Airdate: RocKwiz

The all-too fabulous Julia Zemiro will return for a fifth series of RocKwiz on September 29.

Joining her once more is adjudicator and creator Brian Nankervis at the Esplanade Hotel, better known as The Espy.

RocKwiz is an SBS format which has been sold overseas, and thrives on its charms of knowing it aspires to be little more than what it is – a pub trivia night. This is something Seven might have remembered when it tried Todd McKenney’s You May Be Right.

Zemiro is in the unique position of being a favourite of more than one network, with appearances on Thank God You’re Here, It Takes Two and What a Year.

Press Release:

RocKwiz, Australian television’s original rock trivia quiz show, returns for its fifth season starting on Saturday, September 29 at 9.20pm on SBS Television.

Aussie and international rock’s famous faces continue to mix it with (extra) ordinary music buffs to battle for the weekly title of RocKwiz musical trivia champion. Each guest artist will perform one of their hits backed by the RocKwiz Orkestra: At the end of each episode, both guests join forces to sing a surprise duet – so expect something very special!

Well-known actress and comedienne Julia Zemiro asks the questions and RocKwiz creator Brian Nankervis adjudicates over the mayhem, laughs and passion from inside the Esplanade Hotel (aka ‘The Espy’) in St Kilda, as the trivia tragics vie to prove the awesome extent of their musical knowledge.

Julia Zemiro
Julia was born in Aix-en Provence, France and came to Australia in 1967 on a big boat. After graduating from the VCA in 1993, Julia toured nationally with Actors At Work for the Bell Shakespeare Company, became a regular panelist and debater for Good News Week (ABC TV) and as a performer/writer on the sketch comedy show Totally Full Frontal, playing over 30 characters during two seasons. Julia has a wide array of TV credits including; Song for The Socceroos, winning Australia’s Brainiest TV Star, Rove Live, presenting at the ARIAs, It Takes Two, The Wedge and appearing on, and having too much fun on, Ten’s hit show Thank God You’re Here.

Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis is a producer, writer and performer. He was a primary school teacher who fled the classroom in 1985 to become a waiter at Melbourne’s legendary theatre restaurant The Last Laugh. He was a writer/performer on the Channel 10 hospital soap opera Let The Blood Run Free and made regular appearances on Hey Hey It’s Saturday as the tortured street poet Raymond J Bartholomeuz. He co produced and wrote “Boys and Balls” for the ABC and was a producer for Class Clowns, an annual Comedy Festival project. He does studio warm ups for a variety of television shows, contributes regularly to The Age and performs a one hour poetry show in schools. RocKwiz is a dream come true for this life long music fan!