List of Big Brother Australia housemates (2013 series)

Twelve new Housemates entered the Big Brother House during Launch Night on the 2013 series of Big Brother Australia. Two housemates, Jade and Drew, entered on Day 2 pretending to be a married couple, then on Day 8, new housemates Rohan and Katie & Lucy entered the house. On Day 59, two housemates, Nathan and Justynn, came in the house as male intruders. A further two female intruders entered the house on Day 64, Madaline and Boog.

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The final three housemates from Left to right: Tahan Lew-Fatt, Tim Dormer and Jade Albany Pietrantonio at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013

Ben

Benjamin 'Ben' Zabel, aged 30, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the fourth to enter on Launch Night. He was known for idolising Bert and Patti Newton. Ben was nominated for eviction on Day 16 after receiving 11 nomination points, and as a result, he had to move directly to the Halfway House. He survived this eviction on Day 22 after receiving 27% of the vote to save. Ben was up for eviction the following week. He was saved from eviction with 31% of the vote. In week 6 Ben was up for eviction due to the nominations swap. He was saved again with 24% of the Australian vote. On Day 50 Ben was 'Fake' evicted, and was removed to the presidential suite, where he spent 24 hours with out the other housemates knowing he was still in the house. After his 24 hours Ben returned to the house. As a birthday present, Bert and Patti Newton entered the house to spend an afternoon with Ben. On Day 73 Ben was the eleventh housemate to be evicted, shocking both the house and Australia. He received the most amount of applause from the eviction show crowd of all housemates evicted to date, as noted by Sonia Kruger; he was considered a frontrunner (along with Tim and Tahan) to win the show. He received 16.2% of the vote. On day 90 Ben returned into the house as Santa's elf to supervise Drew and Boog in Santa's workshop, which was a part of the weekly task. Ben then left the house.

Boog

Alex 'Boog' Roe, aged 23, entered the Big Brother House on Day 64 as the first female intruder. On Day 70 Boog was saved in the intruder eviction after receiving 55% of the votes to stay while Madaline was evicted however Nathan traded his spot for Madaline which meant that Madaline would stay and Nathan would leave the house. On day 74 Boog was nominated along with Tahan and Mikkayla and survived the eviction on Day 80 which shocked the house. She received 26.7% of the vote. Only 1.7% separated her from Mikkayla who was evicted. Boog was nominated in the following week along with Jade and Madaline. She was saved from eviction with 37% of the votes to save. On day 88 Boog survived being nominated for eviction along with Tahan and was guaranteed a spot in the final week. Boog was evicted on Day 99 as part of the Double Eviction determining the Final 3 housemates for 2013 after receiving just 3.8% of the votes to win. Boog placed in 5th position overall for 2013.

Caleb

Caleb Geppert, aged 33, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the last housemate to enter on Launch Night. The same day, Caleb decided to cross halfway through the divide. As a result, he had to return half of his clothes to Big Brother where they were kept until Day 3. On Day 5, Caleb was chosen by Matthew to spend the night in the Presidential Suite with him after Matthew won the first Showdown. On Day 9, Caleb moved into the Safe House after he survived the first round of nominations. On Day 36 Caleb received the least amount of votes to save him and was the fifth housemate to be evicted, placing 16th.

Drew

Anthony "Drew" Drew, aged 24, entered the Safe House on Day 1 with Jade. As part of the big twist, the two had to pretend to be a married couple to keep their place in the house. As they failed this secret task, both Drew and Jade were automatically nominated for eviction that week. This resulted in Drew moving to the Halfway House on Day 9. On Day 15, Drew was saved from eviction after receiving 38% of the vote to save, as this was more than the percentage received by any other housemate. Drew moved back into the Safe House after surviving nominations on Day 16 having received 0 nomination points. Drew was up again in Week 6 however he survived the eviction with 16% of the vote. He was up in week 9 and avoided eviction again with 17.1% of the vote. In week 10 Drew was nominated for eviction along with Ben, Ed, Tahan and Tim. Drew escaped eviction with 17.0% of the vote. On day 88 Drew was nominated for eviction along with Jade, Ed and Tim. On day 94 Drew was saved from eviction while Ed was evicted. Drew was evicted on Day 99, as part of the Double Eviction that determined the Final 3 housemates. He received 14.1% of the votes to win. Overall, Drew placed in 4th position for Big brother 2013. During Big Brother Drew gained a relationship with Tully, they were the most talked about couple of 2013 and they had a nickname Drully. When Tully got evicted her girlfriend didn't appreciate her intimate relationship with Drew. in the final weeks of Big Brother the housemates participated in a freeze task, in the freeze task Tully came in and went over to Drew and whispered " I'm single " then made out with him. When Drew got evicted Drully reunited on stage while talking to Sonia Kruger.

Ed

Ed Lower, aged 26, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the eighth housemate to enter on Launch night. On Day 12, Ed won the second Showdown and therefore won $5,000, the nomination superpower and a night in the Presidential Suite with a housemate of his choice. He chose Sharon. In week 5 Ed was nominated and narrowly survived eviction with 7.3% of the public vote. Only 0.1% separated him from Caleb who was evicted. Ed was nominated for eviction in Week 7 and received 16.6% of the vote while Matt was evicted. Ed was automatically put up for nomination in week 9 and survived the eviction with 14.4% (second lowest along with Mikkayla). Ed was again nominated in week 10 along with Ben, Drew, Tahan and Tim and survived the eviction with 16.9%. Only 0.7% separated him from Ben who was evicted. He also had a date with Jade but had to follow Surley's instruction, which Jade was surprised. On day 88 Ed was nominated for eviction along with Tim, Jade and Drew. Ed was evicted on Day 94 after receiving 18.6% of the Australian vote.

Heidi

Heidi Anderson, aged 29, currently works for radio, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the tenth housemate to enter on Launch night. During a twist on Day 10, Tahan chose to swap nominated housemate Mikkayla with Heidi, this meant that Heidi would face the first eviction in Mikkayla's place. Heidi was saved from eviction on Day 15 receiving 9% of the vote to save. She returned to the Safe House on Day 16 after surviving nominations, this time receiving 0 nomination points. She was later the sixth housemate evicted from the house on Day 43 with 8% of the votes where she gave the nominations super power to Drew.

Jade

Jade Albany Pietrantonio, aged 23, who speaks fluent Italian, entered the Safe House on Day 1 with Drew. As part of the big twist, these two had to pretend to be a married couple to keep their place in the house. As they failed this secret task, both Jade and Drew were automatically nominated for eviction that week and survived the eviction with 22% of the vote. Jade was nominated in Week 5 where she survived eviction with 19.7% of the vote. Jade was again nominated in Week 9 however she survived again with 17.6% of the public vote while her allies Kaity & Lucy were evicted. On day 81 Jade was up for eviction along with Boog and Madaline. She was saved from eviction with 52% of the vote. The next day Jade was nominated for eviction along with Ed, Tim and Drew. Jade was saved from eviction while Ed was evicted which deeply upset her. On Day 99, Jade survived the Double Eviction and earned herself a place in the 2013 Big Brother Grand Finale. On Day 101 Jade was crowned the runner-up of Big Brother after receiving 34% of the votes to win. She was given $10,000 from one of Big brother's sponsors Ambi pur and a new HD TV.

Jade was previously a contestant on the third cycle of Italia's Next Top Model. She decided to leave the show during the third episode, homesick and uncertain that modelling was what she wanted to do in life. Her father is Italian and her mother (who also used to be a model) is Australian with aboriginal background.

Justynn

Justynn Harcourt, aged 32 is an intruder entered the Big Brother House on Day 59. He was then the ninth housemate to be evicted on Day 64 after only receiving 27% in a vote to stay against Nathan. Justynn was the only 2013 housemate not to appear at the finale. He was later revealed he was recruited to be on Big Brother and didn't audition. He was also revealed to be the stunt double for Hugh Jackman and broke his finger doing a stunt during the filming of The Wolverine. Tahan asked him how he broke his finger but upon his response no one seemed to take him seriously except for Tim.

Jasmin

Jasmin Bell, nick name "Jazz Bell", aged 35, unemployed, aspiring plus size catalogue model, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the eleventh housemate to enter on Launch night. She was nominated for eviction on Day 2 after receiving most nomination points from her fellow housemates, because of this, she then had to move into the Halfway House. Her attitude and personality was not well received by other housemates and viewers. On Day 15, Jasmin was saved from eviction despite only receiving 3% of the vote to save. Jasmin returned to the Safe House after surviving nominations on Day 16. On Day 29 she was the second housemate to be evicted after scoring just 2% of the vote to save.

Katie and Lucy

Katie and Lucy Mercer, aged 21 and 22, entered the Safe House on Day 8. They are not allowed to be more than three metres apart from each other as they're playing as one housemate. In week 4 the sisters were nominated however they survived the eviction with 22% of the Australian vote. They were nominated in week 7 in a fake double eviction. They narrowly avoided eviction with 12.6% while Matt was evicted and Ben was fake evicted. The next week they were nominated along with Tully and Tahan. They received 49% of the vote thus being saved from eviction while Tully left the house. On day 66 They were the Tenth housemate to be the evicted with 12.3% of the Australian vote. Katie & Lucy were known to have personality clashes with fellow housemate Tahan. They are known as the "sugar sisters".

Madaline

Madaline Cogar, aged 24, entered the Big Brother House on Day 64 as the second female intruder. Madaline was also saved from eviction on Day 70 by Nathan who volunteered to take her spot. On day 81 Madaline was nominated for eviction along with Jade and Boog. She was evicted on Day 87 with just 11% of the Australian vote to save her.

Matthew

Matthew Filippi, aged 29, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the ninth housemate to enter on Launch night. On Day 5, Matthew won the first Showdown and therefore won $5,000, the first nomination superpower and a night in the Presidential Suite with a housemate of his choice. He chose Caleb. Although he wasn't nominated by his fellow housemates on Day 16, he was swapped in a twist on Day 17. He survived this eviction on Day 22 after receiving 27% of the vote to save. Matt was up for eviction again the following week and was saved from the eviction with 13% of the vote. On day 50 Matthew was the seventh housemate to be evicted and therefore left the big brother house. He received 11.7% of the Australian vote.

Mikkayla

Mikkayla Mossop, aged 24, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the first housemate to enter on Launch Night. She was nominated for eviction on Day 9 after receiving the most nomination points (17) from her fellow housemates. As a result, Mikkayla remained in the Halfway House. As Heidi and Tim both received 10 nomination points, Mikkayla had to choose who she'd like to join her facing eviction. She chose Tim. On Day 11, Tahan had the power to save a nominated housemate. She chose to save Mikkayla, who was switched with Heidi. Mikkayla was nominated for eviction again on Day 16 and returned to the Halfway House, this time only receiving 7 nomination points.

On Day 17, in a game of 'pass the parcel', Mikkayla finished with the 'prize', which was the power to switch a nominated housemate with a safe housemate. She switched herself with Matthew, meaning the nomination twist had saved her from facing eviction two weeks in-a-row.

In Week Four's nominations, Mikkayla once again had the highest number of nomination votes with 13. This time, she wasn't saved and was finally forced to face the public vote. During Monday's Eviction Show on Day 29, it was revealed that 7/13 remaining housemates believed Mikkayla would be evicted. Sonia told Ben, Tahan, Matt and the Sisters that they were all safe, leaving just Jasmin and Mikkayla. The house was shocked when Jasmin was the one who was evicted. When revealing the tally board, Mikkayla received 15% of the public vote to stay, which was the third highest of the six nominees.

On Day 30's Nominations, Mikkayla received just 3 votes (all 3 came from Ed). However, due to the spread of the votes, it was enough to make her equal sixth. Tully received the most votes and chose Mikkayla to be nominated (sparing Katie+Lucy, Matt, Ed and Heidi in the process). However, on Day 32, Tim won Thursday's Showdown and was given the power to save a nominee and sacrifice a safe housemate. Tim sacrificed himself and saved Mikkayla. This was the third time Mikkayla had been saved by the Nomination Twist and the fourth time she had survived Eviction despite originally being nominated.

In Week Six's Nominations, Mikkayla received 4 votes (2 from Matt, 2 from Tully), however 4 was all that was needed to ensure she was nominated yet again. However, Mikkayla won Week Six's showdown and won the power to save a nominated housemate and sacrifice a safe housemate. Mikkayla chose to save her self and put Ben up for eviction. This was the fourth time Mikkayla had been saved by the Nomination Twist and the fifth time she had survived Eviction despite originally being nominated.

The following week, Mikkayla again faced eviction after receiving 7 points. The housemates believed it to be a double eviction, where in actual fact the housemate with the highest votes would go into a safe house. Mikkayla received 16.1% of the public vote, enough to save her and make her fourth highest of the six nominees, with Matt leaving in a shock eviction.

In Week 8, Mikkayla received only 2 votes (coming from Tully) which meant for the first time since entering the house, Mikkayla was safe after nominations. Big Brother announced the Showdown winner could only save a nominee, not sacrifice a safe housemate, which meant Mikkayla was safe another week. In a highlight week for Mikkayla, her rival Tully was evicted by the public.

In Week 9, there was no nominations and Big Brother announced that all Housemates would be up for eviction. The eviction took place on Wednesday of Week Ten and Mikkayla received 14.4% (equal second lowest with Ed) of the public vote, which was enough to save her. However, Mikkayla watched on as the her closest allies Katie and Lucy were evicted. Mikkayla had a rough time with intruder Justynn during the "everybody-nominated" period. The two fought over the shopping list and power in the house. When the Housemates thought they were voting in the intruder eviction, Mikkayla voted to save Nathan and evict Justynn. Although it was up to the public, Mikkayla got her wish, with only 27% of the public saving Justynn.

In Week Ten's nominations, Mikkayla only received two points, meaning she was safe from eviction for another week. On day 74 Mikayla was nominated for evicton with Tahan and Boog despite winning the nominations superpower. Mikkayla was evicted on day 80 after receiving 25.0% of votes to save, she handed over Mr. Clooney to fellow house mate Ed.

Nathan

Nathan Little, aged 35, is a trivia show host and digital designer who entered the Big Brother House as an intruder on Day 58, the latest Big Brother Australia has ever allowed intruders to enter the house. He received 73% of the public vote to stay against his competitor Justynn. He was the first contestant in the history of Big Brother worldwide to sacrifice his spot in the game for another housemate on Day 71. He was unaware which of the two intruders would take his spot until the public vote was calculated two days later and deemed to be Madaline.

Rohan

Rohan Mirchandaney, aged 24, entered the Safe House on Day 8. Rohan was sent directly to the Halfway House after being nominated for eviction on Day 16 with 9 nomination points. He was evicted on Day 22 after receiving 6% of the final votes to save.

Sharon

Sharon Smith, aged 52, married with three children, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the seventh housemate to enter on Launch night. Sharon was the first to leave The Big Brother House on Day 15, receiving only 4% of votes to save.

Tahan

Tahan Lew-Fatt, aged 21, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the third housemate to enter on Launch night. The same day, Tahan decided to cross the divide. As a result, she had to return all her clothes to Big Brother where they were kept until Day 3. Tahan moved into the Safe House on Day 9 having survived nominations but returned to the Halfway House on Day 16 after being nominated by her fellow housemates, this time with 12 nomination points. She was saved from eviction on Day 22 receiving 16% of the vote.

Tahan was nominated again in Week 4. She survived the eviction with 13% of the public vote. Tahan was nominated again in Week 5 however she survived the eviction again with 12.4% of the vote. Tahan was again nominated in Week 6 but she was safe again with 17% of the vote and she was the third highest saved nominee. She was put up again in Week 7 in a fake double eviction where she received 20.8% of the vote second only to Ben who was the fake evictee. Tahan was again nominated in week 8 against Tully and Katey & Lucy. She was safe again receiving 34% of the vote while Tully was evicted.

She won Day 59's Showdown after losing to Tim in a previous Showdown, beating Jade in the final. She saved herself and Ben from Eviction

In week 10 Tahan was nominated along with Ben, Drew, Ed and Tim and faced eviction again. She received a whopping 32.1% of the public vote doubling everyone else's save percentages while Ben was evicted. On Day 74 Tahan was again nominated along Mikkayla and Boog and faced eviction. Tahan was saved from eviction with 48.3% of the public vote while her rival Mikkayla was evicted. On Day 81 Tahan survived nominations with 4 points (all came from Jade). This is the first time since the first round of nominations that Tahan hasn't been nominated for eviction by other housemates. On Day 99, Tahan survived the Double Eviction and earned herself a place in the 2013 Big Brother Finale. On Day 101 Tahan was crowned the second runner up for Big Brother 2013 after receiving 30% of the votes to win placing 3rd. She received $5000 from one of the shows sponsors, Ambi Pur.

Tahan was known as the survivor in the house as she survived so many evictions. Tahan is the most saved housemates in the history of Big Brother Australia after surviving a total of nine evictions (six are consecutive). Tahan was also well known for her long running feud with Katie and Lucy which began immediately after the sisters entered the house right through till they were evicted. Tahan even said in the diary room following their eviction that she has finally beat them and won the feud.

Tim

Tim Dormer, aged 29, entered the Safe House on Day 0 and was the sixth housemate to enter on Launch night. Just when Big Brother had started, it was revealed that there was a video online of Tim streaking naked on a plane with famous pop star Rihanna. He was nominated on Day 9 after receiving 10 nomination points, and as a result, Tim had to move into the Halfway House. On Day 15, Tim was saved from eviction after receiving 22% of the vote to save. He returned to the Safe House on Day 16 having survived nominations with 0 nomination points. On Day 32, Tim won Thursday's Showdown and was given the power to save a nominee and sacrifice a safe housemate. Tim saved Mikkayla and sacrificed himself. In that eviction Tim received a stunning 40.2% of the vote while Caleb was evicted. Tim was nominated again in week 6 where he survived the eviction with 24% of the vote as only 23 votes separated him from Ben (who also received 24%). Tim was nominated in Week 9 where he was the highest saved nominee receiving 24.2% of the vote. In week 10 Tim was up for eviction with Tahan, Ben, Ed and Drew. He survived the eviction with 17.8% of the Australian vote while Ben was shockingly evicted. On day 88 Tim was up for eviction along with Jade, Drew and Ed. On day 94 Tim escaped eviction while his rival Ed was evicted. On Day 99, Tim survived the Double Eviction and earned himself a place in the 2013 Big Brother Finale. On Day 101 Tim was crowned the winner of Big Brother after receiving 36% of the votes to win. He won $250,000. He was called throughout the series, as a person who was manipulative and always played the game very seriously and strategically. He was considered the villain of this season.

On 3 March 2016, Dormer was one of two 'international wildcards' who won a public vote to enter the fourth season of Big Brother Canada, he entered the house on Day 7 along with Nikki Grahame from the seventh and Ultimate Big Brother series of Big Brother UK and came in 3rd place, and voted for Nick & Phil to win.

Preceded by Benjamin Norris

Big Brother Australia winner Series 10 (2013)

Succeeded by Ryan Ginns

Tully

Tully Smyth, a social media strategist from Sydney, aged 25, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the Fifth housemate to enter on Launch night. She moved into the Safe House on Day 9 after surviving the first round of nominations. She then returned to the Halfway House on Day 16 after being nominated with 12 nomination points. Tully was saved from eviction on Day 22 despite receiving just 14% of the vote to save. Tully was nominated in week 5. She escaped the eviction with 13.2% of the vote. The Following week Tully was put for eviction again along with Ben, Drew, Heidi, Tahan and Tim. Tully survived the eviction with just 11% while Heidi was evicted. On Day 57, Tully was eighth housemate to be evicted with 17% of the vote to save her.

Xavier

Xavier Holland, aged 28, entered the Halfway House on Day 0 and was the second housemate to enter on Launch Night. During his short time in the house, he was a massive supporter of the Western Bulldogs. He moved into the Safe House on Day 9 after surviving the first round of nominations. Xavier was nominated for eviction on Day 16 after receiving 11 nomination points, this resulted in him returning to the Halfway House. He was the third housemate to be evicted on Day 22 after the double eviction after being the second evicted for the night receiving just 10% of the vote to save.