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Game Off, Moles: Charlotte Dawson NOT Taking ‘Model’ Gig

9:37AM Clem Bastow | Well, as Jeanette said to John on their wedding night, that was fast and disappointing: Charlotte Dawson, it seems, will not be taking over the Australia’s Next Top Model hosting gig left vacated by Jodhi Meares, as it seemed only yesterday she would be. Instead, Dawson will be focusing her attention on an as-yet untitled variety show on Foxtel: More »

Jodhi Says Jodbye To ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ Gig

9:45AM Clem Bastow | After months of not-very-convincing hand-wringing and assuring everyone that yes, she will come back to Australia’s Next Top Model – not to mention a brief foray into soft furnishings – Jodhi Meares has surprised absolutely no one by announcing her decision to quit her AusNTM hosting gig. Foxtel boss Brian Walsh continued his praise for Meares’ “invaluable contribution” to the show. More »

Charlotte Dawson Has Been Eating All The Pies

9:37AM Clem Bastow | As if we needed any further proof that Charlotte Dawson is an all ’round tops chick, she has added “champion pie eater” to her resume. What’s that, you say, Charlotte’s stacked it on? No more corsetted Alex Perry gowns for her! Except you’d be wrong: Using her gob to gobble up the tasty treats at Harry’s Cafe De Wheels, the Foxtel femme beat off her younger TV rival from Nickelodeon Kyle Linehan in the Virgin Mobile food fight. Dawson downed her pie-and-mushy-pea dish in record time, during a promo for the phone carrier’s “All You Can Eat” campaign. So far, so advertorial (top work, Confidential!), but it does allow us the opportunity to post the greatest photo of the year so far: Now there’s one for the wallet if ever I saw one! Charlotte Dawson for Prime Minister! More »

Jodhi Meares Will Not Be Leaving ANTM, Charlotte Dawson Stocks Up On Voodoo Dolls

9:22AM Clem Bastow | Bad news for those who were hoping Charlotte Dawnson and her sassypants would snatch the Australia’s Next Top Model hosting spirit stick from Jodhi Meares after her, er, underwhelming (i.e. nonexistent) performance in the role come grand finale time: Foxtel sez Meares isn’t going anywhere. Somewhere in the suburbs of Sydney, Charlotte Dawson is contacting Fiona Horne to see how she can make a Wiccan career spell out of a pile of Tigerlily samples and a can of kerosene. The pay-TV channel’s CEO Brian Walsh slammed reports claiming executives on the model contest were “furious” after Meares pulled out of the live decider over stage fright. “Nothing could be further from the truth. I rang Jodhi on Friday and reiterated the fact she has our full support and apologised for the media circus it’s become,” Walsh told Confidential yesterday. “We won’t be discussing contracts (for next year) until next month, but I told her to go have a holiday and forget about it.” Blah blah, whatever, but what’s most exciting is that at the very least, as the piece goes on to note, it looks as though big things are planned for Dawson anyway: Walsh had good news for Dawson too, revealing the Foxtel femme had been “earmarked” to host a major new series for the network next year. “I haven’t talked to her about it yet but it has a big live component with a studio audience and I think she’d be great,” Walsh said. And, rumour (read: The Vogue Forums) has it that Dawson and Alex “Tiny Mouth” Girdwood will be muscling in on Demelza’s Vogue shoot, which would be amazing and create hilarity for all. So you see? All is well with the world. More »

Big Brother Has Been Axed

8:09PM Jess McGuire | Behind Big Brother announced it, the news outlets are running with the story, and we just received an insider email from a Big Brother connection confirming it as true – Big Brother has been cancelled by Channel Ten. Were radio duo turned television hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O the kiss of death for the Big Brother franchise, or was the loss of Gretel Killeen more to blame? Did the downhill slide kick off after the debacle that was Turkeyslapgate? Or was it over and out for the Gold Coast based reality extravaganza when Lefty Tim was robbed by the Logans during the 2005 finale (no, I’m still not over it)? Who knows. All we can be sure of is that the last few years of the program have felt like producers were going through the motions, and audiences were slowly but surely finding better things to do than stay in and watch sun-loving bogans party pashing in the spa and talking rather ignorantly about world affairs. The show’s ratings have been poor since radio jocks Kyle and Jackie O replaced previous host Gretel Killeen as the faces of this year’s series. Big Brother was even beaten in the ratings by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget speech in May. Ratings bounced back to more than 1.4 million this week with the appearance on Wednesday of former Playboy Bunny Pamela Anderson. Look, Pamela’s appearance on the show absolutely worked for me – she was great, charming, and funny – but it wasn’t ever going to be enough to redeem the show in the eyes of the viewing public. Rumours that the show will return in 2010 may thrill some fans (and chill the blood of Big Brother haters…) but whether a year’s break will be enough to reinvigorate the program remains to be seen. That said, a hiatus was something I suggested earlier this month – relax, kittens, I’m not egotistical enough to think my daft memo to Big Brother producers was influential in any way – so fingers crossed my other suggestion (Charlotte Dawson as host! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!) is taken on board as well. I suppose the big question is – how on earth are Channel Ten going to fill their schedule between April and July next year? M*A*S*H re-runs? They’d better not invest in local drama, or I may very well pass out in shock. I suggest buying up as many cheap reality shows featuring Jillian Michaels as you can get your paws on, dudes. Vale, Big Brother. We knew you all too well. More »