Natalie Bassingthwaighte Opens The Door To Changing Rooms

Television Favourite to host revamped renovation hit, coming to Network Ten in 2019.

Beloved entertainer, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, will be bursting back onto television screens and into Australian homes as the host of the revamped renovation hit Changing Rooms, which will air on TEN and WIN Network in 2019.

A woman of many talents, Natalie has had a long association with Network Ten with previous appearances on Neighbours as manipulative schemer Izzy, chef Gillian in The Wrong Girl and her standout role as presenter on the reality dance hit, So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

More recently Natalie joined other celebrities to face her fears in the South African jungle on season four of TEN’s hit family entertainment show I’m, A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.

With her warm and positive outlook, Natalie is the perfect choice to guide every day Australians through the rewarding, but sometimes stressful, process of renovations.

On joining the show, Natalie says, “When Network Ten called to ask if I would be interested in hosting a show called Changing Rooms I said “you had me at Changing Rooms”.

“I absolutely love everything to do with design and I am forever quite literally changing every room in my house! It’s the perfect fit and I am incredibly excited.”

Changing Rooms will follow keen and creative couples swap houses with their family, friends or neighbours. Guided by leading designers, each couple will decorate several key rooms in each other's homes before meeting up again for a final reveal.

Network Ten Executive Producer for Changing Rooms, Sarah Thornton, says, “Natalie is the perfect choice to host Changing Rooms. She is fun, authentic, and engaging, and that is what has made her so popular with Australian television audiences for many years.

“We are thrilled to see her bring a contemporary twist to the original and best home renovation show.”

Changing Rooms will be produced by Endemol Shine Australia for Network Ten and will start production in October 2018.

Green Light For Ambulance Australia

Network Ten is thrilled to announce it has commissioned the compelling and insightful Australian documentary series Ambulance Australia, Produced by Endemol Shine Australia.

The gripping fly-on-the-wall series will take an unprecedented look at the NSW Ambulance frontline. Taking viewers on a journey from the high pressure NSW Ambulance Triple Zero Control Centre, to the race against time of NSW paramedics on the road.

Each extraordinary episode will provide an honest look at the everyday demands on call takers, dispatchers and on road paramedics, who are forced to make split second decisions that can mean the difference between life and death.

Network Ten Chief Content Officer Beverley McGarvey, says, “We are delighted to bring the Ambulance format to Network Ten. The engaging and emotional human drama has made this show a huge hit in the UK and we are sure Australian audiences will find the amazing work of the NSW Ambulance service equally compelling.”

Endemol Shine Australia CEO, Mark Fennessy, explains, “Through a combination of ground- breaking production techniques and inspired storytelling, Ambulance Australia reveals the incredible synchronicity between paramedics in the field and call takers and dispatchers in the emergency control centre as they face a diversity of challenges on any given shift that is nothing short of staggering. Their compassion and selflessness is breathtaking”.

NSW Ambulance Commissioner, Dominic Morgan, adds, “The series is an amazing opportunity to showcase the critical work of paramedics within the community. To be a paramedic is a very unique job, it's tough and equally as rewarding depending on the day. This series is about honesty and transparency and the reality of what our very extraordinary workforce does every day."

Ambulance Australia has commenced production in Sydney and will air on TEN and WIN Network later this year.

Nine Commissions Lego Masters® For Australia

If you can dream it, you can build it. Nine today announced it has commissioned LEGO MASTERS®, where your only limitation is your imagination. Mind-blowing, brick-building brilliance will be on display, delivering family entertainment loaded with fun, action, drama and humour.

LEGO MASTERS will pit eight pairs of Brick heads against each other in a quest to impress with their creativity, design and flair, driven by their unparalleled passion for the possibilities that will start with a single LEGO brick.

LEGO MASTERS comes from producers Endemol Shine Australia, who brought you Australian Ninja Warrior, MasterChef Australia and Married at First Sight.

Casting for the program is now underway, with the search on for the country’s most passionate and creative LEGO builders.

Michael Healy, Director of Television for Nine, says, “We are excited that LEGO MASTERS will capture the imagination of all generations, delivering appointment family viewing.” 

Mark Fennessy, CEO, Endemol Shine Australia, said: “LEGO MASTERS is pure, addictive family entertainment that all starts with a single brick. Together with our partners at Nine we’re super excited to bring this much-loved phenomenon to life - introducing a new world of extraordinary characters and mind-blowing creations.”

LEGO MASTERS will bring to life the universal appeal of LEGO and amplify it to create the biggest and funniest battle of the bricks Australia has ever seen.

Originally created by Tuesdays Child Television, LEGO MASTERS launched in the UK on Channel 4 in 2017, winning an average audience of 2 million viewers. The launch episode was the number one programme of the day, exceeding the primetime average by 68%. An extended second series will air on Channel 4 later this year. 

Endemol Shine Group is the exclusive distributor of the format across all platforms outside of the U.K. and has the rights to produce local versions of the show around the world. Endemol Shine International is the exclusive distributor of all finished tape of all versions produced including the British version.

LEGO MASTERS will debut on Nine and 9Now in 2019.

Dr Andrew Rochford and Mark Humphries Make A Point In Addictive New Quiz Show

Pointless Australia is coming soon.

Network Ten is pleased to announce that it has commissioned an Australian version of the highly immersive and subversive UK quiz show, Pointless.

Premiering on TEN and WIN Network soon, Pointless will be co-hosted by registered medical practitioner and author, Dr Andrew Rochford, and comedian and writer, Mark Humphries, and sees three teams of two contestants each compete for a jackpot by finding the most obscure answers they can across a variety of topics.

The aim of Pointless is to score as few points as possible. The contestants with the highest scores after each round are eliminated.

Dr Andrew Rochford says, “I’m very lucky to be forming a team with a talent like Mark and genuinely excited to be back at TEN but I’m even more excited about the fact my dressing room has a couch and Mark’s doesn’t.”

Mark Humphries says, “Who said twitter is a waste of time! After an extensive social media campaign (two tweets) TEN had no choice but to give me the dream role as host of Pointless.”

Network Ten Chief Content Officer, Beverley McGarvey, says, “We are delighted to commission such a successful and entertaining game show as Pointless. This is fantastic entertainment for the whole family, as contestants try and find the most pointless answers.”

“And we are absolutely thrilled to have Andrew and Mark co-host the show. They are smart, funny, and engaging and will make a brilliant duo.”

Produced by Endemol Shine Australia for Network Ten, Pointless has been a standout success since its launch in the UK in 2009. It has been adapted internationally for broadcasters in 11 other territories including Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy and Poland.

Network Ten Executive Producer, Rick Maier, says, “Pointless is funny, challenging, defies all traditional quiz logic and completely gets you in. Even if you don’t know the answer, it’s impossible not to play along.”

CEO of Endemol Shine Australia, Mark Fennessy, says: “Pointless is a rare piece of TV inspiration. Universally loved and an international smash hit for over 10 years, it’s brilliantly inventive, highly entertaining, humorous and stupidly addictive.”

Pointless is coming soon To TEN And WIN Network.

Get Ready For The Biggest Judging Panel Australia’s Ever Seen!

99 judges will join captain Ronan Keating on brand new show, All Together Now.

Seven’s brand new singing show All Together Now is going to be HUGE.

With 100 judges, a six-storey high set and Julia Zemiro as host, it doesn’t get any bigger. Headed up by singing superstar Ronan Keating, The 100 is made up of singers and industry professionals with big voices and even bigger opinions.

In fact, there’s so many of them, here’s just some of the names to get this party started:

ALEX REID – Music Talent Manager
AMANDA HARRISON – Musical Theatre Star
ANDREW DE SILVA – Boyband Star
BRENDAN DE LA HAY – Cabaret Performer
DEAN RAY – Rock Singer
ELLEN REED – Powerhouse Vocalist
GOSPO COLLECTIVE’S BEN GILLARD & CHARMAINE JONES – Gospel Choir Directors GREG GOULD – Viral Popstar
JASON JACKSON – Michael Jackson Impersonator
JESS & MATT – Popstar Couple
JORDAN RASKOPOULOS – Musical Comedian
KELLIE CRAWFORD – Award Winning Entertainer
LARA MULCAHY – Comedy Actress & Singer
LUCY HOLMES – Kylie Impersonator
MARIA MERCEDES – Singer/Actress
MARK GABLE – The Choirboys Frontman
MICHAEL DALTON – Cabaret Performer
MINNIE COOPER – Iconic Drag Queen
MISSY LANCASTER – Country Pop Star
RHONDA BURCHMORE – OAM & Music Industry Icon
SHAUNA JENSEN – Seasoned Backing Vocalist
SILVIE PALADINO – Musical Theatre Icon
SISTERS DOLL – Glam Rock Trio
TAKE TWO – Rapping Twins

The aim of the competition is simple. Each act is hoping to get as many of The 100 singing along as they can, because the more of the 100 who join in, the higher they score!

But since The 100 are a broad mix of ages, music backgrounds, interests and opinions, getting them all joining in is no easy task.

There’s singers across every genre from indie, soul, country and jazz to folk, dancehall and indigenous music; A&R and talent managers; DJs; jingle and tribute artists along with vocal coaches. The performers will also have to impress opera and musical theatre stars along with a singing belly dancer and celebrant as well as a karaoke host among others.

Ronan says: “As any great Captain would, I'll be there to support, encourage, motivate, advise, laugh and cry along as The 100 see if they have what it takes to come out on top.

The winner will take home $100,000.

All Together Now, coming soon to Channel Seven.