# Big Brother's Friday Night Games are back, this time with a circus twist

> P!ckers by McCain returns as sponsor for a second year, with two Fridays of team challenges.

Litty News · Big Brother · 10 Nov 2026

Source: https://www.litty.com.au/news/big-brother-friday-night-games-return

Friday Night Games has returned to the Big Brother house, with P!ckers by McCain sponsoring the segment for a second year. Network 10 and media agency PHD brought it back on Friday 6 November, and the second and final instalment airs this Friday.

For anyone watching, it is a throwback: Mediaweek reports the games were a regular part of the original Big Brother run. Paramount Australia, which owns Network 10, calls it a limited-run segment of two Fridays.

## What's new

- A circus theme. The P!ckers version dresses the games up as a big top.
- Two teams. Housemates split into rival teams and play three challenges: Clown ’n’ Out, Pop Til You Drop and Ring Leaders.
- A head-to-head final. The top-scoring team goes through to Clowning Around, played in pairs.
- A trophy. The prize is the P!ckers Cup, plus bragging rights.
- A smaller deal. Mediaweek notes the sponsorship is two episodes this year, rather than a season-long presence.

The renewal comes as the season pulls a crowd. Paramount's release says Big Brother has reached over 4.6 million national Total TV viewers between 26 October and 8 November, across broadcast, live streaming and on demand. Network 10's Tamar Hovagimian put the return down to “the success of last year’s collaboration”.

Network 10 has not said which housemates play next Friday, or whether the segment will come back after this run.

Picture: Paramount Australia

By Litty Newsroom

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