Come Dine with Me Australia
Come Dine with Me Australia | |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 80 |
Production | |
Producer | Granada Australia |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | The LifeStyle Channel |
Release | 18 January 2010 – 8 February 2013 |
Related | |
Come Dine with Me |
Come Dine with Me Australia is an Australian television reality series based on the Come Dine with Me format which premiered on 18 January 2010 on The LifeStyle Channel in Australia. It is narrated by Aimee Reid and James Valentine.
In 2009, The Lifestyle Channel bought the rights to the show, commissioning Granada Australia to produce a version for the Australian market. The first season consists of 20 episodes.[1] A second season was approved before the first season premiered and was broadcast in mid-2010.[2] The fourth series involves four contestants as opposed to the regular five, in hour long episode instead of the usual format of 30-minute five episodes each week.
Series Summary
Season | Episodes | Originally Aired | ||
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Premiere | Finale | |||
One | 20 | 18 January 2010 | 12 March 2010 | |
Two | 23 August 2010 | 17 September 2010 | ||
Three | 17 January 2011 | 11 February 2011 | ||
Four | 8 January 2013 | 8 February 2013 |
Format
The unscripted show follows amateur chefs competing against each other in hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each week over five nights, five total strangers take it in turns to cook up their idea of the perfect evening for the other four. Each believes they can cook up the perfect evening and hopes their unique style will clinch them the title of best host and the $2000 cash prize. [3]
Episodes
Season 1 (2010)
Week | Episode | Night Host | Airdate |
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One | Episode 1 | Julie | 18 January 2010 |
Episode 2 | Gail | 19 January 2010 | |
Episode 3 | Ben | 20 January 2010 | |
Episode 4 | Jennifer | 21 January 2010 | |
Episode 5 | Richard | 22 January 2010 | |
Two | Episode 6 | Trudi | 25 January 2010 |
Episode 7 | Luke | 26 January 2010 | |
Episode 8 | Anne-Maree | 27 January 2010 | |
Episode 9 | Angela | 28 January 2010 | |
Episode 10 | Alex | 29 January 2010 | |
Three | Episode 11 | Bryan | 1 March 2010 |
Episode 12 | Mel | 2 March 2010 | |
Episode 13 | Rita | 3 March 2010 | |
Episode 14 | James | 4 March 2010 | |
Episode 15 | Nicole | 5 March 2010 | |
Four | Episode 16 | Tony | 8 March 2010 |
Episode 17 | Celeste | 9 March 2010 | |
Episode 18 | Nicole | 10 March 2010 | |
Episode 19 | Stephen | 11 March 2010 | |
Episode 20 | Sheeneagh | 12 March 2010 |
Season 2 (2010)
Week | Episode | Night Host | Airdate |
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One | Episode 1 | Helen | 23 August 2010 |
Episode 2 | Ray | 24 August 2010 | |
Episode 3 | Joan | 25 August 2010 | |
Episode 4 | Paula | 26 August 2010 | |
Episode 5 | Taylor | 27 August 2010 | |
Two | Episode 6 | Jesse | 30 August 2010 |
Episode 7 | Sharon | 31 August 2010 | |
Episode 8 | Kyoko | 1 September 2010 | |
Episode 9 | David | 2 September 2010 | |
Episode 10 | Jane | 3 September 2010 | |
Three | Episode 11 | Dominic | 6 September 2010 |
Episode 12 | Michelle | 7 September 2010 | |
Episode 13 | Yolanda | 8 September 2010 | |
Episode 14 | Tom | 9 September 2010 | |
Episode 15 | Deb | 10 September 2010 | |
Four | Episode 16 | Megan | 13 September 2010 |
Episode 17 | David | 14 September 2010 | |
Episode 18 | Karen | 15 September 2010 | |
Episode 19 | Kate | 16 September 2010 | |
Episode 20 | Mark | 17 September 2010 |
Season 3 (2011)
Week | Episode | Night Host | Airdate |
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One | Episode 1 | Leonie | 17 January 2011 |
Episode 2 | Lance | 18 January 2011 | |
Episode 3 | Mary | 19 January 2011 | |
Episode 4 | Shane | 20 January 2011 | |
Episode 5 | Ammie | 21 January 2011 | |
Two | Episode 6 | Cheryl | 24 January 2011 |
Episode 7 | Donna | 25 January 2011 | |
Episode 8 | Tony | 26 January 2011 | |
Episode 9 | Doreen | 27 January 2011 | |
Episode 10 | Lachlan | 28 January 2011 | |
Three | Episode 11 | Vanessa | 31 January 2011 |
Episode 12 | Sheila | 1 February 2011 | |
Episode 13 | Anita | 2 February 2011 | |
Episode 14 | Lachlan | 3 February 2011 | |
Episode 15 | Warren | 4 February 2011 | |
Four | Episode 16 | Suze | 7 February 2011 |
Episode 17 | Jacki | 8 February 2011 | |
Episode 18 | Gerry | 9 February 2011 | |
Episode 19 | Bromwyn | 10 February 2011 | |
Episode 20 | Mary-Ann | 11 February 2011 |
Season 4 (2013)
Week | Episode | Night Host | Airdate |
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One | Episode 1 | Mike | 8 January 2013 |
Episode 2 | Kiri | 9 January 2013 | |
Episode 3 | Danielle | 10 January 2013 | |
Episode 4 | James | 11 January 2013 | |
Two | Episode 5 | Derek | 15 January 2013 |
Episode 6 | Natalie | 16 January 2013 | |
Episode 7 | Amaya | 17 January 2013 | |
Episode 8 | Myles | 18 January 2013 | |
Three | Episode 9 | Andrew | 22 January 2013 |
Episode 10 | Roxanne | 23 January 2013 | |
Episode 11 | Peter | 24 January 2013 | |
Episode 12 | Sharon | 25 January 2013 | |
Four | Episode 13 | Todd | 29 January 2013 |
Episode 14 | Eve | 30 January 2013 | |
Episode 15 | Tom | 31 January 2013 | |
Episode 16 | Ebony | 1 February 2013 | |
Five | Episode 17 | Ellen | 5 February 2013 |
Episode 18 | Harry | 6 February 2013 | |
Episode 19 | Alexi | 7 February 2013 | |
Episode 20 | Sami | 8 February 2013 |
Celebrity Come Dine With Me Australia
A celebrity version originally aired on 11 December 2012 to 28 January 2014 on the Lifestyle Channel. The series was set to be revived in 2016 by ITV Studios for the Nine Network,[4][5] however on 14 April 2016, the series was shelved due to production issues and Nine implementing changes after a bad start to the ratings year.[6][7]
Trivia
In July 2010, the show began broadcasting in the UK under the title Come Dine with Me Down Under before reverting to its original Come Dine with Me Australia title and changing again in the third series.
References
- ^ Come Dine with Me in Oz Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine - B&T Today, 24 August 2009
- ^ Second serve for Come Dine with Me Australia
- ^ Come Dine with Me Australia - Official Website, 18 January 2010
- ^ http://itvstudios.com.au/format/celebrity-come-dine-with-me-australia
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/nine-greenlights-celebrity-come-dine-with-me.html
- ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/media-diary/fairfax-missed-a-wellsuited-col-allan/news-story/a2bb2be6868c6ff7fc15072cfba28220
- ^ http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/nine-shelves-celebrity-come-dine-with-me.html
External links
See also
- Australian reality television series
- Australian cooking television series
- Cooking competitions in Australia
- Come Dine With Me
- 2010 Australian television series debuts
- 2013 Australian television series endings
- English-language television programs
- Television series by ITV Studios
- Australian television show stubs