Big Brother (Australia series 4)
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seriesname = Big Brother Australia | image = Image:BB04-DS.JPG | imagebg = #fff | series = 2004 | hm1 = Trevor Butler | hm1-enter = Day 0 | hm1-exit = Day 86 | hm1-stat = winner | hm2 = Bree Amer | hm2-enter = Day 0 | hm2-exit = Day 86 | hm2-stat = runner | hm3 = Paul Dyer | hm3-enter = Day 0 | hm3-exit = Day 85 | hm3-stat = evic | hm4 = Ryan Fitzgerald | hm4-enter = Day 0 | hm4-exit = Day 83 | hm4-stat = evic | hm5 = Catherine Tremolada | hm5-enter = Day 0 | hm5-exit = Day 78 | hm5-stat = evic | hm6 = Ashalea McWalters | hm6-enter = Day 0 | hm6-exit = Day 71 | hm6-stat = evic | hm7 = Monica de Balso | hm7-enter = | hm7-exit = Day 71 | hm7-stat = evic | hm8 = Wesley Denning | hm8-enter = Day 0 | hm8-exit = Day 68 | hm8-stat = evic | hm9 = Violeta | hm9-enter = | hm9-exit = Day 59 | hm9-stat = evic | hm10 = Kane Dignum | hm10-enter = Day 0 | hm10-exit = Day 57 | hm10-stat = evic | hm11 = Terri Mann | hm11-enter = Day 0 | hm11-exit = Day 50 | hm11-stat = evic | hm12 = Merlin Luck | hm12-enter = Day 0 | hm12-exit =Day 43 | hm12-stat = evic | hm13 = Elle Quartermaine | hm13-enter = Day 0 | hm13-exit = Day 36 | hm13-stat = evic | hm14 = Krystal Ince | hm14-enter = Day 0 | hm14-exit = Day 29 | hm14-stat = evic | hm15 = Igor Vurmeski | hm15-enter = Day 0 | hm15-exit = Day 22 | hm15-stat = evic | hm16 = Aphrodite Vuitton | hm16-enter = Day 0 | hm16-exit = Day 15 | hm16-stat = evic | legend = 1 | legendwinner = Winner | legendevic = Evicted | legendrunner = Runner-upBig Brother 2004 started on May 2 2004, with the housemates entering the day before; and ended on July 2 2004, lasting 87 days.
Big Brother 2004 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. The prize money was raised from $250,000 to $1,000,000, but this was kept hidden from everybody until later in the series.
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. | Merlin Luck holds a protest during his eviction show. |
| | | Trevor and Bree in the diary room. |
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The final contestants in 2004 were Bree Amer and Trevor Butler. Trevor won, and then proposed to his girlfriend on stage.Trevor | Trevor proposing to his girlfriend at the Finale |
Trevor Butler, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, entered the House on Day 0. He was announced as the winner of Big Brother 2004 and $1,000,000 AUD, and proposed to his girlfriend on stage shortly afterwards. Trevor is the only Big Brother Australia housemate to have won $1,000,000.
BreeBree Amer, from the Gold Coast, Queensland, entered the House on Day 0. She was evicted on Day 63, but was told shortly after her Eviction that the votes were counted incorrectly, and she was asked if she wanted to go back into the House. She entered the House again on Day 64, and Wesley, the person that attracted the msot votes, was evicted on Day 68 in a special Eviction. Bree left the house on Day 86 as the runner-up of Big Brother 2004. Bree now co-hosts Friday Night Live and the Friday Night Games with fellow former housemate Ryan Fitzgerald.
PaulPaul Dyer, from Jan Juc, VIC, entered the house on Day 0. Paul had been involved in an intense argument with former refugee Merlin over the issue of routine male infant circumcision. Paul was evicted on Day 85.
RyanRyan Fitzgerald, a former professional Australian rules football player from Adelaide, South Australia, entered the House on Day 0, and was evicted on Day 83. Ryan was known for having made five female housemates cry during his stay in the House; and this is still made a joke of in some conversations today, especially in Friday Night Live, which he co-hosts with fellow former housemate Bree Amer, who herself once cried because of Ryan. He also co-hosts Nova 91.9 Adelaide's breakfast show.
CatherineCatherine Tremolada is a single mother of two from Albion Park, New South Wales. She entered the House on Day 0, and was evicted on Day 78, the day before the Final Countdown.
AshaleaAshalea McWalters, from Perth, Western Australia was evicted on Day 71.
MonicaMonica de Balso, from New South Wales, entered the House as an Intruder, and was evicted in a Double Eviction on Day 71.
WesleyWesley Denning was evicted on Day 68, and now co-hosts children's television show, Totally Wild.
VioletaVioleta was from Melbourne, and is of Macedonian descent. Violeta entered the house as an Intruder, and was evicted on Day 59.
KaneKane Dignum, from Queensland was evicted on Day 57.
TerriTerri Mann, from Western Australia, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 50.
Merlin | Merlin on his eviction night. |
Merlin Luck, from New South Wales, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 43. During his Eviction, he attracted controversy by taping over his mouth and revealing 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. He refused to speak throughout his eviction show, but later spoke of the incident during the following nomination show.
ElleBree Quartermaine, known in the House as Elle and from Western Australia, entered the House on Day 0 and was evicted on Day 36.
KrystalKrystal Ince, from Queensland, entered the House on Day 0 with the original housemates, and was evicted on Day 29.
IgorIgor Vurmeski, from Melbourne, Victoria, was evicted on Day 22. He is of Macedonian decent.
AphroditeAphrodite Vuitton was evicted on Day 15. She garnered publicity after the end of the series upon getting cosmetic surgery [1], which consisted of rhinoplasty, chin augmentation, and breast implants.
| | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8
Day 57 | Week 8
Day 59 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12
Day 83 | Week 12
Day 85 | Final
Day 86 |
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Up For
Eviction | Aphrodite,
Igor,
Terri | Elle,
Igor,
Terri | Ashalea,
Krystal,
Paul,
Terri | Elle,
Paul,
Terri | Bree,
Catherine
Merlin,
Terri | Ashalea,
Bree,
Terri,
Wesley | Ashalea,
Bree,
Kane,
Wesley | Monica,
Violeta | All
HMs | All
HMs | Catherine,
Paul,
Ryan | Bree,
Paul,
Ryan,
Trevor | Bree,
Paul,
Trevor | Bree,
Trevor |
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| Evicted | Aphrodite | Igor | Krystal | Elle | Merlin | Terri | Kane | Violeta | Wesley* | Monica,
Ashlalea | Catherine | Ryan | Paul | Bree |
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Bree was evicted on Day 63 (Week 9), and re-entered the house the next day after votes were deemed incorrectly calculated. Wesley, the housemate that should have originally been evicted, was evicted on the following Thursday.*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.
* 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) and Wesley was evicted in a special show on the following Thursday.
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