Big Brother Australia is deep into its “shock twist” era, but the show’s latest stunt — the surprise elimination of Mia Wijewardene has the fandom in full meltdown mode. And not the fun, popcorn-munching kind.
We’re talking full-scale conspiracy boards, voice-matching receipts and accusations that Network Ten is meddling with evictions from behind the curtain.
Because apparently Big Brother isn’t the only one watching.
The twist was supposed to be huge… but fans aren’t buying it
Sunday night’s twist, where a random Aussie caller got to “Save or Evict” a housemate, was sold as the biggest shake-up of the season. Except, in the eyes of many diehard fans, it ended in the wrong person walking.
Mia wasn’t just popular inside the house, she was considered one of the most well-liked housemates, full stop. So when she got evicted, Reddit, Twitter (sorry, X), Discord and half of Behind Big Brother turned into forensic labs overnight.
And that’s where things got truly cooked.
Fans think the caller wasn’t random. They think it was a producer. AKA, the call is coming from inside the house! (It should be noted that production company Endemol Shine absolutely deny this — more on that in a minute.)
During the live stream, the fateful call into the house copped a bunch of technical hiccups. Audio glitches. Delays. Awkward silences. The usual BB chaos.
But eagle-eyed fans who obsessively record and rewatch the stream claim the voice on the phone wasn’t a random Queensland viewer. They believe it was Rebecca Andrews, a senior casting producer at Endemol Shine Australia.
This theory didn’t start with general viewers, it was ex-reality contestants who had previously been hand picked by “Bec” who first said the voice sounded familiar. And because the internet is the internet, BB sleuths then pulled audio clips from Rebecca’s social media and began using AI voice-matching tools to compare them.
Several fan accounts are claiming a “100 per cent voice match”.
A clip circulating on X, originally posted to a small account and now spreading fast, appears to show Rebecca speaking and fans swear the intonation, phrasing and tone are identical to Sunday night’s mystery caller.
Adding petrol to the fire: viewers pointed out that the caller was introduced as a Queenslander. Except… the twist moment hadn’t even aired yet in Queensland at the time of the call.
Fans argue a genuinely random viewer would have no idea when to phone in unless they were physically present in the studio, tipped off, already a part of production and you can guess which option the conspiracy theorists are running with.
But didn’t Network Ten run a national Instagram competition?
Yes, Network Ten pushed out an Instagram comp allowing Aussies everywhere to enter for the chance to be the “mystery caller”.
And in fairness, it was open nationally. No timezone issues. No weird logistics.
But fans argue it still doesn’t explain, the voice match, the timing, the tech issues and the conveniently dramatic outcome.
However, it does explain the caller being from Queensland! You could enter from anywhere but BB truthers aren’t convinced.
Multiple production-adjacent sources tell PEDESTRIAN.TV that Ten has been “fielding a stack of complaints” since this morning.
Some are asking for transparency. Some want an audit. Some are, no joke, demanding a re-vote.
Like most reality formats, Big Brother’s T&Cs include wording that essentially gives the network “final editorial discretion” over eliminations in exceptional circumstances.
This doesn’t mean they can just boot whoever they want for fun — it’s a standard legal boilerplate that every voting-based show (The Voice, MAFS, Idol, Survivor, you name it) has baked in.
But fans are claiming this fine print proves Ten can step in whenever they want. And that’s all BB conspiracy theorists need to go absolutely feral.
While plenty of fans are loving the new-era Big Brother, especially the return of the live stream, which has been one of the most-praised elements of the reboot. However, this controversy has cracked the fanbase wide open. Right now, the vibe is: 50 per cent “lol this is cooked but fun” and 50 per cent “rigged, rigged, RIGGED”!
And with the clip still circulating and fans digging even deeper today, this drama looks like it’s going to linger longer than Mia’s time in the house.
Endemol Shine has denied all allegations of rigging the elimination. A spokesperson told PEDESTRIAN.TV, “This week, Big Brother gave Australia the power to have the ultimate control of the house. 20 fans who registered were selected at random and given the number to the Big Brother house phone, Bec from QLD was the lucky caller, and she made the decision to save Allana, sending Mia home. It is categorically untrue to suggest the caller is a production employee.”
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