''Bringing Sexy Back'' was an Australian weight loss reality television show that aired on the

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on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm.Bringing Sexy Back
''TV Tonight'', 7 August 2014

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Hosted by ''

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, each week the show features a transformation involving one everyday Australian hoping to get his or her lifestyle back by improving his or her self-image.Knox, David.
Sam Armytage to host Bringing Sexy Back
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'', 2 December 2013 The show premiered on Tuesday, 12 August 2014 at 7:30pm, but could only manage a national audience of 654,000, placing it third in its

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' earlier that day, Network Ten hastily scheduled the film ''

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, ''TV Tonight'', 13 August 2014 On Wednesday, 17 September, the Seven Network removed the show from its schedule due to its continuing low ratings to make way for a new season of '' Dancing with the Stars''. With only two episodes remaining, they were eventually aired on 6 and 13 January 2015. The program was syndicated to Foxtel channel Style Network in May 2016.

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