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Oprah “sings” about Australia

It's Oprah singalong time. "Where would I most want to go...where would I most want to go?" This is Gold.

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Oh this is GOLD.

Nothing more to say.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4R9-bBrDuw[/youtube]

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  2. $180 million for ‘Where the Bloody Hell Are You?”
    I had to look that up –
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_where_the_bloody_hell_are_you%3F

    Considering this the Oprah deal came to $3 million, it’s chicken feed.

    Maybe they are spending the savings on fixing healthcare, hahah!

  5. @David N – I’m no Oprah fan but many, many people are. The massive amount of “free” publicity around the world that this trip has already garnered could not have been bought for ten times that – and she hasn’t even arrived yet. This will be a huge boost for Australian tourism, well, the east coast anyway.

    If you want to get annoyed about questionable expenditure on tourism, try the $180 mill spent on the “Where the Bloody Hell are You?” campaign.

  7. Magnificent.

    And for those who can’t cope with it, think about this:

    Three million? Five million? However much, it’s money well spent. This footage has gone global and she’s not even here yet.

    How much do all the various agencies and governments spend each year on (failed) tourism campaigns? Loads more.

    This is a massive win and pisses all over ‘where the bloody hell are you?’ which, rather than being ‘cheeky’ did nothing except show people that nobody was coming.

    This is an incredible, positive, result.

    PS, if we’re paying her in $US it doesn’t matter, our dollar has almost reached parity anyway. Wait a few weeks and we’ll be ahead, so we’ll save money!

  8. @David N The Tourist Commission pays for hospital beds and TV shows now? The good reason is simple: Oprah will bring tourists, tourists will bring money. That’s it.

  11. Yes, yes, all very entertaining. But somebody still hasn’t given me a reasonable answer to the question as to why the Australian Taxpayer has paid 5 million dollars to bring a woman to this country who last year was valued at 2.7 billion!

    This wasn’t a ‘coup’ as to where in the world she would go, we didn’t win a competition to get her, she didn’t want to come here as she ‘loves the place so much.’

    No, we bought it, simple as that. And I for one am disgusted. How much Aussie drama could be produced for that – to keep it in a TV context. Or going outside of TV, how many hospital beds, police, schools….etc…etc…etc….talk about bread and bloody circuses.

  18. Priceless lol Stick to your day job Oprah. She has no business singing whatosever – I know that she’s excited about coming to Australia but lol singing? lol

    Can’t blame her though.

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