Published May 19, 2021
I swear to god, my brain is, like, 40% thoughts about food and 60% memories of batshit moments in Australian reality TV history, and I’m not just talking
MAFS and
Bachie.
Reality TV became a thing Down Under in the early noughties and since then we’ve been seen scores of wild scandals go down and every single one of them still lives rent-free in my mind.
I’m sure I’m not alone in this, so let’s revisit some of the wildest shit that’s gone down on Aussie telly:
BACHIE
Honey Badger choosing no one at the finale
The Australian Radio Network’s (ARN) Mike ‘E’ Etheridge has slammed rival network Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) for its history of underperforming Breakfast shows in Sydney, pointing to himself and co-host Emma Chow as examples of programming and chemistry that actually works.
Etheridge and Chow first broadcast on ARN’s The Edge back in 2008 and came back together in 2011.
“We get along really well. It’s hard – I’ve worked in radio with a girl I couldn’t stand, and that was really hard,” he said.
Etheridge said in radio it either works, or it doesn’t, and co-hosts absolutely have to like each other in order to sell the program to listeners.
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Hawthorn is in a terrible state. It has absolutely been on their own terms and in some ways absolutely deserved.
Let’s be clear first though. The Hawks scaled the heights in a way that few teams in the history of the game have. Four premierships in eight years. Three in a row from 2013-15. It was a stunning achievement in a competition where the rules dictate equalisation, even if the top sides during the inception of Gold Coast and GWS got a free kick at that time.
Hawks in ruins, a victim of hubris A Set the default text size A Set large text size
Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size
Hawthorn is in a terrible state. It has absolutely been on their own terms and in some ways absolutely deserved.
Let’s be clear first though. The Hawks scaled the heights in a way that few teams in the history of the game have. Four premierships in eight years. Three in a row from 2013-15. It was a stunning achievement in a competition where the rules dictate equalisation, even if the top sides during the inception of Gold Coast and GWS got a free kick at that time.