Big Brother EXCLUSIVE: Shocking pictures expose ‘budget’ new house as evicted star Allan Liang brands it a ‘shoe box in a warehouse’
Channel Seven’s Big Brother reboot is filmed in a custom-built compound in Sydney, after the show’s original Dreamworld, Gold Coast house burned down in 2019.
And although the new clifftop studio set at Manly’s North Head may look impressive on screen thanks to the magic of television, in reality it’s a little less flash.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday, newly evicted housemate Allan Liang voiced his shock at just how ‘budget’ the new location was to live in.
New home: Channel Seven’s Big Brother reboot is filmed in a custom-built compound in Sydney (pictured), after the show’s original Dreamworld house burned down in 2019
‘It was literally just Survivor in a warehouse. Or, as I would say, Survivor in a shoe box because it was so bloody small,’ he vented, after becoming the second evictee.
The Sydney-based salesman continued: ‘Honestly, my backyard is bigger. It was so small, there was nowhere to hide and nowhere to go.’
Earlier this year, Daily Mail Australia reported that Channel Seven had hired a huge warehouse to film the reboot in, rather than build a luxury new house.
Reality: And although the new clifftop studio set at Manly’s North Head may look impressive on screen thanks to the magic of television, in reality it’s a little less flash
You don’t see that on TV! It is filmed in a rented warehouse. The show’s set designers built a huge wooden panel with the eye logo on to attach to the front of the warehouse before filming
Over: Days after filming wrapped at the start of April, the eye logo had started to be dismantled, the custom-built entrance was boarded up and panels had come loose
The set designers behind the show then attached a huge wooden panel to the front of the warehouse, which features the Big Brother eye logo.
Days after filming wrapped at the start of April, the eye logo had already been dismantled and the custom-built entrance was boarded up.
Additionally, one of the circular plastic light panels leading up to the front entrance had come loose and was swinging in the wind.
Impressive: The ‘house’ looks more impressive when lit up at night on television
‘It was literally just Survivor in a warehouse. Or Survivor in a shoe box because it was so bloody small’: Evicted housemate Allan Liang (pictured) said his ‘backyard is bigger’ than the ‘house’
The show moved to Sydney for the reboot after the original Big Brother Australia house at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast was burned down in June 2019.
Four children aged between 11 and 15 were charged with arson after it was set ablaze. Two nine-year-olds who were also arrested were released after assisting police with inquiries.
After the show was axed in 2014, the original house was left to rot for five years.
Arson: The show moved to Sydney for the reboot after the original Big Brother Australia house at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast was burned down in June 2019
Sad: After the show was axed in 2014, the original house was left to rot for five years