Big Brother (Australia)
Network Ten (ended 2008)
Cast & Crew
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Mike Goldman
Daily Show Narrator / Friday Night Live Host
Mike Goldman is an Australian entertainer known for his work with voiceovers, television presenting and acting. Mike is known for his recent work on the Australian Big Brother television series where he narrates the daily show and hosts Up Late. His performances on Up Late have earned him many fans. Mike is the son of Grant Goldman, a well established voiceover artist who is best known for being the "voice of State Rail" in NSW and the ground announcer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league team. Grant Goldman was also involved in announcing work for the Sydney Olympic Games.moreless -
Gretel Killeen
Host [Series 1-7]
Gretel Killeen is one of Australia's most naturally beautiful looking women. Behind her gorgeous eyes and lovely smile, you will find that she is an inspirational role model, intelligent, witty, funny, generous and that she is a great communicator. Gretel started off studying law but after leaving that she found the stand-up comedy world and found that it was the right place for her to be. Gretel found talent in voice-over work, which she still does today whenever she isn't in the Gold Coast for Big Brother. Gretel married at a young age but she divorced after having her second child. Since then Gretel has done radio work, more voice-over work, written more than 20 books, hosted Big Brother Australia, public speaking and most importantly done a lot of work for charities such as UNICEF which she became the ambassador for!moreless -
Sami Lukis
Big Brother Saturday Co-Host [Series 1]
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Mark Ferguson
New Zealand Host [Series 1 & Series 2 Specials]
Mark was born on 28 February 1961 in Sydney, Australia. He attended the NIDA [National Institute of Dramatic Arts] together with his friend Hugo Weaving, another future actor.
1981 they graduated from NIDA and Mark started his acting career. His had a part in the TV series Sons and Daughters, played alongside Michael York in the film The Far Country and starred in The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. He also portrayed the twin brothers Darryl and Damian Neilson in the popular New Zealand soap Shortland Street and had a stint in the award-winning animation short film When Ponds Freeze Over.
In 1994 he made his first appearance in Hercules- The Legendary Journeys, playing 'Prometheus' in Hercules and the Circle of Fire - a somewhat un-challenging role with nothing to say and nothing to do except sitting on a kind of throne. In the same year he continued this career as a Greek God, this time as 'Hades' in the TV movie Hercules in the Underworld. This was followed by many guest appearances in episodes of both Hercules - The Legendary Journeys and Xena - Warrior Princess. Also in that year, Mark and Jim McLarty founded their own production company 'Spontaneous Productions'.
Always fond of improvisation theatre, which is very popular in Australia, Mark was one of the founders of Theatresports in New Zealand, also developing many of their programmes. Later, in 1999, he produced and hosted the TV improv show Scared Scriptless.
In 1999/ 2000 Mark, like many of his fellow Kiwis, booked a role in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Two roles, actually, as he did not only play the Elvenking Gil Galad, but also filmed some scenes as the Witchking of Angmar. Unfortunately, the Witchking-material wasn't used in the end and even the several months of being an Elvenking resulted in nothing more but two short scenes, leading to the assertion that his credit-time would be longer than his screen-time. In 2001 audiences saw him as New Zealand-host of reality shows Big Brother and The Mole, followed by several TV Specials of Big Brother in 2001 and 2002. Also in 2001 Mark played Andrew Couch in the TV series Spin Doctors, a parody show set in an imaginative PR-agency.
One of Mark's specialities is his versatility. His work includes - apart from acting - business seminars, comedy shows, presentations for every sort of company event, commercials and much more. At the moment he focuses mostly on his business work. Mark is boss of his own company, Ovation Business Theatre, which has specialised on translating business messages into entertaining and remarkable events. Mark is based in Auckland.moreless -
Peter Abbott
Voice of Big Brother [Series 1-3]
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Kris Noble
Voice of Big Brother [Series 4-7]
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Bree Amer
Housemate [Series 4]/Friday Night Live Co-host [Series 5-8]
Bree Amer, known for her stint on Big Brother, was pratically born an entertainer. Performing in theatre restaurants around Australia, Bree got her first big break on the Australian reality show Big Brother. This proved successful as many good things followed. Big Brother was a blessing for Bree, as it proved a successful podium for her future talents. In her time in the house she fell for another housemate, kissed him for a football match, got wrongly evicted and came runner-up. After Big Brother, she stayed in the limelight of the reality show by co-hosting Friday Night Live, another Big Brother-associated show for the housemates to compete in, with former housemate Ryan Fitzgerald and Mike Goldman, a person heavily involved with Big Brother. This also spawned a spin-off, Friday Night Games, which she also co-hosted. She has been part of many other Channel Ten projects, normally with Mike and Ryan. But, devastating news came in 2006, when a doctor who noticed an unusually large bump on her neck during FNL advised her to let it get checked out. This resulted in her finding out she has thyroid cancer. After having two surgeries, the cancer is thought to have gone but she had radiation therapy to destroy any cancerous cells.moreless -
Ryan Fitzgerald
Housemate [Series 4]/Friday Night Live Co-host [Series 5-8]
Ryan Fitzgerald, born on October 16th, 1976, has became one of Australia's most recognizable media personalities. Ever since he was young, Ryan was a spectacular (Australian) footballer. This payed off in 2000 when he was recruited to professional AFL team Sydney Swans. Having played there, two years later he went over to Adelaide Crows. While at their club, he injured his leg/knee, forcing him into an early retirement from football. In 2004, he was chosen to take part in Big Brother Australia 2004, in which he came fourth and proved to be one of the most popular housemates to ever grace the Big Brother house. After Big Brother, Ryan completed many endorsements. He even started to co-host Friday Night Live and Friday Night Games (Big Brother project) with former BB housemate Bree Amer and Mike Goldman, Channel Ten all-rounder.moreless -
Jackie O
Host [Series 8]
Jackie O was born on January 31st 1975 and in a meteoritic career has established herself in mass media as a successful and high profile radio co-host and part time television presenter. Her radio career commenced in Adelaide in 1993 as Triple M's phone girl before being quickly promoted to cohost the Hot 30 Countdown alongside Kyle Sandilands. They now host the popular 'Drive time' slot from 4pm 7pm, broadcasting to over a million people weekly. Jackie O moved into television as host of the late night music program Ground Zero in 1997 for the Ten Network. This was quickly followed by a dominant role in three consecutive series of the docu-soap Popstars for the Seven Network. For series one, two and three of Popstars, Jackie was instrumental in selecting the band members of Bardot (2000), Scandal'us (2001) and soloist Scott Cain (2002). Jackie O is one of very few females in Australia to juggle and enjoy the demanding roles of a successful career in radio and television.moreless -
Kyle Sandilands
Host [Series 8]
Kyle has made his living as one half of a radio duo on 2day fm, with partner Jackie O. He started off on the Saturday night Hot 30, and has now moved up to the Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show, which airs on 104.1 every weekday morning. As well as this, he makes up one-fourth of the judge panel on the show Australian Idol.moreless -
Leon Murray
Voice of Big Brother [Series 8]
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Terri Munro
Housemate [Series 8]
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Rory Ammon
Housemate [Series 8]
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Ben McCallum
Housemate [Series 8]
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Travis Gilyana
Housemate [Series 8]
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Alice Redwood
Housemate [Series 8]
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Ed Cherry
Cherry - Intruder Housemate [Series 8]
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Brigitte Stavaruk
Housemate [Series 8]
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Bianca Benigno
Housemate [Series 8]
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Terrence Hardie
Intruder Housemate [Series 8]
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Nobuyuki Tanaka (II)
Nobbi - Housemate [Series 8]
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Rhianna Baxter
Intruder Housemate [Series 8]
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Renee Black
Housemate [Series 8]
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Dixie Crawford
Housemate [Series 8]
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Nathan Strempel
Gatecrasher Housemate [Series 8]
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David Tchappat
Housemate [Series 8]
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Rebecca Morgan
Housemate [Series 8]
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Saxon Pepper
Housemate [Series 8]
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Craig Barnett (II)
Barney - Gatecrasher Housemate [Series 8]
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Michael Crafter
Gatecrasher Housemate [Series 8]
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