Big Brother breaks the COVID-19 news to the housemates | Big Brother Australia

A crew member has come into contact with someone who has tested positive for Corona virus and the game is suspended.
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[@tori.z]

Omg when he was shocked at 1000 cases. Wow now look at the world.

[@mrspidey80]

The U.S. 100k per day.

[@staceyshere]

America just hit 10 million cases 😐😐😐

[@CodCats]

when you have 0 cases a few is a lot and it still is a lot. i think people have just gotten way to used to the numbers and normalized it now

[@stephenanderson1594]

And America said hold my beer. Now in 2021 the U.S. has nearly 23 million cases thanks to misinformation from Donald Trump and his supporters who blame China but refuse to wear masks.

[@ta13oo76]

@@stephenanderson1594 it’s sad really. i used to laugh at trump supporters, but now I just get really sad

[@paytonlacroix1356]

"California and New York are in complete lockdown" Gives me chills just looking back at it.

[@wsarahw94]

it sounds so surreal, doesn't it?

[@ryandawson9017]

march-april 2020, it just feels like it never happened. looking back at pictures i took of empty shopping centres and main streets which are normally packed, it’s weird. watching this again made me feel anxious. we’ve come such a long way and in 5 years time, we’ll look back on this pandemic and wonder how on earth we survived it mentally. it’s been horrible but the worst is over in australia.

[@meaghans4014]

I'm watching it now, May 2021 and it still gave me chills and I got emotional just being brought back to that reality

[@cortezcristaa]

RIGHTTT

[@cortezcristaa]

@@meaghans4014 same it’s crazy how we been in a pandemic for a year now

[@accountforwastingtime]

For real though can you imagine hearing like this that CA & NY are on lockdown? Like a horror movie.

[@benfarmer-webb1016]

Wish it was Florida

[@katiepowell3939]

I’m still trying to tell if North Carolina is still in quarantine. I myself am not going anywhere. But idk about others

[@JT-bs2lm]

when they shutdown the malls and public transportations here in Manila I felt like I was dreaming and in a movie.

[@spacecakery]

@John Mateer How so? I'm curious

[@MindfulMya]

The rest is the hunger games and the purge

[@Leftfordead05]

Holy fuck. This is surreal. Looking back now, it feels crazy to see what it was like when the pandemic first started. I remember it like it was yesterday

[@10draperful]

And to this day, bugger all has actually happened 😂😂

[@aryastark772]

And it’s still dragging on to this day. The past 2 years have merged into one

[@j.c7719]

It never made any difference to me, I was forced to work not from home the entire time, there has always been people who won’t wear masks or social distance (which weirdly stopped being a thing). Stopped giving a sh*t at this point, it’s a joke and a distraction.

[@Leftfordead05]

@@j.c7719 I think with the Vaccine, a lot of things have changed. People take it less seriously which sucks. I was off of work for 2 months then haven't stopped working since. I also work with kids so I've had. to be with a mask the whole time. Covid isn't going away.

[@TheReinasVuelven]

Yes

[@RC-cv2jo]

“Hows Australia?” “Rough” “How’s Europe?” “Rougher” “Hows the U.S.?” “No”

[@gregap8282]

Lol

[@preach9]

LMAO

[@abbycollins]

As a US resident, that might've been for the best. Sometimes it feels like I'm surrounded by idiots.

[@JoeHartman80]

@@abbycollins we still are with people politicizing vaccines here.

[@SkyRacer-ml3re]

@@abbycollins same, people can be so stupid sometimes (including myself).

[@QueenJess2k05]

“ and the US? “ speaker: umm let’s not talk about that

[@274pacific]

"How high can you count?"

[@josesena7548]

More like "There are some questions better left unanswered 😅"

[@coordinator3039]

Almost had to cancel All Stars, but precautions gave them the green light. The California department of health negotiated with the show on medical situations.

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@274pacific yeah. That was essentially how bad it was here, but 5 times worse.

[@gthbtn]

I remember working in a supermarket and being hailed a hero... less than a year later and we were back to being treated like crap. Seems manners were a victim of the pandemic too.

[@christinagarza2429]

You were a hero, as long as you agreed to be injected with the latest thing!!! Only those vaccinated with the latest pharmaceutical products are true heroes.

[@YoMTV_Raps]

I worked throughout 2020 in a supermarket as well. I had a few people tell me that they appreciated me, but most didn't care and still treated me like shit or just ignored my existence completely.

[@christinagarza2429]

@@YoMTV_Raps Well did you get injected with a COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots? If you had done all that and maybe displayed a sticker on your shirt proclaiming what you had done, then maybe the customers would have been nicer to you.... Sorry, but you were really only a hero if you were injected with the latest pharmaceutical products.

[@JonBpg]

Ye I worked in a grocery store and nothing changed except a bunch of people wearing chin diapers complaining when any employees weren’t wearing masks properly over their nose and mouth.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

I worked collecting medical waste from doctors,hospitals,old age etc. We weren't hailed as f all. Still the same...

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

Canada: we’re ending the show you guys can go home Australia: 1 phone call

[@MrHistory269]

Despite the Amedican BB starting in June the host gave them zero updates they came about before the election looking the at the numbers like 👁👄👁😳

[@drmayeda1930]

Australia is a different situation. Canada had to shutdown due to a lockdown order being issued by the government. Austral.ia wasn't that bad.

[@BluegroperAuWeb]

In Australia the worst state was Victoria which went into a 2nd lockdown. The house was in a bubble on North Head in Sydney, easily controlled, the production crew member tested negative and the game went on!

[@PaPaJiMbO1983]

I don't know why that made me spit my water out it just tickled me hahaha

[@blaircooper1568]

big brother brazil just kept on going lol they didnt even get a phone call, it actually ran longer than expected by a few days (but they were informed about their family’s health)

[@starrynightfall00]

The editing on this show is a bit much. It's like you're editing an action movie but it's just people sitting around

[@bullsai982]

😆😄😆😄

[@francesca-selfproclaimed-bleep]

It's like an Indian soap opera in this house. 😂🤣

[@sublime8]

i know! i miss the old big brother aus.

[@The98597thMark]

Yeah it's so overdone.

[@ellenm4762]

I know I'm late to the party but MAN is the editing awful! I'm Australian but I hadn't seen this clip. I'd seen some other versions of the show where the news about this was being broken. I'm not a BB fan but having unsuspecting people receive news like this is by far the most interesting thing about it. I still remember the early days when they broke the news of 9/11. That footage holds up. In 20 years, when people look back to this time, the BB canada clip is going to hold up too. It's history. We're talking about the worst pandemic in many generations, but I guess that wasn't dramatic enough. No- let's not see them quietly reflect in horror at how fast moving this terrible world changing virus is. Let's pump it up with DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN!!!!! Wow now people will know it's serious! Way to fuck up the only good television you ever could have made BBaus. It was literally handed to you on a platter but oh well.

[@camerontaylor9330]

Im watching this back in 2022. It's hard to believe that 1000 cases was a shock, seeing how bad it truly got.

[@kissey5]

It's was all fake, you fell for it

[@annaf3915]

Same here. Now when someone cancels plans because they have covid, I'm like "First time for you?"

[@tpwkgreer]

@@tashwuzhair season 12

[@nay8991]

It wasn’t bad at all. The world over reacted way too much to it. We’re in more of a mess now we’re having to pay the money all back

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

​@@nay8991exactly.

[@Koalatronic]

More shocked filming is suspended than they were about the actual pandemic 😂

[@abbyrose6660]

filming began when the pandemic was going on so they wouldve known about it beforehand

[@starry2006]

@@abbyrose6660 Plus they said they'd been keeping them updated in the house already. This wasn't the first meeting.

[@breeviewAWAKENING]

It's a pLandemic. Nothing to fear.

[@Maynza]

@@breeviewAWAKENING 😂😂

[@dantheman8103]

I don't think it truly hit them how bad it was until that. I mean you hear it but when you are isolated it isn't until it is affecting the game that it hits home how bad it truly is. BBUS was filming during September 11th they admitted later they didn't grasp anywhere close to the scope of it until they got out.

[@fireball0762]

wish we could see the entire season of this. Imagine being in a house like that and finding out the world is going crazy

[@poojamalhotra6321]

The Indian version ‘bigg boss’ started during the pandemic and had an extended season.

[@lekelereemokpaire6250]

Honestly I would be happy

[@WillJamesMay]

there's a british tv series called dead set which explored this idea but instead of a pandemic it was a zombie apocalypse

[@sheenabeck3318]

BB Canada cancelled the season part way in, as soon as the covid restrictions made production cease. Housemates were heartbroken and mad at the same time. Didn't blame them.

[@khrie.s7870]

This scene is like the apocalyptic movies

[@md84link53]

Best movie

[@Wtfwhatisthis]

They weren’t overreacting, this is how we all felt in the beginning. A lot of people thought it was going to be way worse. EDIT: So I've been getting some comments saying that COVID is way worse than anyone thought, the answer, simply put, is NO. There was a previous SARS virus in 2003, that killed 10% of the infected, but it was contained. I've left more info in a comment down below about an NCBI study. As I've said in a post below, is COVID-19 Hell? Yes. Are there different layers to hell? Yes. Things could have been much worse.

[@circe...]

Huh? No, I think in the beginning people thought is was going to be NOTHING, just something passing through. It turned out to be WAY WORSE. No one imagined 700,000 Americans dying (millions worldwide) and still counting. This is worse.

[@Wtfwhatisthis]

@@circe... we could have different experiences 🤔 where I was at, everyone thought this was the apocalypse, ordering gas masks, preparing for off-the-grid living, just completely losing their minds. You didn’t experience the hysteria? There was even scientists who feared it would kill 10%+ of the population. If you research SARS viruses in general, some in the past were much more deadly. It’s absolutely horrific that so many people have died and suffered, and I’m not trying to diminish that at all. But it’s important to acknowledge it hasn’t been to level that some experts were predicting. Let’s just hope things start to get better from here.

[@Wtfwhatisthis]

@@DrBased123 Actually, it’s not a fraud. It almost killed my mom’s best friend, and I know people who’ve died from it. I can only speak from personal experience, but I, at 24, had just finished running a half marathon in the summer. I am healthy, my diet is clean, and I got COVID on August 14th, could barely breath, and had a 102/103 fever for almost 10 days. I couldn’t eat, I could barely drink, and I’m still recovering. It’s real and horrific, but it’s not at the level of an apocalypse, as some people predicted in the beginning.

[@HiThereLindsey]

"A lot of people thought it was going to be way worse." Really? Well those people were right. It got way out of hand.

[@HiThereLindsey]

@@Wtfwhatisthis "There was even scientists who feared it would kill 10%+ of the population." Which forum did you read that on lmaooooooooo

[@drrerd5348]

"Califórnia and New York are in complete Lockdown" Fuck, that was hard

[@GlennDavey]

I wouldn't believe Big Brother for the longest time... it sounds like the perfect prank/setup for a twist on the house

[@sp0ngeb00b7]

That’s because they did this before, there’s a (fictional) UK series called Dead Set which revolves around a Big Brother cast that gets trapped onset while the zombie apocalypse happens outside. Pretty surreal that the fiction came first, and then this happens!

[@jameslasso1690]

Voice: “ the death toll is in the hundreds of millions. Australia is in a state of martial law and all curfew violates are shot on sight”. Houseguests: “really? “ Voice : the game is being suspended. Houseguests: “OH MY GOD”!!!!

[@anoukferwerda9699]

Imagine hearing that there are million cities in lockdown. Without knowing a lot about COVID-19, straight out a movie

[@coordinator3039]

And Big Brother All Stars was nearly cancelled by the California Government

[@ollieflj]

“The big brother house is being placed on lockdown”. Isn’t that kinda the whole point of BB?

[@ThoosieJP]

They mean like stop filming and no comps and such.

[@MarshRandom]

I keep coming back to watch their reactions.. Chilling

[@alyssa3697]

the way i was watching this while in lockdown in new york LMAO but i literally just got the chills watching this.

[@GAZArts]

Three years on and it feels surreal that it even happened

[@its_reagan5577]

It’s crazy how shocking it was to hear about 1000 cases, when in idaho (my home state) there’s at least 1000 cases every day now💔

[@gavrfc09]

Did you make it reagan?

[@jordan-vl9lj]

2 years later and it seems so surreal to watch people’s reactions to covid when it first spread

[@AndrewSmith-pn2qc]

This has aged so poorly!

[@N4vyisW4vy]

This just seems kinda creepy. They’re all alone with just each other in this empty household, with a hellhole of a world right outside their door.

[@dawnhope]

2020 feels like a dream that we all experienced.

[@PhoenixFlowerEmma]

Nightmare* but yes

[@christinagarza2429]

@@PhoenixFlowerEmma The insanely irrational and overblown societal response to a single respiratory virus was indeed a nightmare.

[@freshprince3891]

How many people got fooled 😷

[@RandomShtbyAllie]

Hearing those words against legit goose bumps.. I was part of New York tristate lock down and it was the arias thing ever...

[@roachtoasties]

Unfortunately, here in the "good old USA" we like to be number one in everything, including COVID-19 cases. I think we're approaching four million. This video got me curious if there will be Big Brother in the U.S. this year, although I don't watch it (bored of the show). A quick search indicates yes, with the contestants going into a two-week quarantine starting in late July before production starts. Hopefully that keeps Coronavirus from being an issue, although there are no guarantees the virus can sneak in.

[@francesca-selfproclaimed-bleep]

At least it's gonna be returnees so if they end up packing up because of covid contact between staff, no big deal since they know what to expect and nothing is guaranteed during this pandemic.

[@benzmk07]

Currently, Big Brother USA is airing its 22nd season composed of all-star players (16 previous players 2 of which were winners from their respective season).

[@cabbastyles.]

Lmao 😂

[@slimbroco572]

You're a sheep 😄

[@Anime4Life35]

China is really number 1 they just lie about the cases

[@liammedium4791]

The guy with the blue t-shirt would of been shocked with anything that was said.

[@xxmiadalyxx5489]

Feels surreal watching it all back how this was our life for three years

[@ariaagostino2825]

well we're at 80k cases a day now so this didn't age well, 1k seems like nothing lol

[@katyedwards7661]

Keep safe everyone. Good luck to all .

[@mark1968]

This is awful. I was in London during the pandemic. London was a ghost town and completely shut down. The only movements outside were ambulances. An awful time in our history.

[@BrianLloyd1991]

I stan how at first we all acted like it was a resident evil type virus, now in 2022 we live amongst it like its a cold like "becky i cant come clubbing tonight, ive gone and got covid again, ill see you at work next tuesday"

[@gata_salvaje69]

Big brother sounds like a voice from text-to-speech app😁

[@mr.alejandre9428]

Very true.

[@crowkid5553]

I actually like it, dosent sound annoying

[@rachelcookie321]

It’s interesting looking back and watching people’s reactions when learning about the pandemic. It seems so silly now but back then we knew barely anything, it was terrifying. I had one friend that was freaking out because they thought it was going to come to New Zealand and we were all reassuring him that wouldn’t happen. Then Italy went into lockdown and part of me genuinely felt like it might be the start of the end, that everyone in Italy was a goner. Thank god I was wrong.

[@christinagarza2429]

The manipulative, science-illiterate news media did a great job of misrepresenting public health data to lead people to believe a SARS-CoV2 infection was far deadlier than it actually was. I recall major news networks suggesting the infection fatality rate was as high as THIRTY-PERCENT (it is actually less than 0.2% for the general population). They also refused to inform people that the virus had a similar risk profile to the flu for the vast majority of people under the age of 70. It was an astonishingly stupid and ignorant time to be alive. I will never forget it.

[@freshprince3891]

The tv virus. People was fooled, people tried to warn others yet we got called crazy conspiracy theorists. Now people know even the gov was out partying, people need to stop being so gullible 😷

[@baatile]

Imagine if they came out and found all of us as zombies 💀

[@maggied5742]

Thats literally a show😂 I think it’s called dead set

[@astouaiisha]

Lol 😂😂

[@niconico1665]

Yup, we will be pfizer-zombies pretty much soon.

[@thekamixcx]

I love this editing 😂😂😂😂

[@lisadominobuzz2967]

Good clip. Thanks for posting. 😊❤

[@paulrollings9606]

I imagine at the time these Australians didn't truly realise the severity of the virus despite hearing that some states within America had undergone a lock down. Needless to say the Australians haven't done too badly with containing the few cases they had and with managing the epidemic in their country.

[@owmeow]

covid is a joke and has always been one LOL.

[@olivermensinger6022]

Especially when compared to us here in the states.

[@qwahaxahn]

In our version, the host had a more friendly, visual approach in delivering the news. It's interesting how the other countries chose to deliver more tension lol

[@xzxedge]

I'm surprised they easily believed the news lol. If this was in pinoy big brother, the housemates might think it's a setup or challenge lol.

[@Chaggy1978]

There were no critical thinkers.

[@_emmaxx9]

Wow imagine back to this 😭😭I wish I was stuck here

[@carterreid9869]

My phone call would be “whos against new and who’s lying to me”?

[@DigitalEarningsMastery]

Australia is in lock down: ok California is locked down: ok New York is locked down: ok Big Brother will be suspended: WOOOOOOOOOOW

[@daloco6664]

What a joke, such an over reaction 🙄

[@logicfirst2190]

How is the shirtless dude in the back ? Wtf

[@marleymescudi]

Lol, it's wild to think back to when 1,000 seemed like an insane number. My county alone has about 60,000 and thats not even the highest in the state.

[@elchato3820]

This didn’t age well

[@stevenhocking6407]

Very small protest numbers in Australia proves that it aged very well

[@makeuplover428]

The triggers that i felt when they said NY and Cali are on full lockdown…. Feels so unreal lmfao

[@SandraCasella]

big brothers voice is so cute!!

[@michelleb9884]

Dude this gave me chills

[@ryuzaki_ray]

Big Brother Canada still got the best reaction.

[@jonasrule101]

I was waiting for "May the odds be ever in your favor"

[@papillon5839]

During the first wave, my small country ( 2 million people) had like 40 cases per day and we were like "oh shit", during the second wave, it's over 1000 per day 🙃

[@travelwell6049]

That’s a piece of history right there.

[@robertareason7299]

Thanks to this BB it was easier to stay in, we were in lockdown as a province and then the country. Hello 2022 we are still dealing with covid but no longer in lockdown.

[@cmcnd5334]

Is this Big Bro a machine? like his voice sounlds like a text to speech voice.

[@richardscranton4159]

Whoa! Then immediately touchs face. 😂

[@rozeil7477]

wow, big brother's voice is so nice omfg 😮

[@jamesdryable]

Now that Angie is out there's no point watching

[@PcfulSol]

I have never seen a 😳 emoji in real life until now

[@ajaysinghnegi2668]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MnMnBahr.]

This makes me emotional

[@tclifford9062]

Wow, I looked this up and to think how much has changed and now NSW and QLD have over 20 000 cases is insane!!

[@satanhimself937]

1000 cases is the number of cases in my street 😂

[@khxliakhxlia3605]

This was so funny lol

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

It’s so weird to think back in the before times.

[@mrball4148]

Bb Australias house looks insane. I wish I could live there it’s beatiful

[@aliengod3528]

Anyone would think it was ww3 🤣

[@mykamui]

The music makes this feel like a Michael Bay movie. Did the sound guy work on Transformers?

[@ursulina0]

I would love to be able to watch all of BB AU 2020 I have been waiting for so long , I'm one of their biggest fan for years all of the BB world wide , so why am I having so much difficulty I reside in USA. someone please tell me or download.

[@CK2012]

there may be an Australia network streaming service you may subscribe to

[@samhouse4371]

Unlike Canada, the game didn't come to an immediate end.

[@la4549]

that season was going downhill anyways. People quitting the game and bullying others to vote them out. They just needed a reason to end it sooner.

[@Banjo_Tails]

This show had been filming from the start of March. The footage here is the end of March and the show wrapped filming start of April. All housemates would have been home by second week of April. So they really only spent 3 weeks into the shutdown in the house.

[@bethfaceplays]

I lived in LA when Covid started. Im still recovering from it all. The anxiety that having to leave your house gave you was immense. It didn't help that I was doing a call center for people asking about the eviction ban.... constantly hearing the worst stories about how a family member died or how a person was sleeping on the ground in front of their home because their landlord illegally locked them out. Then I had to do contact tracing.... which made me sink into pretty bad depression. I regularly thought about killing myself because of doing that. The worst was when you had to call a case that was so young... babies and toddlers even. Their poor parents were so drained. I still cry about all we lost... all the people, the personal progress... it wrecks me.

[@percynfts-lm1cw]

Pink hair. It fits.

[@anneahlert2997]

​@percynfts-lm1cw How does having pink hair fit? Does having honeysuckle brunette hair mean that I can't care about my fellow human beings? Should I go dye my hair pink to become a better person? Because if that's what YOU need to do to not be such an ahole, I will gladly buy you a box of hair color.

[@anneahlert2997]

I am so, so, sorry. I can only imagine what it was like to be on the end of a phone call, wanting to reach out and help people in their most desperate moments, but being unable to do much of anything. I hope you find strength in the knowledge that you certainly must have helped a lot of people, even though you couldn't see it with your own eyes.

[@christinagarza2429]

What a joke.

[@nailartguy3363]

@@christinagarza2429 Wow. What a compassionate response to someone writing about how their mental health struggles after hearing people talk about the loved ones they lost and the hardships they endured during lockdown. You are truly a paragon of humanity’s capacity for understanding and kindness. ❤

[@peteramaranth85]

Wait australia still had big brother wtf lol and why does this feel like a xcom breefing 😂also I had covid twice it was bloody horrible

[@joj2994]

These days everyone would feel like staying in BB house.

[@emily.blairo5478]

no because this is so funny a year on and the situation literally hasnt changed

[@1000OtherFoxes]

they reacted more when they said the game will be suspended than when they said the virus was spreading.. lol

[@clayman648]

There was a Big brother 2021?

[@leonkernan]

Reminds me of joking that they'd close the border to Tasmania. Unimaginable at the time. It happened soon after.

[@Soundlyk_bigirl]

Which season it is I really wanna watch this season

[@scryptyc4295]

One year later…. I thought I’d be booted out in week one but here I am in week 58 and I haven’t even done anything.

[@ryankieth1675]

Holy crap. I didn't know they brought BBAU back, and this is how I find out?

[@THATjeffdelaney]

This was hilarious. LOL

[@Inkednative]

What season was this?

[@alexandrevibo]

They could deliver the news in the form of a musical.

[@blackpinkluv9869]

The game will be canceled.... until we get test results

[@velky_reeds]

why does their house look like a night club? 😆

[@emilywilliams113]

I live in Europe and their is a lot of cases :(

[@leonesperanza3672]

He should have said its over 9000!!!

[@themorrigan3673]

It is so funny to think that a thousand cases is already big for that time. Imagine hearing the cases now

[@stevethebeast150]

I remember this episode

[@stevenhocking6407]

Luckily they had lockdown, otherwise Australia would have ended up like America. Thanks dan

[@hueau6391]

We dont care. dramatic much?

[@MiaMizuno]

Actually I have to say that Big Brother TV Format has never been so interesting than in this very Moment, when these inhabitants have 0 Info and then learn about such Events.

[@juliamaloney800]

They’re shocked by 1k cases while I’m over here in New York w 1.1 million

[@sea-envy3137]

just the idea of "the game is about being isolated" and then "bad thing might have happened, game is on pause still isolated for other reason"

[@ELjefe665]

Everyone gather in one room bb has news. One of you in this tiny room has cofefe

[@Stargirl-xm1uj]

Omg imagine thinking dead set is coming to life

[@Monkeypole]

Haha I forgot that show existed until I watched this video, it was totally giving me Dead Set vibes

[@KegOfMeat]

I remember watching this episode when they told the housemates.

[@Bobthebuilddjdjdnbdcuhd]

Peak big brother