Sonia Kruger describes the Big Brother audition process and reveals a whopping 53,000 people applied

The revamped Big Brother Australia is set to premiere on Monday. 

And now the host of the show, Sonia Kruger, has revealed what the audition process is really like.

Speaking on Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa on Thursday, the 54-year-old said that a whopping 53,000 people applied to be on the show. 

Sonia joked that it’s like ‘getting a ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory really.’

She said that 53,000 people applied for the show and just 20 people chosen.   

Sonia also revealed some more details about the reboot and said that a total of 65 cameras are inside the house. 

She said that a contestant gets booted off the show every night and there will even be an eviction during Monday’s premiere episode.  

‘When you see it, it will all make sense,’ Sonia said. 

‘You used to have to wait a week to get to an eviction, so it just sort of rockets along, which is great,’ Sonia said.  

Speaking to WHO magazine last month, Sonia said the show needed a contemporary update from what fans remembered 20 years ago.

‘Twenty years ago we would watch a housemate make a sandwich in the kitchen, and we thought that was amazing. But times have changed and our viewing habits have become more sophisticated,’ she explained.

‘We [the public] want an outcome every episode. We want a really strong hook for the next night, and this series has got all of that in spades.’

The new season of Big Brother was pre-recorded at a custom-built compound in Sydney’s Manly earlier this year.

Seven executives are hoping the rebooted series is a ratings smash after spending millions on rights to the Big Brother name and format. 

Big Brother premieres on Seven from 7.30pm on Monday, June 8