Can you spot the difference? Subtle change to Big Brother Australia occurred after COVID-19 scare
In a very first for Big Brother Australia, the game was paused for three days when a coronavirus scare rocked the crew.
And during the 36-hour production halt there was a subtle change made to the house as the housemates continued their daily lives.
Anxiously waiting for negative COVID-19 test results, there were certain items temporarily removed from the reality TV show.
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Can you spot the difference? Subtle change was made to Big Brother Australia after COVID-19 scare rocked the production on Sunday’s episode
As the crew abandoned the set to wait for test results, all hand-held cameras disappeared from view from the garden walls.
Host Sonia Kruger explained to viewers: ‘Filming has been suspended however the rigged cameras will still be able to record with limited essential crew.’
On the morning of day 28, housemates noticed equipment being retracted from the backyard’s black curtains by the show’s camera operators.
Explanation: Host Sonia Kruger explained to viewers that filming had been suspended and only some of the rigged cameras were being used by ‘limited essential crew’
Gone! On the morning of day 28, housemates noticed equipment being retracted from the backyard’s black curtains by the show’s camera operators – they didn’t return until the COVID-19 test results came back negative
They also noticed that not all rigged cameras were following their every move as they once did.
Footage from the first half of the episode reflects a lack of garden camera angles and tracking shots.
However, when housemates resumed play on day 30, the cameras appeared to be back in place and operational.
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Each housemate was updated on the global crisis, and some took it more seriously than others.
The COVID-19 scare came weeks after they were informed off camera by producers in March about the escalating pandemic.
Under normal circumstances, Big Brother stars are kept in the dark about the outside world, but an exception was made in this case.
Until that point, the contestants had no idea what was going on because they had entered the secure compound when the global health crisis was in its early stages.
There are now only eight housemates left vying for the $250,000 cash prize.
Big Brother Australia continues Monday at 7:30pm on Channel Seven
Tune in: Big Brother continues Monday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven. Pictured: Big Brother host Sonia Kruger