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Congrats Greta – winner of #JuniorMasterChef 2011

24/11/2011 By Leave a Comment
Greta - 2011 Junior MasterChef Winner

Congratulations Greta, winner of 2011 Junior MasterChef. Greta takes home a cash prize of $15,000 and a fantastic Junior MasterChef prize pack of kitchen goodies, while Jack received $10,000 and his own swag of prizes. This season's finale saw Greta and Jack compete in a series of challenges under the watchful eye of judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Matt Moran and Anna Gare, as well as special guest judges Tetsuya and Donna Hay. Winning with a total score of 92/100 to Jack’s 84/100, Greta who impressed the judges with her Deconstructed Citrus Tart with Tropical Mousse on Macadamia Nuts with Fresh Fruit and then, her replica of a … [Read more...]

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Congratulations @LadyJMo – winner of #CelebApprentice

22/11/2011 By Leave a Comment
Celebrity Apprentice Australia winner Julia Morris

Congratulations Julia Morris, the winner of the first Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Morris defeated her finalist partner Jason Coleman (Team Ignite) after seeing off opposing team Shane Crawford & Jesinta Campbell (Team Unity). What a thoroughly underwhelming round of applause she received on screen, too. The final challenge was to prepare a new marketing campaign (including TV commercial and campaign launch) for Bouris's company Yellow Brick Road financial management. Morris & Coleman won, with Bouris declaring Morris the ultimate winner of the $100,000 prize for her charity National Breast Cancer Foundation. In an act … [Read more...]

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Kyle & Jackie O’s #NightWithTheStars

22/11/2011 By 1 Comment
Kyle & Jackie O's Night With The Stars

There are many phrases that could be used to describe the collection of visual diarrhea that was Kyle & Jackie O's Night With The Stars... but "engaging event television including interesting celebrity interviews" won't be one of them. Viewers were assaulted with poor audio from the start; the duo's poor interviewing skills (guest Nick Cannon - Mr Mariah Carey to you - struggled to keep his segments afloat); the set looked trashy & sterlie. At least the desk managed to protect their guests from having to be within reaching distance of the "hosts". The tragedy extended throughout the entire show. For example, these … [Read more...]

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Matthew Newton on @ACurrentAffair9

22/11/2011 By 1 Comment
Matthew Newton & Tracy Grimshaw - the A Current Affair interview

"Matthew Newton is battling his demons." Given Matthew Newton's history of violence played out very publicly with two high-profile girlfriends (and then the interview with Mum & Dad last year - Channel 9 royalty Patti & Bert Newton), any interview Matthew would give would be crucial to his chances of re-entering the public eye. The interview was a great get for the A Current Affair team and another good opportunity for viewers to be reminded why Tracy Grimshaw is one of the best interviewers in the business. Newton was very frank with his self analysis: "It's intolerable to harm a woman, it's intolerable to harm several of your best … [Read more...]

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Weekend Sunrise 2.0

07/11/2011 By 2 Comments
Weekend Sunrise 2.0

Delayed by a day thanks to a catastrophic server failure within the Network (I'll be that doesn't happen again), Sunday saw the launch of a reimagined Weekend Sunrise. The father of modern Australian breakfast television Adam Boland somewhat surprisingly jumped back into the executive producer role and this morning we saw what the fuss was all about. The hosts hadn't changed - Andrew O'Keeffe & Sam Armytage still anchored the show, with Jessica Rowe & Simon Reeve continuing to join them at the desk. James Tobin returned to weather presenting duties, though his role expanded to include social media buzz. Other new segments included a … [Read more...]

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Bye Bye Razorhurst (#Underbelly)

07/11/2011 By Leave a Comment
Underbelly Razor - Tilly & Kate showdown

The fourth series in the franchise, Underbelly Razor had a lot going for it - a strong Australian story of criminals in 1920's Sydney, a great book to base the scripts on, lots of great acting talent signed up, & none of the characters still breathing to proffer legal challenges. With promises of "the biggest story yet", it started strongly and introduced us to Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine who owned crime in Darlinghurst just as the Harbour Bridge was four pylons and naught more. It was a rare story, having two very strong female characters as leads and it was obvious that Danielle Cormack (Kate) and Chelsie Preston Crayford (Tilly) had a lot … [Read more...]

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The Hamster Wheel

06/10/2011 By Leave a Comment
The Hamster Wheel

As expected it was fast-paced, uncompromising in it's shredding of it's targets, and full of bizarre phony twitter references. Above all it was funny and a delivered cold, hard truth across a much deserving Australian political landscape. Welcome back to The Chaser and thank you for The Hamster Wheel. Hosted by the usual 5 we see on screen - Chris, Craig, Julian, Chas & Andrew - many described the show as "what media watch should be", admittedly with a few more sketches and laughs. The usual suspects were set for their special brand of scathing attacks: Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott (including a sketch "Go Back To Where Tony Abbott Came … [Read more...]

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Not as angelic as you think (#CharliesAngels)

29/09/2011 By Leave a Comment
Charlie's Angels

It's slick, fast-paced, and contains more wood than a porn film. That said the new reboot of Charlie's Angels isn't all bad... it just mostly is. Containing all the elements of the original series, the three ladies Kate, Eve & Abby work hard for the invisible Charlie at his dectective agency solving crimes and looking glamorous - emphasis on the latter. It's not meant to be rocket surgery and there's a lot to overcome in the first episode to help shift the plot along despite the very poor script. One of many examples: "You don't look like cops." "We're not. We're Angels." Umm... sure... One of the Angels is killed in a car … [Read more...]

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The joy of the Joy of Sets (#JoyOfSets)

21/09/2011 By 3 Comments
Ed Kavalee & Tony Martin - The Joy Of Sets

In the middle of "Chuck Lorre appreciation night" on Channel 9, a new show surfaced heralding the long-awaited return of it's two hosts to television. Yet still it managed to include Warwick Capper. Finally released to the public, the new Tony Martin/Ed Kavalee vehicle The Joy Of Sets slid onto television screens last night and into 2011's collective pop-culture references by filling the show with it's own. The show was suitably light-hearted with just the right amount of pisstake and self-deprication while still rolling gags and progressing the show's storyline. Each week Ed and Tony will take viewers through the various mechanisims … [Read more...]

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New Set, New Location, Same Show (#RoveLA)

20/09/2011 By Leave a Comment
Lisa Kudrow, Rove, Kathy Griffin, Jerry Ferrara

It was light, funny, inoffensive (mostly) and enjoyable. And pretty much everything you'd seen when Rove was on Channel 10 three years ago, except now in Los Angeles. He's been in LA working on his stand-up (which showed), doing some stuff for his famous mates (including Jay Leno), and now presenting a chat/variety/comedy show only for Australians delivered on a medium accessed by the least amount of them. Rove LA offered a new set and location, but not necessarily anything new - and that's not such a bad thing. Fans of his self-titled Channel 10 series will be extremely comfortable with the style of this FOX8 offering as it plays to … [Read more...]

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