Big Brother Australia: Host Sonia Kruger’s secret connection to Marissa Rancan revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Sonia Kruger’s secret connection to Big Brother housemate Marissa Rancan revealed… as multiple contestants confess they knew each other before filming

It isn’t just some of the Big Brother housemates that knew each other before filming.

Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Sonia Kruger had previously met Marissa Rancan, and the former aerobics instructor-turned-makeup artist gushed over the ‘beautiful’ host last year.

Marissa glammed the Channel Seven star up ahead of an event in June 2018.

They kept that quiet! Big Brother’s Marissa Rancan (left) first met host Sonia Kruger (right) in 2018 when she did her makeup in a Sydney department store. Pictured together in June 2018

Marissa shared a throwback selfie of the pair to Instagram last June, happily reminiscing about working with Sonia, whom she described as a ‘beautiful human’. 

‘This time last year I had the privilege of doing the gorgeous and talented Sonia Kruger’s makeup before she headed off to the Logies. What a beautiful human inside and out,’ she wrote on her professional account. 

It’s believed that the two women only met once when Sonia visited a Sydney department store that Marissa previously worked in.

She was never part of the Seven host’s glam squad, and had simply asked her for a selfie. 

'What a beautiful human inside and out': Marissa, who exploded during Wednesday's episode of Big Brother, gushed over Sonia while sharing a selfie of them together last year

‘What a beautiful human inside and out’: Marissa, who exploded during Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother, gushed over Sonia while sharing a selfie of them together last year

Sonia's biggest fan? It's believed that the two women only met the once when Sonia visited the department store that Marissa worked in, and she then asked the star for a selfie

Sonia’s biggest fan? It’s believed that the two women only met the once when Sonia visited the department store that Marissa worked in, and she then asked the star for a selfie

Neither of them appeared to remember they’d met before when Sonia welcomed Marissa to the Big Brother house on Monday’s episode. 

During Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother, Sarah McDouglas revealed that she already knew intruder housemate Hannah Campbell. 

She explained that the pair had met during the show’s lengthy audition process. 

Sarah later told Big Brother that she’d found Hannah ‘rude’, ‘not nice’ and a ‘try-hard’ during their initial meeting, and slammed the newcomer to her co-stars.

The secret's out! Neither of them appeared to remember they'd met before as Sonia welcomed Marissa into the Big Brother house on Monday night

The secret’s out! Neither of them appeared to remember they’d met before as Sonia welcomed Marissa into the Big Brother house on Monday night

Surprise! On Wednesday's episode of Big Brother, Sarah McDouglas revealed that she previously met Hannah Campbell (pictured) during the show's audition process

Surprise! On Wednesday's episode of Big Brother, Sarah McDouglas (pictured) revealed that she previously met Hannah Campbell during the show's audition process

Surprise! On Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother, Sarah McDouglas (right) revealed that she previously met Hannah Campbell (left) during the show’s audition process

Similarly, Allan Liang and Garth Saville had also met during a group interview. 

‘I met Allan in the audition process… he was too vocal, and he kept saying, “I am going to stab everyone in the back,”‘ Garth told The Star Observer on Wednesday.

He said he saw Allan as a potential threat and immediately decided to vote him out. Allan was evicted during Tuesday’s episode, after being nominated by Garth.

'He kept saying, "I am going to stab everyone in the back"': Similarly, Garth Saville (pictured) admitted this week that he met Allan Liang while both auditioning

'He kept saying, "I am going to stab everyone in the back"': Similarly, Garth Saville admitted this week that he met Allan Liang (pictured) while both auditioning

‘He kept saying, “I am going to stab everyone in the back”‘: Similarly, Garth Saville (left) admitted this week that he met Allan Liang (right) while both auditioning