Big Brother
Seen it?2001 | 17 seasons | 90 min | Reality
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
A mixed bag with no real highs. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- 17 seasons and 1659 episodes: a long-haul commitment, hour-long episodes, about 2489 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- A big time investment at 17 seasons.
Big Brother is an Australian reality show based on the international Big Brother format created by John de Mol. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants, known as "housemates" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, housemates are evicted from the house - eliminated from the competition. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and is awarded a cash prize.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 17 seasons and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 113K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 5 is the high point.
- Season 12001 · 95 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 22002 · 100 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 32003 · 177 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 42004 · 169 episodesNot rated yet
Season 52005 · 210 episodes · 8.0 out of 10Saturday- Season 62006 · 206 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 72007 · 210 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 82008 · 112 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 92012 · 89 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 102013 · 89 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 112014 · 56 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 122020 · 21 episodesNot rated yet
Season 132021 · 31 episodes · 1.0 out of 10Monday- Season 142022 · 31 episodes · 1.0 out of 10Monday
- Season 152023 · 25 episodes · 1.0 out of 10Monday
- Season 162025 · 26 episodes · 6.6 out of 10Weeknight
- Season 172026 · 12 episodesNot rated yet
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Created by John de Mol
- Mike GoldmanSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Mel TracinaSelf - Host