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Bob Downe joins Mardi Gras party

Bob Downe will return to commentating the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, to air on Arena this month.

Bob Downe will return to commentating the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, to air on Arena this month.

The effervescent host joins Charlotte Dawson, Julie McCrossin and Sydney drag queen Mitzi Macintosh, all of whom covered the 2009 event.

Downe has certainly been a popular feature on the Mardi Gras circuit and has commentated previous parades across its television history.

Last year the parade was a pay-per-view event but this year the live coverage can be seen on Arena at Saturday, February 27 from 7.30pm (AEDT).

The coverage will also feature behind-the-scenes interviews with parade creatives and float designers.

Just don’t tell Steve Price…

Arena invites you to the biggest party of the year with its exclusive parade broadcast

As thousands of visitors from around the world line the streets of Sydney to watch the gay calendar’s night of nights, the best view will be from home as once again FOXTEL puts its audience right in amongst all the mayhem and high voltage action of the parade.

With Sydney’s Oxford Street set to sparkle as 10,000 parade participants squeeze into lycra and don elaborate costumes, this year’s Mardi Gras will be bigger, bolder and sexier than ever. Extra cameras will be located along the 2km route to give exceptional viewing vantage points and the Arena broadcast headquarters will be atop Lattouf Hair and Body Spa right in the heart of Taylor Square.

Mardi Gras is the world’s premier gay and lesbian cultural festival and one of the must-see events on the global ‘fun’ calendar with over half a million spectators expected to join the colourful and cultural parade celebration.

11 Responses

  1. what a farce lasts night mardi gras coverage was..were where all of the floats..toooo much focus on the hosts and meaningless interviews by Molly…poor julie and charlotte had no idea what float was what as we hardly ever saw a decent shot to start with and then it jumped back and forth all over the place. the show looked like a high school production..give it back to the FTA..totally appaling..amateur hour

    1. As a live to air event I was expecting it to be a bit of a broadcast smorgasboard and it was, but I felt it reflected the camp chaos of the event. I wouldn’t hold Julie responsible for a few vision switching errors. Thank god she was there to give us the background behind the community groups. She’s the best thing about their commentary team.

  2. “Just don’t tell Steve Price…”

    Don’t even get me started on him – when he was on the 7pm Project the other night I came close to throwing something at the television – ignorant idiot.

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