Big Brother (Australian TV series)

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Big Brother (also known as Big Brother Australia) is an Australian reality show based on the international Big Brother format created by John de Mol Jr.. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants, known as "housemates" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, housemates are evicted from the house – eliminated from the competition. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and is awarded a cash prize. The series is named after the fictional totalitarian dictator from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother was produced from 2001 and ran for eight seasons and a Celebrity Edition on Network Ten before the network cancelled it in July 2008 after experiencing audience erosion and controversy...

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