 In the United Kingdom , " Big Brother " first aired on April 12 , 2012 , and was watched on Sky 1 by 759 @,@ 000 viewers . Viewership was down slightly from " On My Way " , which attracted 763 @,@ 000 viewers when it aired two weeks before . In Australia , " Big Brother " was broadcast on Thursday , April 12 , 2012 , a change from the Friday time slot used for the seventh through fourteenth episodes of the season . It was watched by 655 @,@ 000 viewers , an increase of over 17 % from the 558 @,@ 000 viewers for " On My Way " on March 23 , 2012 . This made Glee the twelfth most @-@ watched program of the night , up from fifteenth nearly three weeks before . 
