''Bogan Hunters'' is an

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series created by

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for

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. The series provides an in-depth look into Australia's

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subculture, as the Bogan Hunters traverse the nation looking for Australia's greatest bogan. The show first aired on Australia's

on 13 May 2014 and on

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's TV2 on 14 October 2014. The finale of season 1 aired on 15 July 2014 in Australia and on 9 December 2014 in New Zealand. On 8 February 2015, two Bogan Hunters specials aired titled "Summernats And The Hunt For The Great Aussie Hoon" and "Bathurst Conspiracy".

Overview

The show follows the adventures of 'boganologist' Paul 'Pauly' Fenech, Shazza (

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) and Kev the Kiwi (

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) as they travel around Australia in search of the nation's greatest

, tapping into a growing interest and fascination in Australia's unique version of the

subculture A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the parent culture to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles. Subcultures develop their own norms and values regarding cultural, poli ...

. Their quest takes them to all of Australia's states and territories, except for the ACT, revealing the diversity of bogan culture throughout the nation. After searching in many regions with significant bogan populations, seven of the finest bogans

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are selected by a panel of eight celebrity judges to compete in a Bogan Grand Final in

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, where criteria such as appearance, attitude and sex appeal are measured. The winners of the 2014 showdown are granted a "Golden

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Award", and a beer keg laden "Aussie pride ' Straya' ute" or a makeover. Series 1 focused on suburban bogans, located about 20 minutes drive from the center of Australia's largest cities. Many of the shows' main characters and judges have previously appeared in the SBS television series

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Swift and Shift Couriers ''Swift and Shift Couriers'' is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on SBS TV in October 2008. The series is produced, directed and written by Paul Fenech, who was also responsible for the comedy series '' Pizza''. It is s ...

and

Housos '' Housos '' is a Logie Award-winning Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screened on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, New South Wal ...

Outcomes

Tasmania

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was named the 'bogan capital of Australia' with Taswegians earning four spots in the final. On the island of Tasmania, half the population has literacy and/or numeracy difficulties, and the unemployment rate is higher than it is in mainland Australia. The producers of ''Bogan Hunters'' wanted to interview Bertrant Cadert, the Mayor of the Municipality of Glamorgan Spring Bay about the controversy surrounding the word bogan, after he labeled the residents of

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as "the most bogan of bogans" using the word in a derogatory sense. Cadert declined the interview. The show has become a part of Tasmanian culture, with "Bogan Hunters" being the 11th most popular search term on

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in 2014 for users from Tasmania.

Australian culture

The show, while light hearted and presented in a comedic fashion, accurately documents the widespread extent and manifestations of the real bogan culture in Australia.

''Fat Pizza vs. Housos''

Some of the show's finalists appeared in the 2014 motion picture ''

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'', which began showing in Australian cinemas on 27 November 2014.

Production

When asked about the production of the series and if the participants were enthusiastic about the project, producer

stated:

Reviews

The show was praised by critics such as Scott Ellis and Louise Rugendyke from ''

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'' "The Guide". They have speculated that some of the characters could use a little more help than is afforded to them, highlighting the importance of shining the spotlight on them.

Reception

The 9:30pm premiere of ''Bogan Hunters'' on

rated 390,000 mainland capital city viewers and 589,000 viewers Australia wide, making it the highest-rating entertainment program ever to screen on the three-year-old digital channel and the second highest rating show to date. It led in multichannel ratings for the night, far ahead of shows such as Parenthood on

's primary channel. The second episode was slightly higher with 393,000 mainland capital city viewers, and was also the night's highest rating program on a multichannel. Season 1 of Bogan Hunters enjoyed more viewers than many other Australian comedies of its era, such as the

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, which later screened on

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in the United States and

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in the United Kingdom.

Season 1 (2014)

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Cast and Characters

Main

as Pauly *

as Shazza Jones *

as Kev the Kiwi

Celebrity Judges

Angry Anderson Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson (born 5 August 1947) is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He has been the lead vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976. As a solo artist, he is best known f ...

as himself * Jonesy as himself * Amarli Inez as Miss Nude Australia *

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as himself *

Mick Gatto Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) is a professional mediator within the Victorian building industry; and a debt collector. Gatto was named as a standover man during the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Ba ...

as himself *

Mark "Jacko" Jackson Mark Alexander Jackson (born 30 August 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club, St Kilda Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and for the South Fremant ...

as himself * Chris Franklin as himself *

Derek Boyer Derek Boyer (born 14 June 1969) is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter, former professional strongman competitor and actor. Strongman and powerlifting Boyer has competed seven times in the World' ...

as himself *

Rob Shehadie Rob Shehadie (born 21 March 1977) is an Australian actor, writer and stand-up comedian, who has featured in television series such as "Pizza", "Swift and Shift Couriers" and "Housos". He has performed numerous stage show comedies across Australi ...

as himself *

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 ...

as himself

Other

* Davey Cooper as himself * Jimmy Jackson as James aka Big Wheels *

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as herself * Henry Roth as himself * Martin Miller as Marty the Engineer *

Alex Romano Alex Romano (born 27 July 1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Australian actor. He has starred in all of Paul Fenech's TV series; as DJ BJ (Big Jams) in ''Pizza'', "Alex" in ''Swift and Shift Couriers'', and "Jimmy the Junkie" in ''H ...

as Jimmy

International broadcasting

References

External links

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Overview

Outcomes

Tasmania

Australian culture

''Fat Pizza vs. Housos''

Production

Reviews

Reception

Season 1 (2014)

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Cast and Characters

Main

Celebrity Judges

Other

International broadcasting

See also

References

External links