Logies 2019: Gold Coast I’m A Celebrity producer and Logie nominee reveals while he’ll always be salty with Bernard Tomic
A Logie-nominated Gold Coaster and I’m A Celebrity producer has spilled the beans on Tomic’s hasty reality show exit and some X-rated Shane Warne anecdotes.
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A LOGIE-nominated Gold Coaster from I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here says he’s still a peeved with Bernard Tomic and only a few Shane Warne anecdotes were suitable to air.
Broadbeach-based executive producer Alex Mavroidakis is part of the team of more than 100 Australian crew who fly to the African jungle each year to help out with the show.
He was there when Bernard Tomic walked out after three high-rating days in 2018, saying he had to get back on the tennis court.
And also when Shane Warne struggled to keep his stories PG in 2016.
“Warnie told a lot of stories he wasn’t supposed to - 20 per cent of them went to air,” Mr Mavroidakis said.
“(Tomic), we felt desperately sorry for him. For him to leave after three days was a disappointment.
“I don’t think he knew what he was getting into. He really could have flourished in there.
“Half of me feels sorry for him, half of me feels angry with him.”
Mr Mavroidakis will be attending The Logies at Star Gold Coast this Sunday as a producer for some of Australia’s most popular reality television shows, including Love Island, but he’s come to terms with his chances of taking out an award.
“It’s our fourth nomination for I’m A Celebrity, (but our chances are) not very good — I’d say 50 to one,” he said.
Every year he and fellow producers have to deal with the threat of lions, hippos, wild weather and rationed food.
Almost every year The Block wins the Most Popular Reality TV Show category at The Logies. It’s an irony that leaves a bit of a sour taste in his mouth.
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“There really are lions, there really are leopards, rhinos, it’s really full on,” Mr Mavroidakis said.
“You’re living in these shacks in the middle of nowhere eating rice and beans all day long.
“It’s also a 24-hour turnaround show. We have 10 hours in the edit suite each episode.
“A lot of people don’t understand and appreciate how crazy it is to get it to air.”
“We’re up against The Block. People that vote for The Logies are very much Block fans.
“It’s just a Logie, we’re almost certainly not going to win it, but having the recognition to be nominated with everything that goes into the show (I’m A Celebrity) is at least something.”
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