Gogglebox Australia | |
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Genre | Reality television |
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Narrated by | Jo Van Es |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 20 |
No. of episodes | 190 (list of episodes) |
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Production locations | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Shine Australia |
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Network | LifeStyle (2015–2024) Network 10 (2015–present) |
Release | 11 February 2015 – present |
Gogglebox Australia is an Australian reality television program which airs on Network 10. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name. The series, which is produced by Shine Australia, [1] was originally a co-production between subscription television (STV) channel Lifestyle (owned by Foxtel) and free-to-air (FTA) network Network 10. [2] It aired on Lifestyle first, and then aired on Network 10 a day later. [2]
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' 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 10 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]
The twelfth season premiered on 26 August 2020 [17] and the thirteenth season on 17 February 2021. [18] The fourteenth season premiered on 8 September 2021. [19] [20]
In October 2021, Foxtel announced a celebrity one off special of Gogglebox would feature in 2022. [21] On 3 February 2022, Hamish and Zoë Foster Blake were confirmed as the first two cast members of the special. [22] [23] On 11 February, the full cast was announced. [24] [25] On 25 February 2022, Dylan Alcott and Andy Allen, Tim Campbell and Anthony Callea joined the special. [26] In March 2022, it was announced there would be more Celebrity specials in the future. [27] In September 2023, it was announced that a second Celebrity Gogglebox special had been commissioned to air in the week following the eighteenth series' finale, on 25 October on Lifestyle and on 26 October 2023 on Network 10. [28] On 15 October 2023, the celebrities participating in the second special were announced. [29]
On 25 July 2022, it was announced cast member Di Kershaw had died after a short illness. [30] In November 2024, Foxtel announced it would end its association with the show, with Network 10 set to air the program exclusively from 2025. [31]
Viewers | Duration | About (Information) |
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Symon and Adam | Season 1–10, 14– | Best mates and larrikins, the physiotherapy students met on a university pub crawl in Melbourne. [32] 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 [33] but returned to the show in season 14. [34] |
Anastasia and Faye | Season 1– | Both born in Melbourne to Greek parents. [35] |
The Dalton family | Season 1– | Parents Matt and Kate, and their two daughters Holly and Millie, [36] who live in Toorak, [37] an inner suburb of Melbourne. |
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. [38] |
Matty, Sarah Marie and Jad | Season 6– | Lebanese Australians Matty, his wife Sarah Marie, and best friend Jad [39] are from Sydney. Matty is the brother of Dubai-based radio star Kris Fade. [40] They have been joined intermittently by their sons Malik and Lyon, since 2020 and 2023 respectively. [41] |
Tim and Leanne | Season 9– | Tim and Leanne are siblings from Melbourne. [42] |
Milo and Nic | Season 11– | Best mates and flatmates, Milo and Nic met whilst working in a retail surf store over a decade ago on the Gold Coast. [43] |
The Delpechitra family | Season 1–13, 15– | Parents Patrick and Tracey, sons Wendel and Ethan, and daughter Vestal. [44] Patrick and Tracey moved from Sri Lanka to Australia 25 years ago and live in Sydney's west. The Delpechitra family did not appear in season 14 due to COVID-19 restrictions in Sydney [45] but returned in season 15. |
Kevin, Bob, Mia & Jared | Season 16– | First Nations Brisbane based family, partners Bob and Kevin and their friends from university Mia and Jared. [46] |
Mia, Bree & Lainey | Season 19– | Mia and Bree are sisters with best friend Lainey, from the Shire in southern Sydney. [47] |
Viewers | Duration | About (Information) |
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The Silbery family | Season 3–20 | Three generations of women – great grandma Emily Milligan, mum Kerry, and daughter Isabelle [48] – based in Melbourne. Emily stepped down from the series in 2023, since the premiere of season 17, after being diagnosed with dementia and moving to an aged care home. [49] [50] Kerry and Isabelle were joined intermittently by Izzy's daughter Ruby during their final season in 2024. [51] |
Mick and Di | Season 1–15 | Indigenous art dealers who have been married for nearly 50 years, live in inner-city Sydney. [52] Di died on 22 July 2022 [30] and the season 16 premiere was dedicated to her. [46] |
Kaday and Chantel | Season 11–14 | Kaday and Chantel met while hanging washing in their shared Sydney Eastern suburbs apartment building. [53] Kaday and Chantel chose not to return to season 15. [54] |
The Elias Family | Season 11–13 | Parents Les and Danielle, eldest son Jacob, daughter Lily-Rose and youngest daughter Ivy are from the suburbs of Sydney. [53] The Elias family did not appear in season 14 due to Covid-19 restrictions in Sydney [55] and chose not to return for season 15. [54] |
The Jackson family | Season 1–10 | Parents Stacey and Grant and their six children Corey, Britney, Jesse, Chase, Kane and Nate from Penrith, in western Sydney. |
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. [56] [57] [58] |
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. [59] |
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. [60] Stuart died from suicide in May 2018. The season 8 premiere was dedicated to him. [61] |
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. [62] |
Viewers | Seasons | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 [63] | 3 [60] | 4 [10] | 5 [13] | 6 [14] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
Symon Lovett & Adam Densten | ||||||||||||||||||||
Anastasia Katselas & Faye Kontos | [note 1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Mick & Di† Kershaw | [note 2] | [note 3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Keith & Lee Loo | [note 4] | [note 5] | ||||||||||||||||||
The Dalton family | [note 6] | [note 7] | [note 8] | |||||||||||||||||
The Delpechitra family | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Jackson family | ||||||||||||||||||||
Angie Kent & Yvie Jones | [note 9] | [note 10] | ||||||||||||||||||
Wayne & Tom Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Kidd family | ||||||||||||||||||||
Zina Joy & Vivian Ly | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Silbery family | [note 11] | [note 12] | [note 13] | |||||||||||||||||
Matty Fahd, Sarah Marie & Jad Nehmetallah | [note 14] | [note 15] | [note 16] | |||||||||||||||||
Tim Lai & Leanne | [note 17] | |||||||||||||||||||
Milo & Nic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kaday & Chantel | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Elias family | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Yow Yeh, Bob Smith, Mia Strasek-Barker & Jared Hutchison | [note 18] | |||||||||||||||||||
Mia, Bree & Lainey | ||||||||||||||||||||
This is a list of the celebrities who appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox specials. [24] [25] [26] [29]
Cast members | Series | Year | |
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Hamish Blake and Zoë Foster Blake | Special 1 | 2022 | |
Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin | Specials 1–2 | 2022–2023 | |
Dave Hughes | Holly Ife | Special 1 | 2022 |
Kate Langbroek and Tess Hughes | Special 2 | 2023 | |
Julia Morris and Nazeem Hussain | — | Special 1 | 2022 |
Urzila Carlson | Special 2 | 2023 | |
Matt Preston and Lachy Hulme | Special 1 | 2022 | |
Alex Perry, Joh Bailey and Cheyenne Tozzi | Special 1 | 2022 | |
Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor | Special 1 | 2022 | |
Dylan Alcott and Andy Allen | Specials 1–2 | 2022–2023 | |
Tim Campbell and Anthony Callea | Specials 1–2 | 2022–2023 | |
Carrie Bickmore and Fifi Box | Special 2 | 2023 | |
Anne Edmonds and Lloyd Langford | Special 2 | 2023 | |
Krissy Marsh and Nicole O'Neill | Special 2 | 2023 | |
Darren Purchese and Natalie Tran | Special 2 | 2023 |
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 | 10 | 14 August 2024 | 16 October 2024 |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Logie Awards of 2016 | Best Factual Program | Won | [67] |
6th AACTA Awards | Best Light Entertainment Television Series | Nominated | [68] | |
2017 | Logie Awards of 2017 | Best Factual Program | Won | [69] |
Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program | Nominated | |||
2018 | Logie Awards of 2018 | Most Popular Entertainment Program | Won | [70] |
8th AACTA Awards | Best Entertainment Program | Nominated | [71] | |
2019 | Logie Awards of 2019 | Most Popular Entertainment Program | Won | [72] |
Most Outstanding Entertainment Program | Nominated | [72] | ||
9th AACTA Awards | Best Factual Entertainment Program | Nominated | [73] [74] | |
2020 | 10th AACTA Awards | Best Factual Entertainment Program | Won | [75] |
2023 | Logie Awards of 2023 | Most Popular Entertainment Program | Won | [76] |
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] [77]
The sister channel and streaming platform of the UK version of the show, E4 and 4 on Demand, aired the first three series of the show. [78]
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