Genre Lifestyle Original language(s) English | Directed by Jon Olb Country of origin Australia | |
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Starring Chris BrownBarry Du BoisMiguel Maestre | ||
The Living Room is an Australian lifestyle program that began airing on Network Ten on 11 May 2012. The show delves into a range of lifestyle issues including renovations, travel (and pet advice), and cooking, and also includes special guests and engaging studio banter each episode. The show is hosted by Amanda Keller, with the co-presenters being Chris Brown, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre. Each week the team are joined by a studio audience of around 60 people with a mixture of live and pre-recorded content presented. In 2013, Andrew Rochford, Lilly Van Epen and Jason Cunningham joined an expanded Living Room team
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The program reached 200 episodes on 3 March 2017.
Broadcast times
The show airs for an hour every Friday night from 7:30 pm on Network Ten. A repeat screening is shown the following day at midday.
2013
During early 2013, Chris Brown and Miguel Maestre hosted 10 episodes of "The Living Room Summer Series", replaying stories from 2012 episodes for an hour on Friday nights from 7:30pm, with repeat screenings of "The Living Room Summer Series" being shown weekdays from 11:00am.,
2014
On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, there was a special one-hour edition, with the title of "The Living Room Clutter Buster Special", in which a family was helped to overcome clutter in their home.
On Friday, 18 July 2014, a special "Hot List" episode aired, counting down the latest trends in food, travel and building.
A special 100th episode of the program was broadcast on Friday, 5 September 2014.
Stand-in co-hosts for Chris Brown
While Chris Brown was away in Kruger National Park, South Africa, during February - March, 2015, co-hosting the show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, his stand-in co-hosts for The Living Room during that period have been chosen from 'turn-of-the-wheel' spins by Amanda. These stand-in co-hosts have included:
2015
- Tim Robards - TV reality star from The Bachelor
- Grant Denyer - host of Family Feud
- Jonesy - Amanda's radio co-host
- Shane Jacobson - Australian actor and former co-host of Top Gear
- Colin and Justin - Interior decorators and Scottish TV presenters
- Ben Mingay - Wonderland actor
- Scott Tweedie - Prank Patrol and The Loop host
2016
- Jamie Durie - TV presenter, landscaper and horticulturalist
- Kris Smith - TV personality and model who later became a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2017
- Shannan Ponton - Personal trainer for contestants on The Biggest Loser