The Network 10 show has been a ratings success, and producers might be kicking themselves that they opted for a curtailed season of just a few weeks. With the show heading to its finale on Sunday night Big Brother will need to shed quite a few residents over this week.

Monday night saw a new round of nominations from the housemates and it ended up with Vinnie, Emily and Coco facing potential eviction – but when that night be is not completely clear.

First the housemates heard a parting message from the show’s most recent ejected – Perth based model Holly who was expelled on Sunday night.

In a video message Holly didn’t hold back, she said Connor was someone she never got on with, she dubbed Vinnie as someone who is “performative” and not authentic, and laid into Coco as well.

“Thank you for reminding me why I don’t trust females.” Holly said, describing her whole friendship with Coco as totally fake and said Coco was someone who was “slithering around”.

She made paramour Colin the Head Housemate giving him the power to assign jobs over the next week, and also save someone for eviction.

In the Big Brother Diary Room Allana said Holly parting message was malicious and not based on the truth.

Before the nominations Big Brother added another unexpected twist. A pile of presents were placed under the Christmas Tree and each housemate was asked to select one.

Only one box had a gift inside though, and it was picked by Edward. It gave him double to votes at this week’s nomination round, he could assign 10 points while the others only had five each.

As the housemates headed into the diary room to cast their votes they revealed who was getting on their nerves and who was judged to be a game player.

Colin gave four points to Coco calling her a “game player” who made him annoyed him, and then gave his ither point to Vinnie saying he wasn’t genuine. Emily gave three more points to Vinnie saying he was a “people pleasing game player”, and gave her other two points to Bruce saying she’d had enough of his temper.

Bruce gave three points Allana saying she didn’t listen to other people’s perspective, and gave two points to Emily saying she was a threat to his chances of winning. Allana also nominated Vinnie for three points saying they were not connected, while giving two points to Connor saying he could end up a winner and should be eliminated.

Vinnie gave four points to Allana sensing they were not having a good vibe, and then gave his remaining points to Coco. Coco have three points to Edward saying he was “two-faced” and gave two points to Vinnie describing him as someone who could not be trusted.

Connor nominated Emily for three points, saying she needed to be taken out because as a wonderful person Australia would be loving her and she needed to be evicted. He then nominated Coco, despite her being his closest friend.

The tally board put Vinnie, Allana and Coco at the top of the tally board, but then Edward got his massive 10 votes to deploy.

Edward gave Vinnie seven points, saying he was giving too much life advice and relationship advice for someone of a young age, and said he agreed with the assessment Holly and Jane delivered in their messages labelling him a “fake”.

Edward said Coco was getting his final three points, because she was a potential winner. Edward’s choices didn’t change the top nominations, but Vinnie ended up with 16 points.

Allana was saved from the chopping block when Colin used his Head Housemate powers, pushing Emily into the eviction club.

Tune in to see what happens next on Ten and 10Play.

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The book opens with Dan peddling his bike across the deserted country town of Chipping Hollow late at night. His destination was his girlfriend Libby’s place because he needed to have a face-to-face conversation with her about something that couldn’t wait.

Unfortunately, he never made it to his destination because he didn’t see the truck as it crested the hill until it was too late. And the driver of the truck didn’t see him because Dan never got around to getting the bike lights fixed.

While Dan lies in a coma at the local hospital, Libby finds out that she has become the target of a hate campaign at school. There is an online posting of her supposedly cheating on her boyfriend and the school hallway and classrooms echo with snide remarks calling her a ‘slut’, a ‘whore’, a ‘bitch’ and a ‘tart’.

I suppose it is wishful thinking on my behalf that this kind of behaviour had become extinct, but abusive sexualised name calling and insults and spreading rumours of a sexual nature online is alive and well.

Neha, who arrived in the last year of St Hilda’s co-ed school half-was through the school year, was finding life difficult and friendless as well. She could avoid the subtle racism, but being queer at a Christian school in a quaint village where everyone seems to have known each other since birth was a difficult hurdle to navigate.

Neha keeps her sexuality a secret because she feels that exposing her sexuality would make her more of an outcast. As the bullying of Libby turns from verbal to physical, Neha decides that she has to befriend her and protect her from the poisonous teenagers at the school.

When Libby finds herself falling for Neha, she worries that if she follows her heart she will betray the people she cares about most. Can she discover who she really is before she loses everyone, and what secret did Dan want to share with her as he sped towards her place?

Lezly Herbert

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The series is set to return to Network 10 in January, and we’ve been tipped off to three celebrity visitors who will be heading to the wilderness next year.

Julia Morris will return as host, alongside Robert Irwin – fresh off his headline-making Dancing With The Stars win in the USA, where he followed in the footsteps of his sister Bindi who won the program in 2015.

Now for the clues – do you have an inkling who is joining the next outing?

“First up, a Hollywood sitcom star will be bringing their star power to the jungle and hopefully bringing the stars back to camp when they trade red carpets for tucker trials.”

“A Rugby Romeo will be trading scrums for chum as he gets his kicks from tucker trials. Will he find romance in the jungle? Or will his time in camp be a Shakesperean tragedy?”

“Joining them is an international supermodel, swapping designer clothes for what we believe is a very fashionable khaki set. With a connection to rock and roll royalty, this celeb is going to be rubbing shoulders with the beetles when she enters the jungle.”

Watch the teasers and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! premieres Sunday, 18 January 2026.

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Taking over The Ice Cream Factory in Northbridge, the Thursday night event drew a crowd of music lovers eager to see the Australian band.

While both Drag stars entertained the crowd with witty banter and some quick numbers, music was the flavour everyone had come out for.

First up DJ Tseba delivered an engaging set.

Soon Miami Horror will filing the stage with their sound. Bandmates Benjamin Plant and Daniel Whitechurch remained largely in the shadows while their guest vocalists took centre stage.

Perth audiences got to experience the band while Sydney fans missed out after their proposed Sunday night show was cancelled.

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Four of the housemates were up for eviction and fans of the show were wondering what had happened to housemate Abiola who had mysteriously disappeared from the live stream in recent days.

Sunday nights show answered the mystery, while Holly, Connor, Vinnie and Bruce waited to see who would be booted and given seconds to leave the house.

At the top of the show the mystery of what happened to Abiola was revealed.

The housemates awoke to discover the house had been transformed in a Christmas celebration, and soon presents were being offered.

After being called to the Diary Room, head housemates Allana returned with a package and explained that any of the housemates who were not up for nomination were eligible for a special prize of $15,000 of the current prize pool.

To claim the prize all they had to do was ring a bell that had been installed near the door. The signal to ring the bell would be the playing of a Christmas carol.

Just moments after the housemates began debating the merits of the offer the sound of We Wish You a Merry Christmas rang out across the house. Abiola declared “I’m going to do it” and moved for the bell and declared that getting her car serviced and fixing her teeth would be a huge win for her.

“This will help me so much.” she told her soon to be ex-housemates.

Back in the house the conversation largely focused around annoying it was to have Holly and Colin “macking on” all day and night in front of everyone.

“The PDA stuff in getting too full on.” Coco said while speaking to Big Brother in the Diary Room. “Can’t they just wait until they’re on the outside!”

Soon the couple were being asked to tone down their affection, and stop involving people in their “situationship”.

With Abiola on the outside, soon Big Brother was bringing down the numbers further with his next eviction.

After host Mel Tracina’s predictable long pause after saying “it’s time to go” multiple times, it was model Holly who was headed for the exit.

During an interview on the stage with Mel Tracina Holly said she’d enjoyed the experience and finding Colin inside the house had been “something very very special”.

Holly said she could understand why people thought she and Colin made an unexpected couple given she’s globe trotting model and Colin is, as Mel described him, “A brev from the Gong”.

“A lot of people don’t understand that I’m originally do come from Perth Western Australia, and my family’s from The Goldfields. So I have country people – slash – rough around the outside soft on the inside, that’s my cup of tea.

Holly said her experience in the international fashion industry had made her appreciate people who have “goodness inside of them”.

The cameras cut to Colin back in the house moping over Holly’s departure.

With only a week left before the show’s grand finale, we’re expecting several evictions throughout the week as the finish line approaches.

Vinnie, Colin, Edward, Emily, Alana, Bruce, Coco and Connor remain in the house. Catch Big Brother on Network 10 at 7:30pm each week night and the Grand Finale on Sunday night at 7pm. You can also watch episodes on 10Play and log in to the live stream.

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The performer had an extensive career in vaudeville, cabaret and the theatre, as well as appearing in films and on television. She appeared on stage in memorable roles in Annie Get Your Gun, Oliver, and My Fair Lady, while on television she appeared in Number 96, The Unisexers and The Last Frontier.

She had been awarded the Order of Australia for fer service to the entertainment industry, and a centenary medal for her service to the arts community, alongside many other accolades.

Lamond was born into a show business family in 1932. Her mother was comedian Stella Lamond, hee father was actor Joe Lawman.

Her career began as a child performer singing on the radio and soon she was working on the Tivoli theatre circuit and appearing in vaudeville and cabaret shows.

She made her name in musical theatre starring in productions of Oliver, Annie Get Your Gun, The Pajama Game and Gypsy.

One of her career milestones came in 1961 when she stepped in and compared the nightly variety show In Melbourne Tonight making her the first woman anywhere to host such a show.

Her career took her around the globe, she appeared in the US series Murder She Wrote, and spent time living in both the United Kingdom and the USA. She made her New York stage debut at the age of 67 when she appeared in Cabaret.

Upon returning to Australia she appeared in many more productions including 42nd Street, The Pirates of Penzance, and My Fair Lady. She worte several volumes of her memoirs and also created a one-woman show about her life.

Her step-sister was the Australian singer Helen Reddy, who died in 2020 at the age of 78. She is survived by her son, the actor Tony Sheldon, best known for his long running role on the musical version of Priscilla – Queen of the Desert.

Entertainment reporter Peter Ford was one of many well know Australians playing tribute to her long career.

“Very sad to hear of showbiz legend Toni Lamond’s death at 93. What a life and career! A list of TV, stage and movie credits as long as your arm – both here and overseas.” Ford said on social media.

Marty Fields, the son of fellow vaudevillians Maurie Fields and Val Jellay also paid tribute.

“So saddened to learn of the passing of Toni Lamond. A great friend to our family for decades, sister to Helen Reddy, and multitalented veteran of the Australian showbiz scene. A legend. Vale.’ he wrote.

Actor Sally-Anne Upton, who is currently performing in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production Carol also shared her recollections of working with Lamond.

“Honoured to have worked with Toni on a one-off Cabaret event with a full symphony orchestra — an unforgettable experience. Her warmth, generosity and knockout stage presence stay with me always.” Upton said.

Todd McKenney, currently appearing in the Perth season of Cats also recalled a close friendship with Lamond.

“I owe her so much of my career success.” McKenney posted to Instagram. “To say Toni was just a mentor of mine would be a gross understatement. Back when I was starting out in theatre, in the musical 42nd Street, she took me under her wing and taught me how to connect with an audience and how to deliver a gag!

“She gave me the confidence to be myself on stage and I’ll be forever grateful for that. I really thought twice about posting about Toni’s passing but I want to publicly express my gratitude to her for teaching me the ropes in a way she knew I would benefit from.” he shared. 

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Inside the fish tank inside the Big Brother House Dierdre was worried, the other three fish-mates were all opting to swim near the top of the tank while she plunged to the bottom.

Her depth reflected her mood, after three weeks inside this tank with the other goldfish she’d had enough of their petty squabbles and overblown egos.

She didn’t mind Russell so much, they had a lot in common. Golden orange scales and flowing fins, they could have been siblings. She found his jokes to be hilarious.

Timothy on the other hand was doing her head in, what a total kipper he was. It wasn’t his endless swaying back at forth through the water that grinded her gears, more his incessant singing. For days on end he’d been doing on his own recreation of Nikki Minaj songs from over a decade ago.

When it came to Gloria, the fourth remaining fish-mate Deirdre was undecided. They’d gone on a long swim together and found they had a lot in common. They both had orange complexions and a deep interest in bubbles.

But Gloria was adoring Timothy and they were increasingly spending all their time together. When Timothy launched into his fiftieth rendition of Starships – just to be additionally annoying, Diedre had sought revenge by hiding his toothbrush in the rock at the bottom of the tank, but Timothy soon found it. Dierdre suspected that Gloria had tipped him off.

Now she worried that the toothbrush incident would lead to her getting nominated for eviction, and if Timothy could convince Russell to turn on her, she’d probably be scooped out of the tank on Sunday night. She felt Gloria was a lost cause, she’s completely under Timothy’s spell.

She took a moment to look at the bubbles passing though the tank and she wondered what people outside would be making of all of this drama.

She really missed Petunia, who had been voted off after the first week in the tank. it was no secret that Deirdre had quickly developed a huge crush on the bigger goldfish. At least he she was evicted this week she could catch up with Petunia in a different tank, they’d really hit it off.

“Bring on Sunday” she thought, “If I’m going to go, I’m going to go.”

Determined to go out with a bang, she swan upwards towards the spot where Gloria, Russell and Timothy were swirling about. It was time she had it out with Timothy, her heart was now beating like a drum and she was heading his way, but she was going to lay down the law, her law, it was time for Timothy to sing a different song.

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 Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking, semi-autobiographical and Tony and Olivier Award-winning masterpiece – set in 1980s New York during the first few years of the AIDS crisis – returns to Sydney Theatre Company in 2026 almost four decades after they first staged the work.

This production comes from the State Theatre Company of South Australia who featured the production in their 2022 season. The play is described as an epic exploration of a community in crisis and their resilience, courage, humour and love, and the 2026 production boasts an impressive case.

STC Artistic Director and four-time Helpmann Award-winner Mitchell Butel stepped into an acting role for the Adelaide production where his performance was described by Limelight as being “poetically heartbreaking”.

He will return for the Sydney production to once again play Ned Weeks, a New York writer determined to uncover the truth about the mystery illness affecting his friends and colleagues and the lack of government action in response.

Butel is joined by an astonishing ensemble cast – including Tim Draxl (A Place to Call Home, Sunset Boulevard), Keiynan Lonsdale (Love, Simon, Dance Academy), Nicholas Brown (Circle Mirror Transformation), Fraser Morrison (Grief is a Thing with Feathers) and Emma Jones making her Sydney Theatre Company debut.

The production will run from 9th February to 14th March 2026 at the Dramas Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. The play was last performed in Perth in 2023.

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The story introduces us to professional ice hockey players, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are opponents on the field, but behind closed doors they have a blossoming romance. The story follows them from their time as rookies to being the biggest stars in the league.

Newcomers Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie star as Hollander and Rozanov respectfully in the Canadian series.

The show has a lot to say about homosexuality it treated in the sporting realm ,but its also been praised for not holding back on the sex scenes.

The first two episodes are now available with new episodes dropping each Friday. The series has six episodes in total.

In the first episode the two have a sizzling moment when they meet in the gym, later in the showers Ilya takes things a step further with an over sexual moment. Not long after the two are getting intimate in the bedroom.

The second episode Olympians sees the pair hooking up in one of their hotel rooms and taking their sexual adventure a step further. Later another encounter sees Ilya revealing his love for sexual suspense and power games.

The television version is written and produced by Jacob Tierney who previously co-created the series Letterkenny. In an interview with Toronto Life Tierney shared that he’d discovered the books during the pandemic lockdown.

He shared how he loved the story because it gave a consensual and realistic portrayal of a same-sex romance and sexual encounters.

“This is a gay love story set in the world of hockey, so its very existence is an act of rebellion. But the show itself is happily ever after. I didn’t want to subvert too many romance tropes—I love these stories. This show is queer joy for adults.” he said.

Find Heated Rivalry on HBO Max

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Abiola, who describes herself as as “fat, blak, lesbian’, appeared on Friday night’s episode of the show but viewers watching the live stream of the show have noticed that she’s no longer in the house and her bed has also been removed.

On Friday the live stream focused on shots of the fish tank and the washing machines and later when it returned to footage of the housemates whenever conversation looked like it was turning to discussions about ‘Abs’ the audio was muted.

Abiola was nominated for eviction this week but Head Housemate Allana used her powers to save her being on the chopping block, which threw Holly and Connor into the firing line.

She has been a fan favourite on the revived show, but housemates have moaned about her spending most of her time napping. The perennial late-riser fills her days with snoozes and catnaps, and could often be seen dozing off in the middle of other housemates heated confrontations.

Representatives for the show have said Sunday nights episode will explain what is going on and the latest promos for the show suggest a ‘walkout’ by a housemate.

The show has been a huge rating success for Network 10 who regained the rights to the format after it’s had stints on both Channel Nine and Seven in recent years. They returned the show to a live format, brought back the live stream and increased audience interactions.

Executives might be regretting their decision to have a significantly shorter season. The whole shebang finishes up next weekend, so expect a rapid succession of evictions over the next week to whittle down the numbers.

Catch this week’s eviction episode this Sunday at 7pm.

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