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Big Brother: Secrets to air on Nine in 2012

It's true. Big Brother is finally set to return to Australian television in 2012 -on Channel Nine.

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Big Brother is finally set to return to Australian television in 2012 -on Channel Nine.

The Herald Sun reports the show will return as Big Brother: Secrets, where every housemate has a secret.

In April TV Tonight suggested the show could be revived on a digital channel by tweaking the show around the French version: Secret Story. In that series housemates are compelled to interact with one another to try and discover each other’s secret and win cash prizes. The format encourages housemates not to fly under the radar.

TEN is believed to have to bid on the new series, but Nine is said to have signed the deal today.

“I understand we are doing it,” a Nine source told the newspaper.

But Nine is also determined to let viewers know it won’t be the same old Big Brother, and will likely be produced on a slimmer budget.

There is no word yet on the host.

The show last aired in Australia in 2008 but fans have always longed for its return.

Update: I have now confirmed the story, with sources, but it’s “early days” on all the details…

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  1. Yaaaaayyyy!!! Big Brother returns!

    I must say Channel Nine is taking a big risk next year with The Voice & Big Brother.

    Channel Ten needs to pick up their act. I think they’ve lost the plot over there.

    Channel Seven is the only one who’s doing it right!

  2. Wait a minute, havent they just let the cat out of the bag for potential housemates?

    Anyone auditioning is going to go in knowing everyone has a secret. was that suppose to be a secret and you ruined it David? lol

  3. if its anything like Ten’s version, they’ll have a daily show at 7pm. and if thats so, you know what that’ll mean….. no Big Bang or 2.5 Men repeats at that time.. for 3-4 months at least. Nine really do need something like this show to get back on track, pretty sure it worked well for Ten back in the day before it started to suck. I had heard a while ago another channel bought the rights but I heard it was Seven. but if Ten kept the show Im sure it would have gone to Eleven anyway, more of a youth show, which means GO will probably repeat it.

  8. I was glad to see BB is back….many of my friends in the US watch their version….
    But worried about it being on Nine…and “it won’t be the same old Big Brother”
    Hope they do it right!….*fingers X*

  12. Didn’t Nine/ACA run stories against Big Brother in the past, bringing up all the negatives of the reality show, guess the shoes on the other foot now. Either way I won’t be watching.

  13. I am happy with both UK and US BB but i welcome the people-watching aspect of any BB, as long as it isn’t constant stupid games. Making people use their intelligence to work out a secret sounds fun, more like The Joe Shmoe Show than BB, but it’s all good! ( As long as it is on my computer, not my tv, which has ads!)

  16. Well with the announcement that Aaron Sorkin’s new show is going to series we really are going from the sublime to the ridiculous with this news.

    Good god in heaven… if this doesn’t confirm the world ends in 2012 I don’t know what does.

  18. I think the best way I can describe how excited I am by this news is be sharing that I could use a Poise pantyliner right about now!!!

    Although I am a bit dubious about it being on 9.

    But still… Yay!!

  20. Big brothers audience is young.Since Big Brother last aired in Australia young people have moved onto Facebook. Big Brother is a show you have to commit to just like Masterchef, Renovators and the block. These shows attract a broader audience. Facebook takes up a lot of young peoples time now, it is their biggest commitment now and they can all get it for free on their smartphones. The world has changed dramatically since Big Brother last aired here.

  21. Ive been watching BBUK religiously and am so happy to see BB back on air in Australia!

    I am actually happy to see it go to Nine, TEN have had their time with it and Seven will probably drop it if it doesn’t rate well.

    But giving Nine’s chances with reality television, they need to step this up! I suggest poaching Sonia Kruger or Chrissie Swan to host, please get someone with experience and intelligence! Maybe even Allison Langton? (She probably wouldn’t stoop that low!)

    Cut budget to me is actually great news – Id prefer it to be about the people rather than the prize money!

  23. Great news-ish, although must not get too excited — I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than bitterly dissapointed. Please no existing Channel 9 personalities to host though !!

    @Goonies – there is ‘old skool Big Brother 1.0’, then there is that shit Channel 10 produced in the last 2-3 years they had it … I hope too they go back to basics, although that secrets twist is a good idea — none of that “games” rubbish aimed at the wrong audience, or “Big Brothers Modelling Academy”, full of 18-25 year old bimbo brainless drongos.

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