Big Brother is where complete strangers enter into the same house, where they must live without any direct contact to the outside world. / There are weekly tasks in which the Housemates must wager how much of their weekly shopping budget, in which if they win, they get more money, if they lose, they are on staples for the rest of the week. / There are also intuders who are put into the house to shake things up. / Big Brother originally ran on Channel 10 between 2001 and 2008. The daily shows were on every week day at 7.00, nomination shows were on at 7.30 on Mondays, Friday Night Live shows were on at 7.30, and eviction shows were on Sundays at 7.30. / On the 9th of September 2011, Nine Network announced that after 4 years off air they had picked up the show to return in 2012. The only announcement regarding the new series is that it will be hosted by Sonia Kruger.