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Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge
''Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge'' is an Australian celebrity game show produced by Foxtel, which premiered 5 January 2006 on Australian pay TV channel FOX8. The limited run, 10-part series consisted of 36 Australian celebrities, all playing No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker, for the chance to win up to $50,000 in prize money, and $50,000 for their nominated charity. The show was hosted by former Australian ''Wheel of Fortune'' hostess Sophie Falkiner, and was recorded at Melbourne's Crown Casino in front of a live studio audience. Paul Khoury and Clinton Grybas provided the color commentary, with a running time of two hours per episode. The grand final ended on 9 March 2006, with '' MTV Australia'' VJ Jason Dundas defeating ''The Weather Channel's'' Sally Bowrey Sally Bowrey is an Australian journalist, television presenter and weather presenter for the Seven Network, based in Sydney, Australia. Bowrey is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's ''Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed by a game show host, host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, ''Spelling Bee (game show), Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, ''Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Australia
MTV is a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by parent company Paramount Networks UK & Australia headquartered in London with a local office at Network 10's TEN (TV station), headquarters in Sydney. History MTV on the Nine Network The "MTV" brand was launched in Australia during April 1987 as a music program that aired late on Friday and Saturday nights for its full six-year run on the free-to-air Nine Network. The program was hosted by Richard Wilkins (TV presenter), Richard Wilkins and Joy Smithers with music news from Alison Drower.Today Show on NineMSNRichard Wilkins biography ''NineMSN''. Retrieved 18 August 2008 Its competitors at the time were ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC TV's ''Rage (TV program), Rage'' (which also started in April 1987) and Network Ten's ''Video Hits (Australian TV series), Video Hits'' (which started in February 1987). MTV Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Dal Santo
Nick Dal Santo (born 22 February 1984) is the senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's competition and a retired Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). Australian Football Career Drafted by St Kilda FC & Debut 2002 Dal Santo was drafted by St Kilda with the thirteenth selection in the 2001 AFL Draft, which was obtained by St Kilda FC as part of a trade deal which sent 1997 Grand Final Player Barry Hall to Sydney. He played his first pre-season cup match in St Kilda's win over Melbourne at what is now Marvel Stadium in the 2002 Wizard Home Loans Cup. Nick Dal Santo made his AFL debut the same season against the Geelong Football Club in Round 4. In his second game, against , he had a chance to win the match for his side after receiving a free kick on the full-time siren, only for his shot at goal to fall short, with the official scores stating the game was a draw. Dal Santo played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Davies (model)
Sarah Davies may refer to: *Sarah Davies (historian), British historian of the Soviet Union *Sarah Emily Davies (1830–1921), English feminist *Sarah Davies (weightlifter) (born 1992), British weightlifter *Sarah Davies, known as Angelle (singer), British singer See also *Sara Davies Sara Davies (born 23 April 1984) is a British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality. She is the founder and owner of Crafter's Companion, a company she started while a student at the University of York. In April 2019 it wa ..., British businesswoman and entrepreneur * Sarah Davis (other) {{hndis, Davies, Sarah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penne Dennison
Penne Dennison (born 3 September 1969) is an Australian music and television entertainment presenter. Career Dennison's first role as a television presenter was on WIN Television Wollongong. Penne has previously appeared on a national radio program hosted by Barry Bissell, ''Barry Bissell’s Weekly Countdown'' as an entertainment news and reporter for the show. In 1998-1999 she was the original co-host with Jade Gatt on the late night Live Music and News Program ''Ground Zero'', later Joined by Ugly Phil O’Neil and Jackie O, televised live on the Ten Network between 1998 and 1999. She has also worked on ''Hey Hey It’s Saturday'', hosted by Daryl Somers in the late 1990s. More recently, she has worked on Take 40 Australia, and as a presenter on ''Mornings with Kerri-Anne''. She also presents on Foxtel's ''Movie Network''. Personal life Dennison is divorced to Steven Marks (co-founder of Guzman y Gomez Guzman y Gomez (Holdings) Ltd (GYG; ) is an Australian multinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Cherry
Tiffany Cherry (born 4 August 1971) is an Australian sports broadcaster, best known as the Australian Football League (AFL's) first female boundary rider on the original Fox Footy. She was the co-host of the Foxtel 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver as well as a Presenter of the Network's ASTRA Awards winning 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Logie Award winning 2012 Olympic Games in London. Cherry also co-hosted a daily Olympic Drivetime show for the UK's national pop and rock radio station, Absolute Radio, live from Hyde Park throughout the duration of the Games with English broadcaster, journalist and television and radio personality, Johnny Vaughan. Cherry hosted the prime time week night sport on Sky News Australia alongside news presenter, Michael Willesee, Jr. between 2010 and 2012 before leaving the network to host and produce her own sports radio program, The Hen House on Melbourne's SEN 1116. Cherry landed her first television role as a reporter with Seven Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Burke
Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre. Biography Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional working-class family, focusing particularly on an almost autistic young boy. Soon after at the age of 13, Burke starred in Fred Schepisi's acclaimed feature film '' The Devil's Playground'' for which he won the AFI Award for Best Actor at the Australian Film Institute Awards. He remains the youngest person ever to be honoured with this award. Since then he has enjoyed great success both in Australia and internationally in film, television, stage, concert appearances and cabaret. In 2014, Simon starred in Matchbox Pictures/NBC-Universal's highly acclaimed mini-series '' Devil’s Playground'' in which he reprised the role of Tom Allen that he created as a 13-year-old. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the project, which this yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Sun
The ''Herald Sun'' is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The ''Herald Sun'' primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and New South Wales South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In 2017, the paper had a daily circulation of 350,000 from Monday to Friday. The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper is the product of a merger in 1990 of two newspapers owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Limited: the morning tabloid paper ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' and the afternoon broadsheet paper '' The Herald''. It was first pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Briggs (boxer)
Paul Briggs (born 13 August 1975) is an Australian former boxer. He was a highly ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. He is most known for being knocked out in just 30 seconds into his fight against Danny Green in what bookies and betting agencies called a "one punch fixed fight" Biography Kickboxing era Paul "Hurricane" Briggs' career began with kick boxing at a young age, turning professional by the age of 15. By the age of 17, Briggs was accomplished enough to challenge Thai kick boxer, Jomhod Sor Chid Lata, for the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) title. Briggs spent the next two years training in Thailand with the very man who defeated him. This training propelled Briggs to the WKA World Championship. Briggs soon tired of international kickboxing competition. He quit competing and began working as a DJ. Professional boxing In November 1999, Paul Briggs began boxing. Over the course of 5 years, Briggs compiled a 23-1 (17 KO's) record, leading to a WBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Brady
Beau Brady (born 11 October 1981) is an Australian actor from Sydney, Australia. Biography Brady attended high school at Oak Hill College where he took up Drama in year eight. In 1999 he debuted in the acting world by guest starring on the hit show “Breakers”. Soon after finishing high school in 2000 and studying Film and TV at Sydney University he landed the role and became a regular cast member of the hit TV show “Home and Away” spanning him a 4-year career and bringing him 4 Logie nominations for best actor. Moving to Los Angeles and after studying acting at “The Acting Corps” in Los Angeles he returned to Australia in 2007 to appear alongside Stephen Curry in the Tele Movie “The King” (The Graham Kennedy Story). Brady's acting career has spanned across many years with other notable roles in Film and TV including “Voodoo Lagoon”, “The Bill “(U.K.), “Wonderland”, “Secret City”, “Hyde and Seek” and the up-and-coming TV Series “We Were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Blair
Natalie Louise Blair (born 16 April 1984) is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Carmella Cammeniti on the Australian television series ''Neighbours''. Personal life Blair was born to John Blair on 16 April 1984 and raised in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Career Back in early 2003, Blair auditioned for ''Neighbours'' and impressed casting director Jan Russ, but she was not cast. Russ contacted Blair six months later and asked her to audition for the role of Carmella Cammeniti. She was cast on the spot as producers needed to fill the gap left by Delta Goodrem's sudden departure. Blair started filming just after she graduated from school. In 2005, Blair won "Most Popular New Female Talent" at the 47th Annual Logie Awards. Blair was also nominated in 2007 for both the Gold and Silver Logie, for "Most Popular Personality on Australian Television". She was again nominated for both awards in 2008. Blair was crowned "Queen of Teen" at the Dolly Teen Choice Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessie Bardot
Bessie Wilson (born 10 September 1974), known professionally as Bessie Bardot, is an Australian businesswoman, author, body model, television host, and socialite. Her career began in the 1990s, when she was discovered by former Australian Gladiator Geoff Barker. Early life A child of hippie parents, she was born in the Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney in 1974. Her original name was Bessie Wilson and she attended Covenant Christian School, located in the Sydney suburb of Belrose. Given the nickname "Little Wing Kelly", she spent her early years in Mullumbimby in northern New South Wales. Her father disappeared when she was seven and she later discovered he had committed suicide. Bardot's mother married a fundamentalist Christian, an original Hillsong pastor and introduced a strict regime at home including no ''Young Talent Time'' or boyfriends. Voted "least popular girl" in her final year at school, by the time she was 21 she had already been married and divorced after d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
