Celebrity Overhaul was a reality television and
infotainment
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show on Australia's
Nine Network
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in which celebrities undergo a rigorous exercise and
diet
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Food
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* Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake
** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ...
regime aimed at improving their
fitness, health and general lifestyle, with the particular goal of
Weight Loss
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. These are coordinated by two
personal trainer
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s and a
medical doctor
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. Hosted by
Deborah Hutton, there have been two seasons, (5 episodes x 1 hour) each respectively in 2004 and 2005.
Featured Celebrities
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Merv Hughes
Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia national cricket team, Australia in 53 Test cricket, Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He pla ...
–
cricketer
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(Seasons 1 and 2)
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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 and
Australian Idol
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contestant.
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Rowena Wallace
Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/M ...
– actress (Season 1)
*
Kate Fischer
Tziporah Atarah Malkah (born Katherine Helen Fischer; 30 November 1973) is an Australian former model and actress.
Early life and career
Kate Fischer was born on 30 November 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia, the daughter of future Australian ...
– model/former actress (Season 2)
*
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/businesswoman (Season 2)
*
Phil Burton
Phillip Andrew Burton (born 13 March 1974) is a member of the Australian pop vocal band Human Nature with Toby Allen, Andrew Tierney and his brother Michael Tierney since 1989.
With Human Nature, he has won an ARIA Music Award for ''Reach O ...
– singer (
Human Nature
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) (Season 2)
*
Fabio Lanzoni
Fabio Lanzoni (; born March 15, 1959), known mononymously as Fabio, is an Italian-American actor, fashion model, and spokesman.
Lanzoni is known for his wide-ranging career including appearing as a romance novel cover model throughout the 1990s ...
– model and actor
*
Trevor Butler
Trevor Butler is a TV personality, best known for being a contestant and winner of Big Brother Australia Series 4 (airing in 2004). As well as being the first, and currently the only, contestant to win the million prize money, as opposed to ...
–
Big Brother reality show contestant
*
Melissa Bell – actress and singer
*
Nova Peris
Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an Aboriginal Australian athlete and former politician. As part of the Australian women's field hockey (Hockeyroos) team at the 1996 Olympic Games, she was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an ...
– athlete and politician
*
Peter Phelps
Peter Phelps (born 20 September 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, singer and writer. He is notable for his role as Trevor Cole in ''Baywatch''. Phelps is also known for his roles in the internationally successful Australian series '' So ...
– actor
*
Dr John Tickell – media personality, television presenter/doctor
Spin-off
Channel Nine spun another show from Celebrity Overhaul, known simply as "Overhaul" which followed a similar format, except but did not feature celebrities.
External links
Celebrity Overhaul at the National Film and Sound Archive
2000s Australian reality television series
Nine Network original programming
2004 Australian television series debuts
2005 Australian television series endings
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