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News.com.au
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Cold': Survivor star Jonathan LaPaglia reportedly ‘fired over email'
New details about how longtime Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia was axed from the show have been revealed. The Australian TV host, who has helmed the Channel 10 show since its revival in 2016, will not return as a presenter next year. LaPaglia initially made a statement telling fans that he had been 'blindsided' by the network, and now it's been claimed that the long-running star was informed of his sacking via a 'cold' email. 'He got an email first,' a source told Daily Mail. 'That was the initial comms from EndemolShine.' 'Then a call came from Ten, but by then it was already done. It's really not how you treat someone who's been part of the show for almost a decade.' To make matters worse, the source alleges that LaPaglia received the sudden email before he had finished filming Survivor: Australia vs. The World. The insider claimed that the decision to fire LaPaglia was 'locked in' for months, but in order to avoid any trouble during the filming of his latest season they wanted to wait until the show was complete. Taking to Instagram to address earlier reports he'd been let go, LaPaglia confirmed to fans he'd been 'blindsided' over being dropped. 'Australian Survivor has seen some of the most epic blindsides over the last 10 years, but this one might just be the craziest of them all …. because it happened to me,' he began a lengthy statement. 'I received a call from the Network thanking me for all my hard work and dedication to the show but for next season they are 'going in a different direction'. Ratings had dipped a bit recently and they wanted to do something drastic to shake things up. 'So for the first time ever this is not a tribe swap, but a HOST SWAP¸ Yes, you read that right.' LaPaglia went on to say the decision 'hurt like a b***h'. 'I wish I could say, 'Before we go to vote, tonight is a little different ….no one's going home.' But I can't. None of that non-elim bulls**t tonight! Someone IS going home. And with no idol in my back pocket, that someone is me,' he wrote. 'I have loved and will dearly miss the immensely talented crew, all the crafty players and our loyal sassy audience. I'm a huge fan of this incredible game, always have been, always will be.'
Refinery29
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Refinery29
Who Is The New Australian Survivor Host?
The Tribe has spoken: Jonathan LaPaglia will not be returning as the Australian Survivor host in 2026. The presenter has been at the helm of the reality TV show since its revival on Channel 10 in 2016, and he has called his axing an "epic blindside". The much-loved TV personality will be returning to ask scathing questions at Tribal for one last season, as Survivor: Australia V World has already been filmed. Watching the new seasons of Australian Survivor without LaPaglia is now going to be bittersweet, after all, he has been hosting the show for a decade. So why was LaPaglia axed from Australian Survivor, and who will be replacing him as the new Australian Survivor host? Why was Jonathan LaPaglia axed? Jonathan LaPaglia shared an emotional post on Instagram revealing he was "blindsided" by Channel 10's decision to replace him, and claimed the decision was made due to low ratings. " Australian Survivor has seen some of the most epic blindsides over the last 10 years, but this one might just be the craziest of them all... because it happened to me. I received a call from the network thanking me for all my hard work and dedication to the show but for next season they are 'going in a different direction'. Ratings had dipped a bit recently and they wanted to do something drastic to shake things up. So for the first time ever this is not a tribe swap, but a host swap," he said. "I wish I could say, 'Before we go to vote, tonight is a little different... no one's going home'. But I can't. None of that non-elim bulls**t tonight! Someone is going home. And with no idol in my back pocket, that someone is me." He told fans not to worry, because Survivor: Australia V World is the "best season ever", with popular Australian players like Shonee Bowtell and Kirby Bentley facing off against Survivor US legends Parvati Shallow and Cirie Fields. "It has been one of the greatest adventures of my career to helm Australian Survivor, so it is without a doubt the hardest challenge of all to snuff my own torch," he said. "PS. Whoever said a blindside is the most humane way to put someone down is an idiot. It hurts like a bitch!" Who will be the next Australian Survivor host? Channel 10 confirmed they will be announcing the new Australian Survivor host soon, and thanked Jonathan LaPaglia for all his work on the previous series. "JLP has brought a unique blend of authority, intelligence and empathy to his role as host of Australian Survivor over the last 10 years. Acting as a referee and managing the intense pressure of the game while also acknowledging the human drama unfolding, JLP has been a compelling and memorable figure in the world of Survivor," a Channel 10 spokesperson said in an online statement. "We look forward to JLP hosting the next epic instalment of Survivor: Australia V World coming soon to 10... we will be making an announcement shortly about who will take over hosting duties for the 2026 season of Australian Survivor." According to Daily Mail, David Genat is set to take over LaPaglia's hosting duties in 2026. Genat previously won Australian Survivor: All Stars and will be competing on Survivor: Australia V World, airing later this year. "He doesn't fit the brief," one production insider claimed. "He's charismatic, sure — but Survivor needs someone with gravitas. David is not Jonathan, and viewers will notice that." Australian Survivor contestants have been sharing their disappointment over the news on social media, but Shonee Bowtell took it to a new level when she photoshopped her baby Vally in an Australian Survivor buff as a tribute to Jonathan LaPaglia on her Instagram Story. "Vally was really looking forward to playing with JLP," she joked, while also saying her child would be "socially diplomatic" when playing, but also a "backstabber". In another Instagram post, Bowtell called the decision "rude" and said she would be playing Irreplaceable by Beyoncé for LaPaglia. Perhaps that could become the new Australian Survivor theme song?
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Radio star slams new current affairs show 10 News+ after lacklustre premiere: 'It missed the mark'
Channel Ten 's new current affairs program 10 News+ made its debut on Monday night after the axing of The Project. And while the show promised to be a 'classy' news series, it failed to impress radio star Kyle Sandilands. The KIIS FM radio host, 54, slammed the first episode of the program on his show on Tuesday, claiming it was difficult to watch. 'Being a Channel Seven network employee, I still committed to watch 7News but I recorded 10News+ and went back to watch it,' he explained. 'I know it was the first episode and it's tough to critique the first but it was weird. It was like ABC TV had sex with Ron Burgundy and that's what came out.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Kyle said the news series didn't air one 'story I cared about.' 'They are nice folks at Channel 10 but they want to be this high and mighty. I wanted give it a go but I felt like it missed the mark,' he continued. His co-host Jackie O Henderson defended the series and insisted viewers should 'give it a chance'. 'I bet if you listened to the first show of you and I, it would have been sh*t. You need to give things a chance,' she said. The show also received mixed reviews from other viewers, with many sharing their thoughts on X. Several compared 10 News+ to A Current Affair with one posting: 'This is like ACA. Going to peoples houses to talk and them avoiding the cameras.' 'You replaced The Project with a Temu ACA not seeing @theprojecttv is incredibly depressing. 10news+ sucks!' complained another viewer. Someone else said: 'This is proper @Channel7 style commercial JUNK. It's like watching a cross between Fox News and Anchorman. Why the silly 'news' voices!?' One more person tuning in at home asked: 'Anyone else bored so far?' while someone else said, 'please no more long investigation reports it's 6pm'. 'Oh dear. I thought I would give 10 News Plus a go.I feel like we have regressed 20 years! An inauthentic painfully choreographed attempt at current affairs!' one said. 'Dribble. Won't last the year' a viewer said with another adding, 'Felt like it was a Comedy Company parody from the 80s. The fist pump at the end? Yikes.' Not everyone was so negative with one fan writing: 'Loving @10NewsPlus - strong launch story. Is this the new Schapelle Corby story we all need to know about. 10 news should be very proud.' The show's hosts, recently poached Seven journalists Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace, opened the episode by telling the audience what they can expect from the hard-hitting program 'Firstly, we're not here to here tell you what to think, to scare or depress you' Hitchcock said. 'We will give you facts, information you can trust - the truth' Brace added. Of course, we are a daily news program, so you won't miss the stories that matter' Hitchcock went on. 'But we are also digging deeper with investigations and original reporting you won't see anywhere else' Brace said. The first episode included an investigation on drug smuggling Melbourne mum Debbie Voulgaris and a sit down chat with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Deal Or No Deal host Grant Denyer goes rogue as he reveals what producers don't want you to know about the game show: 'I've never had that on any other television series'
Grant Denyer has a revealed a little-known fact about Deal Or No Deal - and what producers don't show you on the screen. On Monday, the Gold Logie winner sat down with From The Newsroom podcast to promote the Channel 10 show's new 7pm time slot, while also spilling some of the secrets behind the scenes. 'Have you ever had to stop filming because something went seriously wrong?' the podcast host asked him. Grant, 47, then hesitated before revealing that a couple of contestants have passed out on the game show, halting production - before being replaced by lookalikes. 'I've never said this and I don't know if I'm allowed to, but we have quite a few fainters!' he said. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'Up on the podium where people are holding the cases, it's quite regular that someone goes down.' Producers have a novel way of dealing with the issue, Grant admitted. 'We quickly extract them from the area and we give them urgent medical attention,' he went on. 'And then we usually just replace them with someone else in the audience who looks close enough. 'I've never had that on any other television show. I don't specifically know why it happens on Deal Or No Deal … but that's a thing.' The TV host, who celebrated 25 years in the television industry in January, made a shocking confession about his early days on the job as a young reporter. 'I realised pretty quickly that I was a terrible journalist,' he said in a new interview with the Courier Mail. He continued: 'I didn't know much about the world, and I remember going to a fatal car accident as one of my first stories. 'It was all pretty graphic and pretty serious, you know, seeing your first ever deceased body, and I thought, "Hmm, I'm not sure I'm cut out for this."' Elsewhere in the chat, Grant, who began his career at Prime TV in the NSW town of Wagga Wagga, said he felt like was 'fake' and a 'pretender' from his very day on the job. Adding he was 'terrified' Grant explained: 'You're among a room full of proper journalists who've gone through university and I barely made it through high school.' Grant, whose wife Cheryl 'Chezzi' Denyer recently underwent an 8-hour surgery after battling post-pregnancy nerve damage, eventually scored a high-profile gig as a weatherman on Seven's Sunrise in 2006. He scored one of TVs highest honours in 2018 when he won a Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. Currently the host of Channel 10's reboot of game show Deal or No Deal, Grant won new fans after walking away the winner of Dancing with the Stars in 2007.
Courier-Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
‘Temu ACA': 10 News+ roasted by viewers
Don't miss out on the headlines from TV. Followed categories will be added to My News. Channel 10's replacement for The Project has been roasted by viewers during its debut episode on Monday. Despite Network 10 bagging an interview with the Prime Minister in a bid to win viewers over, it seems the new show has fallen flat with those watching at home. As it aired on Monday night, many took to X to share their views on The Project's replacement, and sadly for Network 10, most opinions appeared overwhelmingly negative, with some labelling 10 News+ a knockoff of rival network shows like A Current Affair. 'Anyone else bored so far? #10newsplus,' tweeted one viewer, with another agreeing: 'Same. Disappointing.' Television journalist Denham Hitchcock and his former Seven Network colleague Amelia Brace interviewed the Prime Minister on Monday. Picture: 10 'You replaced the project with a Temu ACA not seeing @theprojecttv is incredibly depressing. 10news+ sucks!' remarked a third viewer. Another complained about the format of the new show, tweeting: 'Please no more long investigation reports it's 6pm!' 'This is proper @Channel7 style commercial JUNK. It's like watching a cross between Fox News and Anchorman. Why the silly news voices!? questioned another disgruntled viewer. 'This is like ACA. Going to peoples houses to talk & them avoiding the cameras. Lots of nodding,' commented another viewer. One however, praised the show's lead story on convicted drug smuggler Debbie Voulgaris, who gave an exclusive interview from a Taiwan prison. 'Loving 10 news +, strong launch story. Is this the new Schapelle Corby story we all need to know about. 10 news should be very proud,' they wrote. The show's interview with the Prime Minister also sparked some viewer backlash, with journalists Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace being called out for their interviewing techniques, which saw the PM interrupted multiple times. Viewers complained that the hosts interrupted the PM during the brief interview. Picture: 10 'Some ridiculous questions and hectoring tone from both hosts in this very disappointing interview with the PM,' ranted one. 'You replaced #theprojecttv for this tabloid junk??I'm turning this off!' complained another. 'This is trash, so dry and bland. Time for the project 2.0 and a game show in a prime time slot up against Home and Away. Good luck!' tweeted a third unimpressed viewer. While a fourth added: Oh dear. I thought I would give 10 News Plus a go. I feel like we have regressed 20 years! An inauthentic painfully choreographed attempt at current affairs!' Meanwhile, it was an emotional final episode of The Project on Channel 10 on Friday after over 16 years on-screen with surprise appearances from Carrie Bickmore and Lisa Wilkinson. Regular hosts Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris, Sam Taunton and Georgie Tunny bid farewell to viewers during an emotional final episode. 'I can't actually look at you all, I'm so sorry, because you've just been an absolute dream to work with,' said Tunny as she broke down. 'There can be a lot said about the media industry and it's cat fights and all of this, but this has been a family from the beginning and I know that you'll still in my life.' Originally published as 'Temu ACA': 10 News+ roasted by viewers
