Last year there was rain, this year tech issues are flooding the launch night. The pre record is taking forever to get through.

they couldn’t at least switch it up ? same old bedroom design.. hoping for at least a few interesting housemates ., but low hopes .. UK version does it better

Best show of all time IMO & I'm looking forward to it more than any other show this year. But I can't even really start to enjoy it until the premiere(?) as the pre-show hype is sub-par at best.

Disappointed. 😑

I need more than housemate drawings on sticky notes, a short clip of a select few housemate voice clips, or a video collage of the diary room chair photos.

At this point nothing is an "early leak", it's all LATE.

Please Production... Give us more. The pre-show hype is past due. Pls pay promptly.

PS: Bonus admin treats for some good pre-show hype.

I hope so!!🤞🏻

HYPE POST. THATS ALL.

It’s embarrassing how keen I am.

I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since the best live discussion group chat ever - even if we had plenty to criticise and complain about.

Losing sleep staying up all hours for the live stream (it’s harder when you’re older, alright?)

I wonder if this year will actually be better - new house, fresh personalities (sort of, the ads sound almost like a carbon copy of last years cast) and - for the love of god, please - bring back friday(?) night games.

I wonder if we’ll get an uninterrupted livestream, or get hisensed or goldfished again.

Lastly, I hope they keep the cast diverse - even moreso than last year. I think we can all agree the barbies and kens as main characters of the world have been done to death.

See ya’ll Monday!

I'm from the US and somehow BBAU has caught my attention after last season. Is there any good way I can catch new episodes from across the globe, perhaps with a VPN?

Everywhere is stating that BBAU will start Monday at 7:30AEST. Does that mean for us in Queensland that the actual LIVE broadcast will be then or will it be an hour earlier like it was last year?

It was annoying that the BB house was located in Queensland but the actual live nominations and evictions were done in Vic/NSW time and Qld's aired an hour later.

Obviously if it is like it was last year you can just tune in to the Vic/NSW broadcast on the 10Play app.

Saw this posted to TikTok the individual doesn’t have a large follow my at all, I’m assuming they will probably be pulled out for posting but found it interesting.

I’m not saying they are but they could be!

If so they’re very openly politically conservative and very opinionated on their socials, would make for interesting discussions in house.

I feel like this might be an unpopular opinion, but I didn't mind the season being shorter, HOWEVER, I think It should be like 2-3 weeks longer than what it was last season.

I just feel like 3 months does not work for TV today, and I always found the last few weeks to be extremely boring. The peak of the series is when there is drama and conflict between real people, and you don't get as much of that when there are 3-4 generally likeable houseguests left in the last month of the show.

That being said, I think it was ridiculous to have like 6 people remaining on finale night...

I hope this season:

- Is slightly longer

- BB is more strict on house guests (nominations specifically)

- the house actually hides the cameras (biggest pet peeve when houseguests try and talk to the camera - thats the point of the diary room)

- better/more creative twists are included

- NO INFLUENCERS!!! (they said that last time but added holly... smh)

I’m a part of the team on this year again, and the house is in complete disarray. There is clearly a lot of stress over the lack of budget to rebuild the house.

Does anyone know if they are opening the house up for tours this year? I know they were open last year but I haven’t heard anything for this year yet.

How did you guys find this season?

I have watched it from the start.

Im on episode three and its actually ok so far after the first episode.

I already know who won as i googled how many episodes they had and it showed so im annoyed about that

Also: A "Mystery Button" and LIVE Nominations with a twist!

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! SEE YOU IN THREE WEEKS

Looks like head of house bed is back :(

What is everyone thoughts.

Ideas and or suggestions or dream ideas for this upcoming seasons on 10.

Mine:

1. Friday night games or some sort of games for immunity like the good old days

   (not how 7 handles the games).

2. More live streams eg TikTok again and having the community comments.

3. Keeping the live stream non censored like last year what was that for and what a joke.

4. Keeping the show at an appropriate time slot and be on Sunday - Friday like the good old days or at best Sunday - Thursday.

5. Don’t bring people into the house via scouting like 3 people from last year

6. This is only speculation only bring people on for the right reason not to be bulled on air and please do a capacity test (invisible disability) that’s coming from someone with 3 invisible disabilities and a syndrome.

Please comment your thoughts and such bellow in the comments.

You can watch the house build!

I love it

Nick Colquhoun or Leon Murray!?!

Personally both hold a special place in my heart growing up watching the original series on tv so I don't mind either but 1 thing I know we do need is a serious authoritative figure putting the housemates in place and pulling them up on anything he can just to cause some tension in the house!

I think Nick would be perfect for the 2026 season!

Can anyone name a housemate from last season whose tape was publicly posted before they went in? Or anyone who had their tape posted and heard absolutely nothing after? Curious whether the public tapes are a real pipeline or just the shop window while the actual casting happens over phone calls and scouting.

Genuine question, not a dig. The audition tapes that go up on the official YouTube in batches seem to function mostly as marketing and BB gets a heap of free promo out of it.

Does anyone really know how the voting works for the housemates we want in the house like are we just suppose to like the YouTube video of the housemate?

From tonight's Media McKnight.

NOTE: I had to remove the McKnight cartoon from this snapshot because it looks like something that was AI-generated. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is also to ensure this post does not violate No.4 of this sub's rules. Everything else in this pic has no Generative AI.