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7News Spotlight: May 29

When is 7News Spotlight not Sunday Night?

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7News Spotlight this Sunday has three stories, on boxer George ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos Jr., the Elvis movie and the afterlife….

Call me crazy but doesn’t that make the show Sunday Night which the network previously axed?

When George ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos Jr. surprised the boxing world by claiming the WBO (Super) crown and three other belts last year, it was the ultimate victory over the Aussie sport star’s childhood demons.

Bullied and belittled for being overweight as a kid, the Bexley boy has made good, driven to beat the bullies in pursuit of global glory. Now, as he prepares to put those hard-earned titles on the line against US contender Devin Haney in Melbourne next weekend, George shows 7NEWS Spotlight’s guest reporter Grant Denyer the full force of his pugilistic power this Sunday on Seven and 7plus.

Aussie director Baz Luhrmann, famed for his movie spectaculars including Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, has now tackled the epic life of Elvis Presley. As the big screen supremo unveils his latest blockbuster in Cannes, Seven’s Sonia Kruger is on the French Riviera for an intimate sit down with her Strictly Ballroom boss, unpacking the secrets to telling the real story of the greatest rock ‘n roll star who ever lived.

Finally, when the late Aussie billionaire Kerry Packer suffered one of four near fatal heart attacks back in 1990, he famously declared there was nothing on the other side. But as Denham Hitchcock will explore, others beg to differ.

In a worldwide investigation, 7NEWS Spotlight talks to those who claim to have “crossed over” and believe there is really something there. Among the extraordinary stories of survival, meet a young father who suffers from a rare cardiac condition which has seen him “die” more than 250 times. Passing on the disease to his nine-year-old daughter, she speaks for the first time about her supernatural “super power”.

9pm Sunday on Seven.

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  2. I would think the 1 story Spotlight would work better for ratings & maybe keep costs down. Imho a focused true crime & retro stories will always draw more people in than the upcoming mash up of 3 unrelated stories.

    However checking the ratings maybe not, ‘the Fame Game’ episode didn’t do as well as the next ep with Deb Hutton etc., maybe people mostly tuned in for the Melissa Caddick’s husband interview. Overall didn’t do too badly, almost catching up to 60 Minutes.

  3. Funny you should say that David . I bet a lot of people are thinking that. Maybe the powers that be are hoping we didn’t notice. Mind you the story pieces have been fronted by the person them self that the story is about. But no doubt there is a lot of investigative journalism involved in producing the story. But now that Denham is fronting some stories . That hypothesis of ‘Spotlight’ not being the same as “Sunday Night” is now thrown out the window. But I am enjoying having a choice between 60 Minutes and Spotlight.

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