Astera for ‘Field of Dreams’ at Sydney New Year Celebrations
Australia – Lighting designer Hugh Taranto lit a vibrant array of artists performing on the Sydney Stage for the 2020-21 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. The high-profile event culminated in a jaw-dropping pyro spectacular fired off the Sydney Harbour Bridge, stretching right across Sydney Harbour and watched in awe by millions across Australia and worldwide.
This year the event was named “We Are One” following 12 gruelling months that started with raging bushfires and ended with the ongoing pandemic. As the date neared, the very tough decision was taken to go ahead without a live audience, due to general Coronavirus concerns, then a fast-spreading local cluster developing in the days immediately prior meant that even plans for a limited capacity ‘local hero’ audience nominated by communities had to be dropped.
Hughesy, We Have A Problem pulls just 264,000 metro viewers for premiere
Hughesy, We Have A Problem, returned to screens at 8:30pm last night.
Its premiere episode had 264,000 metro viewers, a 36% drop on last year’s overnight figure of 411,000.
With the addition of regional viewers, the Channel 10 show had 355,000 national viewers.
The show had a lead in audience of 558,000 metro viewers (759,000 national viewers) who were watching the preceding program,
The Amazing Race Australia, hosted by Beau Ryan.
It was, however, facing stiff competition, which Channel 9 screening the delayed Australian Open tennis tournament, and Channel 7’s
Holey Moley Australia running until 9pm.
Cody Simpson So Stressed Before First Professional Swimming Competition
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The winner of The Masked Singer Australia season 1 claims he broke out in hives because he felt so nervous about his first professional swimming competition. Feb 3, 2021
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Cody Simpson was so nervous before his first professional swim meet that he broke out in hives.
The Australian singer is currently in training for the 2024 Olympics after deciding to concentrate fully on his swimming career rather than music. But he suffers similar levels of nerves when it comes to swimming and singing, as he reminisced about his first meet - in which he swam the 200m freestyle - in October (20).
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Big break: Killeen was the host of
Big Brother Australia from 2001-2007. She also hosted Celebrity Big Brother in 2002.
Career moves: As a comedian, TV and radio presenter, commentator, artist and author, Killeen s role on
Big Brother made her a household name in the Australian TV industry. She received an Australian Entertainment Mo Award for her role on Big Brother. She has also appeared on
Go Back To Where You Came From Live and
How Not to Behave on the ABC. She was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has also written multiple books. She recently returned to reality TV with a performance on