# Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 3

Big Brother 2003, also known as Big Brother 3, was the third season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother. The season lasted 86 days, starting on 27 April 2003 and ending on 21 July 2003. The season was the most complicated to date with housemates starting in two separate houses - a "round house" and a "square house". Housemate Benjamin Archbold was sent in first and spent the entire first day by himself. Other housemates were progressively admitted. On Night 22, all Housemates were locked into their respective bedrooms and a construction crew spent the night merging the two houses and revealing the hidden swimming pool and kitchen that had been in between the two smaller houses. Housemates were released into their new combined house on the morning of Day 23. Later in the day, a bathroom linking the two bedrooms was revealed.
In the Square house (which was on the right of the compound) were Belinda, Jaime, Irena, Carlo and Claire with Vincent and Saxon joining later in the week. After Ben entered the Round house on Day 1, Joanne, Regina, Chrissie, Daniel, Patrick and Leah were progressively admitted over the first week. The cameras were completely hidden for the first time in this season. Previously some cameras were visible to housemates and at times housemates were aware of the camera tracking their movements. On Day 68, Anouska Golebiewski who was the first to be evicted from Big Brother UK 4 series showing at the time, was brought in for a little over a week. The winner of season 3 was Regina Bird. Regina earned public admiration with her down-to-earth charm and work ethic. Chrissie Swan was the runner-up for the season and has excelled as an entertainment and media personality since. At the time of broadcast, Bird and Swan were the first final two housemates in any worldwide Big Brother franchise to have both been women. Bird was the first female winner of the show.

## New programs

Two new shows were introduced:
* UpLate hosted by Mike Goldman. Mike Goldman was best known for doing the voiceovers in the daily show. UpLate was broadcast late at night showing live vision from the house with minimal editing.
* The Insider hosted by Tim Ferguson was a panel-type show with additional gossip and discussion about the show. Frequently the week's evicted housemate would be one of the show's guests.

## Opening sequence

The Tower of Terror is displayed, and the logos of Dreamworld, Big Brother Australia, Network Ten and a map of Australia turns into a housemate-selection machine. We go through the orange bedroom, through the blue bathroom for a shower, through to the blue control room, to the edit section where footage from the diary room is being edited to be shown on the Big Brother Australia yellow stage. We then go to the purple kitchen, and three housemates are up for nomination the red housemate gets the most votes. The pink dining room is broadcast to a person on the internet at home. After 85 days, a winner is selected.

## Incidents

An incident of Big Brother 2003 involved housemate Belinda Thorpe in what was later dubbed "Belindagate". After a night of drinking, an intoxicated Belinda confided in housemate Carlo that her younger sibling had been involved in the murder of a homosexual man. The information was not immediately revealed by Belinda as she whispered it to Carlo and house microphones did not pick it up, however after she left the room Carlo passed the information on to the other housemates.
The incident sparked a legal crisis for Endemol Southern Star and Network Ten as the identification of a minor involved in a court trial is illegal in Queensland, where Big Brother is produced. Within seconds of the information being revealed the live Internet feeds were cut and left blank for several hours. Users watching the feeds began discussing the incident on the official website discussion boards. Moderators began deleting these messages but could not keep up with the large amount being posted and eventually the messages boards were closed down. They were re-opened for a short period before being closed again permanently. As a result, there were no official message boards during the following 2004 series.
The information spread out to unofficial Big Brother websites and several days later the show producers acknowledged the incident. An edited version of the nights events was shown on Big Brother Uncut, except in Queensland where it was cut entirely. Brett Jensen, the 15th original housemate (a policeman) left lockdown before Big Brother 3 began. Tamara, a travel agent and the 16th housemate, appeared on the Launch show but did not enter the house as she was a decoy for the public. Both were from Queensland.

## Housemates

| Name | Age | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
| Regina Bird | 29 | 3 | 86 | Winner |
| Chrissie Swan | 29 | 4 | 86 | Runner-up |
| Daniel McInnes | 28 | 4 | 85 | Evicted |
| Patrick Flanagan | 29 | 3 | 78 | Evicted |
| Vincent Amato | 29 | 2 | 71 | Evicted |
| Jamie O'Brien | 22 | 37 | 64 | Evicted |
| Daniel "Saxon" Small | 19 | 5 | 57 | Evicted |
| Kim Drury | 21 | 37 | 57 | Evicted |
| Joanne Ashton | 23 | 2 | 50 | Evicted |
| Claire Bellis | 24 | 1 | 43 | Evicted |
| Benjamin "Ben" Archbold | 28 | 1 | 36 | Evicted |
| Belinda Thorpe | 20 | 1 | 31 | Walked |
| Leah White | 18 | 5 | 29 | Evicted |
| Carlo Melino | 21 | 1 | 22 | Evicted |
| Jaime Cerda | 18 | 1 | 19 | Evicted |
| Irena Bukhshtaber | 29 | 1 | 15 | Evicted |

### Future appearances

Regina Bird returned to compete again on Big Brother 14, and won, making Regina the first player of Big Brother Australia to win twice.

## Nominations Table

The first housemate in each box was nominated for two points, and the second housemate was nominated for one point.
* Housemates living in the round house
* Housemates living in the square house
| | | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 12 | Nomination points received |
| | | To evict | To stay | Nominations | Intruder Eviction | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Day 85 | Finale | Nomination points received |
| | Regina | Leah Joanne | Patrick Daniel | Leah Daniel | Nominated | Vincent Leah | Vincent Joanne | Joanne Vincent | Joanne Daniel | Saxon Chrissie | Jamie Patrick | Vincent Patrick | Daniel Patrick | No nominations | Winner (Day 86) | 16 |
| | Chrissie | Leah Ben | Daniel Regina | Leah Ben | Jaime | Leah Patrick | Ben Saxon | Claire Saxon | Regina Saxon | Vincent Patrick | Vincent Patrick | Vincent Patrick | Patrick Regina | No nominations | Runner-Up (Day 86) | 21 |
| | Daniel | Leah Patrick | Chrissie Ben | Ben Leah | Jaime | Leah Saxon | Ben Vincent | Saxon Vincent | Joanne Patrick | Vincent Saxon | Patrick Vincent | Patrick Vincent | Patrick Regina | No nominations | Evicted (Day 85) | 35 |
| | Patrick | Leah Chrissie | Joanne Regina | Leah Chrissie | Claire | Leah Daniel | Ben Belinda | Saxon Chrissie | Saxon Chrissie | Saxon Chrissie | Chrissie Jamie | Chrissie Regina | Chrissie Regina | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | 26 |
| | Vincent | Saxon Irena | Carlo Belinda | Belinda Carlo | Regina | Belinda Daniel | Ben Regina | Daniel Saxon | Chrissie Regina | Patrick Kim | Jamie Patrick | Regina Chrissie | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | 26 |
| Jamie | Jamie | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Kim Vincent | Daniel Vincent | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | Evicted (Day 64) | 9 |
| | Saxon | Vincent Jaime | Carlo Claire | Jaime Belinda | Jaime | Belinda Daniel | Belinda Chrissie | Patrick Daniel | Daniel Regina | Jamie Kim | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | 21 |
| Kim | Kim | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Exempt | Jamie Vincent | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | 4 |
| | Joanne | Leah Daniel | Patrick Chrissie | Leah Daniel | Jaime | Leah Daniel | Ben Daniel | Daniel Claire | Daniel Regina | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | 9 |
| | Claire | Saxon Belinda | Carlo Vincent | Belinda Jaime | Nominated | Belinda Daniel | Belinda Ben | Daniel Saxon | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | 9 |
| | Ben | Leah Chrissie | Patrick Regina | Daniel Chrissie | Nominated | Daniel Belinda | Chrissie Belinda | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | 17 |
| | Belinda | Vincent Carlo | Jaime Claire | Carlo Vincent | Claire | Saxon Leah | Saxon Ben | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | Walked (Day 31) | 22 |
| | Leah | Ben Daniel | Patrick Regina | Daniel Ben | Ben | Daniel Joanne | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | 19 |
| | Carlo | Vincent Belinda | Claire Irena | Belinda Jaime | Jaime | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | 13 |
| | Jaime | Saxon Carlo | Vincent Claire | Carlo Belinda | Nominated | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | Evicted (Day 19) | 6 |
| | Irena | Belinda Vincent | Carlo Claire | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | Evicted (Day 15) | 1 |
| Notes | Notes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | |
| Against public vote | Against public vote | Belinda, Ben, Irena, Leah, Saxon | Belinda, Ben, Irena, Leah, Saxon | Belinda, Carlo, Daniel, Leah | Ben, Claire, Jaime, Regina | Belinda, Daniel, Leah | Belinda, Ben, Chrissie, Saxon, Vincent | Claire, Daniel, Saxon | Daniel, Joanne, Regina | Chrissie, Daniel, Jamie, Kim, Patrick Regina, Saxon, Vincent | Jamie, Patrick, Vincent | Chrissie, Patrick, Regina, Vincent | Chrissie, Daniel, Patrick, Regina | Chrissie, Daniel, Regina | Chrissie, Regina | |
| Walked | Walked | none | none | none | none | none | Belinda | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | |
| Evicted | Evicted | Irena 33% to evict | Irena 33% to evict | Carlo 66% to evict | Jaime 5 of 9 votes to evict | Leah 41% to evict | Ben 73% to evict | Claire 60% to evict | Joanne 86% to evict | Kim 29.07% to evict | Jamie 50% to evict | Vincent 62% to evict | Patrick 50% to evict | Daniel 51% to evict | Chrissie 72% to evict | |
| Evicted | Evicted | Irena 33% to evict | Irena 33% to evict | Carlo 66% to evict | Jaime 5 of 9 votes to evict | Leah 41% to evict | Ben 73% to evict | Claire 60% to evict | Joanne 86% to evict | Saxon 18.83% to evict | Jamie 50% to evict | Vincent 62% to evict | Patrick 50% to evict | Daniel 51% to evict | Chrissie 72% to evict | |
| Saved | Saved | Ben 32% Leah 22% Belinda 8% Saxon 5% | Ben 32% Leah 22% Belinda 8% Saxon 5% | Leah 15% Belinda 12% Daniel 7% | Claire 2 votes Ben 1 vote Regina 1 vote | Belinda 35% Daniel 24% | Vincent 8% Chrissie 8% Saxon 7% Belinda 4% | Saxon 28% Daniel 12% | Daniel 9% Regina 5% | Chrissie Daniel Jamie Patrick Regina Vincent | Vincent 31% Patrick 19% | ? 20% ? 10% ? 8% | ? 22% ? 20% ? 8% | Chrissie Regina | Regina 28% to evict | |