Corus Entertainment Cancels ‘Big Brother Canada’ Series After 12 Seasons

Corus Entertainment announced Thursday that after 12 seasons of Big Brother CanadaThe popular reality TV show has been cancelled. The announcement comes after the show was notably absent from the company’s 2024/2025 television schedule.

Superfans continue to support the series fervently. A petition has been started by fans on the Internet in an attempt to save the series.

“Today, as we say goodbye to the beloved series, we celebrate the great success and impact Big Brother Canada “Global has had a strong presence in our country and the Canadian media landscape for over a decade,” reads the statement from Troy Reeb, co-CEO of Corus Entertainment. “Global will always be proud to have welcomed Big Brother Canada for 12 seasons, and we are grateful to our partners at Banijay Rights for their support and guidance, and to Insight Productions for their passion, dedication and creativity.

“We want to thank Executive Producer Erin Brock and Host/Executive Producer Arisa Cox for consistently leading thought-provoking conversations, telling uniquely Canadian stories, and reflecting Canada’s diverse culture in one of television’s greatest social experiments. This series and the production team behind it have truly set the bar for entertaining unscripted television. And finally, to our #BBCAN fanbase, you have all made the show thrive and we thank you for joining us on this journey over the past 12 seasons.”

THE Big brother The franchise started in the Netherlands in the 1990s and grew in popularity as it spread around the world.

The show’s format features a group of people moving into a house together, under 24/7 surveillance. Houseguests are eliminated from the competition until there is only one winner.

Most recently, Halifax’s Bayleigh Pelham won season 12 of Big Brother Canada. Pelham won $200,000 in cash and prizes, including $10,000 cash, $10,000 from TonyBet, $10,000 provided by Philips Sonicare Oral Care, a new wardrobe from WINNERS, a $10,000 Samsung Galaxy prize pack, $10,000 from Endy, a Sunwing vacation and a 2024 INFINITI QX60 SUV.

While fans have been particularly loyal to Big Brother CanadaThe series faced some criticism when the decision was made to get rid of the popular live streams in season 11, replacing them with videos called Digital Dailies.

But even though some changes were made that arguably didn’t serve the series best, it’s the end of an era with the loss of Big Brother Canada.