Footage of piles of snow tumbling down a rocky slope reminded Kavalee of Bartel while he was taking part in Monday night’s episode of Have You Been Paying Attention.“With that much white powder around Nadia Bartel can’t be far off,” Kavalee gleefully quipped after quizmaster Chrissie Swan played the video.Nadia Bartel’s notorious ‘white powder’ scandal provided a punch line for comedian Ed Kavalee on Have You Been Paying AttentionKavalee was at his acerbic best on the episode, later taking aim at the ratings of Channel 10’s under performing morning show Studio 10.When describing Ten’s new reality series, Hunted, he offered an unexpected way for contestants, or fugitives as they are known on the show, to hide from the crack investigative team tracking them.“They have to evade capture, they have to make sure that no one can see them, so they are all hiding on Studio 10,” he said. Ouch!Hunted not all as it seemsBig Brother might be watching but he is not giving footage and data to the reality show Hunted.Hunted has hit the ground running for Channel 10, launching on Sunday with 619,000 overnight capital city viewers and lifted on Monday to 711,000.The show is a game of cat and mouse as teams of ‘fugitives’ try to outrun the hunters. Episode one had the feel of a Jason Bourne movie with surveillance experts pinging around phrases and directing their team to access various databases and CCTV feeds.But all is not as it seems.The show – and it is a show – does not actually have real-time access to CCTV feeds from ATMs, train stations and the like.Instead they use their own cameras to simulate the type of surveillance information available to government agencies. A disclaimer at the end of each episode makes this clear.What it does do though is heighten the awareness of viewers of the nine-episode series to the size of the digital footprint we all knowingly, or otherwise, leave behind.Neighbours on the big screenNeighbours is finally making it to the big screen … well, the big screen at Federation Square.The final episode of the iconic made in Melbourne Australian drama will be broadcast on the big screen at Federation Square on Thursday, July 28.Fans, commuters and passers-by are being encouraged to join the public viewing party with the show starting at 7.30pm. Limited stocks of free popcorn will be available from 6pm.Bring your jacket, scarf, beanies and gloves, it will be chilly viewing.Idol to battle MAFs juggernautLooks like Australian Idol could be Channel 7’s new weapon to take on the Channel 9 ratings juggernaut Married At First Sight.Lobbing the rebooted talent show into the first quarter of next year up against MAFS would certainly provide a diversity of choice for viewers.The shows are poles apart and would appeal to different audiences.Seven has been trying to draw viewers away from MAFS in recent years without luck.The decision to put SAS: Australia up against the show this year did not pay off. SAS: Australia vastly under performed taking the puff out of the series.While Seven has not made any announcements about when Australian Idol may air, the casting application for the show does shed some light.Applicants are asked if they are selected for the show to be available for a minimum of 40 days during the period from September 2022 to March 2023.Seven has already said the show will air in 2023, meaning a first quarter drop is not out of the question.It could be a very interesting and competitive start to the 2023 TV year.Ninja drive to Brisbane OlympicsReality TV star Olivia Vivian is among the expert athletes leading the charge to have Ninja Warrior style obstacle racing included in the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.Vivian, a Ninja Warrior Australia fan favourite and a former Olympic gymnast, is a member of the world obstacle sport committee as the oceanic representative, and was in Turkey last month testing the Ninja course that is being proposed to replace the equestrian phase of the Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic in Paris.“What I am finding is the Olympics tend to be inviting in new sports for younger viewers, something fresh and updated,” Vivian said.“The Modern Pentathlon was asked by the Olympic committee to either change or be changed so they are potentially replacing the equestrian phase with Ninja OCR (obstacle course racing). “We had our first testing event in Ankara Turkey late last month and we spent a training day with the pentathlon athletes, sort of coaching them and helping them through some basic Ninja obstacles.“That was a showcase for the 2024 Paris Olympics for the Modern Pentathlon event and then we are hoping that by Brisbane 2032 Ninja will be a stand alone event in a side by side racing format.”Vivian, who is the most successful female contestant on the TV series Australian Ninja Warrior, said she was excited to be helping her new sport of Ninja move into the Olympic space.“This was all very new to me six years ago,” she said of Ninja style obstacle racing.“Season one of Ninja Warrior Australia was my first experience with any sort of obstacles. It has changed my life and as a former Olympic gymnast to see this sport evolve and potentially reach Olympic level, it is kind of bringing two worlds together which is exciting.”
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