Big Daddy is a popular online game show franchise created and hosted by Lachie Myall
How it Works
Big Daddy is a Big Brother game hosted exclusively through Messenger and Kik.
It is based upon the television show Big Brother US/Canada and follows a similar format.The game follows a number of contestants, known as sack mates, compete against each other and battle it out for power in an attempt to evict each other until only one remains.
Season 1 was loosely based after BBUK with multiple nominees, late addition cast mates, formal warnings, and various twists. With the BB US/Canada format being introduced from season 2 onward.
Each day (minus Fridays and Saturdays) one of the sackmates is evicted by a house vote, once there is only two sack mates left all the evicted contestants form the jury and vote for the winner. Each season varies in length with season 17 lasting the longest with 31 full days, seasons 3,7,8,9,10 & 1,12,13,14,16,18 & 19 are the shortest all lasting 1 day.
Winners
History
The idea for the show came when winners Lachie Myall and Benjamin Jackson were reminiscing about their old group chats and the conversations that used to happen in them. Lachie found an old group chat where he kept adding and deleting loads of people randomly and picking who stayed, he said how it was like a game and how he wished there was something like it they could all play. Benj then suggested making a group chat and adding all of their friends before evicting them, after talking a little more they decided to base it off Big Brother and have everyone evict each other. Lachie became the host as he knew the show the best and could pull ideas from it. Season 1 started that same night and was initially called 'Don't Shoot The Messenger' but after a brief discussion Nadia suggested calling it Big Daddy. Season 1 was loosely based after BBUK with multiple nominees, late addition cast members, formal warnings, and various twists. Whereas later seasons have been more based off BBUS and BBCAN, with Big daddy day 1 & 2 being heavily inspired by Rupaul's Drag Race and Big daddy day 3 and 4 taking inspiration from BBUS and The Challenge.
Seasons
| Season | Days | Houseguests | Winner | Runner-up | Final Vote | Premiere Date | Finale Date | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 16 | Nadia Hadj-Aissa | Benjamin Jackson | 10-2 | January 18, 2016 | February 2,2016 | Facebook Messenger |
| 2 | 18 | 19 | Harriet Griffin | Benjamin Jackson | 7-3 | February 25,2016 | March 13,2016 | Facebook Messenger |
| 3: Big Daddy Day | 1 | 9 | Amelia Mundy | Ruby Neville | 4-3 | March 30,2016 | March 30,2016 | In person |
| 4: Dynamic Duos | 14 | 15 | Benjamin Jackson | Asha Collins | 9-4 | June 9,2016 | June 23,2016 | Facebook Messenger |
| 5: Seperate Sacks | 17 | 21 | Jess Hallett | Amelia Mundy | No Vote | July 10,2016 | July 25,2016 | Facebook Messenger |
| 6: All-Stars | 7 | 9 | Lachlan Myall-Mackin | Benjamin Jackson | 4-2 | August 16,2016 | August 28,2016 | Kik |
| 7: Mini Papi | 1 | 11 | Alex Boardman | Charlotte Parsons | 6-4 | December 19,2016 | December 19,2016 | Facebook Messenger |
| 8: Birthday Battle | 13 | Noush Bowler | Charlotte Parsons
Jess Hallett |
7-1-1 | January 18,2017 | January 18,2017 | Facebook Messenger | |
| 9: Big Daddy Day 2 | 9 | Zuleika Voegele-Downing | Florence Valinski
Nadia Hadj-Aissa |
9-1-0 | July 2,2017 | July 2,2017 | In person | |
| 10: All-Stars 2 | Tess Ward | Noush Bowler | 4-3 | August 20,2017 | August 20,2017 | Facebook Messenger | ||
| 11: Halloween Spooktacular | 14 | Benjamin Jackson | Ella McGhee | 8-3 | October 30,2017 | October 30,2017 | Facebook Messenger | |
| 12: Holislay | 12 | Ellie Ashford | Eryn Lord-Larder | 7-10 | December 18,2017 | December 18,2017 | Facebook Messenger | |
| 13:Big Drinking day | 9 | Lachlan Myall-Mackin | Jemima Platt | 5-7 | December 23,2017 | December 23,2017 | in person | |
| 14: Underdogs | 12 | Eryn Lord-Larder | Hazel Barnes-Turner | 6-4 | January 18,2018 | January 18,2018 | Facebook Messenger | |
| 15: Battle of the Champions | 3 | 14 | Lachlan Myall-Mackin | Eryn Lord-Larder | 7-4 | January 22,2018 | January 24,2018 | Facebook Messenger |
| 16: Divide & Conquer | 1 | Florence Valinski | Charlotte Parsons | 6-5 | April 22,2018 | April 22,2018 | Facebook Messenger | |
| 17: Virtual Mania | 32 | 15 | Noush Bowler | Ellie Ashford | 6-4 | October 15,2018 | November 15,2018 | Snapchat |
| 18: Big Daddy Day 3: Blood vs Water | 1 | 9 | Sancha Myall | Sonny Mooney | No Vote | December 25,2018 | December 25,2018 | in person |
| 19: Big Daddy Day 4: Blood vs Water 2 | 12 | Bonita Myall | Tammy Northover | 6-4 | December 29,2018 | December 29,2018 | in person | |
| 20: Invasion of the Champions | 10 | 20 | Brooke Navin
Josh Pitcher |
Ellie Ashford
Florence Valinski |
6-4 | January 18,2019 | January 28,2019 | Facebook Messenger |