Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 6

Big Brother (Australia) 2006 Housemates (with day of eviction)
Series 6
Name	Entered	Evicted/Exited/Isolated
Michael	22 April	The Insider (his eviction could occur at any time especially if he fails mission)
Camilla	22 April	30 April Isolated*
Gaelan Walker	22 April
Katie Hastings	22 April
Karen Forscutt	22 April
David Graham	22 April
Tilli Clapham	22 April
Dino	22 April
John	22 April
Anna	22 April	30 April Isolated*
Ashley Cox	22 April
Elise	22 April
Claire	22 April
Krystal Forscutt	22 April
Jamie Brooksby	22 April
List of past Big Brother Australia housemates * Fake eviction

The sixth series of the Australian Big Brother began on 22 April 2006.

Auditions for the current set of housemates were held in November and December 2005. The theme for the show is "smart, strong, and looking for a fight". Reports suggest that the show may be running for 17 weeks, a total of around 120 days, making it the longest season to date. Additions to the Big Brother formula for this series include:

• Viewers are able to vote for housemates they wish to see remain in the house, as well as those they wish to evict.
• A 'punishment room'. The full role it will play in the program's proceedings and the process by which punishments and sentences are to be handed-out is yet to be revealed.

The launch being aired the night of 23 April (a 24 hour delay). 2006 will also see the re-naming of Big Brother: Uncut to Big Brother: Adults Only. Template:Spoiler

One of the twists this season is that fellow housemates Karen and Krystal are mother and daughter. This was not revealed to the housemates until a week later. Because the housemates failed to uncover their secret, they were exempt from nominations in the first week.

Week 1 highlights

(up to and including Sunday night)

• Soon after entering the house, housemate Michael was issued with, and accepted, the challenge by Big Brother to act as a secret saboteur in the house. He is to play specific pranks at Big Brother's command, to work against and to annoy housemates, and to attempt to stymie the housemates' attempts to successfully complete assigned tasks. He must remain undetected in these strategies and must keep his role as saboteur secret or risk being put up for eviction.

• It was revealed to viewers that housemate David is actually gay, but had closeted himself to his fellow housemates. David came out on Wednesday 26 April.

• Gaelan wins the first Friday Night Live challenge, choosing runner-up Katie as his partner in the rewards room.

• Krystal revealed to the house that Karen is her mother.

• Housemates nominate for eviction, resulting in Anna and Camilla being sent to a "revenge room" in a fake early eviction.

• Sunday night nominations put Claire, Dino, Elise, Tilli and Michael up for eviction.

Week 2 highlights

• On May 2, the two isolated housemates, Anna and Camilla, were returned to the house in a special daily show entitled Big Brother: Revenge Room Return. Both have one weeks immunity from eviction.

Housemates

Contestant	From	Evicted	Notes
Michael	Sydney, New South Wales		Big Brother's "Insider", Michael's myspace [1]
Camilla	Melbourne, Victoria
Gaelan Walker	Melbourne, Victoria		Gaelan's modelling website [2]
Katie Hastings	Western Australia
Karen Forscutt	Batemans Bay, New South Wales		Known to be Krystal's biological mother
David Graham	Goondiwindi, Queensland		Revealed he was homosexual to other housemates on Day 4
Tilli Clapham	Adelaide, South Australia
Dino	Melbourne, Victoria
Michael Bric (John)	Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria		Michael's ("John's") myspace [3]
Anna	Frankston, Victoria
Michael Cox (Ashley)	Western Australia
Elise	Sydney, New South Wales
Claire	Gold Coast, Queensland		Claire's myspace [4]
Krystal Forscutt	Batemans Bay, New South Wales		Known to be Karen's biological daughter
Jamie Brooksby	Western Australia

Gina, a 28-year-old media designer from NSW was the sixteenth housemate but was a last minute withdrawal before the season began due to a diagnosis of glandular fever.