After getting to know all the housemates and spending hours watching their every move on the livestream we’ve finally reached the best part of Big Brother Australia — the finale.
This year, the reality television gods have blessed us with the return of live nominations, live evictions and — for those who never want the mundane yet fascinating drama to end — a 24-hour livestream.
That means we got to watch every moment that the housemates connected, had deep conversations, do banal tasks and get on each other’s nerves.
After almost four weeks, we’re down to the final five contestants: MMA-fighter Colin, house mama-bear Allana, Scotch finger biscuit enthusiast Emily, blokey-bloke Bruce and surfer Coco.
Who will take out the top prize? We’ll have to wait and see.
Keep on reading to find out who has been eliminated from the Big Brother Australia house so far.
Everyone eliminated from the Big Brother Australia house
Conor
As the most recent housemate to be evicted, Conor just narrowly missed out from being part of the Big Brother Australia finale. While he was sad not to make it right to the end, Conor says he saw his eviction coming.
“From the very beginning of this nomination, I knew I was up against a bunch of titans,” he shared to TV WEEK.
“These are people who are constantly getting their names yelled out from the Dreamworld rides above us all day, every day. I knew I was going to be in for the fight of my life. So when my name was called during eviction, I wasn’t super surprised.”
Thankfully for Conor, going back into the outside world was a relief.
“As soon as I got outside the house, I was glad to be out,” he admitted.
“The real world hit again and I was like oh my goodness, it’s quiet.”
Edward
If you thought Vinnie’s eviction was brutal, I hope you’re doing okay after witnessing Edward being booted from the house. In case you missed it, the housemates were reading out letters they’d received from home. The tears were flowing as they listened to each other’s letters. Ed, 30, was the last to have his letter read out to the group but in a shocking twist, he noticed the letter switch from present to past tense as Bruce read out that he had been evicted.
Ouchie!
Thankfully though, Edward feels like he truly had the full Big Brother experience through his savage eviction.
“I’m feeling all good,” he laughed to TV WEEK.
“We signed up for it and I wasn’t the only one with a brutal eviction. But yeah, nothing but love for Big Brother. He’s a great man and he looked after me very well. Everyone was great but you’ve just got to take this experience as it comes.”
Vinnie
Vinnie has been the most recent housemate to leave the Big Brother house and boy, was his eviction brutal.
During the Christmas challenge which saw the housemates dress up in festive attire to sing and perform Christmas carols, Big Brother woke up the housemates in the middle of the night for a performance. After racing to get into position, they discovered that Big Brother had changed the lyrics of one of the carols to reveal that Vinnie had been evicted in a snap eviction.
Ouch!
Abiola
Aboila has left the Big Brother house — but she wasn’t evicted!
In a Christmas-themed challenge, the musician was given the offer to stay in the house and continue competing for the juicy $100,000 or she could walk away instantly and take $15,000.
Abiola decided to take the cashola and run. Who can blame her?
““When the $15k came up I had to stand by my word because I had been telling everyone, even Big Brother… I just want to service my car and go to the dentist! So, I’m very happy with my experience in the house,” she said.
While Abiola’s exit was a shock to those watching the full episodes, to those tuning into the livestream, it wasn’t a surprise. The livestream kept being muted and focused on stationary objects rather than the housemates. Eagle-eyed onlookers quickly realised that Abiola wasn’t there.
Holly
And just like that, Big Brother Australia‘s most controversial housemate Holly Young has been evicted!
This week, Holly was up for eviction alongside Vinnie, Bruce and Connor. However, it was the public vote which saw the model head back out into the outside world.
“There was a huge sense of relief in some ways, in terms of the judgement and [other housemates] judging a book by its cover. It was very challenging,” Holly admits to TV WEEK.
“The sad part was leaving Colin there but I know how strong he is and he’s really going to knock it out of the park.
Mia
This week, Big Brother revealed one of his biggest twists yet — a random viewer of the show was given the power to decide which housemate to save between Allana and Mia. Sadly, it was Mia who got the flick.
Thankfully, Mia is in high spirits after the leaving the show. However, she is still coming to terms with the fact Australia knows who she is.
“My brain is trying to fathom that people actually know my name and my personality,” she tells TV WEEK.
“Like, to be honest, Australia probably knows me better than the housemates thanks to the livestream and that’s an insane thing.”
Jane
The second housemate to be eliminated from the Big Brother house was 67-year-old grandmother Jane. While Jane was voted in by the Australian public, she managed to get into some arguments with Vinnie, Bruce and Colin after chastising them for farting too much in the house.
Despite being booted from the house, Jane is proud of how she carried herself.
“I did not change who I was when I was in the house at all,” Jane tells TV WEEK.
While she admits she was disappointed to be voted out, she tried to focus on the positives — making it to her granddaughter’s kindergarten graduation.
“I get to see my grandchildren,” she said. “They’ve been missing me so much. I just want them to yell ‘Amma, Amma’ — that’s what they call me — so in my brain, it was saying, just wait until you hear that. That’s what I was thinking about at elimination.”
Michael
The first Big Brother Australia contestant to get the boot was 49-year-old single father-of-three Michael who caused a stir for some of his conservative opinions about gender roles and traditional values.
Speaking to TV WEEK, Michael says being the first contestant eliminated is bittersweet.
“Once you pack your bags and you’re sitting on the couch, it’s almost a positive thing that you go because then you don’t have to unpack your bags. I was able to pack my bags, be ready to go and decompress. I think for Holly. packing your bags, being ready to go and not going is almost more annoying.
“But the fact that I was first voted out sucks. No one wants to be a loser and it does feel like you’re the loser of the season.”
You can read our full interview with Michael HERE.
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