5 finalists have been introduced for the fifth annual AACTA Reg Grundy Award.
The award for the perfect authentic concept in unscripted tv codecs provides a prize of $50,000 to the winner, honouring the legacy of tv pioneer Reg Grundy.
The 5 finalists
Storytime
Inventive workforce: Chris Huntly-Turner, Timothy Walker
Synopsis: On this heartwarming actuality present, children take the reins as writers, administrators, and visionaries, crafting unpredictable movies straight from their wildest imaginations, whereas a workforce of professionals scrambles to carry their unfiltered goals to life … under-budget! Its creativity, chaos, and cuteness rolled into one epic filmmaking journey!
Quizzical
Inventive workforce: Lincoln Russell
Synopsis: Quizzical is the final word fusion of brains and brawn! Three contestants battle it out throughout three thrilling rounds, answering quiz questions by taking part in nostalgic, amusement-style video games – no buttons or buzzers right here. With each successful reply, gamers rack up money for the rising jackpot. Solely the highest two advance to the fourth and ultimate spherical, the place they face an exciting alternative: play it protected or up the problem to assert their jackpot!
Backpackers – The Whitsundays
Inventive workforce: Lynda Heys, Steve Turnbull
Synopsis: ’Work Exhausting. Play Tougher. Stay the Dream’. The Backpackers is an unscripted actuality sequence that follows a gaggle of younger worldwide travellers who tackle seasonal jobs in Australia’s most iconic places. Pushed by visa necessities and the lure of journey, they dive into the challenges of working, dwelling, and falling in love removed from house. Season One takes place within the Whitsundays, the place the idyllic resort setting hides the pressures and dramas behind the scenes of this paradise.
The Mitch Churi Chat Present
Inventive workforce: Mitch Churi
Synopsis: Every week beloved comic Mitch Churi shares his velvet sofa with the largest names in leisure from Hollywood & house whereas making use of his signature wit and attraction to the headlines of the week.
Life Swap
Inventive workforce: Jamie Durie, Neville Poelina, Melanie Hogan
Synopsis: What occurs when metropolis slickers swap skyscrapers for pink filth and Wi-Fi for historic knowledge? Life Swap is right here to seek out out! With bush tucker fails and loads of laughs, this heartwarming journey proves nature has the perfect life hacks round. With Jamie Durie, Neville Poelina and Melanie Hogan.
Judges are:
Paul Hardy
Hardy is a TV marketing consultant with credit on reveals resembling Alone, 7 Yr Swap, Bride and Prejudice, and Magnificence and the Geek.
Marion Farrelly
Farrelly is a producer and creator identified for her work on Huge Brother, Dancing with the Stars, The X Issue, The Movie star Apprentice, and the ABC’s Q&A
Sharon Wheeler
Wheeler is an Award-winning Senior Leisure Government, who has created greater than 30 authentic sequence and Government Produced over 2,000 hours of unscripted programming. Her hit authentic codecs embody Excessive Relationship and The Final Resort.
Steve Oemcke
Oemcke is the host of quite a few tv packages, together with the scores juggernaut Discuss to the Animals and Australia’s longest-running recreation present, Wheel of Fortune.
Ian Hogg
Hogg is an awarded media trade chief, who most just lately served as Regional CEO of FremantleMedia Australia (FMA) and Asia Pacific.
A ultimate assembly with the judging panel the place every finalist may have the chance to ship their refined pitch, and a deeper exploration of every undertaking will likely be undertaken.
A winner will likely be introduced on the twenty third January.
