Big Brother is set to return to Australian TV screens in 2025 with some major changes in store.
The reality show will return to its original home at ten next year, with the network promising to bring the Australian franchise back to its successful format.
A brand new crop of housemates will stream live 24/7 as the series returns in 2025 with brand new host Mel Tracina.
Dracina plans to revamp the series after taking over the hosting reigns from Gold Logie winner Sonia Kruger.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia at the ACRA Awards on Saturday, Tracina revealed that Sydney Aussie viewers will finally have access to the game in real time.
'What's really good about it is the livestream element,' he said.
'So you don't have to worry about a bad edit or being a “season villain” because viewers can log in at any time and see what's up. [housemates] are up to.'
Big Brother host Mel Tracina says he feels a responsibility to bring the beloved reality TV franchise back to the glory days he grew up watching.
The beloved reality show, which sees housemates compete to stay in the house to win prize money, saw a roaring success on the day. Channel Ten in the early 2000s.
Since then, the show has changed networks several times – first moving to Channel Nine before the renewed version then Channel Seven. Big Brother continues to enjoy healthy viewership with its cross-platform livestream cameras in the US and UK.
Across the American franchise's three weekly telecasts on the show's 24/7 live feed on CBS, Streaming and Paramount+, viewers watched 8.3 billion minutes, according to Forbes.
That long-running reality TV series parallels major streaming hits like new seasons of Bridgerton, Stranger Things and Game of Thrones spin-off Dragon House in 2022.
Big Brother Australia will finally implement livestream feeds in the 2025 season
Meanwhile, Big Brother Australia has been axed from Channel 7's 2024 schedule after its lowest-rated season.
The show moved up a week from its original 7.30 time slot, and ended its 15th season with 152,000 viewers overnight across the five capitals – a big drop since the show's relaunch in 2020 with 853,000. Visitors.
Many felt last season had more in common with Love Island than Big Brother, with one person writing on social media at the time: 'Bring back the days of normal people. Why should I vote for any of these people?!'
Fans weren't impressed with last season's remake, which focused on developing romance between the glamorous, single cast-members.
Many felt the new season had more in common with rival Love Island than Big Brother, writing on social media at the time: 'Bring back normal people's days. Why should I vote for any of these people?!'
“So sad to see a once great show completely destroyed,” lamented another.
Reggie Sorenson (Bird) won the third and fourteenth seasons of Big Brother Australia in 2003 and 2022.
'I found out I got the job before the news broke,' Trasina told the Daily Mail.
'I grew up watching it. When it came out in 2001, I was there.
Prior to this show, she was known for her role as a 'culture reporter' in Ten's comedy group show The Cheap Seeds.
'It's too big for me. It's a juggernaut of a show that only the fans will love,' he added.
'It means so much to so many Australians, so I feel pressure to do the best job I can.'
Big Brother is known as one of the reality TV competitions that not only happens in real-time when it airs, but it actually allows viewers to have access to an unedited view of what's going on in the house.
Host Mel Tracina is best known for her role as a culture correspondent on the Tens panel show The Cheap Seeds.
By hosting live feeds, fans can watch the game naturally rather than following storylines set and edited by the production.
It comes as reality TV fans tune out shows they feel are overly produced or only feature social media influencers.
New series Made in Bondi has faced backlash after it was revealed none of the Australian cast were born or raised in the iconic suburb. And the houses in the series were rented out.
Black fans say the 20th anniversary season was fake and 'scripted'.
Channel Nine has accidentally leaked the cast of its 2024 season which includes a former contestant on Channel 9's survival show The Summit, a former FBoy Island US winner, a 'bikini pro athlete', viral TikTok stars, and an alum from Love Island US.
Meanwhile, X-rated Aussie Shore found an audience because most of its 'wild' cast were plucked from Queensland nightclubs.
At the height of Big Brother's popularity, it averaged an astonishing 1.4 million viewers per episode. Ten Tentpole will be the show for eight seasons.
As Channel Ten insists it's returning to 'the real, OG show you fell in love with all those years ago', we'll see the series return to its glory days with Aussies starring everyday.
