The fifteenth season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother, also known as Big Brother 2023, began airing on 6 November 2023 on Seven Network. Sonia Kruger returned as the host of the show. The series was initially teased as Big Brother: House of Love and featured a younger cast consisting of single housemates.
On 6 December 2023 Tay & Ari Wilcoxson won the series becoming the second joint-housemate winners in the history of the Australian version of Big Brother, after the Logan twins won season 5.
This was the last season to air on Seven Network before the rights were reacquired by Network 10.
Production In October 2022 Seven Network announced that Big Brother would return for a fifteenth season. It was initially given the title Big Brother: House of Love and was teased to feature "a younger cast of sexy singles looking for love". The format was criticised on social media by viewers who said [the show] really needed to go back to the old Big Brother [format]". The series was again pre-recorded, and filming began on 31 October 2022. Following the criticism, the "House of Love" title was dropped, and after the conclusion of filming Seven Network described the series as the "spiciest yet" and a "more stripped-back, traditional Big Brother, where the cast is younger". It was also confirmed that the spin-off show Big Brother Uncut would return after seventeen years, having last aired during the sixth season. The season ran for 25 days, the shortest civilian season in Big Brother Australia history.
The season ended in a pre-recorded finale, similar to Big Brother VIP, where three possible endings were filmed for each of the finalist ahead of time with the outcome of Australia's vote determining which was broadcast.https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/big-brothers-future-uncertain-on-channel-seven-after-ratings-disaster-211948934.html
International broadcast The season aired in New Zealand, with episodes being made available via TVNZ+ the day after their broadcast in Australia. The Uncut episodes were not made available.https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/big-brother-australia
Controversy The fifteenth season faced widespread backlash from viewers and long-time fans due to a major shift in format and casting. The season heavily emphasized dating and romantic interactions, featuring a cast primarily made up of young, model-like contestants. This pivot drew criticism for abandoning the show's traditional "social experiment" format in favour of a reality dating show aesthetic. Many fans accused the show of "selling out" and trying to imitate programs like Love Island, sacrificing the quirky, diverse personalities that had defined earlier seasons. The season recorded the lowest premiere ratings in Big Brother Australia history, with just 274,000 metro viewers tuning in, and was later moved to a later time slot due to poor performance. The finale fared even worse, drawing only 152,000 overnight viewers. As a result, the franchise was placed on hiatus, and the planned 2024 season was quietly scrapped. In 2024, Network 10 announced it had plans to revive Big Brother with the original format that focused more on social dynamics and public voting. This led to Channel Seven issuing a legal letter to Channel 10, as the network held the rights to Big Brother until mid-2025. Channel 10's version is slated to return in November 2025.
Housemates The housemates were revealed in October 2023 and were described by Seven Network as the "sexiest housemates in Australia". Name Age on entry Residence Day entered Day exited Result Tay & Ari Wilcoxson 23 & 20 Queensland 125 Louis Phillips 23 125 Mineé Marx 22 125 Taylah Davies 27 Victoria 124 Josh Everett 28 123 Dion Prasad 26 122 Lewis Beers 26 Victoria 122 Graciemae Sinclair 26 New South Wales 119 Teejay Halkias 26 5 19 Oli Walton 24 11 16 Jake Vella 25 Victoria 1 15 Maddi-Rose McGuire 19 11 15 Bella Sommers 25 5 12 Zach Davis 22 Victoria 1 9 Luke Hallinan 33 1 9 Annelise Drake 24 1 7 AnnaSophia Lambrou 30 New South Wales 15 Quan Ja 33 Victoria 1 3
Further appearances In 2025, Tay Wilcoxson competed on the American MTV series The Challenge: Vets & New Threats.
Teejay Halkias appeared on Married at First Sight.
King and Queen of the House Introduced on Day 2 was the title of "King and Queen of the House". The house will elect a King and a Queen, who will have access to the Suite.
WeekKingQueen1 Josh Tay2 Teejay Bella3 Louis Mineé4 Lewis Graciemae5 Josh Tay
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Voting history Key This housemate was nominated for eviction. This housemate was the nominating Housemate on this round. This housemate was immune from this round of eviction due to a twist. This housemate won the challenge and is immune for this round of eviction. This housemate was originally nominated but won a second chance and was thus saved from eviction.
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Reception
Viewership
This season returned with 274,000 metro viewers, which is half the viewers of last season premiere of 487,000. The second episode fared no better with only 213,000 viewers and losing another thousand viewers in episode three at 212,000. By the fourth episode, the season had dropped almost half of its premiere viewers with only 183,000. Due to low viewership, subsequent episodes were moved from 7:30 to the 8:30 timeslot from 13 November, with a double episode on the 15th. The season finale drew 152,000 viewers, down from season 14's 363,000 viewers.
Criticism
This season of Big Brother has been negatively received by viewers saying it resembles more a dating show than a social experiment. In particular, the season was unfavourablebly compared to Love Island, Married at First Sight, and the concurrently airing reboot of the British version. Criticism was also pointed to the lack of diversity – including the few People of Colour and the lack of LGBT participants.
Accolades Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result 2024TV Tonight Awards: Worst of 2023 Worst Aussie Show Big Brother https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/01/tv-tonight-awards-worst-of-2023.html Most Overexposed Sonia Kruger
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