Ep44: Big Brother - Week One!

Ep44: Big Brother - Week One!

From bradtpop by your friend brad

November 18, 2025 · 1h 14m · Season 4 · Episode 5

About this episode

In this episode, Brad and guest Andrew discuss the first week of Big Brother's latest season and their personal experiences with the show.

Hello and welcome to episode 44 of the bradtpop podcast! I am very excited to be joined by my great friend Andrew to join the rest of the country in talking about BIG BROTHER! Andrew and I were part of the 20,000 people who applied but missed out on being in this year’s season 16 of the show but the first returning to the original format on Channel Ten. Season 1 premiered in 2001 at its home of Dreamworld Gold Coast with the finale attracting 2.8m won by Ben Williams with Blair McDonough being runner up. For those who don’t know Blair is Delta’s first boyfriend as a teenager whose deception inspired her #1 hits Not Me Not I and Predictable! I just had to mention Delta in the pod - especially since that is how Andrew and I know each other which we discussed on ep2 of this podcast, and this is his 4th appearance on the pod after talking about Kylie’s tour on ep 37 and Delta’s most recent tour on ep 39! After 8 seasons and a failed Celebrity edition between 2001-2008 on Ch10, Big Brother was picked up on Ch9 between 2012-2014 which I would say was much loved by fans before Ch7 absolutely ruined it with their Survivor-style interpretation which somehow lasted 5 seasons between…

People in this episode

Host: Brad

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

  • Big Brother
  • Reality TV
  • Television History
  • Pop Culture
  • Friendship

Keywords

  • Big Brother
  • reality TV
  • Channel Ten
  • Delta Goodrem
  • television history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Channel Ten, Channel Nine, Channel Seven

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