Who wants to be a Big Brother millionaire?: [7 NSW First Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 03 May 2004: 5.
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This year’s series, once again to be hosted by Gretel Killeen, is believed to cost $26 million, features 36 cameras, 66 microphones and 24-hour web streaming.The contestants include Aphrodite, 26, a professional belly dancer; Catherine, 33, a single mother of two and Ashalea, 19, who works in a bar but wants to become a flight attendant.
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AUSTRALIAN reality TV has taken the next inevitable step — upped the financial stakes.
The fourth Big Brother series unveiled its 14 “housemates” last night and revealed — albeit to the viewers and not the contestants – – the prizemoney would quadruple to $1 million.
The Ten Network has gone back to basics with the ratings winner after last year’s more complicated — and less popular — version.
This year’s series, once again to be hosted by Gretel Killeen, is believed to cost $26 million, features 36 cameras, 66 microphones and 24-hour web streaming.The contestants include Aphrodite, 26, a professional belly dancer; Catherine, 33, a single mother of two and Ashalea, 19, who works in a bar but wants to become a flight attendant.
The men include Kane, 20, an apprentice carpenter, Merlin, 24, a musician who grew up in an alternative community in Northern NSW and Ryan, 27, a retired AFL player.
Prior to last night’s episode, the 14 contestants had been in so- called “lockdown” on the Gold Coast for four days, kept in isolation apart from a chaperone and one friend.
The contestants only got to meet each other at the doors of the Big Brother house.