''20 to One'' (known as ''20 to 1'' before 2016) is an Australian television series on the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
from 2005, that counts down an undefined "top 20" of elements or events of popular culture, such as films, songs, or sporting scandals. The format mixes archival footage of the listed events with comments from various Australian celebrities.
Originally the show was hosted by
Bud Tingwell
Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his ...
and narrated by
David Reyne
David Nicholas Reyne (born 14 May 1959) is an Australians, Australian actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria (Australia), ...
; the pair were replaced by
Bert Newton
Albert Watson Newton (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie award-winning entertainer and radio, theatre and television personality and presenter. Newt ...
as host for the second season. The series was rebooted by the Nine Network and returned for its eleventh season on 31 May 2016 with new hosts, Australian radio presenters
Fitzy and Wippa
''Fitzy and Wippa'' is an Australian breakfast radio show on Nova 96.9 in Sydney, Australia. It is hosted by comedians Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Michael "Wippa" Wipfli with Sarah McGilvray.
The show airs from 6 am to 9 am on weekday mo ...
.
From 2017, the show was hosted by
Erin Molan
Erin Molan (born 24 August 1984) is an Australian television sports presenter.
She is currently a Primetime Contributor on Sky News Australia, radio presenter on 2Day FM and columnist on The Daily Telegraph.
Molan previously worked with the ...
and
Dave Thornton
Dave Thornton (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout Australia, in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York. He has also appeared on Australian tele ...
.
Format
Each episode counts down the "top twenty" events following a particular theme, from position 20 down to number 1. Media clips depicting the event are played as the host provides background information of the entry. This is followed by clips of celebrities providing judgment on the clip or event.
Controversy
During the segment aired on 19 June 2019, co-hosts
Erin Molan
Erin Molan (born 24 August 1984) is an Australian television sports presenter.
She is currently a Primetime Contributor on Sky News Australia, radio presenter on 2Day FM and columnist on The Daily Telegraph.
Molan previously worked with the ...
and Nick Cody stated that the South Korean boy band
BTS
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment. The septet—consisting of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook—co-writes and co-produ ...
was "so popular it could heal the rift between North and South Korea."
She also mentioned the band's success in the United States, even though "only one band member actually speaks English." among other comments.
[ Many other celebrities made similar comments during the segment. Most notably was comedian ]Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer, and actor. He is known for his deadpan delivery of controversial one-liners and distinctive laugh, for which he has been both praised and criti ...
, who jokingly compared the band's international success to the explosion of a nuclear bomb in North Korea, saying: "When I first heard something Korean had exploded in America, I got worried. So I guess, it could've been worse – but not much worse." Subsequently, the hashtags #channel9apologize and #channel9racist started trending as fans of the band demanded an apology from Channel 9. The BTS Australia Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
fan account wrote: "This is unfair and presenting inaccurate information. You disregarded their achievements, and instead let your xenophobic, racist mindsets be biased instead. We want an apology."[ On 20 June 2019, Channel 9 issued a ]non-apology apology
A non-apology apology, sometimes called a backhanded apology, nonpology, or fauxpology, is a statement in the form of an apology that does not express remorse, or assigns fault to those ostensibly receiving the apology. It is common in politics ...
, writing: "We apologize to any who may have been offended by last night's episode."
Series overview
Episodes
Season One (2005)
Season Two (2006)
Season Three (2006)
Season Four (2007)
Season Five (2007-08)
Season Six (2008)
Season Seven (2008-09)
Season Eight (2009)
Season Nine (2010)
Season Ten (2011)
Season Eleven (2016)
Season Twelve (2017)
Celebrity contributors
This is a partial list (some in order of appearance) of the celebrities who contributed comments to ''20 to One''.
2005–2011
* Amanda Keller
Amanda Rose Keller (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian television and radio presenter, comedian, writer, actress, journalist and media personality, best known as the hostess of the popular Australian lifestyle program ''The Living Room''. ...
– TV and Radio Presenter
* Anh Do – Comedian
* Anthony Callea
Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of '' Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocel ...
– Singer
* Ash & Luttsy – Radio Personalities
* Ben Dark – TV Presenter
* Bianca Dye – Radio Presenter
* Bill Collins – Movie Reviewer
* Billy Birmingham
Billy Birmingham (born 1953) is an Australian humourist and sometime sports journalist, most noted for his parodies of Australian cricket commentary in recordings under The Twelfth Man name.
Early career
He wrote the pun-laden comedy hit " Au ...
– Comedian
* Blair McDonough
Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981), is an Australian actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera '' Neighbours''. He first shot to fame the age of 19 in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the ...
– Reality TV Star / Actor
* Bob Willis
Robert George Dylan Willis (born Robert George Willis; 30 May 1949 – 4 December 2019) was an English cricketer, who represented England between 1971 and 1984. A right-handed fast bowler, Willis is regarded by many as one of the greatest fa ...
– Former English Cricket Captain
* Brendan Jones – Radio Presenter
* Brodie Harper – TV Presenter
* Cameron Daddo
Cameron Peter Daddo (born 7 March 1965) is an Australian actor, musician and presenter. From 1987 to 1988, he hosted dating game show '' Perfect Match Australia''. He won two Logie Awards for his performances in '' Golden Fiddles'' and ''Track ...
– Actor
* Catriona Rowntree
Catriona Rowntree (born 19 July 1971) is an Australian television presenter.
Rowntree is currently a presenter on the Nine Network's '' Getaway'' program.
Career
Rowntree studied journalism at Macleay College in Sydney, after working as a re ...
– TV Presenter
* Charles "Bud" Tingwell – Actor and Previous Host of ''20 to 1'' (Series 2 to 7)
* Colin Lane – Comedian
* Damian Walshe-Howling
Damian Walshe-Howling (born 22 January 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama, ''Underbelly'', for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Ac ...
– Actor
* Danny Bonaduce
Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an American radio personality, actor, television personality, and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', '' One Da ...
– TV and Radio Host
* David Campbell – Singer
* David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on ''The You ...
– American Actor
* Deni Hines
Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines (born 4 September 1970) is an Australian singer who has been releasing music since the early 1990s, with chart success in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. She is the daughter of American-Australian singer M ...
– Singer
* Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host, and former teen idol. He first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gol ...
– Singer
* Duncan Armstrong
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong (born 7 April 1968) is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Ea ...
– Olympic Athlete
* Ed Phillips
Ed Phillips (born 6 July 1966) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Career
Phillips began his career in 1988 with radio station Triple M, where he stayed until 1997. It was around this time that he acquired his on-air handle "Laugh ...
– TV Presenter
* Eddie McGuire
Edward Joseph McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television presenter, journalist and Australian Football League commentator. He is also an occasional ''Herald Sun'' newspaper columnist. He hosts Channel Nine’s Millionaire ...
– TV Presenter
* Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner (born 1 June 1970) is an Australian television and news presenter and journalist.
Gardner is currently weekend presenter on ''Nine News Sydney.'' She has previously been a co-host and news presenter on the Nine Network's breakfa ...
– News presenter
* Gorgi Coghlan – TV Presenter
* Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...
– Singer
* Harry M. Miller
Harry Maurice Miller (6 January 1934 – 4 July 2018) was a New Zealand Australian promoter, publicist and media agent.
Life and career
Born on 6 January 1934 in New Zealand, Miller grew up in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. He moved to Aus ...
– Personal Management
* Imogen Bailey
Imogen Bailey (born 7 July 1977, Canberra) is an Australian model, actress and singer. As a model she has been featured on the cover of men's magazines, including ''Ralph'', ''FHM Australia'', '' Black+White''. On TV Bailey has appeared in vari ...
– Actress and Model
* Ita Buttrose
Ita Clare Buttrose (born 17 January 1942) is an Australian TV network chairperson, television and radio personality, author and former magazine editor, publishing executive and newspaper journalist.
She was the founding editor of ''Cleo'', a ...
– Journalist and Author
* Jay Laga'aia
Jay Laga'aia (born 10 September 1963) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and singer. He is known internationally for his role as Captain Typho in the films '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' and '' Star Wars: Episode III – Rev ...
– Actor / '' Play School'' presenter
* Jessica Napier
Jessica Napier (born 13 April 1979) is a New Zealand-born actress based in Australia. She has appeared in a number of feature films, including ''Love Serenade'', ''Blackrock'', '' Cut'', ''City Loop'', ''Angst'', '' The Illustrated Family Docto ...
– Actress
* Jessica Rowe
Jessica June Rowe (born 22 June 1970) is an Australian journalist, author and television presenter. She was the co-host of ''Studio 10'' on Network Ten until March 2018, and is Member of the Order of Australia for her mental health advocacy.
Ea ...
– ''Seven News
''7NEWS'' is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia.
National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition television, high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while f ...
'' presenter
* Jessica Tovey
Jessica Tovey (born 10 November 1987) is an Australian actress. Tovey graduated from the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and has made appearances for various drama companies. She is best known for her role of Belle Taylor on the long ...
– Actress
* John Burgess – Former Game Show Host
* John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ' ...
– Actor
* John-Michael Howson
John-Michael Howson (born 8 August 1936) is an Australian writer, reporter, entertainer and Melbourne radio commentator. His involvement in the Australian entertainment scene as a writer, producer and performer spans more than 50 years.
Earl ...
– Entertainment Reporter
* Josh Lawson
Joshua Lawson (born 22 July 1981) is an Australian actor and filmmaker best known for his role as Doug Gugghenheim in ''House of Lies'', Tate in '' Superstore'' and as Kano in the 2021 film ''Mortal Kombat''.
Early life
Lawson was born and rais ...
– Actor
* Kate Ceberano
Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song " Pash" received a gold ...
– Singer
* Ken Sutcliffe
Ken Sutcliffe (born 15 November 1947) is an Australian sporting journalist and radio and television personality.
Career
Sutcliffe was born in Oberon, New South Wales and grew up in Mudgee. He started his radio career in 1966 in Mudgee, followe ...
– Sports Presenter
* Kristian Schmid
Kristian Schmid (born 28 November 1974) is an Australian actor best known for his roles as Todd Landers in ''Neighbours'' and Leading Seaman Robert Dixon in ''Sea Patrol''.
Early life
Schmid was born in Geelong, Australia to Hungarian parents ...
– Actor
* Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson (born 19 December 1959) is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Wilkinson currently narrates '' Ambulance Australia'' and has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, ''Today,'' with K ...
– TV Presenter
* Livinia Nixon
Livinia Helen Nixon (19 March 1975) is an Australian television presenter and actress.
Nixon is the chief weather presenter for ''Nine News Melbourne''.[Liz Ellis
Elizabeth Margaret Ellis, (born 17 January 1973) is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian ...]
– Retired Netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...
Player
* Lizzy Lovette
Elizabeth Lovette is an Australian radio presenter and TV presenter.
Career Radio
Lovette commenced her career in 2004 at 2Day FM Sydney as a presenter and 'Black Thunder' pilot. She moved to Nova 969 Sydney from 2004 to 2006, where in her firs ...
– Radio announcer
* Lorraine Bayly
Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born 16 January 1937) is an Australian actress of film, television and theatre, presenter, singer, dancer, pianist and theatre director and writer.
She is perhaps best known to small screen audiences for her soap ...
– Actress
* Lochie Daddo – TV Presenter
* Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February 1961) is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, Ferguson attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and graduated in 1981. In 1982, he p ...
– ''Seven News
''7NEWS'' is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia.
National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition television, high definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while f ...
'' presenter
* Matthew Johns
Matthew James Johns (born 27 July 1971) is an Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative , Johns played his club footbal ...
– ''The NRL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports variety television program covering professional rugby league in Australia. It was shown on the Nine Network and aired for 25 seasons. For the final season in 2018, the show was hosted by journalist Er ...
''
* Megan Gale
Megan Kate Gale (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Gale won a model contest when she was 18 in her home town. In 1999 she was cast in a series of commercials for the Italian telecommunicat ...
– Supermodel
* Michala Banas
Michala Elizabeth Laurinda Banas (born 14 November 1978) is a New Zealand television actress and singer.
Life and career
Born in Wellington, New Zealand into a family of German descent, she starred in her first advert at only 18 months of age.
...
– Actress and Singer
* Mike Goldman
Michael Goldman (born 7 November 1972), is an Australian actor, television and radio host and voice over. He has appeared in television roles, mini-series and films like Young Rock, The Wilds and A Place to Call Home. He is the son of televisio ...
– TV Presenter
* Mikey Robins
Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best known for the satirical game show ''Good News Week'', which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and returned ...
– TV and Radio Presenter and comedian
* Nikki Webster
Nicole Marie Webster (born 30 April 1987) is an Australian pop singer. She is best known for her role in performing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics opening ceremony and her song " Strawberry Kisses", which made number 21 on the list of Top ...
– Singer/Performer
* Paul Harragon
Paul William Harragon OAM (born 12 October 1968) nicknamed Chief or Chief Harragon is an Australian rugby league football identity. A former Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played rugby ...
– ''The NRL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports variety television program covering professional rugby league in Australia. It was shown on the Nine Network and aired for 25 seasons. For the final season in 2018, the show was hosted by journalist Er ...
''
* Paul Vautin
Paul Vautin (born 21 July 1959) nicknamed Fatty, is an Australian football commentator and formerly a professional rugby league footballer, captain and coach. He has provided commentary for the Nine Network's coverage of rugby league since join ...
– ''The NRL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports variety television program covering professional rugby league in Australia. It was shown on the Nine Network and aired for 25 seasons. For the final season in 2018, the show was hosted by journalist Er ...
''
* Paulini Curuenavuli
Pauline Curuenavuli (born 15 October 1982), known professionally as Paulini, is a Fijian-Australian singer and songwriter. Born in Suva, Paulini moved to Sydney with her family at the age of four. She rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on the ...
– Singer
* Peter Berner
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
– TV and Radio Presenter
* Peter FitzSimons
Peter John Allen FitzSimons (born 29 June 1961) is an Australian author, journalist, and radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and has been the chair of the Australian Republic Movement sinc ...
– Author/Journalist
* Peter Garrett
Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.
In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his sign ...
– Singer/Politician
* Peter Sterling – ''Nine Footy'' Commentator
* Peter Thompson – Film Reviewer
* Prue MacSween – Media Commentator
* Richard Wilkins – TV Presenter
* Ricki-Lee Coulter
Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Que ...
– Singer
* Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career start ...
– Singer
* Sam Newman – ''The AFL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports and variety entertainment television program which aired on the Nine Network. The show was dedicated to the Australian Football League (AFL) and Australian rules football. The show featured a panel o ...
''
* Sam Simmons – Triple J presenter and Comedian
* Sami Lukis
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
* South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ne ...
– Radio announcer
* Scott Cam
Scott Cam (born 24 November 1962) is an Australian television presenter, a recipient of the Gold Logie appearing on several lifestyle programmes on the Nine Network. He is best known as the host of the hit reality TV renovation show '' The Bl ...
– TV Presenter
* Shane Crawford
Shane Barry Crawford (born 9 September 1974) is a former Australian rules football player, television media personality and author. He played 305 senior games for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and won the ...
– Former AFL Player
* Shane Jacobson
Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the ...
as Kenny Smyth
''Kenny'' is a 2006 Australian mockumentary film starring Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable toilet rental company. The film was followed by the television series Kenny's World.
Director Clayton Jacobs ...
– Film Character
* Shannon Noll
Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top ten albu ...
– Singer
* 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 wo ...
– Actor / '' Play School'' presenter
* Tania Zaetta
Tania Zaetta (born 17 November 1970) is an Australian actress and television presenter.
Early life
Zaetta was born to an Italian father and an Australian mother, and is the granddaughter of amateur botanist James Howard Browne. She spent the ea ...
– Actress/television presenter
* Tara Moss
Tara Rae Moss (born 2 October 1973) is a Canadian-Australian author, documentary maker and presenter, journalist, former model and UNICEF national ambassador for child survival.
Biography
Moss was born in Victoria, British Columbia, where she a ...
– Author and Model
* The Umbilical Brothers
The Umbilical Brothers are an Australian comic duo formed in 1988, consisting of David Collins and Shane Dundas. Their performances heavily feature physical comedy and surreal elements. Stage shows by the Umbilical Brothers include ''Heaven ...
(aka David Collins and Shane Dundas) – Comedy Duo
* Tim Ferguson
Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson is an Australian comedian, film director, screenwriter, author and screenwriting teacher.
Early life and education
Timothy Dorcen Langbene Ferguson grew up in Singapore, and later on a rural property near t ...
– Comedian
* Todd Rixon – Former Dancer
* Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956) is a Canadian actor and singer.
Career
Tom Burlinson was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of Antony T. Burlinson (born 1923, in Greenwich, Middlesex) and Angela Schofield (born 1926, in Bury St Edmunds, ...
– Actor and Singer
* Toni Pearen
Toni Michelle Pearen is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera ''E Street (television show), E Street'' from 1989 until 1992. She had a l ...
– TV Presenter
* Tony Martin – Radio Presenter
* Tracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She was the host of '' A Current Affair'' between 2006–2022, and was a co-host of ''Today'' between 1996–2005.
Career
Grimshaw's career began in 1981 w ...
– TV Presenter
* Wendy Harmer
Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries.
In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...
– Radio Presenter
* "Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...
– Singer
* Zoe Naylor
Zoe Naylor (born 4 July 1977) is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter.
Early life and education
Naylor was born in Sydney, Australia to Richard Naylor, a veterinarian, and Neroli, an English and History teacher. She gradu ...
– Actress
2016–present
Returning
Returning contributors are revived in 2016 include:
* David Campbell – Singer
*Michala Banas
Michala Elizabeth Laurinda Banas (born 14 November 1978) is a New Zealand television actress and singer.
Life and career
Born in Wellington, New Zealand into a family of German descent, she starred in her first advert at only 18 months of age.
...
– Actress
*Peter Berner
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
– TV and Radio Presenter
*Prue MacSween – Media Commentator
* Richard Wilkins – ''Today Show''
*Tracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She was the host of '' A Current Affair'' between 2006–2022, and was a co-host of ''Today'' between 1996–2005.
Career
Grimshaw's career began in 1981 w ...
– Journalist/TV Presenter
New
New contributors in 2016 include:
*Beau Ryan
Beau Ryan (born 11 May 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, television presenter, actor and singer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Ryan is also well ...
– ''The NRL Footy Show
''The Footy Show'' was an Australian sports variety television program covering professional rugby league in Australia. It was shown on the Nine Network and aired for 25 seasons. For the final season in 2018, the show was hosted by journalist Er ...
'' co-host
*Claire Hooper
Claire Hooper (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer. Hooper is co-hosting '' The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Mel Buttle.
She appeared as a team captain on the 2008 rev ...
– Comedian
*Dami Im
Dami Im ( , , ; born October 17, 1988) is a South Korean-born Australian singer and songwriter. She represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden with the song " Sound of Silence", placing second and ach ...
– Singer
*Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...
– Singer
*Gyton Grantley
Gyton Stephen Grantley (born 17 July 1980) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show '' Underbelly'', for which he was nomin ...
– Actor
*Jack Gleeson
Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992) is an Irish actor who played Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a hiatus from acting, but has since taken part in independent th ...
– British Actor
* Jackie O – Radio Host
*Jason Akermanis
Jason Dean Akermanis (born 24 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bea ...
– Former AFL Player
*Jean Kittson
Jean Kittson (born 1955) is an Australian performer, writer and comedian in theatre and print, on radio and television. She made her comedy debut at Melbourne's comedy venue Le Joke in a series of solo performances, and then in the stage ver ...
– Actress and Comedian
*Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as ''Jurassic Park'' (1993) and '' Independence Day'' (1996), as well as their sequels.
...
– American Actor
*Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the ...
– Former Australian Prime Minister
* Kat Hoyos – Actor
*Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan ( ; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and singer. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at the age of three. Having appeared as a regular on the television soap opera '' An ...
– American Actress
*Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
– Tennis Player
*Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952) is a British-American television personality, music manager and author. She is married to heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing ...
– Media Personality
*Sylvia Jeffreys
Sylvia Jeffreys (born 23 April 1986) is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Jeffreys is currently co-host of ''Today Extra'' with David Campbell. She has previously been a news presenter on the Nine Network's ''Today,'' reporter and ...
– ''Today Show''
Awards
Logie Awards
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
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*Nominated for 2007
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Most Popular Light Entertainment Program (lost to Rove Live
''Rove'', also titled ''Rove Live'', was an Australian television variety show that featured live music performances and interviews with local and international celebrity guests. The program premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, be ...
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See also
* ''50 Years 50 Shows
''50 Years 50 Shows'' is a television special that marked 50 years of television in Australia. Broadcast on Sunday 25 September 2005 on the Nine Network and hosted by Eddie McGuire, the special counted down the top 50 greatest Australian telev ...
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* List of Australian television series
Future shows
Seven
* ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–)
* ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
* List of programs broadcast by Nine Network
The following list of programs are currently broadcast by the Nine Network / 9HD, 9Go!, 9Gem, 9Life and 9Rush as well as their regional affiliates, including WIN, NBN and Imparja as well as catch-up service 9Now. Some affiliate stations ...
References
External links
Official website
(Australia only)
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2005 Australian television series debuts
2011 Australian television series endings
Anti-Korean sentiment
Australian non-fiction television series
Nine Network original programming
Australian television series revived after cancellation