December 6, 2023 • 24 mins
On today’s podcast, I have the winners of Big Brother Australia. This week we saw Tay and Ari take out the 2023 competition in a very well documented pre-recorded finale, that saw Australia vote in the sisters over loved up competition Louis and Minee!
In a nail biting Grand-Finale that had Australian viewers the most uncertain of their winner in the shows 22 year history... we saw siblings win for a 2nd time - not seen since the Logan twins in 2005 - Which even I had no bloody clue would win and thought Louis would win! Shows you what I know?
Both girls proved to be quite popular and powerful inside the house. They found love and made friendships proving the strongest connections was their ticket to winning Big Brother's game.
Big Brother focused in on love this series and while that did polarised the audience this year the experiment was still fascinating to see how a house full of potential singles would use their romantic relationships to get them to the end.
- I will ask the girls about their relationships with Teejay and Josh and find out where they currently stand with both boys now the show is over!
- We will unpack the pre-recorded finale and add further speculation to my theory that the first filmed winner when prerecording multiple endings is in fact always the actual winner!
- The girls will reveal if being Tik Tok famous helped them win and if Australian Reality-TV is still appealing to content creators like themselves who can find broader audiences on larger and more lucrative social media platforms.
Plus we will get plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes of that ‘Big Brother finale.’ Which you can catch up on - on ‘Seven Plus.’ Also the exclusive home of Big Brother Uncut!
Anyway, let’s bring Tay and Ari into the podcast and guys I think today’s podcast is actually the most compelling and informative chat I have recorded this season!! So buckle up as we celebrate this years winners time in the house!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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comment on your chosen podcast platform. On today's podcast, I
have the winners of Big Brother Australia twenty twenty three.
This week we saw Tay and Ari take out the
competition in a very well documented pre recorded finale that
saw Australia vote in the sisters over loved competitors Louis
and Manet. In a nail biden grand finale that had
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Australian viewers the most uncertain of their winner in the
show's twenty two year history. We saw siblings win for
the second time, not seen since the Logan Twins in
two thousand and five. Even I had no bloody clue
and thought that Louis would probably win, so shows you
what I know. Both girls proved to be quite popular
and powerful inside the house. They fell in love and
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made friendships, proving the strongest connections was the ticket to
the finale. Big Brother Australia focused in on love this season,
and while that did polarize its audience, the experiment was
still fascinating to see how a houseful of potential singles
would use their relationships to get them to the end.
I will ask the girls about their relationship with TJ
and Josh and find out where they stand with the boys.
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Now the show is over, we will unpack the pre
recorded finale and add further speculation to my theory that
the first filmed winner when pre recording multiple endings is
in fact always is the actual winner. The girls will
reveal of being TikTok famous help them win the show
and if Australian reality TV is still appealing to the
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content creators who can find broader audiences on larger and
more lucrative social media platforms. Plus, we will get plenty
of exclusives from behind the scenes of that Big Brother finale,
which you can now catch up on on seven Plus,
also the exclusive home of Big Brother and Kat, which
was a welcome return to the series. Let's bring Tay
and Ari into the podcast and guys, I think today's
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chat is actually the most compelling and informative chat that
I've recorded for Big Brother this season. So buckle up
as we celebrate this year's winner's time in the house.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Hi, Hi, sorry, just connected for us.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Then it's muted. We can't hear.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I coup believe how beautiful the two of you look
this morning. I thought you'd be hungover, you'd be out celebrating,
and you look like supermodels.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah. Last night we had excited. Couple of wives were like,
you got to keep it together for today.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Did mum and dad and say, guys go to bed.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
You know, I think we went a better round. I'd say, too,
wish Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And you look back and we got up.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I know, we're depically rushing, quickly, rushing, ready to say,
oh I loved it, and I was so tired and
I was going to smash the interviews out.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I don't. I think we couldn't sleep. We're too excited.
We literally the adrenaline was just running out. It was
so hard to get to sleep last night.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Did you guys this seems like a really strange question
to ask, who was it in your mind that was
going to win when that finale was recorded?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Do you know what?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
When we did it, obviously we had no idea or
who was going to win. We just knew who was
in the top three. But seeing the show, I think
it made it so hard to know who was actually
going to win. So I feel like we were quite
played evenly, if that makes sense. I feel like, you know,
there wasn't really stand up out of us three compared
to each other. So and then you know, we were
like stalking the comments, you know, the last day, we're
like we're voting, like you know, where's it going? And
it was so like Maney Louis sisters are so even
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So at the time.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
When we were standing there, we obnestly had no idea.
We'd all been through a bit of controversy and like
all thinking to each other, we don't know who's going
to win. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It was.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It was really our situation where it was so good.
I'm so glad we came around the win.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, I'm so happy for the two of you. I mean,
it was so exciting for you guys to get the win.
There was a lot of talk last night on all
the social media forums about the fact that the show
was pre recorded, which everyone knew that that's why they
that's how they make reality shows these days. I mean,
marka been doing that for fifteen seasons. However, what was
the order that they filmed it in? And I have
a I'm trying to put together a dorser on this
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because everyone I speak to on pre recorded finales, the
people that record their's first always end up being the winner.
Were you the first to record your finale ending?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I think about that. Yeah we did, Yeah, we did
go first. But I think on the show last night
they asked us last, I think, but we actually recorded
it first.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, I think I think the order was last last night.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, you think. Having a fairly substantial following on social media,
like being TikTok famous, you know that kind of thing.
Does that help with the voting? Were you able to
campaign by using that sort of following to get you
to the win last night?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah? So it's actually crazy for us because with our
TikTok tiktoks, that was our biggest platform. But our TikTok
follow is not Australian, so we actually in that when
it came to that, it didn't help us at all
because I don't.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Really post anything on our TikTok. I think we may
have posted one one or two video and like they
honestly had no traction at all. We haven't been posting
on our TikTok, so we honestly had none of our
TikTok following on board.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Because obviously, like we have a massive like UK and
the big US following, so obviously that doesn't help when
it comes to Australian voting. So we really just had
like family friends. So yeah, it was really word of mouth.
Like all of our friends, like close friends, they would
posted all of their stories. Our brother is rugby club
that watched them every Saturday.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's all it takes. When your sisters look like this
the rugby club. They goin to vote and you're going
to one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Honestly, really awesome to see who literally would like put
us on their Facebook pages on honestly everything. Our little
cousins from Byron Bay. They were asking their ballet schools
and everything, and I was like, it's the cutest thing ever.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So yeah, I think word of mouth.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Biggest thing I heard that you guys live. Do you
live in Kumera in Queensland? Is that where you guys
are from? That was the original home of Big Brother.
I actually coincidentally was in Kumra last week and I
didn't I'm not famous at all from my Big Brother
time ten eleven years ago. But I was in Kumra
and I walked through that westfield and I was like
mobbed by people, and so I was wondering whether or
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not is Big Brother in Kumra's DNA like, because that's
where it used to be the home of it.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Might be you never know.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well, we actually went to was field the other day
and everyone was like coming up to us and I
was said, oh my god, I didn't be anyone.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Who would ever noticed us. Yeah, so maybe maybe it's
just that Westfield really big Brother fans.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
They were quite warped though with some of the questions
they were asking me, Like they were like, what was
it like to live with Chrissy Swan? And I was like,
you know, she was fourteen years before me, she wasn't
in my series, and they're like, yeah, but what was
she like? And I'm like, sure, she's lovely. I loved
that funny that they feel like they have that kind
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of ownership over it. But I was wanting to ask
about young people these days, and I sound like a
boomer saying it like this, but is there an attraction
when you've already got so much attention and following from
being on TikTok and having all of this to be
on reality television? I mean, do young people still watch
reality television and want to go on shows like this
when they already have such a substantial following.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Yeah, I feel like it's probably different for every single person.
I think definitely for us, it was just a very
spontaneous you know what, we got asked, so we may
as well doing if we've got asked to be your
sisters as well, so we're like, obviously, let's do it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Actually, reality is such a hit and missing these things
because a lot of people don't actually watch it. I
don't think the younger crowd doesn't really watch it as
much unless you're like, you know, for example, on a
Netflix show or you know that type of thing. So
I think for us, for example, you know, coming off
the show, we didn't gain massive followings, we didn't anything
like that. Does that make sense? I feel like back
in the day, I feel like you definitely TV was
a massive thing where now it's not.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Back in the day it was a big thing, but
I think now it's not as much of a big thing.
And yeah, I'm not too sure.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
I just think people will be like, why would I
go on a reality show off, I'm not going to
get any followers, you know that, it's not going to
lead to becoming additionally Insta famous or whatever. It's not
going to add to it. So I can't see that
the because back in the day there was no Instagram,
there was no social media. So people go on shows
like this and they would be really successful, really famous.
And these days you can go on a reality show
at it can finish and the next day you can
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walk down the street and people be like, I don't
know how that is. So I just wonder whether young
people would want to go on reality TV anymore.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, I don't know. I feel like maybe something that
will fizzle out down the track. I don't know, but
you know, it's still going good now, which is good,
and we've got on while we.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Could and it pays well, right, Yes, okay, definitely. You know,
do you think it was interesting that a couple or
should I say a romance didn't come out on top?
You know, considering this series was House of Love. We
did see a couple that was still together in that finale,
however they didn't win.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah. I definitely think being the House of Love, he
thought there might have been some kind of twist where
it was like a couple can win or do you know,
but I mean young, it's very strange the couple didn't
come out on top. I guess it was just it
really was like the old Big Brother. It was just
picking people off.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, it's really quite interesting. You guys were pretty ruthless
with your decision making, one thing being TJ being put
up for eviction, and even your decision to have an
all girl finale that had Josh not really included in
your final plan. Do you think that you were as
ruthless as Money and as Louis.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I think if you're watching from a TV because spective
from what they've shown, it looks like we were very ruthless,
But I don't think we definitely. Oh, it's kind of
hard because with us, we always voted on our own accord.
Sometimes I would match up with everyone else's votes, but
at the same time, we would always have our own.
We were just voting we wanted to vote. So I
feel like we obviously were friends with me with Monae
and Lawie in the house, very close to them as well.
So I feel like, you know, I voted sometimes match up,
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but I don't think we were as ruthless, if that
makes sense, Like.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We were, but people could think we were ruthless. I
think with Manet, they kind of just had a plan
of getting themselves always to the top three already them too,
And I think with me and Tay, we were just
kind of riding the way, like we knew where the
votes were going, Oh, we knew, Like, how do I
explain it?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Like we I think you're trying to say, like, yeah,
it's kind of hard. Because TV is very different to
how it actually was, so totally we did vote people
out in there. I think I think our tent behind
the voting was a lot more genuine than what this show.
I think they were a bit more resident that way.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Okay, yeah, because I mean they did seem to play
very hard, and you know, they kind of manipulated their
way to the end. Is it worth playing that hard
when you'll put up for the public vote, because the
public doesn't seem to vote for strategy like they would
in a jury council on Survivor, do you know what
I mean? Like in a jury council, if all of
you as housemates, if Big Brother were to vote for
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a winner, they would normally vote for who had the
best strategic game, the best manipulation. However, with this show,
it is like Survivor. But then at the end the
public votes, and I feel like the public still vote
the way that they did back in two thousand and one.
Do you know what I mean? They just picked the
nicest person, the person they love the most. So I
was curious to know about whether you think it's worth
manipulating everyone to get to a finale if the public
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aren't going to vote for you, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
What it's I don't think it's yeah. I think it's
very hard because I think if you know, say, for example,
that Gracey May was a big player this year, so
us putting up in that chair, we've got a lot
of backlash for that. So I feel like, you know,
you do have to be careful. Like I guess, like
when you're in the house, you don't know who's going
to be a fan favorite, so you're just voting with
how you think. But then when you watch it back,
it's like you do kind of have to be careful
with how you vote because I one wrong move that
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one hundred thousand dollars could not be yours at all.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Well, when doing these elimination chats, I have been able
to talk to the housemates, and the housemates did say,
you know, the sisters really went hard to get Gracie
May out of the show, like they they hung on
to that point, and clearly that's what you did. But
if you look at the way this show unfolded, do
you think if Gracie May had been in that finale
with you girls, we would have had the same result,
or do you think that Gracie May might have won.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Oh, I think definitely. I think she would have definitely
been a favorite. And I think she was such She's
such a big Big Brother fan, Like, she knew exactly
what she was doing. She knew how to play the game,
she knew how to play with the cameras with Big Brother.
She was really good at it. And you know, kudos
to her. She did an amazing job at you know,
making good television. But I think even with the voting,
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a lot of people wanted her out of the house.
At this point. It wasn't even just me and Tate.
There was a lot of other people and Tay and
I sometimes would just sway with the house would be like, okay,
if everyone wants her gone, then we'll vote as well.
So never was just me and Tay that wanted her
so badly gone as people have same.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yeah, I think it just worked because we prep in
the chair, but then you know, they came out, the
whole house had to vote.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yeah, So what I think is, you know, yes, we
put her up, but the whole house voted her out.
We didn't get the vote. I always think that, But yeah, no,
she she had amazing on the show, and I think
she was a great.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Girl and she made she's so good. But you girls
are fun. Like, it's so great meeting all of everyone
from the house. Like you'll have an impression of people
watching the show because it's stylized and edited and you're
kind of are made to have polarizing opinions of people.
But every housemate that's come out, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting
because everyone's so lovely and I can understand why watching
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the show now and reading between the lines, that there
really was a lot of love in that house and it.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Was I think that's the reason why it was so
hard to vote people and putting people up. People got
really offended because we all really loved each other, Like
it was so hard to be like, oh my god,
who are we going to put up next?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Or are you going to be next?
Speaker 3 (13:21):
And I think people took it really personal as well,
because we all had so much love.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, I think it was actually scared to see how
close we actually all were, and I don't think they
ever showed that on TV.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
I think that was the biggest surprise for me, as
well as how much we all got along really well,
Like they did show the drama, but behind all the drama.
There was a lot of love and you know, connections,
so it was really good.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
So we need to really talk about the boyfriends, because
you both had boyfriends in the show, Like you got
your found fellas, good looking fellas, well done. But what
I found interesting was that you know, you guys did
sort of have something to do with both of those
boys leaving the show. Did that affect the way in
which you tried to have a relationship with those boys
once the show finished, because I could imagine if you'd
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booted me off Big Brother, I'd imagine if my partner
booted me off Big Brother. I don't know if I'm
making breakfast in bed. You know, it's a hard one.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
And I think when it got to that stage, I
think that they all knew that it was coming down
to very gameplay, if that makes sense, So like, yeah, obviously,
I think when I watched it back, I'm like, you
know what, that shouldn't have happened. I think we got
so caught up in the gameplay towards the end of it.
You know, you're starting to think with their heads more
than we're thinking with their hearts, and like they were
all very chill, so for like you know, we were like, oh,
they won't take it to heart. Yeah, But if it
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was the other way around, I feel like I'd be like, yeah,
I'm not seeing you on the outside round you were done?
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Is there a deleted scene though? On your rational with TJ?
The TJ one really got me. I was like, I'm
in love. I've just been seeing kissing this one and
I'm having such a good time. And next minute, you
guys get to choose who is being eliminated, and you're like,
I know who we should pick. We should pick my boyfriend.
And it's like, why would you do that? There were
so many other housemates that you could have chosen. What
was going through your minds?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Yes, so obviously the house nums, you know, everyone picked
two people to put up for nomination, and at the time,
I personally was wanting to put up a few of
the bigger names in the house, say Louis Lewis.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, I think our vote was going on Louie Lewis.
And we took it to the diary room. Obviously, we
took it tend. We knew that a lot of the
house wanted TJ gone, So when we went in there,
we actually spoke to big brother and Big Brother. I
think Big Brother was like, don't waste a vote on
someone that's massive that could affect you guys in the game.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Because he pretty much saying don't yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Because obviously like that's not going to get t J.
We're not sending TJ home, We're just adding that's already gone.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Yeah. So I think the chat in the house at
that time was TJ and Dion were the main people
that everyone had that and we.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Were like, well, Diane, we were never ever going to
one person.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
We were never going to vote was on and that
that was it. I would we were never putting him up.
So yeah, we chose TJ for the fact that we
knew everyone in the house was voting for him, but
we were never going to put the final you know.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
We never voted him while he was in the eviction.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
In the eviction, we've never you wouldn't. But at the
same time it was the reason why I left. It's
starting to sound like Big brothers that reasonable friend. You
know when you're at the club and you're like, I've
just met this guy, what do you think And your
friend's like, nah, girl, I think you could do better.
Like I feel like he's whispringing your eg telling you
to do things. But you know that friend that does that.
When you're like, you know, what.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Do you think about it, I'm like that's so bad.
Like watching it back, I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Well, what they didn't show as well is that we
actually went straight to t Jane told him because we
were like. One thing with us is that we were
very genuine, very honest. So say for time with Jake,
when we when we were going to vote someone and
they did ask us, we were dead sit honest, We're
not going to be like no, like you're safe, We
don't want you to go to that thing. We were
dead tied to be like you know what, baby, you
know what we did. So we did put you up.
But sometimes when we put someone up, we actually didn't
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want that person to go. We just need that they'd
be able to take that being nominated compared to someone else.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
Yeah, because people took things very personally.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Some people like so example, Jake, Jake is a very
sensitive boy, so you know, we didn't realize that. So
when we put him up, we were like, holy shit,
he didn't take that very well.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
I genuinely thought me explaining to him being like you
know everyone wants, but gone, You're you're not going to
be You know, we're putting you up, but you're not
going to go. He was a bit of a floater
in the house. He didn't have very strong connections with
many people, so we're like, he'll be fine. And then
when I told him, he was so upset. And I
do get why he's upset, but I think we knew
he wasn't going to go home.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I can imagine. There was a deleted scene of him
in the dial room crying for a good few hours,
like he looked pretty salty.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh, I actually felt really bad.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
I felt bad for him. I felt bad for you too. Actually,
I didn't feel bad for you. I thought that you
guys were the devil at that point. These relationships, we
know that they haven't worked out. People have been saying that,
you know, you both left the show, and you know,
you were still with josh was still with TJ, and
they were very supportive in that finale. Whose relationship lasted
longer outside of the house definitely Man and Joshua Okay.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Going strong for a bit after the show. I think
maybe like three or four months. We gave it a
good crack, like I'd gone visit him in Sydney, he
would come here. But for Josh, I think he just
honestly had a lot he's played at the time. I
think it just was really wrong timing. Like obviously, when
we're in the house, there's nothing on the outside world
going on for us, so like, you know, we can
meet together and there's no problems. It's fine. But obviously
like coming back out with his work and stuff like that,
it just didn't work. But to this's day, it was
still super great friends and I'm seeing him this weekend,
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which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
If we can just shorten it into an answer, both
of you can give me the rationale as to why
the relationship ended, Like can you give me just like
a quick rationale, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
I'll get th TJ and I had a bit of
a split, yeah, towards the end of the show, but yeah,
we got We tried to make a work spend news together.
But yeah, the reason it ended was because I don't
think TJ was ready for commitment and he wasn't giving
me one hundred percent. So yeah, we're still really good friends,
but it was just the commitment. I don't think he
was ready and.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I don't think I was ready, Yeah, girl buy next.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
And then with myself and Josh, we gave it a
really good crack after the show about three or four
months and then yeah, just due to the long distance
in his work, it just didn't really work out for
us in that way. But like I said, really good friends.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Everyone was also celebrating this finale in different places last night,
so money would have been somewhere different or I don't
know if man to be with Louis. But once you won,
did you guys send an awkward text message to say,
hope you guys are okay? Did you call them? Have
you been in contact with those guys? Are they all right?
Speaker 2 (19:11):
So last night we all made a pat on like
a little group chains that that we wouldn't no one
would spoil it because obviously Louise and Melbourne, so he
found out for fed at first. We're in Queensland and
the Manne's and Perth, so we're all separate, so we
were like, we all turned our phones or so we
had our phones off so we didn't see anything.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
So we found out honestly when we watched on the telly.
We turned off all of our phones and we were like,
and I think many did the same thing too, So yeah,
we were kind of just waiting for Maney to find out.
But then by that time we had a few drinks
and we were like, we'll message everyone in the morning,
but we've had the most amazing messages from every housemate
and that they've been so supportive.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So what, look, can you read me the text messages?
This is really invasive, but like, just what did they say? Like,
if you got your phones there, I want to know
what Louis wrote back to you. I want to know
what Mone wrote back to you. And feel free to
not do this, but I feel like everyone listening to
this podcast is going to ask He's going to want
to know the same answer.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yes. So I think we just sent a message saying like,
thank you guys so much for having us like next
to you and the sees. I couldn't ask a better
top three and we're just so grateful for obviously the
whole experience. And then I think nay, also, she just
says she said them on the lines of life.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Don't think you're saying about what No, no, she said
they sent us up when we want Yeah, I think, sorry, Sassy, I.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Couldn't hear what you said, it's like the two of
you talk like like I noticed that on the show.
You guys are like a secret language. Sometimes you guys
talk in shorthand.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
I know, even Big Brother when we we've done the
dims and we're talking about it, he's like, you guys
can speak up, and I'm like, we're talking. He's like,
we can't hear anything you guys are saying at all.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So we got nothing juicy out of those text messages
that I feel. What did Louis say?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah, I like something Louis said, great work, everyone one
an experience. Congratulations, sister so observed, so very sure. Yeah
there was maybe something beautiful Taylor Rick goh sisters. Everyone
kind of said congratulations. Deon sent us a reaction video
of him reacting to it. It was hilarious, honestly, such
a good video.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Of course he did. She was so funny about Dan.
Was he got a really dramatic storyline in the finale
with Josh storming out? Was it as dramatic as it
looked on television? And was a kind of stage that
Josh stormed out, Like, I mean, it kind of seems
like it's out of the cannon for Josh to storm
off like you would on The Real Housewives? Can you
tell me some? Can you tell me some? Like it
sounds like something Petty Flow would do or Gamble would.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, it was. It actually was quite intense. Yeah, it
was very intense. And then how would you explain it?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Like, yeah, no, so pretty I just kind of know
it was not stage like Dion really he knew what
he was doing. He wanted to show. He's literally a showman,
like he makes television so much fun, So he knew
what he was doing and he knew it would stare
a bit of a reaction with the boys, and yeah,
it was those dramatic he did walk off.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
It was, Yeah, I think someone's very emotional, so I
think at that stage, you know, he believes the whole thing.
Even I was saying, you know, like Dione wouldn't do that.
And then I think when it came out, he was
kind of like your dog boys, just Josh is the
guy that's true to his word, And yeah, I think
he just took it a bit to heart.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
I think they're all good now, there's no bad blood.
But it definitely was those dramatic as you've seen.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It was worse.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
Okay, I've spoken to both of them and they said,
it's fine. Girls, I literally talk to you forever because
there's so much I actually said. Originally, I was like,
a twenty minute chat, that'll be fine, you know, because
it's a winner's chat, you can make it quite tight.
But then by the time I watched the finale and
you'd won and I started writing these questions, I was like,
oh my god, the sisters have there's so much to
one pack with your story, and I can't wait to
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see what you girls do next with your journey after this.
One hundred thousand dollars doesn't go very fast. So I
heard you guys saying we're going to help everyone in
the world basically with the money. I think split the
fifty thousand and put it on a de positive a home.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
You know, such a smart idea, but thank you, really,
it's fine.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Before we go, though, everyone who joins the podcast gets
asked this question, what is something from behind the scenes,
Maybe something from behind the scenes the finale, something that
we didn't see that people might enjoy as a bit
of a behind the scenes secret of your time in
that finale?
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Oh what could it be? Probably just how long we
actually filmed that Grand finale for yeah, do the endings
a couple of times, so like I was worried that
it wasn't going to be as genuine because like obviously
we had to say that we won three times, and
we had to do three times a speech. So I
think definitely, just like you know, pre recording that finale,
when you see it's a lot different behind the scenes,
it looks.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
From leaving the house though, in that final part of
leaving the house, did the finale happen? Did you walk
straight into that zone to film the finale? Was there
a time period? Did everyone have to fly back from
their different states to be there?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Me and Tate, Manet and Louis we were still in
the house and we had just finished during interviews. We
didn't get didn't get to leave the house. We were
stuck in the house. But everyone else got to fly
back and all that, and they all caught up beforehand,
so we were kind of like like in a weird
zone where we were like, we haven't even been out
into reality.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Anyone find it.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
We're just like in the zone. So yeah, everyone else
flew back in and we were stuck in the house.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Still, Well, I just want to say thank you so
much for being so generous and sharing your stories on
the show. I can't wait to see what happens with
the two of you next. I could only wish that
all Big Brother winners could look as good as you.
I think you might be the most attractive people to
ever win the show. But yeah, all the very best,
and yeah again, congratulations on the win. It's very exciting
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for the two of you.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Thank you so much, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
The winners club now, it was so funny. I was
talking to I've spoken to a few winners this morning
and they're all we're all texting, and it's so funny
because you're bringing people into like a club. I'm sure
all the winners will start to text you to be like,
you know, welcome. It's like we're getting sisters, do you
know what I mean. It's like we're getting new additions
to our family. Anyway, lots of love to the two
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of you. Take care,
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast past week that might welcome back
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comment on your chosen podcast platform. On today's podcast, I
have the winners of Big Brother Australia twenty twenty three.
This week we saw Tay and Ari take out the
competition in a very well documented pre recorded finale that
saw Australia vote in the sisters over loved competitors Louis
and Manet. In a nail biden grand finale that had
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Australian viewers the most uncertain of their winner in the
show's twenty two year history. We saw siblings win for
the second time, not seen since the Logan Twins in
two thousand and five. Even I had no bloody clue
and thought that Louis would probably win, so shows you
what I know. Both girls proved to be quite popular
and powerful inside the house. They fell in love and
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made friendships, proving the strongest connections was the ticket to
the finale. Big Brother Australia focused in on love this season,
and while that did polarize its audience, the experiment was
still fascinating to see how a houseful of potential singles
would use their relationships to get them to the end.
I will ask the girls about their relationship with TJ
and Josh and find out where they stand with the boys.
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Now the show is over, we will unpack the pre
recorded finale and add further speculation to my theory that
the first filmed winner when pre recording multiple endings is
in fact always is the actual winner. The girls will
reveal of being TikTok famous help them win the show
and if Australian reality TV is still appealing to the
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content creators who can find broader audiences on larger and
more lucrative social media platforms. Plus, we will get plenty
of exclusives from behind the scenes of that Big Brother finale,
which you can now catch up on on seven Plus,
also the exclusive home of Big Brother and Kat, which
was a welcome return to the series. Let's bring Tay
and Ari into the podcast and guys, I think today's
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chat is actually the most compelling and informative chat that
I've recorded for Big Brother this season. So buckle up
as we celebrate this year's winner's time in the house.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Hi, Hi, sorry, just connected for us.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Then it's muted. We can't hear.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I coup believe how beautiful the two of you look
this morning. I thought you'd be hungover, you'd be out celebrating,
and you look like supermodels.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah. Last night we had excited. Couple of wives were like,
you got to keep it together for today.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Did mum and dad and say, guys go to bed.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
You know, I think we went a better round. I'd say, too,
wish Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
And you look back and we got up.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I know, we're depically rushing, quickly, rushing, ready to say,
oh I loved it, and I was so tired and
I was going to smash the interviews out.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I don't. I think we couldn't sleep. We're too excited.
We literally the adrenaline was just running out. It was
so hard to get to sleep last night.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Did you guys this seems like a really strange question
to ask, who was it in your mind that was
going to win when that finale was recorded?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Do you know what?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
When we did it, obviously we had no idea or
who was going to win. We just knew who was
in the top three. But seeing the show, I think
it made it so hard to know who was actually
going to win. So I feel like we were quite
played evenly, if that makes sense. I feel like, you know,
there wasn't really stand up out of us three compared
to each other. So and then you know, we were
like stalking the comments, you know, the last day, we're
like we're voting, like you know, where's it going? And
it was so like Maney Louis sisters are so even
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So at the time.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
When we were standing there, we obnestly had no idea.
We'd all been through a bit of controversy and like
all thinking to each other, we don't know who's going
to win. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It was.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It was really our situation where it was so good.
I'm so glad we came around the win.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, I'm so happy for the two of you. I mean,
it was so exciting for you guys to get the win.
There was a lot of talk last night on all
the social media forums about the fact that the show
was pre recorded, which everyone knew that that's why they
that's how they make reality shows these days. I mean,
marka been doing that for fifteen seasons. However, what was
the order that they filmed it in? And I have
a I'm trying to put together a dorser on this
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because everyone I speak to on pre recorded finales, the
people that record their's first always end up being the winner.
Were you the first to record your finale ending?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I think about that. Yeah we did, Yeah, we did
go first. But I think on the show last night
they asked us last, I think, but we actually recorded
it first.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, I think I think the order was last last night.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, you think. Having a fairly substantial following on social media,
like being TikTok famous, you know that kind of thing.
Does that help with the voting? Were you able to
campaign by using that sort of following to get you
to the win last night?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah? So it's actually crazy for us because with our
TikTok tiktoks, that was our biggest platform. But our TikTok
follow is not Australian, so we actually in that when
it came to that, it didn't help us at all
because I don't.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Really post anything on our TikTok. I think we may
have posted one one or two video and like they
honestly had no traction at all. We haven't been posting
on our TikTok, so we honestly had none of our
TikTok following on board.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Because obviously, like we have a massive like UK and
the big US following, so obviously that doesn't help when
it comes to Australian voting. So we really just had
like family friends. So yeah, it was really word of mouth.
Like all of our friends, like close friends, they would
posted all of their stories. Our brother is rugby club
that watched them every Saturday.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's all it takes. When your sisters look like this
the rugby club. They goin to vote and you're going
to one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Honestly, really awesome to see who literally would like put
us on their Facebook pages on honestly everything. Our little
cousins from Byron Bay. They were asking their ballet schools
and everything, and I was like, it's the cutest thing ever.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
So yeah, I think word of mouth.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Biggest thing I heard that you guys live. Do you
live in Kumera in Queensland? Is that where you guys
are from? That was the original home of Big Brother.
I actually coincidentally was in Kumra last week and I
didn't I'm not famous at all from my Big Brother
time ten eleven years ago. But I was in Kumra
and I walked through that westfield and I was like
mobbed by people, and so I was wondering whether or
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not is Big Brother in Kumra's DNA like, because that's
where it used to be the home of it.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Might be you never know.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well, we actually went to was field the other day
and everyone was like coming up to us and I
was said, oh my god, I didn't be anyone.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Who would ever noticed us. Yeah, so maybe maybe it's
just that Westfield really big Brother fans.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
They were quite warped though with some of the questions
they were asking me, Like they were like, what was
it like to live with Chrissy Swan? And I was like,
you know, she was fourteen years before me, she wasn't
in my series, and they're like, yeah, but what was
she like? And I'm like, sure, she's lovely. I loved
that funny that they feel like they have that kind
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of ownership over it. But I was wanting to ask
about young people these days, and I sound like a
boomer saying it like this, but is there an attraction
when you've already got so much attention and following from
being on TikTok and having all of this to be
on reality television? I mean, do young people still watch
reality television and want to go on shows like this
when they already have such a substantial following.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Yeah, I feel like it's probably different for every single person.
I think definitely for us, it was just a very
spontaneous you know what, we got asked, so we may
as well doing if we've got asked to be your
sisters as well, so we're like, obviously, let's do it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Actually, reality is such a hit and missing these things
because a lot of people don't actually watch it. I
don't think the younger crowd doesn't really watch it as
much unless you're like, you know, for example, on a
Netflix show or you know that type of thing. So
I think for us, for example, you know, coming off
the show, we didn't gain massive followings, we didn't anything
like that. Does that make sense? I feel like back
in the day, I feel like you definitely TV was
a massive thing where now it's not.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Back in the day it was a big thing, but
I think now it's not as much of a big thing.
And yeah, I'm not too sure.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
I just think people will be like, why would I
go on a reality show off, I'm not going to
get any followers, you know that, it's not going to
lead to becoming additionally Insta famous or whatever. It's not
going to add to it. So I can't see that
the because back in the day there was no Instagram,
there was no social media. So people go on shows
like this and they would be really successful, really famous.
And these days you can go on a reality show
at it can finish and the next day you can
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walk down the street and people be like, I don't
know how that is. So I just wonder whether young
people would want to go on reality TV anymore.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Yeah, I don't know. I feel like maybe something that
will fizzle out down the track. I don't know, but
you know, it's still going good now, which is good,
and we've got on while we.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Could and it pays well, right, Yes, okay, definitely. You know,
do you think it was interesting that a couple or
should I say a romance didn't come out on top?
You know, considering this series was House of Love. We
did see a couple that was still together in that finale,
however they didn't win.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah. I definitely think being the House of Love, he
thought there might have been some kind of twist where
it was like a couple can win or do you know,
but I mean young, it's very strange the couple didn't
come out on top. I guess it was just it
really was like the old Big Brother. It was just
picking people off.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, it's really quite interesting. You guys were pretty ruthless
with your decision making, one thing being TJ being put
up for eviction, and even your decision to have an
all girl finale that had Josh not really included in
your final plan. Do you think that you were as
ruthless as Money and as Louis.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I think if you're watching from a TV because spective
from what they've shown, it looks like we were very ruthless,
But I don't think we definitely. Oh, it's kind of
hard because with us, we always voted on our own accord.
Sometimes I would match up with everyone else's votes, but
at the same time, we would always have our own.
We were just voting we wanted to vote. So I
feel like we obviously were friends with me with Monae
and Lawie in the house, very close to them as well.
So I feel like, you know, I voted sometimes match up,
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but I don't think we were as ruthless, if that
makes sense, Like.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We were, but people could think we were ruthless. I
think with Manet, they kind of just had a plan
of getting themselves always to the top three already them too,
And I think with me and Tay, we were just
kind of riding the way, like we knew where the
votes were going, Oh, we knew, Like, how do I
explain it?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Like we I think you're trying to say, like, yeah,
it's kind of hard. Because TV is very different to
how it actually was, so totally we did vote people
out in there. I think I think our tent behind
the voting was a lot more genuine than what this show.
I think they were a bit more resident that way.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Okay, yeah, because I mean they did seem to play
very hard, and you know, they kind of manipulated their
way to the end. Is it worth playing that hard
when you'll put up for the public vote, because the
public doesn't seem to vote for strategy like they would
in a jury council on Survivor, do you know what
I mean? Like in a jury council, if all of
you as housemates, if Big Brother were to vote for
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a winner, they would normally vote for who had the
best strategic game, the best manipulation. However, with this show,
it is like Survivor. But then at the end the
public votes, and I feel like the public still vote
the way that they did back in two thousand and one.
Do you know what I mean? They just picked the
nicest person, the person they love the most. So I
was curious to know about whether you think it's worth
manipulating everyone to get to a finale if the public
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aren't going to vote for you, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
What it's I don't think it's yeah. I think it's
very hard because I think if you know, say, for example,
that Gracey May was a big player this year, so
us putting up in that chair, we've got a lot
of backlash for that. So I feel like, you know,
you do have to be careful. Like I guess, like
when you're in the house, you don't know who's going
to be a fan favorite, so you're just voting with
how you think. But then when you watch it back,
it's like you do kind of have to be careful
with how you vote because I one wrong move that
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one hundred thousand dollars could not be yours at all.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Well, when doing these elimination chats, I have been able
to talk to the housemates, and the housemates did say,
you know, the sisters really went hard to get Gracie
May out of the show, like they they hung on
to that point, and clearly that's what you did. But
if you look at the way this show unfolded, do
you think if Gracie May had been in that finale
with you girls, we would have had the same result,
or do you think that Gracie May might have won.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Oh, I think definitely. I think she would have definitely
been a favorite. And I think she was such She's
such a big Big Brother fan, Like, she knew exactly
what she was doing. She knew how to play the game,
she knew how to play with the cameras with Big Brother.
She was really good at it. And you know, kudos
to her. She did an amazing job at you know,
making good television. But I think even with the voting,
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a lot of people wanted her out of the house.
At this point. It wasn't even just me and Tate.
There was a lot of other people and Tay and
I sometimes would just sway with the house would be like, okay,
if everyone wants her gone, then we'll vote as well.
So never was just me and Tay that wanted her
so badly gone as people have same.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Yeah, I think it just worked because we prep in
the chair, but then you know, they came out, the
whole house had to vote.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yeah, So what I think is, you know, yes, we
put her up, but the whole house voted her out.
We didn't get the vote. I always think that, But yeah, no,
she she had amazing on the show, and I think
she was a great.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Girl and she made she's so good. But you girls
are fun. Like, it's so great meeting all of everyone
from the house. Like you'll have an impression of people
watching the show because it's stylized and edited and you're
kind of are made to have polarizing opinions of people.
But every housemate that's come out, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting
because everyone's so lovely and I can understand why watching
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the show now and reading between the lines, that there
really was a lot of love in that house and it.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Was I think that's the reason why it was so
hard to vote people and putting people up. People got
really offended because we all really loved each other, Like
it was so hard to be like, oh my god,
who are we going to put up next?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Or are you going to be next?
Speaker 3 (13:21):
And I think people took it really personal as well,
because we all had so much love.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, I think it was actually scared to see how
close we actually all were, and I don't think they
ever showed that on TV.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
I think that was the biggest surprise for me, as
well as how much we all got along really well,
Like they did show the drama, but behind all the drama.
There was a lot of love and you know, connections,
so it was really good.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
So we need to really talk about the boyfriends, because
you both had boyfriends in the show, Like you got
your found fellas, good looking fellas, well done. But what
I found interesting was that you know, you guys did
sort of have something to do with both of those
boys leaving the show. Did that affect the way in
which you tried to have a relationship with those boys
once the show finished, because I could imagine if you'd
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booted me off Big Brother, I'd imagine if my partner
booted me off Big Brother. I don't know if I'm
making breakfast in bed. You know, it's a hard one.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
And I think when it got to that stage, I
think that they all knew that it was coming down
to very gameplay, if that makes sense, So like, yeah, obviously,
I think when I watched it back, I'm like, you
know what, that shouldn't have happened. I think we got
so caught up in the gameplay towards the end of it.
You know, you're starting to think with their heads more
than we're thinking with their hearts, and like they were
all very chill, so for like you know, we were like, oh,
they won't take it to heart. Yeah, But if it
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was the other way around, I feel like I'd be like, yeah,
I'm not seeing you on the outside round you were done?
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Is there a deleted scene though? On your rational with TJ?
The TJ one really got me. I was like, I'm
in love. I've just been seeing kissing this one and
I'm having such a good time. And next minute, you
guys get to choose who is being eliminated, and you're like,
I know who we should pick. We should pick my boyfriend.
And it's like, why would you do that? There were
so many other housemates that you could have chosen. What
was going through your minds?
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Yes, so obviously the house nums, you know, everyone picked
two people to put up for nomination, and at the time,
I personally was wanting to put up a few of
the bigger names in the house, say Louis Lewis.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, I think our vote was going on Louie Lewis.
And we took it to the diary room. Obviously, we
took it tend. We knew that a lot of the
house wanted TJ gone, So when we went in there,
we actually spoke to big brother and Big Brother. I
think Big Brother was like, don't waste a vote on
someone that's massive that could affect you guys in the game.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
Because he pretty much saying don't yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Because obviously like that's not going to get t J.
We're not sending TJ home, We're just adding that's already gone.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Yeah. So I think the chat in the house at
that time was TJ and Dion were the main people
that everyone had that and we.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Were like, well, Diane, we were never ever going to
one person.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
We were never going to vote was on and that
that was it. I would we were never putting him up.
So yeah, we chose TJ for the fact that we
knew everyone in the house was voting for him, but
we were never going to put the final you know.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
We never voted him while he was in the eviction.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
In the eviction, we've never you wouldn't. But at the
same time it was the reason why I left. It's
starting to sound like Big brothers that reasonable friend. You
know when you're at the club and you're like, I've
just met this guy, what do you think And your
friend's like, nah, girl, I think you could do better.
Like I feel like he's whispringing your eg telling you
to do things. But you know that friend that does that.
When you're like, you know, what.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Do you think about it, I'm like that's so bad.
Like watching it back, I'm like, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Well, what they didn't show as well is that we
actually went straight to t Jane told him because we
were like. One thing with us is that we were
very genuine, very honest. So say for time with Jake,
when we when we were going to vote someone and
they did ask us, we were dead sit honest, We're
not going to be like no, like you're safe, We
don't want you to go to that thing. We were
dead tied to be like you know what, baby, you
know what we did. So we did put you up.
But sometimes when we put someone up, we actually didn't
(16:42):
want that person to go. We just need that they'd
be able to take that being nominated compared to someone else.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
Yeah, because people took things very personally.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Some people like so example, Jake, Jake is a very
sensitive boy, so you know, we didn't realize that. So
when we put him up, we were like, holy shit,
he didn't take that very well.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
I genuinely thought me explaining to him being like you
know everyone wants, but gone, You're you're not going to
be You know, we're putting you up, but you're not
going to go. He was a bit of a floater
in the house. He didn't have very strong connections with
many people, so we're like, he'll be fine. And then
when I told him, he was so upset. And I
do get why he's upset, but I think we knew
he wasn't going to go home.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I can imagine. There was a deleted scene of him
in the dial room crying for a good few hours,
like he looked pretty salty.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh, I actually felt really bad.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
I felt bad for him. I felt bad for you too. Actually,
I didn't feel bad for you. I thought that you
guys were the devil at that point. These relationships, we
know that they haven't worked out. People have been saying that,
you know, you both left the show, and you know,
you were still with josh was still with TJ, and
they were very supportive in that finale. Whose relationship lasted
longer outside of the house definitely Man and Joshua Okay.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Going strong for a bit after the show. I think
maybe like three or four months. We gave it a
good crack, like I'd gone visit him in Sydney, he
would come here. But for Josh, I think he just
honestly had a lot he's played at the time. I
think it just was really wrong timing. Like obviously, when
we're in the house, there's nothing on the outside world
going on for us, so like, you know, we can
meet together and there's no problems. It's fine. But obviously
like coming back out with his work and stuff like that,
it just didn't work. But to this's day, it was
still super great friends and I'm seeing him this weekend,
(18:10):
which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
If we can just shorten it into an answer, both
of you can give me the rationale as to why
the relationship ended, Like can you give me just like
a quick rationale, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
I'll get th TJ and I had a bit of
a split, yeah, towards the end of the show, but yeah,
we got We tried to make a work spend news together.
But yeah, the reason it ended was because I don't
think TJ was ready for commitment and he wasn't giving
me one hundred percent. So yeah, we're still really good friends,
but it was just the commitment. I don't think he
was ready and.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I don't think I was ready, Yeah, girl buy next.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
And then with myself and Josh, we gave it a
really good crack after the show about three or four
months and then yeah, just due to the long distance
in his work, it just didn't really work out for
us in that way. But like I said, really good friends.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Everyone was also celebrating this finale in different places last night,
so money would have been somewhere different or I don't
know if man to be with Louis. But once you won,
did you guys send an awkward text message to say,
hope you guys are okay? Did you call them? Have
you been in contact with those guys? Are they all right?
Speaker 2 (19:11):
So last night we all made a pat on like
a little group chains that that we wouldn't no one
would spoil it because obviously Louise and Melbourne, so he
found out for fed at first. We're in Queensland and
the Manne's and Perth, so we're all separate, so we
were like, we all turned our phones or so we
had our phones off so we didn't see anything.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
So we found out honestly when we watched on the telly.
We turned off all of our phones and we were like,
and I think many did the same thing too, So yeah,
we were kind of just waiting for Maney to find out.
But then by that time we had a few drinks
and we were like, we'll message everyone in the morning,
but we've had the most amazing messages from every housemate
and that they've been so supportive.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
So what, look, can you read me the text messages?
This is really invasive, but like, just what did they say? Like,
if you got your phones there, I want to know
what Louis wrote back to you. I want to know
what Mone wrote back to you. And feel free to
not do this, but I feel like everyone listening to
this podcast is going to ask He's going to want
to know the same answer.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Yes. So I think we just sent a message saying like,
thank you guys so much for having us like next
to you and the sees. I couldn't ask a better
top three and we're just so grateful for obviously the
whole experience. And then I think nay, also, she just
says she said them on the lines of life.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Don't think you're saying about what No, no, she said
they sent us up when we want Yeah, I think, sorry, Sassy, I.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Couldn't hear what you said, it's like the two of
you talk like like I noticed that on the show.
You guys are like a secret language. Sometimes you guys
talk in shorthand.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
I know, even Big Brother when we we've done the
dims and we're talking about it, he's like, you guys
can speak up, and I'm like, we're talking. He's like,
we can't hear anything you guys are saying at all.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So we got nothing juicy out of those text messages
that I feel. What did Louis say?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah, I like something Louis said, great work, everyone one
an experience. Congratulations, sister so observed, so very sure. Yeah
there was maybe something beautiful Taylor Rick goh sisters. Everyone
kind of said congratulations. Deon sent us a reaction video
of him reacting to it. It was hilarious, honestly, such
a good video.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Of course he did. She was so funny about Dan.
Was he got a really dramatic storyline in the finale
with Josh storming out? Was it as dramatic as it
looked on television? And was a kind of stage that
Josh stormed out, Like, I mean, it kind of seems
like it's out of the cannon for Josh to storm
off like you would on The Real Housewives? Can you
tell me some? Can you tell me some? Like it
sounds like something Petty Flow would do or Gamble would.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Yeah, it was. It actually was quite intense. Yeah, it
was very intense. And then how would you explain it?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Like, yeah, no, so pretty I just kind of know
it was not stage like Dion really he knew what
he was doing. He wanted to show. He's literally a showman,
like he makes television so much fun, So he knew
what he was doing and he knew it would stare
a bit of a reaction with the boys, and yeah,
it was those dramatic he did walk off.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
It was, Yeah, I think someone's very emotional, so I
think at that stage, you know, he believes the whole thing.
Even I was saying, you know, like Dione wouldn't do that.
And then I think when it came out, he was
kind of like your dog boys, just Josh is the
guy that's true to his word, And yeah, I think
he just took it a bit to heart.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
I think they're all good now, there's no bad blood.
But it definitely was those dramatic as you've seen.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It was worse.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
Okay, I've spoken to both of them and they said,
it's fine. Girls, I literally talk to you forever because
there's so much I actually said. Originally, I was like,
a twenty minute chat, that'll be fine, you know, because
it's a winner's chat, you can make it quite tight.
But then by the time I watched the finale and
you'd won and I started writing these questions, I was like,
oh my god, the sisters have there's so much to
one pack with your story, and I can't wait to
(22:24):
see what you girls do next with your journey after this.
One hundred thousand dollars doesn't go very fast. So I
heard you guys saying we're going to help everyone in
the world basically with the money. I think split the
fifty thousand and put it on a de positive a home.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
You know, such a smart idea, but thank you, really,
it's fine.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Before we go, though, everyone who joins the podcast gets
asked this question, what is something from behind the scenes,
Maybe something from behind the scenes the finale, something that
we didn't see that people might enjoy as a bit
of a behind the scenes secret of your time in
that finale?
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Oh what could it be? Probably just how long we
actually filmed that Grand finale for yeah, do the endings
a couple of times, so like I was worried that
it wasn't going to be as genuine because like obviously
we had to say that we won three times, and
we had to do three times a speech. So I
think definitely, just like you know, pre recording that finale,
when you see it's a lot different behind the scenes,
it looks.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
From leaving the house though, in that final part of
leaving the house, did the finale happen? Did you walk
straight into that zone to film the finale? Was there
a time period? Did everyone have to fly back from
their different states to be there?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Me and Tate, Manet and Louis we were still in
the house and we had just finished during interviews. We
didn't get didn't get to leave the house. We were
stuck in the house. But everyone else got to fly
back and all that, and they all caught up beforehand,
so we were kind of like like in a weird
zone where we were like, we haven't even been out
into reality.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Anyone find it.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
We're just like in the zone. So yeah, everyone else
flew back in and we were stuck in the house.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Still, Well, I just want to say thank you so
much for being so generous and sharing your stories on
the show. I can't wait to see what happens with
the two of you next. I could only wish that
all Big Brother winners could look as good as you.
I think you might be the most attractive people to
ever win the show. But yeah, all the very best,
and yeah again, congratulations on the win. It's very exciting
(24:11):
for the two of you.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Thank you so much, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
The winners club now, it was so funny. I was
talking to I've spoken to a few winners this morning
and they're all we're all texting, and it's so funny
because you're bringing people into like a club. I'm sure
all the winners will start to text you to be like,
you know, welcome. It's like we're getting sisters, do you
know what I mean. It's like we're getting new additions
to our family. Anyway, lots of love to the two
(24:35):
of you. Take care,
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