Big Brother Canada 3 is the third season of the Canadian reality television series Big Brother Canada. The season began airing on March 23, 2015. It featured sixteen HouseGuests, an increase from the prior two seasons. The series moved to Global Television Network with this season, previously airing on the smaller Slice channel. The move resulted in an increase in ratings, making it the highest rated season at the time; it has since been surpassed by the fourth season. The house featured a "steampunk" theme, while the season featured more twists than its predecessors. It is the first season to feature a triple eviction, a twist that has been used in later seasons. Lasting for a total of ten weeks, the season concluded on May 27 when Sarah Hanlon was named the winner.
Development and production Following a successful first two seasons, it was confirmed on 4 June 2014 that the show would return for a third season. Arisa Cox confirmed her return as host, as well as announced the show's move to Global. Though the main series changed networks, the spin-off seasons continued to air on Slice. The move was seen as a positive change for the show, as Global had a wider audience. Casting began on 20 August, with Robyn Kass once more being given the role of selecting the HouseGuests. Seven open casting calls were scheduled throughout the country in October and November, while online applications were accepted until 24 November. Former HouseGuests such as Jon Pardy and Neda Kalantar appeared at the open casting calls to promote the series. The first promo for the season premiered on 17 December. Dan Gheesling, who had previously won the United States edition in 2008, appeared with Cox on The Morning Show to promote the premiere. The sixteen HouseGuests were revealed prior to the show's launch in a three-night event on ET Canada; six were shown the first night, following by an additional five each of the two following nights. The increase in contestants made season three the season with the most HouseGuests at the time, though all subsequent seasons have featured sixteen.
This season used the same house as the prior season, though featured a dramatic makeover. The new House was revealed through Global on 20 March 2015. Peter Faragher once more designed the House, which heavily displayed a steampunk vibe. Large gears and metals can be seen in all the rooms, giving the appearance of showing the House's inner workings. The British edition of the franchise was cited as an influence on the theme, with Faragher wanting the House to make its inhabitants feel uncomfortable. The layout of the House remains the same as the prior season, with the entrance, bathroom, and main bedrooms upstairs; the Have-Not room remains downstairs. The Head of Household room was compared to the parlor of the Nautilus from Jules Verne's 1870 science-fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. The main bedroom has the appearance of a blue sky with clouds, intended to make HouseGuests feel safe in the room. The Have-Not room hid a special power in the floor. The kitchen table was designed to look like a large bicycle chain with cogs and a sprocket running underneath it.
Twistos returned as a sponsor for the second season in a row, offering a $10,000 trip of their choice to the show's winner. KFC, OxiClean, Shomi, Ramada, and Pizza Pizza also sponsored the series for its third run, with Ramada and Pizza Pizza being returning sponsors. Shomi, owned by Shaw Media, allowed the Head of Household each week to watch one film or television episode. The Brick once more furnished the House, and offered a $25,000 gift card to the winner of the season. Like the previous season, fans were able to select one piece of furniture from The Brick each week to place in the Head of Household suite. Per usual, the winner received an additional $100,000 prize; the runner-up received a $20,000 prize. With the move to a new network, the series had a new broadcast schedule this season. The live eviction episodes aired on Wednesdays at 8 PM Central Time, with the Big Brother After Show airing immediately after on the Slice network. The Sunday episode featured the nomination ceremony, and aired at 6 PM. The final weekly episode aired on Mondays at 7 PM, and featured the weekly Power of Veto competition and the subsequent ceremony. Following their original broadcast, episodes of the season were uploaded onto the official Global website for free streaming.
HouseGuests
The cast for season three was revealed on March 17, 2015. NameAgeOccupationResidenceEntryResult Sarah Hanlon 27 Vapor Lounge employee 1 Day 70Godfrey 22 Psychology student Day 70 Wood 21 Unemployed Brittnee Blair 25 Plus-size model Pilar Nemer 22 College student Zach Oleynik 22 University student Bruno Ielo 31 Construction worker Willow 26 Sales & Marketing representative Kevin Martin 22 Professional poker player Bobby Hlad 27 Rock climbing instructor Sindy Nguyen 25 Assistant cruise director & Pageant queen 30 1 Jordan Parhar 21 College student Johnny 26 IT project manager Graig Merritt 36 Professional baseball scout & Coach Naeha Sareen 29 Chiropractor & Entrepreneur Patricia "Risha" Denner 41 Waitress
Future appearances In 2017, HouseGuests Bruno Ielo, Kevin Martin, and Sindy Nguyen returned to compete on the show's fifth season.
In 2023, Godfrey Mangwiza appeared on the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada. In 2023, Kevin Martin competed on the first season of The Traitors Canada.
In 2024, Martin competed on The Amazing Race Canada 10.
In 2026, Brittnee Blair became the entertainment reporter for Global's The Morning Show afternoon edition, TMS2.
Season summary
Days 1-28 The sixteen HouseGuests moved into the House on 19 March, referred to as Day 1. The House was empty upon their entrance, and the contestants learned they would have to earn their belongings and furniture. In another twist, the HouseGuests were told that all of them were the Head of Household; each HouseGuest secretly nominated two HouseGuests, and the two with the most votes were the official nominations. Risha and Sindy became the nominees. Bobby, Kevin, Naeha, and Zach were chosen to compete for the Power of Veto alongside the nominees. Sindy won the "V Is For Veto" competition that night, and removed herself from the block. She was tasked with choosing a replacement nominee, and chose Pilar. Following a series of tasks, the HouseGuests earned the furniture and their belongings on Day 3. Kevin earned a $1,000 prize for sabotaging one of the tasks. Ashleigh, Bobby, Bruno, Graig, Willow, and Zach formed the Chop Shop alliance that same day. On Day 7, the HouseGuests learned that Canada had been given the power to evict one of the nominees; Risha was then evicted from the House.Big Brother Canada 3 Episode 2 Evictionbigbrotherbuzz.com March 26, 2015
Bobby won the "Wall to Wall" endurance Head of Household competition that night. Brittnee, Godfrey, Jordan, and Naeha became the Have-Nots after losing the "Have-Not Slop Off" competition on Day 8. Brittnee and Kevin were nominated for eviction on Day 9, as they were the first two to fall in the HoH competition. Johnny and Sindy were also on the shortlist. Though Kevin was the initial target, it shifted to Sindy after it was discovered she was attempting to form a female alliance. Godfrey, Willow, and Johnny were chosen to compete for the PoV this week; Kevin won the "Dam It!" Power of Veto competition that night. On Day 10, the HouseGuests passed a task and won a pool party. Kevin removed himself from the block on Day 11, with Sindy being nominated in his place. On Day 14, Sindy was evicted from the House in a unanimous vote. Kevin won the "Story Time" Head of Household competition that night and learned in The Vault he must immediately nominate two HouseGuests for an instant eviction. He chose to nominate Brittnee and Naeha, with the latter being his target.
The contestants learned of the nominations and twist the next day, and were required to cast their votes out loud; Naeha was evicted. HouseGuests competed in pairs that night in the "Switching Gears" Head of Household competition, which Brittnee and Sarah won. The duo chose Brittnee to be the HoH for the week. She was required to choose four Have-Nots for the week, and chose Ashleigh, Bobby, Kevin, and Zach. Brittnee nominated Bobby and Kevin on Day 16; Godfrey and Graig were also on the shortlist. Johnny, Sarah, and Zach were chosen to compete for this week's PoV; Johnny won the "Spooling Around" Power of Veto competition on Day 17. On Day 19, Johnny removed Kevin from the block allowing Brittnee to nominate Graig as her target. Later that day the HouseGuests competed in a task for a $1,000 prize and an advantage in the upcoming HoH competition; Zach was the winner. Brittnee, Johnny, Jordan, Kevin, Sarah, and Zach formed the Hexagon alliance. Graig became the fourth HouseGuest to be evicted from the House on Day 21. Bruno won the "Through the Wringer" HoH competition minutes later, which granted him a $5,000 prize as well as the title of Head of Household. On Day 22, Brittnee, Pilar, and Willow became Have-Nots after losing the "Game of Bones" competition. That night, Bruno chose to nominate Johnny and Sarah for eviction, with Johnny being the target as Bruno blamed him for Graig's eviction. Kevin and Zach were additionally on the shortlist this week.
This week's twist saw the viewers choosing to make the Power of Veto a forced or double Veto; the viewers chose double, meaning it could be used to save one, both, or neither nominee. On Day 24, Bruno won the "Game, Set, Match" Power of Veto competition. Bobby, Brittnee, and Kevin had been chosen to compete as well. Sarah was given a task on Day 25, which she completed and won the HouseGuests a prize. Bruno learned of the Power of Veto twist during the ceremony on Day 25, though chose to leave nominations the same. The HouseGuests participated in the BBTV task on Day 26, which saw former HouseGuest Jon Pardy entering the House as a guest. Johnny was evicted from the House on Day 28.
Days 28-49 Following the eviction, Zach won the "Before or After" HoH competition. He named Bruno, Godfrey, Jordan, and Sarah the Have-Nots for the week. Zach nominated his target Godfrey against his closest ally Jordan on Day 29. Bobby and Bruno were also on the shortlist this week. The first five evicted HouseGuests competed to return to the House on Day 30 in the "On the Edge" competition; Sindy was the winner. She earned immunity for the week after successfully completing a task in The Vault. Ashleigh, Pilar, and Sarah were chosen to compete for the PoV; Zach won the Power of Veto in the "Ant Maze" competition that night. On Day 33, he chose to leave nominations intact. On Day 34, the HouseGuests chose Bobby and Sindy to participate in a task; the pair were locked in The Vault for twenty-four hours, with the option of taking $10,000 out of the prize and leaving immediately. Neither accepted the bribe. Sindy began working to secure the votes to evict Jordan from the House. On Day 35, Jordan was blindsided in a five to four eviction vote.