The Contender

He once struggled to pitch shows to Nine but former Aussie host is now one of America’s top producers.

Aussie-expat-turned-US-TV-exec Eden Gaha is on the move.

Original Big Brother producer Peter Abbott and Lara Hopkins will helm TEN’s 2015 Reality series.

A South Korean broadcaster is facing a storm of media criticism following the shock suicide of a female reality contestant.

At her best, Charlotte Dawson was excellent media talent, but struggled with its many constraints.

FremantleMedia Australia has signed a deal with US producer Mark Burnett to develop local versions of his programmes.

Aussie expat Eden Gaha, who began his career as host of ABC’s 1992 Vidiot, has now been named president of US production giant Reveille.

Foxtel promises new seasons of Australia’s Next Top Model, Project Runway Australia, The Contender plus local productions of Got to Dance, Balls of Steel and Dating in the Dark.

He was once a teen idol and Aussie TV star, but Eden Gaha left it all to produce US Reality TV. He tells TV Tonight how he became an Executive Producer for Mark Burnett.

Mark Burnett, the man behind Survivor, The Apprentice and The Contender, is a keynote speaker at Pay TV’s big conference in March.

TV Tonight turns to Australian TV critics & journalists, to ask them what worked, what failed, what surprised and what annoyed in 2009?

Here’s the skinny on Foxtel’s plans for Gossip Girl, The Contender, Next Top Model, American Idol, Entourage, Project Runway, Spirited & more.

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