Pooch Perfect

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Pooch Perfect
Pooch Perfect Logo.jpeg
Genre
  • Reality
  • Dog grooming
Directed byMark Adamson
Presented by Rebel Wilson
Judges
  • Amber Lewin
  • Colin Taylor
  • Jorge Bendersky
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release27 February (2020-02-27) –
16 April 2020 (2020-04-16)

Pooch Perfect is a dog grooming reality competition television program created by Seven Studios UK (now Beyond Productions UK) and first broadcast on the Seven Network in Australia. The program is hosted by Rebel Wilson, [1] and began airing on 27 February 2020. [2] The series features ten professional dog stylists competing in a series of themed challenges which sees the transformation of beloved pets, with a judging panel including international styling experts Amber Lewin and Colin Taylor determining the winner of $100,000 in prize money. [3] [4] The title is a play-on-words of the film Pitch Perfect , in which Wilson starred.

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Despite the high profile of host Wilson and significant promotion by Seven prior to broadcast, the show struggled in the ratings, [5] and the series was absent at Seven's upfronts for 2021. [6] Despite this, local adaptations of the show aired in the United Kingdom and the United States in 2021, with Wilson reprising her role as host for the latter version. [7]

Contestants

Episodes

No.Original air dateAustralian viewers
127 February 2020 (2020-02-27)697,000 [8]
25 March 2020 (2020-03-05)490,000 [9]
312 March 2020 (2020-03-12)430,000 [10]
419 March 2020 (2020-03-19)265,000 [11] [a]
526 March 2020 (2020-03-26)387,000 [12]
62 April 2020 (2020-04-02)299,000 [13]
79 April 2020 (2020-04-09)259,000 [14]
816 April 2020 (2020-04-16)316,000 [15]

International adaptations

CountryNetworkHostEpisodesPremiere dateFinale date
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK BBC One Sheridan Smith 87 January 20214 March 2021
Flag of the United States.svg USA ABC Rebel Wilson30 March 202118 May 2021

The format was sold in February 2020 to the BBC. The UK series is hosted by Sheridan Smith and filmed at dock10 studios. Beyond Productions UK produced the series with Damon Pattison and Susanne Rock as executive producer. [16] [17] It was cancelled after one season. [18]

ABC announced a US version of the series in January 2021 with Wilson as host and Lisa Vanderpump, Jorge Bendersky and Callie Harris as judges. An eight-episode run was ordered, which premiered on 30 March 2021. [7] [19] It ended on May 18, 2021, and was canceled on January 20, 2022. [20]

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Notes

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