''Anh's Brush with Fame'', also known as ''Anh Do's Brush With Fame'', is an Australian television series, first broadcast on the

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starting 24 August 2016. The program features comedian

Anh Do Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Good News Week'', and was runner-up on ''Dancing with the Stars'' in ...

painting a

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of a celebrity while interviewing his subject. The celebrities to feature in the inaugural series included

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and

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. The program was renewed for a second series of 10 episodes which aired from 12 April 2017, with singer

Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subseq ...

featured in the first episode. The series 2 finale, featuring

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, was filmed after the initial 10 episodes had been completed and therefore not included in the series 2 DVD set. Do is an accomplished artist, having won art prizes previously and been a finalist in the prestigious

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

. The fourth series premiered on 17 April 2019, the fifth series on 4 August 2020 and the sixth series on 30 March 2021. In 2021 it was revealed that Do receives assistance in the form of advice from his art teacher Paul Ryan in the early stages of each work, and in some episodes where the guest doesn't have the time for a full sitting the finished painting is prepared in advance from photographs.

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2017)

Series 3 (2018)

Series 4 (2019)

Series 5 (2020)

Series 6 (2021)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anh's Brush with Fame Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 2016 Australian television series debuts Television shows set in Australia English-language television shows Television series by Screentime