# Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 4

Big Brother 2004, also known as Big Brother 4, was the fourth season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother, and was aired on Network Ten, starting on Sunday 2 May 2004, with the housemates entering the day before, and ended on Monday 26 July 2004, lasting 86 days. The season was billed as "back to basics, but with one small secret". In a return to the basic format of Big Brother 1 and Big Brother 2 that had been eschewed in favour of twists and surprises in Big Brother 3, all housemates were let into the house together and former surprise elements such as swimming pools and gym equipment were all exposed from the beginning.
The only main twist of the series was the prize money - which was raised from $250,000 to $1,000,000, but this was kept hidden from housemates until later in the season. Evicted housemates also received larger prizes than any season before, with every evictee receiving a top of the range Mitsubishi Lancer VR-X.
Two Intruders entered the house later in the game, and Miriam Rivera, the transgender star of the show There's Something About Miriam, entered as a houseguest near the end. The two Intruders were some of the least liked in all the four seasons, with Violeta being chosen for eviction by every single housemate, and then Monica, who already had a boyfriend outside, immediately started falling for Ryan, and she and Bree developed rivalry towards each other. When Monica was finally up for eviction, she was evicted with a large percentage of the votes. Mid-season, the housemates were able to see the unofficial premiere of The Day After Tomorrow.
The final contestants in 2004 were Bree Amer and Trevor Butler. Trevor won, and then proposed to his girlfriend on stage. The winner announced of the finale was watched by 2.864 million Australian viewers.

## Opening sequence

The opening sequence was similar to the 2003 opening sequence with some minor sound changes. The background colour is more gradient than the previous season. A scene of a green backyard appears between the diary room and kitchen scenes. The diary room chair is orange instead of red, and the evicted housemate in the titles was changed to blue. Lastly the 84 days was changed to the series 86 days. The theme also was slightly remixed with the introduction of a guitar component.

## Housemates

| Name | Age | Day entered | Day exited | Result |
| Trevor Butler | 30 | 0 | 86 | Winner |
| Bree Amer | 21 | 0 65 | 64 86 | Runner-up |
| Paul Dyer | 31 | 0 | 85 | Evicted |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | 27 | 0 | 83 | Evicted |
| Catherine Tremolada | 33 | 0 | 78 | Evicted |
| Ashalea McWalters | 19 | 0 | 71 | Evicted |
| Monica de Balso | 32 | 55 | 71 | Evicted |
| Wesley Dening | 20 | 0 | 68 | Evicted |
| Violeta Black | 20 | 55 | 59 | Evicted |
| Kane Dignum | 20 | 0 | 57 | Evicted |
| Terri Mann | 31 | 0 | 50 | Evicted |
| Merlin Luck | 23 | 0 | 43 | Evicted |
| Elle Quartermaine | 22 | 0 | 36 | Evicted |
| Krystal Ince | 20 | 0 | 29 | Evicted |
| Igor Vurmeski | 27 | 0 | 22 | Evicted |
| Aphrodite Vuitton | 25 | 0 | 15 | Evicted |

## Nominations Table

The first Housemate in each box was Nominated for Two Points, and the second Housemate was Nominated for One Point.
| | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 12 | Week 12 | Nominations points received |
| | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Intruders | Nominations | Week 10 | Week 11 | Day 83 | Day 85 | Finale | Nominations points received |
| Trevor | Igor Terri | Igor Paul | Paul Ashalea | Paul Ashalea | Merlin Paul | Terri Ashalea | Wesley Ashalea | Violeta | Paul Ashalea | No nominations | Paul Catherine | Paul Bree | No nominations | Winner (Day 86) | 10 |
| Bree | Terri Igor | Terri Igor | Terri Kane | Terri Paul | Terri Paul | Wesley Ryan | Kane Paul | Violeta | Paul Wesley | No nominations | Paul Ryan | Paul Ryan | No nominations | Runner-Up (Day 86) | 24 |
| Paul | Aphrodite Igor | Elle Merlin | Merlin Krystal | Elle Trevor | Merlin Catherine | Ashalea Catherine | Trevor Bree | Violeta | Trevor Bree | No nominations | Trevor Ryan | Ryan Trevor | No nominations | Evicted (Day 85) | 37 |
| Ryan | Igor Aphrodite | Igor Terri | Krystal Terri | Terri Ashalea | Catherine Terri | Bree Terri | Ashalea Bree | Violeta | Ashalea Paul | No nominations | Catherine Bree | Bree Paul | Evicted (Day 83) | Evicted (Day 83) | 17 |
| Catherine | Ashalea Igor | Igor Terri | Paul Ashalea | Paul Terri | Merlin Trevor | Terri Ryan | Kane Ryan | Violeta | Paul Ashalea | No nominations | Ryan Bree | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | Evicted (Day 78) | 15 |
| Ashalea | Igor Paul | Elle Merlin | Elle Trevor | Elle Kane | Merlin Kane | Wesley Kane | Wesley Ryan | Violeta | Ryan Catherine | No nominations | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | 40 |
| Monica | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Nominated | Ashalea Bree | No nominations | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | Evicted (Day 71) | N/A |
| Wesley | Aphrodite Krystal | Ashalea Krystal | Ashalea Bree | Elle Ashalea | Bree Catherine | Bree Catherine | Ashalea Catherine | Violeta | Ryan Catherine | Evicted (Day 68) | Evicted (Day 68) | Evicted (Day 68) | Evicted (Day 68) | Evicted (Day 68) | 9 |
| Violeta | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Not in House | Nominated | Ashalea Bree | Evicted (Day 59) | Evicted (Day 59) | Evicted (Day 59) | Evicted (Day 59) | Evicted (Day 59) | N/A |
| Kane | Elle Catherine | Krystal Elle | Krystal Terri | Elle Terri | Ashalea Catherine | Ashalea Terri | Bree Ashalea | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | Evicted (Day 57) | 11 |
| Terri | Igor Catherine | Igor Bree | Merlin Krystal | Bree Ryan | Bree Ashalea | Ashalea Kane | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | Evicted (Day 50) | 37 |
| Merlin | Igor Terri | Igor Terri | Paul Terri | Paul Terri | Paul Terri | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | Evicted (Day 43) | 15 |
| Elle | Igor Kane | Igor Terri | Ashalea Krystal | Ashalea Ryan | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | Evicted (Day 36) | 19 |
| Krystal | Igor Aphrodite | Igor Terri | Terri Merlin | 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) | Evicted (Day 29) | Evicted (Day 29) | 13 |
| Igor | Krystal Ashalea | Elle Kane | 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) | Evicted (Day 22) | Evicted (Day 22) | 32 |
| Aphrodite | Terri Paul | 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) | Evicted (Day 15) | 6 |
| Nomination note | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | | , | | none | none | none | none | |
| Against public vote | Aphrodite, Igor, Terri | Elle, Igor, Terri | Ashalea, Krystal, Paul, Terri | Elle, Paul, Terri | Bree, Catherine, Merlin, Paul, Terri | Ashalea, Bree, Terri, Wesley | Ashalea, Bree, Kane, Wesley | Monica, Violeta | Ashalea, Bree, Catherine, Paul, Ryan, Trevor, Wesley | All Housemates | Catherine, Paul, Ryan | Bree, Paul, Ryan | Bree, Paul, Trevor | Bree, Trevor | |
| Evicted | Aphrodite 45% to evict | Igor 47% to evict | Krystal 41% to evict | Elle 36% to evict | Merlin 46% to evict | Terri 41% to evict | Kane 36% to evict | Violeta 7 of 7 votes to evict | Bree falsely evicted | Monica 43% (out of 7) to evict | Catherine 41% to evict | Ryan 37% to evict | Paul Most votes to evict | Bree Most votes to evict | |
| Evicted | Aphrodite 45% to evict | Igor 47% to evict | Krystal 41% to evict | Elle 36% to evict | Merlin 46% to evict | Terri 41% to evict | Kane 36% to evict | Violeta 7 of 7 votes to evict | Wesley 23.3% to evict | Ashalea 24% (out of 6) to evict | Catherine 41% to evict | Ryan 37% to evict | Paul Most votes to evict | Bree Most votes to evict | |
| Saved | Igor 35% Terri 20% | Terri 35% Elle 18% | Paul 32% Terri 21% Ashalea 6% | Terri 34% Paul 30% | ??? 19% ??? 18% ??? 13% ??? 4% | ??? 24% ??? 21% ??? 14% | ??? 28% ??? 19% ??? 17% | Monica 0 of 7 votes | Bree 18.4% ??? 17.4% ??? 15.4% ??? 14.2% ??? 7.4% ??? 3.9% | ??? 22% ??? 21% ??? 16% ??? 14% ??? 3% | ??? 33% ??? 26% | ??? 35% ??? 28% | Bree Trevor | Trevor Fewest votes to evict | |