vincent
Evicted
(Day 57)
4
Joanne Leah
Daniel
Patrick
Chrissie
Leah
Daniel
Jaime Leah
Daniel
Ben
Daniel
Daniel
Claire
Daniel
Regina
Evicted
(Day 50)
9
Claire Saxon
Belinda
Carlo
Vincent
Belinda
Jaime
Nominated Belinda
Daniel
Belinda
Ben
Daniel
Saxon
Evicted
(Day 43)
9
Ben Leah
Chrissie
Patrick
Regina
Daniel
Chrissie
Nominated Daniel
Belinda
Chrissie
Belinda
Evicted
(Day 36)
17
Belinda Vincent
Carlo
Jaime
Claire
Carlo
Vincent
Claire Saxon
Leah
Saxon
Ben
Walked
(Day 31)
22
Leah Ben
Daniel
Patrick
Regina
Daniel
Ben
Ben Daniel
Joanne
Evicted
(Day 29)
19
Carlo Vincent
Belinda
Claire
Irena
Belinda
Jaime
Jaime Evicted
(Day 22)
13
Jaime Saxon
Carlo
Vincent
Claire
Carlo
Belinda
Nominated Evicted
(Day 19)
6
Irena Belinda
Vincent
Carlo
Claire
Evicted
(Day 15)
1
Notes 1 2 3 4 none
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 none Belinda none
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

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  • ^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

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Live Surprise

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The New Housemates

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Round House Surprise

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The Final Housemates

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The Party's Over

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Meet The Neighbours

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Intruder Eviction

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Intruder Alert

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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

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The Final Countdown

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The Final Sunday Eviction

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ Christmass, Pip (25 April 2022). "Big Brother 2003 winner Reggie Bird set to rejoin the new season for 2022". 7 News. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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