Big Brother Australia 2008 - Weekly Summary and Highlights

Weekly Summary and Highlights

Week 1	Events	On Day 0, the 14 Housemates entered the House on launch night. Each Housemate placed a valuable possession on the "Big Brother Memento Cabinet" before entering the House. Big Brother informed the Housemates that a "snap eviction" would take place the next day at sunrise. The House was out of bounds until the snap eviction was over. On Day 2, Big Brother gave evicted Housemate Terri a special power called the "Housemate Hand Grenade". With the Housemate Hand Grenade, Terri banished Nobbi to the Volkswagen van in the backyard. He was not allowed to enter the House unless invited by Big Brother. On Day 5, during the first Friday Night Live games, Rima injured herself during a competition. After being seen by a medic, she was taken to the hospital, where X-rays revealed that she had broken her leg.
	Entrances	Alice, Ben, Bianca, Brigitte, David, Dixie, Nobbi, Rebecca, Renee, Rima, Rory, Saxon, Terri and Travis entered the House on Day 0.
	Exits	Terri was evicted from the House on Day 1 with 4 votes total out of 14. Rima left the House due to an injury on Day 5.
Week 2	Events	On Day 9, Big Brother conducted a snap eviction. Terri accepted the task of deciding the evictees after Corey declined. On Day 10, Terri was re-instated as a Housemate for completing her task to evict two housemates. Later in the day, Big Brother called all Housemates to the Diary Room and explained the new nomination and eviction process.
	Tasks	On Day 8, Big Brother set the Housemates a task to clean up a mess in the backyard placed by the show's makers after the Housemates went to bed. Each morning, the Housemates had one hour after Big Brother wakes up the House to clean the backyard. On Day 9, Corey was given the task of evicting two of the three new Housemates. He declined the task and Big Brother then offered the task to Terri. If she executed this task, she would be re-instated as a Housemate. Terri accepted the task.
	Entrances	Barney, Michael and Nathan entered the House as Housemates on Day 7. Terri and Corey entered the House as House Guests on Day 7.
	Exits	Barney and Michael were evicted from the House on Day 10. Saxon was evicted from the House on Day 14 with 16 of 39 Points to evict.
Week 3	Events	On Day 15, Saxon handed the second Housemate Hand Grenade to Brigitte, which led to the indefinite removal of all her items. On Day 15, Rory, Alice, David, and Renee were treated to a trip to "Bali": actually a specially decorated pool area within the Big Brother compound. On Day 16, celebrity Carson Kressley entered the House to give Housemates makeovers.
	Tasks	On Day 15, Housemates were assigned the Cricket Task: three Housemates at a time had to stand in the backyard facing a ball launcher and attempt to catch the ball when it is ejected. They had to wear the proper gear at all times while on the field, and show great enthusiasm when catching a ball.
	Exits	On Day 19, House Guest Corey left the House. On Day 21, Rebecca was evicted from the house after receiving 22 out of 42 possible points.
Week 4	Events	On Day 22, Rebecca handed the third Housemate Hand Grenade to Dixie; she had to do all of the Housemates clothes. On Day 27, So You Think You Can Dance judges Matt Lee and Jason Coleman judged the Dance Task.
	Tasks	On Day 22, the Dance Task was assigned. Split into couples, the housemates had to learn a dance and perform it together, with their performance judged by the judges from talent series So You Think You Can Dance.
	Exits	On Day 28, Nathan and David were evicted in a surprise double eviction.
Week 5	Events	On Day 29, David handed the fourth Hand Grenade to Bianca, designating her as the night watchwoman. Nathan handed the fifth Hand Grenade to Travis, requiring him to be the first to rise each morning. Thereafter, he is unable to return to sleep.
	Task	Starting Day 29, Housemates had to maintain the training of a seeing eye dog from Seeing Eye Dogs Australia. Alice named the dog Ollie.
	Exits	On Day 33, Travis was squirted in the eye with shampoo as he came out of the toilet as a prank played by Ben that went wrong. He was then rushed to hospital but returned on day 35. On Day 35, Dixie was evicted after receiving 14 out of a possible 33 points to evict. Usual host Kyle Sandilands did not host the eviction due to illness, and was replaced by Mike Goldman, who hosted with Jackie O.
Week 6	Events	On Day 35, the voting format changed. Housemates nominate for eviction, and the nominated housemates are then evicted by the public. On Day 36, Dixie's Hand Grenade was to save one of the three nominated Housemates. She saved Alice. This moved Renee and Terri into the list of nominated Housemates.
	Task	On Day 36, the Ignore the Obvious Task was assigned. Housemates were to ignore obvious unusual occurrences in the House, such as a fireworks display, A marching band entering the house, Scottish dancers dancing along to the bagpipes, a platter with $2,000 with a sign saying "Free Money", Housemates' relatives shown in footage on the House TV screen, and Brigitte's name constantly called out by a voice-over.
	Entrances	Intruders Cherry, Rhianna and Terrence entered the House on Day 35. On Day 36, Travis returned to the House after receiving medical treatment.
	Exits	On Day 41, Ollie, the seeing-eye dog, left the House. On Day 42, Renee was evicted with 37.9% to evict. Kyle Sandilands was again replaced by Mike Goldman as Jackie O's co-host for the eviction show, reportedly again due to illness.
Week 7	Events	On Day 43, Renee handed the sixth Hand Grenade to Brigitte. This hand grenade denied her a family message that all Housemates were to receive. Brigitte celebrated her 21st birthday on Day 48 with a Sparkle theme. As a present, Big Brother returned confiscated stuffed toy Princess Sparkles to Brigitte.
	Task	Day 43, The Salon Task was assigned to the Housemates. 24 hours a day, Housemates took turns at being hairdresser, and being the person getting a hairdo, keeping up the salon chit chat the whole time.
	Exit	On Day 49, Rhianna was evicted with 37.7% to evict.
Week 8	Events	On Day 50, Rhianna handed the seventh Hand Grenade to Cherry, making him the new house maid. Housemates discovered the Grand Prize within the Diary Room chair, $250,000. Each Housemate received $25,000 at that point, and if evicted, has to give their money to the remaining housemate of their choice.
	Task	On Day 50, while the other Housemates took part in a decoy task involving rowing away from a shark, Nobbi and Bianca were assigned the real task, becoming Moon Monks. They had to go out at 2:00 a.m. each morning to worship the moon and to recruit a new member to the cult each night, without letting the other Housemates find out.
	Exit	On Day 56, Nobbi was evicted with 59.1% of votes from the public.
Week 9	Events	On Day 57, Nobbi used his Hand Grenade to put Terri and Terrence both in the Kombi van.
	Entrances	Rima re-entered the house on Day 63.
	Task	The "Trainspotting" Task required Housemates to wait at a train station set built on the stage until a model train appeared from a tunnel. They had to remember the numbers on the trains to pass the task.
	Exit	On Day 63, Terence was evicted from the Big Brother House with 41.7% to evict.
Week 10	Events	On Day 64, Terrence used his Hand Grenade to allow Terri back into the house. He also gave her his $25,000 prize share and confiscated the hair straightener.
	Task	The Housemates become wrestlers with a "deadly ninja" opponent—a large stuffed toy. Whenever a Housemate hears their "theme song", they had 90 seconds to put on their costume and get out into the ring to fight the ninja. Rima returned and told the Housemates that one of the Housemates was actually a mole and they had three days to decide who it was. If they chose correctly, the mole would be evicted. If not, the mole could stay and would be eligible to win the prize if not evicted in the normal course. Most housemates ultimately decided Brigitte was the mole. However, Cherry believed it was Alice. Rima then appeared on a video screen inside the House, revealing to housemates that on her return, she was not a Housemate, and was ineligible to win the money. She revealed she had now left the House and that there was no mole: her mission was to create drama and tension amongst the Housemates. This was greeted by much outrage, especially by Bianca.
	Exit	Rima exited the house on Day 66. On Day 70, Bianca was evicted from the Big Brother House.
Week 11	Events	Celebrity Pamela Anderson entered the house on Day 73. She was in and out of the house for 3 days. On Day 77, Network Ten announced to the public that Big Brother had been axed. On Day 77, Housemates were asked to vote to evict two Housemates in a surprise "snap eviction". Alice and Travis were "evicted" and moved to another section of the compound. Later, it was revealed to Alice and Travis, and then the other Housemates, that this eviction was fake and Alice and Travis returned to the House.
	Task	Housemates were paired up and must, at prescribed intervals and within limited time, become paparazzi and track down "celebrities" (either photographs of actual celebrities, or impersonators) briefly appearing in the internal windows and mirrors of the House.
	Exits	Brigitte was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 73. Cherry was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 77.
Week 12	Events	After Cherry's eviction Housemates had to conduct two housemate-voted evictions; Alice and Travis were evicted; later this eviction was revealed as fake and they had never actually left the compound. Terri was announced the winner of Big Brother 2008, and Rory as the Runner-Up.
	Task	Housemates were required to iron a large quantity of clothes while wearing special uniforms.
	Exits	Alice and Travis were both evicted on Day 84. Ben was evicted from the Big Brother House on Day 85. Rory and Terri both exited the Big Brother House together after 85 Days.

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