The Loop (Australian TV series)

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The Loop
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Presented by
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes421
Production
Production locations Sydney, New South Wales
Running time150 minutes
Original release
Network 10 Peach
Release28 January 2012 (2012-01-28) 
8 February 2020 (2020-02-08)
Related
Video Hits

The Loop was an Australian music video show that aired on digital channel 10 Peach each Saturday from 9 am to 11.30 am and was hosted by Scott Tweedie, Ash London and Olivia Phyland.

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History

The show premiered on 28 January 2012, featuring the top 20 songs from the iTunes chart alongside coverage of trends in music, video, and social media. [1]

On 4 April 2015 Ash London resigned from the show to focus on her radio career. [2] She was replaced by ABC3 presenter Olivia Phyland in July 2015. [3]

Kent 'Smallzy' Small from Nova FM previously presented the music segment. Smallzy was then replaced by Angus O'Loughlin in 2014. In 2015, Scoopla's Entertainment reporter Justin Hill took over presenting the music segment.

The program reached a milestone of 250 episodes on 22 October 2016. [4]

From 27 January to 10 March 2018, Dan Debuf filled as a presenter while Tweedie was away presenting the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! companion series, Edge of the Jungle. Debuf has since filled in on later occasions.

In November 2019, Scott Tweedie announced his resignation from Network 10 after years with the network, moving onto a new role overseas. [5]

In February 2020, Network 10 announced that the show would be aired for the last time on Saturday 8 February 2020 after 8 years and over 400 episodes. [6]

Hosts

 Original  Final 

NameFirst ShowLast Show
Ash London 28 January 20124 April 2015
Scott Tweedie 28 January 20127 December 2019
Olivia Phyland11 July 20158 February 2020

Segments

Past segments

Special shows

See also

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References

  1. David Knox (23 January 2012). "New Presenter for The Loop". TV Tonight.
  2. David Knox (4 April 2015). "Ash London exits The Loop". TV Tonight.
  3. "Olivia Phyland is the fresh new face of The Loop" . Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. Knox, David (18 October 2016). "The Loop celebrates 250 episodes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. "Scott Tweedie Is Leaving Network 10". 10 daily. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. "Axed: The Loop". TV Tonight. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. "Truth behind awkward NYE clip". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 4 January 2017.