The Bridge Australia wins Bronze at the 2023 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards

The Bridge Australia wins the BRONZE award in the Entertainment Program (Reality TV Drama) category at the 2023 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.

12 strangers meet on the shore of a deserted lake in the remote Tasmanian wilderness. One by one, they meet and discover their challenge – to build a 330 metre bridge in only 17 days, using just their bare hands and basic tools. Can a group of strangers live together in the wild and work together to build a bridge to reach a life changing prize of $250,000?

AWARD : Bronze

ENTRY TYPE : Single Entry
COUNTRY : AUSTRALIA
COMPANY : Endemol Shine Australia
BRAND : Paramount+

TALENT CREDITS

Amelia Fisk - Executive Producer
Lucy Connors - Executive Producer
Toby Trappel - Executive Producer, Post Production

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Old People's Home for Teenagers wins Gold at the 2023 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards

Old People’s Home for Teenagers wins GOLD in the Documentary Category (Social Issues) at the 2023 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.

Old People’s Home for Teenagers, is the global first variation on the hugely successful format Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds. In a compelling new intergenerational experiment, older adults are brought together with teenagers to see if the power of this program can transform the lives of older people, along with our most vulnerable young Australians, teenagers, amid an epidemic of loneliness.

AWARD : Gold

ENTRY TYPE : Single Entry
COUNTRY : AUSTRALIA
COMPANY : Endemol Shine Australia
BRAND : ABC

TALENT CREDITS

Debbie Cuell - Executive Producer
Tony De La Pena - Executive Producer
Paulo Vivan - Supervising Post Producer
Brooke Hulsman - Series Producer

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Stranded on Honeymoon Island

The world’s hottest new reality format is coming to Seven

The hottest new reality format in the world is coming to Australia with the Seven Network today announcing it has commissioned Stranded on Honeymoon Island, the big, new dating social experiment from the creators of the world’s No. 1 relationship show, Married at First Sight.

Premiering on Channel 7 and 7plus in 2024, Stranded on Honeymoon Island sees couples matched by experts following an extraordinary dating event, before being sensationally stranded on a deserted island in nothing but their wedding attire. Isolated and pitted against the forces of nature, can true love blossom and thrive or will surviving the elements push them apart?

Seven’s Chief Content Officer, Entertainment Programming, Angus Ross, said: “There is good reason broadcasters around the world have fallen in love with Stranded on Honeymoon Island and Seven is thrilled to bring this hot new series to Australian audiences.

“Snowman Productions and Endemol Shine Australia’s track record of success speaks for itself, and now they’re taking the reality dating genre to a whole new addictive level, blending fledgling love with the adventure of a lifetime. We have no doubt viewers will lap up every minute of this bold and exciting new format.”

Endemol Shine Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Newman, said: “Stranded On Honeymoon Island is a bold, fresh and filmic new relationship experiment with a dramatic and instantly compelling opening. The inspired fusion of the most powerful elements of the survival and relationship genres has created a raw, honest and utterly absorbing take on the search for love that Australian audiences will find completely irresistible!”

Managing Director of Red Arrow Studios International, Tim Gerhatz, said: “Stranded on Honeymoon Island is really creating a sensation among broadcasters around the world and we are absolutely delighted that the Seven Network has snapped up the show for Australia so soon after its successful launch in Belgium. We are sure that Seven’s viewers will love its heady combination of real-life experience and exotic escapism.”

Stranded on Honeymoon Island is created by Danish production company Snowman Productions and produced by Endemol Shine Australia for the Seven Network. Seven acquired the rights to Stranded on Honeymoon Island from Red Arrow Studios International, who distribute the format internationally. Snowman Productions and Red Arrow Studios International are part of Seven.One Studios.

Stranded on Honeymoon Island is already a huge hit in Belgium, delivering record ratings, with a number of other territory deals soon to be unveiled.

Stranded on Honeymoon Island Coming to Channel 7 and 7plus in 2024

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BEST OF THE BEST RETURN FOR LEGO® MASTERS GRAND MASTERS

PREMIERE MONDAY, APRIL 10
AT 7.30PM ON CHANNEL 9 AND 9NOW

Australia’s favourite entertainment show, the Logie Award winning LEGO® Masters, is returning April 10 at 7.30pm for its fifth and biggest season yet on Channel 9 and 9Now.

In a world first, the winners and top teams from previous seasons plus a new wildcard duo will face off in a supersized competition to determine the best of the best in LEGO ® Masters: Grand Masters.

Hamish Blake is back as host, alongside judge Ryan “Brickman” McNaught, for the toughest challenges ever, and new twists and turns to truly test this elite group of champion builders.

Ryan said: “Being Grand Masters, the expectation is already there. They all know they need to bring something new and exciting, something beyond their best, something we’ve never seen before, and they sure do.”

This year the challenges are tougher than ever, testing each contestant’s skills like never before. They include LEGO® worlds suspended high above the ground; an exciting movie mayhem scene using motors and explosives; and a rocket being launched into the sky.

There will also be special guest appearances from Sophie Monk, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and – to celebrate 100 years of Disney storytelling – the iconic character Mickey Mouse.

Hamish said: “To be invited back this season for Grand Masters I think really solidifies me as the best host that has ever hosted LEGO® Masters Australia, and that is a huge honour.”

LEGO® Masters: Grand Masters will hit unbelievable heights of creativity as the best brick builders in the nation raid the ever-expanding brickpit to get one up on each other. Expect the greatest builds in LEGO® TV history as they battle for the most prized trophy of all.

LEGO® Masters: Grand Masters comes from producers Endemol Shine Australia (a Banijay Company). The series is adapted from an original UK format from Tuesday’s Child Productions and The LEGO® Group.

LEGO® MASTERS AUSTRALIA GRAND MASTERS – TEAMS

JOSS (25) & HENRY (22) Season 4 winners These brothers from Newcastle are known for their creature builds such as dragons, monsters and dinosaurs, and recall their Grand Final build in Season 4 as their greatest creation.

DAVID (44) & GUS (38) Season 3 winners This Melbourne powerhouse are famously known for their incredible Season 3 build, “Fox in First Snow”, which encapsulated their creative artistic style and incredible eye for detail.

ANDREW (52) & DAMIAN (46) Season 2 runners-up

Best mates from Queensland, these two are desperate for redemption. They reckon they were robbed in Season 2, so are full of new ideas and strategies to go one better.

SCOTT (28) & OWEN (28) Season 3 runners-up
These best mates from Western Australia are as colourful as their shirts. They clash on the approach to every build but it often brings out the best in them.

RYAN (44) & GABBY (41) Season 3 third place A second chance got them into the Grand Final in Season 3. These big improvers are on a trajectory to lift the Grand Masters trophy.

KALE (45) & TRENT (40) WILDCARDS
They fell painfully short in their respective seasons and their combined skills might just turn things around, with Kale’s big ideas and Trent’s wonderful builds.

Surprise! Your First Look At MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises Begins Monday, 1 May At 7.30pm On 10 And 10 Play.

Expect the unexpected as MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises turns up the heat to deliver a series full of twists and turns.

It’s no secret that the highly anticipated season will serve up jaw-dropping dishes and a feast of flavours, but there will also be surprises aplenty as the race commences for the title of MasterChef Australia 2023.

At the helm, judges Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen and Melissa Leong welcome a brand-new bunch of hungry hopefuls, who will be inspired by an array of visiting world-class guest chefs.

One more secret: there’s only 18 coveted aprons on offer this year for the nation’s most passionate amateur cooks, so there is a lot on the line.

The fun starts Monday, 1 May at 7.30pm on 10 and 10 Play.

MasterChef Australia: Secrets & Surprises.

Begins Monday, 1 May At 7.30pm On 10 And 10 Play.

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