Big Brother

BB8 Day 85 - The Grand Finale

Rory, Terri and Ben are sitting on a sofa in the back yard watching the credits roll on the large screen. It's going to be an action packed night. Kyle as arrived in his usual jeans, shirt and jacket.

The eviction board has the faces of the housemates up for the first time all season so we can see where things are at. Ben has 39.8% of the vote, Terri has 30.2% and Rory has 30% exactly.

Big Brother rolls out past winners of the show: Aleisha, Jamie, The Logan Twins, Trevor, Reggie, Peter and Sarah Marie (who is there in place of Ben).

Gretel sends a message from the set of the Rocky Horror Show in Sydney and wishes everyone well before we take a look at the last 24 hours in the house.

Terri can't believe she's still there. Ben notes that one of them is going to be incredibly rich tomorrow night.

Big Brother wakes them up for their last day in the house. Everyone gets a facial and Ben and Rory look like alien creatures from Star Wars.

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BB8 Day 84 - Eviction

The voting percentages are interesting tonight. 1 person is ahead of the pack with 29% of the vote while 3 have between 20% and 21.4% with one person on 8.9%.

The first person to leave Big Brother tonight is Alice. She gives her money to Travis which takes his total to $100,000.

Kyle and Jacqui O save Ben. He can't believe it. Joining him is Rory. The second person to leave tonight is Travis.

Ben, Rory and Terri can't believe their luck. Travis is not surprisingly hyper as he comes out to see the screaming crowd. Who is screaming more though?

Travis gives his money to Rory taking his money total to $150,000

They play Anne Hathaway's message to Travis which again sends him into his frenzied shrieks of excitement.

One more chance to vote. Remember, you're voting to evict.

BB8 Day 84 - Daily Show

There is only the weekend left. Ben slept pretty well after finally getting back inside after being in the Kombi for a while.

Travis talks about his journey of self discovery but Terri doesn't like hearing young people talking like that.

Travis is in the diary room getting some boxes from Big Brother. The others decide to hide from him. He comes out and is scared because he hates being left alone.

Alice and Rory talk about nature vs nurture. As Alice can't have children, she still maintains she wouldn't adopt. Rory's mother was adopted and he seems a little offended by her comments. Alice, being older, says that she's thought about this more before he'd even thought about sex.

There is a letter in the mail box that Rory and Travis built. There is an eviction notice to say they must all be out in two days. Ben, Travis and Rory laugh at Big Brother and joke that they got them.

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BB8 Day 82 - Friday Night Live

Tonight, the grand final of Friday Night Live and the 54th trophy will be awarded.

The housemates enter the arena where there is a ninja singing Slim Dusty - The Very Best of Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda.

There is a plasma screen again with an image of 5 of their friends sitting all in white and under buckets. They're going to be there until the end of the games where 4 of them will get slimed and 1 will be saved as the person with the highest number of points will walk away with the win.

The first game is a spinning and punching game where after 10 seconds of being spun around, they have to knock over some standing dummies.

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BB8 Day 82 - Daily Show

To help everyone keep everyone occupied, Big Brother has provided them with bricks, cement, levels and trowels so Rory and Travis can build a letter box.

Travis is terrified at the thought of the grand final of Friday Night Live having a height challenge as he gets scared on the monkey bars.

Ben is called to the Kombi where Big Brother tells him that he's decided that he's done his time and from now on he's allowed back in the house.

Travis and Rory are called to the diary room. Progress on the letterbox is taking a while to build and Big Brother is concerned that the Great Wall of China was built faster. It ends up taking more than 6 hours to build. Travis gets his first Callous.

Travis gets told his cooking duties are finally over. Everyone is extremely excited.

Big Brother tells the housemates that he has a prior engagement tonight so they will be fending for themselves. The diary room will be out of bounds.

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BB8 Day 81 - Daily Show

The housemates come up with a plan to make up to Terri for missing out on her care package. They come up with "National Nana Day". Alice and Rory iron while Ben folds and Travis brings Terri breakfast in bed.

Big Brother plays some country music "Old MacDonald" into the house and Terri wonders if she has to do a jig.

Rory comes in and takes over from Travis. Terri wonders if he'll wash her back for her. He's lost one of his nipple piercings.

Rory, Ben and Travis bring in the ironing but because they didn't wear their Iron Man costumes, Terri wont be getting her care package. Rory comes up with an idea. If they do a skit that makes her laugh then they will get her care package. It's pretty funny and Terri is well entertained.

Terri cries as she opens her care package and sees all the photos.

Alice and Terri talk about Rory and the treadmill and his issues with it.

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BB8 Day 80 - Daily Show

Terri and Travis argue about getting the clothing tasks done.

Rory is playing with his lego that he got sent from home.

Terri has noticed that with fewer in the house, Travis is getting on her nerves as he's spending more time around those he hadn't in the passed now that his friends have gone.

The vending machine has care packages for Ben, Terri and Travis. Ben picks packages for himself and Travis as Terri had a letter from home last week. Rory and Alice would have given Terri her care pack as there was a gift from her grandson. Travis cries as he reads his letter. Terri cries at not getting her care pack.

Ben feels bad and talks to Big Brother about hopefully getting Terri her care package. However, Big Brother tells him that he's made his decision and that he'll have to live with the consequences.

Travis has been given some ingredients and a chef uniform so he can cook Rory's favourite dinner. Potato bake and cheesecake.

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BB8 Day 79 - Daily Show

This week's task is called "Iron Man". Everyone has outfits which makes them think they have a beach task but hanging over the backyard is a net with half a tonne of clothes in it. Big Brother tells them that they have to iron it all and fold it to his satisfaction. Ben and Terri are up first while Travis tries on clothing. His hairy rear end sticking out the back of a short girls uniform skirt is not a pretty site.

Everyone is running and jumping into the pile of clothes. Terri tries to copy her younger housemates and injures herself.

Ben is starting to get all nostalgic as it's the final week in the week.

Rory is called to the diary room while he's in the kitchen watching Travis cook. He has his food supplied and sarcastically thanks him.

Travis is cooking Broccoli and Cauliflower and burns it. Terri comes over to see him throwing it into the trash. Big Brother then calls her to bring him a salami and cheese sandwich.

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BB8 Day 78 - The Big Sting

During the eviction show, the housemates were told to expect a long night. Everyone is trying to figure out what the next few hours are going to hold for them.

By the look of the intro, Travis and Alice get evicted but there is a twist.

Alice is called to the diary room. She's pretty happy to be in the final 5. Alice thinks everyone has a 20% chance at winning. Ben isn't confident he's going to win as he's up against some tough competition. Travis is pretty excited to be where he is and that it's totally unexpected. Terri and Rory are also glad to be there.

Cherry delivers his farewell message. He gives Travis his $25,000 before saying his hand grenade is about to be delivered by Big Brother. Alice is called to the diary room.

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Who do you want to win Big Brother?

BB8 Day 77 - Eviction

Everyone is up for eviction tonight. The numbers don't look good for one person who has 51.5% of the vote. The other numbers range from 16.7% to 5.1% That's pretty crazy. Who ever is left, it's pretty close and any one's game for the $250,000 prize.

The housemates believe that Cherry, Terri and Rory are the favourites based on the cheers in the crowd so if one of them go tonight, it will be a big shock.

The first person staying inside the Big Brother house tonight it Rory. The second person safe is Terri. Alice is also safe. The fourth person safe is Travis.

Jacqui O tells Cherry that he's the next one leaving the house tonight.

The final vote was still over 50%.

Five remain. Voting lines are open

BB8 Day 77 - Daily Show

Big Brother welcomes Pamela Anderson back into the house. She has the photos from the photo shoot. Big Brother still loves her dress. He sends her into the house and says there is champagne waiting.

Pamela signs all the photos and then chat.

During their dinner, the housemates let Pamela Anderson in on one of their little games. Everytime someone says the word "mine" they have to drop and do ten push ups. As Pamela goes to leave, Cherry asks her whose glass that was. She says mine and she's made to do 10 push ups.

Cherry gets his hat signed and says he's going to give away to someone in the crowd.

Pamela leaves and there is a gift in the bedroom for them - a slumber party. The bedroom is filled with giant teddy bears/

The housemates admire their photos. They all really like Alice's photos.

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It's time to go, Big Brother

After eight successful seasons and 1316 episodes, TEN today announced that Big Brother will not be returning in 2009.

The 2008 season finale will air on Monday 21 July.

TEN's chief programming officer, David Mott, said: "Big Brother is the undisputed grand-daddy of modern, commercial reality television in Australia. Today's reality dramas have all, on some level, been inspired by Big Brother.

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BB8 Day 75 - Friday Night Live

It's Circus Night on Friday Night Live. Fitzy is pretty nervous about having Pamela Anderson on the show tonight.

All the housemates are dressed up as clowns. Tonight's winner will receive a 42" Plasma Screen from LG. Big Brother tells them that they're all on their own tonight and are playing individually.

The first game is called pie face. The housemates have to tackle and obstacle course and then slam the pies into two clowns at the end of the course.

Terri was the slowest to complete the course in 1:05. The other scores were: Travis 0:31 - 1 point. Alice: 0:23 - 2 points. Ben: 0:21 - 3 points. Cherry: 0:20 - 4 points. Rory: 0:17 - 5 points.

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BB8 Day 75 - Daily Show

After the calendar shoot with Pamela, life has returned to normal with sunbaking and food the main priorities. Rory's lunch is steamed vegetables with rice and pinenuts. Travis is the only one permitted to cook. Rory has to remind Travis that he's not allowed any assistance or tips from any of the others. Terri isn't happy.

Ben and Rory are in the Kombi talking about Travis and how he's just a "help monkey". They think Terri is like a mother figure for him and that he seems to need that in his life. Rory makes the observation of how much weight Terri has lost. Rory tests his theory about Travis being a "help monkey" and asks him to bring the sheep over. Travis asks why he wanted to bring the sheep over. Rory tells him that he just wanted to see if he would.

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