Gogglebox Australia
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Genre | Reality Television |
Narrated by | Jo Van Es |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 91 (as of 16 October 2019) (list of episodes) |
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Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Shine Australia |
Original release | |
Network | Network 10 (free-to-air) LifeStyle (Pay TV) |
Release | 11 February 2015 present | –
Gogglebox Australia is an Australian reality television programme. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name. The series, which is produced by Shine Australia,[1] is a co-production between subscription television (STV) channel Lifestyle (owned by Foxtel) and free-to-air (FTA) network Network 10.[2] It airs on Lifestyle first, and then airs on Network 10 a day later.[2]
Production
The concept of Gogglebox Australia is based on the 2013 British reality show Gogglebox, in which people watch and comment on the week's popular television shows and films in their own homes.[3] Producers chose ten households, featuring "a cross-section of modern Australian society, from larrikins to gays, from migrant families to battlers, yuppies and empty-nesters", to discuss the shows.[3] The cast are filmed with remote-controlled cameras, while the crew stay out of their way in other parts of the house.[3]
Voiceover artist Jo Van Es narrates the series. She initially had doubts that she would secure the role following her audition, and thought it would be a short contract.[4] Van Es read a sample of the script without viewing the footage, which she described as "a little bit tricky", and she was told to give a largely neutral delivery.[4] She said, "I thought, 'This is a weird concept for a show. It will probably be something I do for a little while and it will disappear into the winds like a lot of jobs do.' But it's just grown and grown."[4] Van Es starts her recordings during Tuesday afternoons and the sessions last for around an hour. When footage of a certain scene is not available to view, the writers and producers explain to Van Es how the tone of the narration should be and what words to emphasise.[4] Over the seasons, Van Es's delivery has added more sass compared to the "straight" narration style of the early seasons.[4]
Ten episodes of Gogglebox Australia were initially commissioned.[3] The first season aired on The LifeStyle Channel (later rebranded Lifestyle) and Network Ten between February and April 2015. At the conclusion of its debut season, the series was renewed for a second season,[5] which premiered on STV on 30 September 2015, and on FTA on 1 October 2015.[6]
On 21 September 2015, the series was renewed for a third season;[7] which premiered on STV on 6 April 2016, and on FTA on 7 April 2016.[8] On 8 February 2016, it was announced a fourth season had been commissioned;[9] which premiered on STV on 24 August 2016, and on FTA on 25 August 2016.[10]
On 4 November 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on 15 February 2017.[11][12][13] The series was later renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on 4 October 2017.[14]
In November 2017, Foxtel announced that the series was renewed for two further seasons to air in 2018, with each season to increase from eight to 10 episodes.[15] The ninth season premiered on 6 February 2019.[16]
Cast
Viewers | Duration | About (Information) |
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Anastasia and Faye | Season 1– | Both born in Melbourne to Greek parents. |
The Dalton family | Season 1– | Parents Matt, Kate, and their two daughters, Holly and Millie |
The Delpechitra family | Season 1– | Parents Patrick and Tracey, sons Wendel and Ethan, daughter Vestal. Patrick and Tracey moved from Sri Lanka to Australia 25 years ago and live in Sydney's west. |
The Jackson family | Season 1– | Parents Stacey and Grant and their six children Corey, Britney, Jesse, Chase, Kane and Nate from Penrith, in western Sydney. |
Keith and Lee | Season 1– | With two grown-up children, the pair have celebrated 30 years of marriage and live in an outer-northern suburb of Melbourne. |
Mick and Di | Season 1– | Indigenous art dealers who have been happily married for nearly 50 years, live in inner-city Sydney. |
The Silbery family | Season 3– | Three generations of women – great grandma Emily, mum Kerry, and daughter Isabelle – based in Melbourne. |
Matty, Sarah Marie and Jad | Season 6– | Lebanese Australians Matty, his wife Sarah Marie, and best friend Jad are from Sydney.[17] |
Tim and Leanne | Season 9– | Tim and Leanne are siblings from Melbourne.[18] |
Symon and Adam | Season 1–10 | Best mates and larrikins, the physiotherapy students met on a university pub crawl in Melbourne. In the season 3 premiere, it was announced Symon and Adam had graduated from university and begun their careers. Symon and Adam decided to quit the show at the end of season 10.[19] |
Angie and Yvie | Season 1–8 | The Sunshine Coast housemates whose place is bustling and chaotic thanks to the small circus of dogs they foster. Angie and Yvie chose to leave the show at the end of season 8 because Angie had left their house in Sydney and couldn't travel regularly to Sydney anymore.[20][21][22] |
Wayne and Tom | Season 1–8 | The Melbourne couple met at a country dance. They have raised three children together and are engaged. The couple and their dog, Satie, share the lounge together every night. In the season 2 premiere, it was revealed that Satie had died. Wayne and Tom quit the series at the end of season 8.[23] |
The Kidd family | Season 1–2 | Parents Stuart and Janet, son Michael, his wife Elena, and youngest son Roger from the Blue Mountains. They did not return for season 3 due to availability issues.[24]
Stuart died from suicide in May 2018. The season 8 premiere was dedicated to him.[25] |
Zina and Vivian | Season 3–5 | Melburnian house-mates who have been friends since high school. They did not return for season 6 as Vivian had moved overseas and Zina was embarking on new adventures.[26] |
Cast timeline
Viewers | Seasons | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2[27] | 3[24] | 4[10] | 5[13] | 6[14] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Symon Lovett & Adam Densten | |||||||||||||
Anastasia Katselas & Faye Kontos | [note 1] | ||||||||||||
Mick & Di Kershaw | [note 2] | ||||||||||||
Keith & Lee Lee | [note 3] | ||||||||||||
The Dalton family | |||||||||||||
The Delpechitra family | |||||||||||||
The Jackson family | |||||||||||||
Angie Kent & Yvie Jones | [note 4] | [note 5] | |||||||||||
Wayne & Tom Walsh | |||||||||||||
The Kidd family | |||||||||||||
Zina Joy & Vivian Ly | |||||||||||||
The Silbery family | [note 6] | ||||||||||||
Matty Fahd, Sarah Marie & Jad Nehmetallah | |||||||||||||
Tim Lai & Leanne |
- Notes
- ^ Faye was absent for episode 1 and 2 of season 4 as she was on holiday. Anastasia was joined by her mother Angela in Faye's absence.
- ^ Mick & Di were absent in episodes 6 and 7 of season 4 as they were on holiday in Italy.
- ^ Lee & Keith were absent for episode 4 and 5 of season 2 as they were on holiday for their 30th wedding anniversary.
- ^ Angie & Yvie were absent for episode 6 of season 6 due to illness.
- ^ Angie & Yvie were absent for episode 5 of season 8 due to illness.
- ^ Emily was absent for episode 5 of season 8 due to illness.
Episodes
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | 11 February 2015 | 15 April 2015 | |
2 | 8 | 30 September 2015 | 18 November 2015 | |
3 | 8 | 6 April 2016 | 25 May 2016 | |
4 | 8 | 24 August 2016 | 12 October 2016 | |
5 | 8 | 15 February 2017 | 5 April 2017 | |
6 | 8 | 4 October 2017 | 22 November 2017 | |
7 | 10 | 7 February 2018 | 11 April 2018 | |
8 | 10 | 29 August 2018 | 31 October 2018 | |
9 | 11 | 6 February 2019 | 17 April 2019 | |
10 | 10 | 14 August 2019 | 16 October 2019 | |
11 | 10 | 26 February 2020 | 29 April 2020 | |
12 | 10 | 26 August 2020 | 28 October 2020 | |
13 | 10 | 17 February 2021 | 21 April 2021 | |
14 | 10 | 8 September 2021 | 10 November 2021 | |
15 | 9 + 1 Special | 9 March 2022 | 4 May 2022 | |
16 | 10 | 24 August 2022 | 26 October 2022 | |
17 | 10 | 22 February 2023 | 26 April 2023 | |
18 | 10 + 1 Special | 16 August 2023 | 18 October 2023 | |
19 | 10 | 21 February 2024 | 24 April 2024 | |
20 | TBA | 14 August 2024 | TBA |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Logie Awards of 2016 | Best Factual Program | Won | [28] |
6th AACTA Awards | Best Light Entertainment Television Series | Nominated | [29] | |
2017 | Logie Awards of 2017 | Best Factual Program | Won | [30] |
Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program | Nominated | |||
2018 | Logie Awards of 2018 | Most Popular Entertainment Program | Won | [31] |
8th AACTA Awards | Best Entertainment Program | Nominated | [32] | |
2019 | Logie Awards of 2019 | Most Popular Entertainment Program | Won | [33] |
Most Outstanding Entertainment Program | Nominated | [33] | ||
9th AACTA Awards | Best Factual Entertainment Program | Pending | [34] |
Spin-off
On 4 November 2016, a spin-off series titled Common Sense Australia was commissioned, which similar to Gogglebox Australia is a local adaptation of a British series of the same name, and is jointly commissioned by both Foxtel and Network Ten.[11][35]
International broadcasts
The sister channel of the UK version of the show, E4, has picked up the third series beginning on 3 June 2018.[36]
References
- ^ Knox, David (29 October 2014). "Gogglebox coming to Foxtel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b Knox, David (30 October 2014). "Gogglebox to premiere on Foxtel one night, TEN the next". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d Kalina, Paul (3 February 2015). "Gogglebox Australia: Here's what it is and why you would watch". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Knox, David (23 October 2018). "Meet the voice of Gogglebox". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (15 April 2014). "Renewed: Gogglebox Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (30 August 2015). "Returning: Gogglebox Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (21 September 2015). "Renewed: Gogglebox (for a third season)". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (14 March 2016). "Returning: Gogglebox". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (8 February 2016). "Programmer's Wrap 2016: Foxtel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ a b Knox, David (28 July 2016). "Returning: Gogglebox S4". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ a b Knox, David (4 November 2016). "2017 Upfronts: TEN highlights". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Byrnes, Holly (21 January 2017). "Gogglebox favourites Wayne andTom to introduce new family member Brandy Snaps to fans". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b Knox, David (24 January 2017). "Returning: Gogglebox S5". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ a b Knox, David (6 September 2017). "Returning: Gogglebox S6". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Gogglebox Australia: Two new seasons confirmed for 2018". Foxtel. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ https://www.who.com.au/foxtel-announces-gogglebox-australia-season-9-premiere-date
- ^ Rutherford, Karlie (6 February 2018). "Gogglebox: Sydney trio return to our screens with a new British bulldog named Bane". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Tse, Liz (3 February 2019). "Meet Gogglebox's newest cast members... Tim and Leanne". New Idea. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ Byrne, Fiona (23 November 2019). "Gossip Queen: Serial watchers bid goodbye to the box". Herald Sun. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Burke, Tina (7 December 2018). "Four of your favourite Gogglebox Australia stars just announced their departure from the show". TV Week. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Lal, Chloe (10 December 2018). "Why Gogglebox Angie Kent and Yvie Jones Quit". Who. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Velk, Eliza (7 January 2019). "Gogglebox stars announced as newest I'm A Celeb contestants". Yahoo! Lifestyle. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (7 October 2018). "Wayne & Tom quitting Gogglebox". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ a b Knox, David (23 March 2016). "Gogglebox casts new families". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Price, Natasha (31 August 2018). "Gogglebox: Angie and Yvie's tribute to the late Dr. Stuart Kidd". Who. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (6 September 2017). "Returning: Gogglebox". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (11 September 2015). "Gogglebox: promo". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (8 May 2016). "2016 Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (27 October 2016). "Teresa Palmer celebrates as Hacksaw Ridge lead AACTA 2016 nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Whitehead, Mat (23 April 2017). "Logies 2017: All The Award Winners". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (1 July 2018). "60th Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (30 October 2018). "Ladies in Black, Mystery Road top Australian Academy Award nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ a b Knox, David (30 June 2019). "Logie Awards 2019: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (23 October 2019). "AACTA Awards 2019: nominees". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (4 November 2016). "Foxtel / TEN jointly-commission Common Sense". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gogglebox-australia
External links
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