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Shay Williamson on season three of Alone Australia with prize pademelon catch. 

‘I was eating eel gills’: How a Kiwi trapper conquered Alone Australia

Shay Williamson knows plenty about survival. But his time on season three of the reality franchise put him in touch with something new.

  • Karl Quinn

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Comedian Susie Youssef narrates the docu-series Airport 24/7, which is filmed at Melbourne Airport.

‘We get so close to the brink’: The show taking viewers inside Australia’s busiest airport

The TV series followed airport staff for months, including in the control tower where “decision fatigue” can be a danger.

  • Bridget McManus
Jeff Probst and Mike White on the 13th episode of Survivor: David vs Goliath in 2018.

Why the creator of The White Lotus is returning to reality TV

Mike White is heading to Fiji this year – but it’s not to film his hit HBO series.

  • Meg Watson
US reality star JoJo Siwa and Australian Kath Ebbs were in a relationship. When they broke up the whole world had thoughts

Kath Ebbs, JoJo Siwa and the cost of people’s lives becoming entertainment

I’ve worked in media for more than a decade, and when you’re swimming in news and pop culture, pursuing clicks, living and breathing “content”, people stop being people. They’re avatars.

  • Clare Stephens
Hamish Blake and Ryan “Brickman” McNaught.

Bicycles, ice baths and 4 million bricks: Behind the scenes of Lego Masters

How does Hamish Blake commute while filming the most wholesome show on Australian TV? By bike, alongside Ryan “Brickman” McNaught, of course.

  • Lenny Ann Low
“You’re the tits, Reece”: Katy Perry was a guest judge in 2020.

MasterChef’s best moments, from Katy Perry to white chocolate veloute

With the nostalgia of Back to Win in the air, we look back at the most “disgustingly good” moments from the past 16 years on air.

  • Ben Pobjie
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As series producer, Riima Daher is responsible for scouting the locations for Alone Australia, which in season 3 was once again shot in south-west Tasmania. 

How this hit show ensures contestants are ‘truly alone’

The real star of Alone Australia? The location. Here’s how producers pick the perfect spots.

  • Karl Quinn
Husband and wife duo Claudean Uamaki Mu and Anthony Mu, who appeared as contestants on Channel Seven reality show My Kitchen Rules.

Reality TV stars charged with historical offences lose anonymity

A Queensland couple who appeared on My Kitchen Rules have been in court charged with offences dating to 2005.

  • Cloe Read
The day Kim Kardashian got held at gunpoint, it was CNN's top-rating story online.

The reality TV star, her $4m ring and the ‘grandpa’ robbers who allegedly stole it from her

Kim Kardashian was bound with zip ties and duct tape during the heist at Paris Fashion Week, allegedly led by a man now nicknamed “Omar the Old”.

  • Elizabeth Pineau
Poh Ling Yeow enters her second season as a judge on MasterChef.

‘I feel horrible doing this’: Inside Poh’s hardest challenge yet

The TV-grown cooking superstar is widely regarded as a national treasure. But going into MasterChef: Back to Win, this time as a judge, she’s not totally convinced of her talents.

  • Meg Watson

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