Insiders reveal TV feud brewing between Sam Armytage and ‘rising star’ at a rival network ahead of must-win ratings battle: INSIDE MAIL
Two long-established reality TV franchises are about to go head-to-head in the ratings, and we hear one of the hosts is already getting competitive.
Sam Armytage is fronting the Golden Bachelor for Nine, ironically while in the midst of her own golden divorce after splitting from husband Richard Lavender last year.
Meanwhile, rising star Mel Tracina is presenting a revived Big Brother, which is returning to the iconic Dreamworld house in a nostalgia-fuelled move by Ten.
All eyes will be on both shows when they launch around November.
Sam is already said to be casting nervous glances across the aisle at Mel, who some in TV like to call ‘the next big thing’ after she cut her teeth on Ten’s The Cheap Seats.
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Sam Armytage, fronting the Golden Bachelor for Channel Nine, is said to be casting nervous glances across the aisle at Ten’s rising star Mel Tracina, who’s hosting a revived Big Brother
Some in TV like to call Mel ‘the next big thing’ after she cut her teeth on Ten’s The Cheap Seats
‘There’s a lot riding on this series for Sam,’ says a well-placed insider.
‘She’s used to being the top dog and Farmer Wants a Wife was a hit [for Seven] when she hosted it, so obviously she doesn’t want to lose to an upstart like Mel.’
So, which show is going to be better?
We spoke to someone at Nine who’s seen an early cut of the promo for The Golden Bachelor and they say it’s ‘absolutely brilliant’. But they would say that, wouldn’t they?
As for Big Brother, Ten is banking on the contestants.
‘If the housemates are fiery, funny and fabulous, it could be the biggest comeback in reality TV history,’ says a source.
Let the games begin.
Truth-seeking bogans
An onlooker spied an off-camera light rig flashing ambulance colours while a reporter filmed a roadside segment. For followers of the ‘Bogans’ Instagram account, it was proof of ‘MSM’ lies
There’s nothing a true-blue Aussie bogan loves more than sticking it to the ‘MSM’.
And the followers of the ‘Bogans’ Instagram account claimed quite a victory this week when they obtained vision of a Channel Seven reporter filming a roadside segment that was clearly… wait for it… ‘fake news’!
A video shot by an onlooker showed a reporter filming a story about a paraglider who crashed at Stanwell Park, Wollongong, and escaped with just a shoulder injury.
To inject a little drama into the dispatch, the journalist positioned themselves in front of an off-camera light rig flashing ambulance colours, creating the illusion that paramedics were just out of shot.
Misleading? We’ll let you decide.
But emergency vehicles had been there with their lights on earlier in the day, and reporters did catch vision of the pilot thanking the ambos who came to his assistance.
But that didn’t stop the bogans from declaring the footage a smoking gun – proof, they reckoned, that all news is fake and you are being lied to.
Some viewers got so overexcited they tracked down the reporter and sent threats.
When the person who filmed the scene urged everyone to calm down, a proud patriot piped up: ‘It’s about time these “journalists” faced consequences for lying to us.’
Charming.
Some things never change
It’s nice to see SBS is still living up to its ’90s nickname ‘Sex Before Soccer’
It’s nice to see SBS is still living up to its ’90s nickname ‘Sex Before Soccer’.
Inside Mail’s urbane in-laws were in town last week and naturally we switched to the diverse, high-minded offerings of SBS On Demand for some midweek viewing.
Quelle horreur! We discovered the ad-supported streamer was a cesspool of smut.
Not only did the landing page feature a selection called ‘Get a Room’ featuring modern-day bodice-rippers such as My Mistress, Fidelity, The Sex of the Angels, and The Girlfriend Experience…
But, to our shock, several of those spicy flicks, and similar titles, also featured in another prominently displayed category we weren’t expecting.
Most watched.
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