Brea Marshall is a breath of fresh air amongst a sea of contestants looking for blue ticks on Instagram and their next spon-con deal.
Unsurprisingly, the laid-back beauty has caught the eye of not one, but two of this year’s Bachelors.
While Brea was originally pursued by Wesley Senna Cortes, but she’s since struck up a connection with NRL player turned lumberjack, Luke Bateman.
So who is Brea, the adventurous contestant who is making waves in The Bachelors mansion?
Brea Marshall. Instagram.
According to her 10 bio, she loves the outdoors and enjoys camping, freediving, spearfishing and surfing. So, Wesley’s pick for a surfing date at the wave pool was right on the money for her.
Her Instagram page is littered with photos of her travelling and being in basically any form of water – from oceans to lakes to creeks and even waterfalls.
Brea Marshall. Instagram.
Learning from past experiences, Brea is determined to find a man who will put as much effort into the relationship as she does.
“I want to feel like they want me and that I’m not a burden on them. I also find it really unattractive if they are lazy and unmotivated or aggressive with a controlling nature,” she said.
The down-to-earth nature lover isn’t sure if she’s ever been in love, but is ready to find the right person and make that leap of faith.
Brea Marshall. Instagram.
When it comes to some downtime, Brea loves a romcom and her fav flick is The Wedding Date. She believes that her choice of movies correlates with her personality.
“I’m such a people pleaser, I am always saying sorry, always putting others ahead of myself, worried about how people perceive me, chasing a guy that isn’t worth my time. When I just let my hair down and enjoy myself, I attract quality men and I need to remind myself of this more.”
Stream The Bachelors Sunday to Tuesday at 7.30 pm on 10 and 10Play.
Feast your eyes on Jamie Dornan in all of his bad-boy glory in the new trailer for Stan’s popular Original Series The Tourist.
The trailer sees Elliot (Dornan) kidnapped and tortured in Ireland, while Constable Helen Chamber (Danielle Macdonald) desperately searches for him. Elliot is still suffering severe amnesia from a car crash, and tries to piece together what he has done to cause him to be punished.
As well as being blessed with some HD footage of Dornan looking fine, Stan has also dropped an air date. The Tourist will be available to stream exclusively on the platform from January 2nd, 2024.
Who is in season two of The Tourist?
The second instalment sees the main characters Dornan and Macdonald return.
It also features a raft of new cast members including Detective Ruairi Slater (Conor MacNeill), Niamh Cassidy (Olwen Fouéré) and the McDonnell family – Donal (Diarmaid Murtagh), Orla (Nessa Matthews), Fergal (Mark McKenna), and Frank (Francis Magee).
What was season one about?
In the first season of The Tourist, Elliot embarked on a thrilling pursuit through the Australian outback. After waking up in a hospital, injured and disoriented, Elliot confronted relentless individuals from his past while navigating the unforgiving and expansive Australian terrain in his quest for identity and truth.
What will season two be about?
Season two is set one year on from where season one ended. It takes place in Dublin and follows Elliot and Helen as they travel to Ireland together.
Elliot decides it’s time to reconnect with his roots after the car crash that caused the severe memory loss. As they delve into Elliot’s past life, they find themselves caught up in a dangerous whirlwind. While Elliot battles his inner demons, Helen must unravel a larger mystery, forcing them to confront old and new enemies.
Stream The Tourist season two from January 2nd, 2024 on Stan.
If you’re a Swiftie and missed out on tickets to The Eras Tour – or you just can’t wait until February to see Miss Tay in action – then you’re in luck because Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Extended Version) is coming to Prime.
Yep, soon you’ll be able to stream all the best bits from her Eras Tour from the comfort of your living room.
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Extended Version) is already showing in cinemas, but, as an added bonus, the Prime version will include three bonus songs not seen in theatres including Long Live, The Archer and Wildest Dreams.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film will be available to rent starting December 14 on Prime Video in Australia. According to a press release, the rental price will be USD $19.89 (approx AUD $30).
Taylor Swift. Instagram.
Taylor Swift announced the exciting news on Instagram
After the huge success of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour in cinemas, Swift announced that she would be releasing the film to rent on Prime.
“Hi! Well, so, basically I have a birthday coming up and I was thinking a fun way to celebrate the year we’ve had together would be to make The Eras Tour Concert Film available for you to watch at home!” She wrote on Instagram.
“Very happy to be able to tell you that the extended version of the film including Wildest Dreams, The Archer and Long Live will be available to rent on demand in the US, Canada & additional countries to be announced soon starting on … you guessed it, December 13.”
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour will be released at the same time as the US in Australia, which is December 14 because of the time difference.
Swift filmed Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour during her Los Angeles dates at the SoFi stadium in August. The movie runs for 2 hours and 45 minutes.
It’s been hugely successful and took in USD $96 million (approx AUD $145 million) in its first four days at the domestic box office in America. Since then, Time has reported that the film bought in a whopping USD $248.9 million (approx AUD $377 million) at the box office.
Is there a trailer?
There sure is! You can watch it below.
Rent Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour from December 14 on Prime Video in Australia.
Abbie Chatfield is one of the most in-demand women in media, so much so that she had to turn down some very well-paying jobs.
The former The Bachelor star has made no secret about the fact that she struggles with feeling exhausted due to all her professional commitments, and regularly talks about it on her Instagram account.
She shared that she was paid an advance to write an “entry-level handbook for young feminists”, but has since reneged on the deal.
“I tried to write but I couldn’t write anything, I couldn’t force it,” she said on her It’s A Lot podcast in March.
Abbie Chatfield. Instagram.
“I got to the point where I called my friend and said I cannot do this. I drove back to Sydney two days early [from my writer’s retreat] and told my manager I couldn’t do this. They tried to convince me [to do it], but I said, ‘not to be a c**t guys, but I cannot do this’.”
According to Yahoo Lifestyle, the amount an author of her calibre would have been paid would sit around the $100,000 and $150,000 mark, which would usually be broken down into three instalments.
It is believed that Chatfield returned the money when she decided she didn’t want to go ahead with the deal.
Abbie Chatfield has cancelled other jobs because of her burnout
Abbie got her start on The Bachelor 2019, and since then she’s won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, has been a judge on The Masked Singer, launched her own podcast It’s A Lot, hosted a popular radio program, launched a clothing line and her own beer and became the first host of FBoy Island Australia, among other media gigs.
The Masked Singer. Seven.
With so much on her plate, it’s not surprising that the book isn’t the only opportunity she’s turned down. In August, she her Hot Nights With Abbie Chatfield national radio show which an industry insider told Yahoo would have cost her six figures.
“Abbie easily would have made $300,000 from the show, plus tens of thousands more on top of that from live [ad] reads as she led the market in that time slot against Nova and KIIS,” the insider added.
“Abbie is so commercially appealing SCA [South Cross Australia] didn’t take her decision lightly but understood her reasons.”
Abbie also pulled the plug on her clothing brand Verbose in May, a year after she’d launched it.
“I’ve just been too busy to do a clothing brand properly right now … There’s nothing dramatic, it’s just that I haven’t even had time to call my mum, let alone run a label,” Abbie said at the time.
Paramount+’s Paper Dolls tells the story of five women who found fame on a reality TV show and began an all girl band.
For millennials, the plot may sound like deja vu as it’s suspiciously similar to the history of Bardot, who were created on the reality star Popstars in 2000.
Interestingly, one of the executive producers on the show is Belinda Chapple, who was a member of Bardot.
Paper Dolls. Instagram.
Four of Paper Doll’s leads Emalia, Miah Madden, Courtney Clarke and Courtney Monsma sat down with Mediaweek and Chattr’s pocast Entertainment Hotline, to reveal how closely connected to Popstars the new series is.
Is Paper Dolls based on Bardot and Popstars?
Despite the glaring similarities between the two, the cast was adamant that Paper Dolls isn’t a recount of Bardot’s experience.
Instead, Madden said that it’s focused on exposing “the underbelly of the pop world.”
“It shows what life is like for pop stars when the smoke and mirrors have blown away,” she said.
She added that the narratives shown on Paper Dolls have “happened at least once if not multiple, multiple times in the industry for different kinds of popstars.”
“Behind the glitz and glamour is just a lot of hard work and self-discovery and also learning about the world not always being what you might hope it to be like,” she said.
Paper Dolls. Paramount+.
The rehearsal process was intense
Most of the lead actresses have backgrounds in music and dancing, which Mia explained was detrimental at times because they struggled to look like the beginners they were cast as.
“In episode two, the beginning sequence is me trying to nail this dance. It looks really shamble-y and chaotic,” she explained.
“That was five sessions of one-on-one dance training to do it perfectly and figure out how to make it look like you’re messing up and how to do it in a way that makes it look like you’re more tired!”
There are whispers that the new Binge TV series Strife is based on a true story, however, the statement rings both true and false at the same time.
While Strife is a fictional series, it is loosely based on publisher Mia Freedman’s journey from magazine editor to owner of a digital empire.
For those unfamiliar with Freedman, she worked in women’s magazines for 15 years. She began her career at Cleo magazine as a beauty editor and ended it as the editor of Cosmopolitan. After leaving magazines, Freedman created the lifestyle website Mamamia, which is still extremely successful to this day.
Strife. Binge.
The TV series Strife follows Evelyn Jones’ (played by Asher Keddie) journey of building a hugely popular publication from her lounge room, the same place where Freedman started to create Mamamia.
Of course, the similarities of their paths are stark, plus Freedman’s an executive producer on the show, so is the whole thing based around her?
Is Evelyn Jones based on Mia Freedman?
The show’s journey is based on Freedman’s life, however, the former Cosmopolitan editor has stressed that Strife isn’t a non-fiction recount of her life.
“Nobody is playing me. Asher Keddie is playing a character called Evelyn Jones. Strife is loosely based on my experience of leaving magazines to start a women’s website but it’s not my personal story,” she told Mamamia.
Strife. Binge.
While Strife isn’t a true story, it is based on Freedman’s book memoir Work Strife Balance, which was published in 2017.
“[Strife is] fiction, so it’s not my life. We were all very adamant from the start that we didn’t want Strife to be a biopic. That’s why it’s inspired by the book not ‘based’ on the book. There’s a difference!
“We had a lot more creative freedom to make a compelling show without having to be faithful to any real-life narrative. But the world that we created and the things you see happen on Strife are all true to life — just not necessarily my life.”
How can I watch Strife?
All eight episodes of Strife are available to stream exclusively on Binge.
Neighbours have recruited another prominent media personality to join the soap as a cast member with the news that Maria Thattil will play Amira Devkar in 2024.
Thattil will be in a guest role on the iconic series and her character is the older, “sometimes bossy” sister of Haz Devkar, played by Shiv Palekar.
“I’m so excited to be heading to Ramsay Street to bring Amira to life, and best believe she’s coming in with a bang!” Thattil said in a statement.
“It’s a pretty surreal thing to get to play a queer woman of colour on one of the most iconic shows in Australia, as seeing that representation was unheard of when I was growing up. I couldn’t be prouder to join the Neighbours cast and I can’t wait to stir up a little fun.”
Neighboursteased that there will be some drama associated with Thattil’s role.
“We’re delighted to announce that Maria Thattil will be joining the cast next year in the guest role of Haz’s big sister! But just why she turns up suddenly at Harold’s is yet to be revealed,” the official Instagram account for Neighbours posted.
It’s certainly not Thattil’s first time in the spotlight. Her journey to stardom began when she won Miss Universe Australia in 2020, and went on to place in the top ten of the global competition.
In 2022, the 30-year-old competed on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Australia and was eliminated second. While she was in the jungle she revealed that she was bisexual.
Since then, Thatiil has gone on to become an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and won Marie Claire’s 2023 The Voice of Now Award. She was also a guest judge in an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under this year and has written a book called Unbounded.
Maria Thattil shared her excitement about the new gig on Instagram
After it was officially announced that Thattil was joining Neighbours next year, the media personality took to Instagram to share what she was looking forward to.
“I couldn’t be more proud to join the beautiful Neighbours cast at a time when the show is evolving to tell even more Australian stories,” she began.
“Imagining 10-year-old me turning on the telly to see herself is pretty surreal … even more so because I can’t remember ever seeing a gay female South Asian character on an Australian TV show. Can you? Grateful to @neighbours & @channel10au for the honour of being an authentic representation of what we’ve been missing. And to do it with a bang.”
Neighbours airs on Monday to Friday at 6:30 on 10Peach and 10Play.
Tay and Ari Wilcoxson made history on Big Brother Australia 2023 as the first-ever joint winners of the series.
The sisters played as a team and beat out power couple Minee Marx and Loui Phillips in a public vote and took home the $100,000 prize money.
Big Brother. Seven.
In an interview with Chattr, the loveable sisters revealed what they plan to do with their winnings.
“What we want to do with the money is travel,” Tay said. “Japan is first on our list, we want to hit the slopes and go snowboarding, so that’s definitely at the top of our bucket list.”
Tay and Ari have over 680,000 followers on their joint TikTok account and want to filter some of their prize money into creating more content on the platform.
“We want to keep creating experiences and really cool content and our fan base.”
The sisters believe playing together was an advantage
Tay and Ari were the only contestants on Big Brother Australia 2023 to play as a team, and they believe it worked in their favour.
Tay said they were both approached about being on the show but only found out the day before entering the house that they’d be playing as a team.
“At the time, we were like, ‘No! It’s a disadvantage, people are going to see us as a threat’ even though it’s only one player. But, I think it ended up being an advantage,” Tay said.
“I think it was an advantage towards the middle and the end because we’re two different people,” Ari added. “We are sisters and we do think the same but we have two different personalities.
“I think we just reached out to everyone, Tay had friends that I didn’t have and it created different connections.”
Big Brother. Seven.
The sisters are gearing up for a big weekend of celebrations
Tay and Ari are still in shock that they won Big Brother, and have a wild weekend planned with some of the other housemates to celebrate.
“It hasn’t kicked in for us yet, even now we’re we can’t believe we won! that’s hectic!” Tay said, and Ari added: “We’re very grateful for everyone who voted.”
“We’re definitely going to send it this weekend!” Tay said.
“We’re catching up with a few of the housemates so that will be awesome,” Ari added.
They’ll be joined at the celebrations by their showmance partners Josh and TJ. However, both of the sisters have since split from their exes.
“We’re both single and ready to mingle!” They laughed together.
Big Brother Australia 2023 wrapped on December 6 with Tay and Ari crowned the winners. But after a season that seemingly struggled to maintain viewership, will it return in 2024?
When the latest season premiered on November 6, 274,000 metro viewers tuned in to watch 19 brand new housemates enter the Big Brother house.
By the time streaming numbers had been added in, the number climbed to 620,000, which showed promise for an iteration about finding love in an unusual environment.
Tay and Ari, Big Brother Australia 2023 winners. Seven
However, by the season finale, numbers were steadily on the decline with only 152,000 metro viewers tuning in for the final episode.
For context, last year, when the series took a gamble bringing back OG Housemates, 363,000 watched as Reggie Sorensen came out on top for the second time, meaning there was a 41% drop between the 2022 and 2023 finales.
Chattr reached out to Seven to ask whether the series would return.
“Big Brother performed well for this year in under 40s and, in particular, on 7Plus – both live streaming and video on demand. We will make a decision on a new season in due course,” a Seven spokesperson said.
Social media fans want the OG format back
For those fans on social media who have been watching the series week-to-week, they have made their sentiments known when it came to the change in format. A.K.A Turning the social experiment into a love experiment.
“I’m not getting the same vibe so far,” one person wrote. “They could be about to lose some viewers.”
While another person said: “I lasted about 30 minutes and then turned it off. It is the first time ever that I have missed a Big Brother season.”
“Bring back the original version of Big Brother. It will be the best thing for your ratings,” another said.
Meanwhile, returnee Tim Dormer took to Facebook on November 6 to share his feelings before it even began.
Tim Dormer, Big Brother 2022. Seven
“Big Brother was the original, but now seems lost in an era of trying to be liked and liked by everyone else,” he said. “Can we keep the Survivor challenges and the cringey love stories on the islands where they belong and bring back the OG real live era of BB?”
Here’s hoping BB doesn’t go in the bin completely and instead, we give the people what they want!
The Bachelors Australia 2023‘s Maddison made a bold move during the December 7 episode of the series, turning up at Ben’s house to essentially make him doubt Brea’s intentions with Wes.
Admitting she did it to be noticed, and not caring about the fallout, Maddison got Ben’s attention while simultaneously creating some serious drama.
So, who is Maddison, the bold Bachelorette with nothing to lose?
Maddison, The Bachelors 2023. Ten
According to her official 10 bio, 24-year-old Maddison is a “no-nonsense straight talker who’s never afraid to voice her opinions and assert her worth.” Lol.
Exuding oodles of confidence, the Victorian is always the life of the party, always ready for a good time with her friends, and has a vibrant, infectious energy.
In terms of relationships, she’s looking for a man who possesses emotional intelligence, has good looks and “an alluring scent”.
Maddison and Anastasia. The Bachelors Australia 2023, Ten
When asked about dating IRL, Maddison is not backwards in coming forwards.
“Dating in the real world is tragic,” she said. “Guys my age usually don’t want anything serious. I think in the past I’ve scared people off as I’m very upfront and tend to ask the bigger questions that some people may be uncomfortable answering at this age.”
On a more serious note, Maddison said her proudest achievement was “overcoming an eating disorder and developing a healthy relationship with food”.
“During the process, I worked on myself a lot and have become very emotionally aware because of it,” she said.
Stream The Bachelors, Sunday to Wednesday at 7.30 pm on 10 and 10Play.
Big Brother Australia 2023 came to a thrilling conclusion on December 6 when the final three were whittled down to numero uno and a winner was announced.
Joined by this year’s 19 housemates, who reunited on stage for the first time since leaving the house, Tay and Ari Wilcoxson, Louis Phillips and Mineé Marx held their breath for the final verdict.
In the end, social media sensations Tay, 23, and Ari, 20 claimed victory, locking in the crown as the champions of Big Brother 2023.
Beating out Louis and Mineé, they secured a well-deserved win by a fiercely debated public vote walking away with $100,000 prize money.
“Oh my god! This doesn’t feel real. Thank you everybody so much,” Tay said.
Joined by their parents Trish and Shaun, they revealed to host Sonia Kruger what they’ll do with the prize money.
“We’ve always said we would want to help our family, that is a big reason why we are here,” Tay said. “But we also want to make more memories and travel together and start something of our own business-wise. The money will get lots of use.”
Loui’s relationship with Minee in the Big Brother Australia 2023 house has been one of the biggest rollercoasters of the season, and it looks as though it didn’t last after the house.
Loui has been tagged in an Instagram post by a blonde influencer called Isabella Skocic and the two look to be an item.
Isabella shared a video of her and Loui cuddling and kissing to her page two days ago, with the song Little Life by Cordelia added on top.
Just a week ago, she shared a collection of photos to her page, one showing them out to dinner together, and another showing him candidly walking down a path holding a bag.
Isabella has shared numerous photos of Loui over the past few weeks, including one of them together in Noosa, holding hands. She captioned the pic, “more than happy to be here”.
Isabella Skocic. Instagram.
Meanwhile, Loui doesn’t have any photos of Isabella posted to his Instagram page, but he noticeably doesn’t have any of Minee either…
Are Loui and Minee still together on Big Brother?
They are! However, the series was filmed a year ago, and it looks like the BB power couple is no longer together.
Loui and Minee showed interest in each other at the start of Big Brother 2023 and quickly formed a relationship. However, Minee broke up with him partway through the season.
Big Brother Australia. Seven.
She and Gracie Mae were evicted from the house, but they received a second chance when they were sent to the half house. After living together for a while both contestants were asked to choose the housemate they trusted the most and Minee chose Loui.
Loui was given the choice to take $5,000 cash or let Minee return to the house, he chose the latter. Minee was ecstatic that Loui saved her, and they got back together.
The Big Brother Australia Grand Final airs Wednesday, December 6th at 7:30 pm on 7 and 7Plus.
Trent delivered viewers a lot of interesting moments throughout Love Island Australia 2023, but perhaps the most talked about one was when he woke up next to Georgia on the day bed with a stash of condoms.
Georgia had been dilly-dallying between partnering up with Nate or Trent, and (temporarily) decided to sleep with Trent on the day bed.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted the connies next to Trent in the morning and proceeded to screenshot them and post the pics all over social media.
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However, during a post-elimination interview with Chattr, the Islander revealed that it wasn’t him who grabbed the condoms and debunked comments that said the wrappers were opened.
“Everyone’s been calling me some absurd names for that! The fact is that we didn’t do anything sexually apart from kissing,” he said.
“The villa producers bring out condoms every time you sleep on a daybed just in case something happens so there’s nothing more than what you see, nothing that happened,” he explained.
Like hundreds of social media users, Trent joked about the amount of condoms he was given.
“There were like four or five there, so I think the villa producers thought I was an animal. I’m pretty happy that they thought I had that many rounds.”
Love Island. Nine.
Trent on why he thought Georgia was in the wrong for going back to Nate
After Trent and Georgia stayed the night on the day bed, she appeared to wake up in a state of panic and decided she wanted to couple up with Nate again.
Trent said that some scenes weren’t shown which led him to believe their connection was stronger than it was.
“I was putting a lot of work behind the scenes for nearly a week, I was throwing everything I had at Georgia. It was a hard situation because I wasn’t coupled up with her and she was coupled up with Nate” he said.
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“I’ve never really had that where someone wakes up in the morning and goes, f**k this. I’m out. I’m going back to my ex,” he added.
Trent explained that he and Georgia spent a lot of time enjoying each other’s company before they went to sleep, and after they woke up.
“On the TV you didn’t see we were chatting for ages while we were on the daybed before we went to sleep and she was so happy and giggling and kissing me.”
“Even when sun just came out, we woke up pretty early. And she was kissing me and giggling and that and then it was like, something just clicked and it was a bit of a kick in the old fella for that to happen.”
Trent said that given the time they’d spent together in the lead-up to her decision to flip, he thought she could have handled the situation better.
“I don’t feel like Georgia had a good chat with me about how she’s feeling when she woke up. I think she owed me a proper chat and a bit of a debrief about exactly what happened.”
Taylah was shockingly eliminated on Big Brother 2023 by Loui because he believed Australia would find her most worthy of the prize money.
The 24-year-old made the brutal move to send home Taylah, who is a single mother because it was the ‘right decision’ for his game.
During a post-elimination interview with Chattr, Taylah said that she was shocked at the elimination, but supported Loui’s strategic move.
Big Brother. Seven.
She went as far as to say that she believes that his cut-throat gameplay means he’s the most deserving housemate to win Big Brother 2023.
“He has definitely been the most strategic,” she said. “He was so strategic and so good at it, he should almost win based on that alone. He’s the one that has a game more than anyone has. Besides morals and everything, he’s the best.”
Taylah had no idea she was a fan favourite
Taylah’s down-to-earth personality and relatable sense of humour earned her a legion of fans on Big Brother 2023.
However, the 27-year-old said she was shocked when Loui told her that he believed she’d have a strong chance at winning the show when it came down to the public vote.
“That was the smartest decision that he could have made in the game,” she said. “I give him credit for that, he’s a strategic player and he followed that through to the end. Never once did I think that Australia would have voted for me to win. I didn’t think that I was a favourite or anything like that.”
Big Brother. Seven.
Taylah believes that all the finalists deserved to win in their own right, and said that just because she’s a single mum it doesn’t make her more worthy than the other housemates.
“All of them [deserve to win] in their own way. It’s hard reading the comments on Facebook, saying Taylor was the only one that deserved to win. I had two minutes of unprotected sex and all of a sudden I deserve to win the most?” She laughed.
The Big Brother Australia Grand Final airs Wednesday December 6th at 7:30 pm on 7 and 7Plus.
Love Island Australia 2023 has delivered possibly the most chaotic (and toxic) bromance of the century between ZacNunns a.k.a “Zacky Boy” and BFF TrentWoolman a.k.a “T-Dawg”.
During the December 5 episode, Trent was voted out by his fellow Islanders due to his inability to find a romantic connection while Zac sobbed uncontrollably in a corner over his best mate’s exit.
Speaking to Chattr before his elimination, Trent assured us that all is well between the pair, admitting that they now live together in Melbourne.
“It’s f–king amazing,” he said. “It’s so much fun!”
Trent and Zac, Love Island Australia 2023. Nine
While it sounds like absolute debauchery, Trent also shared a funny anecdote about how his dad had asked him if he had found love in the Love Island Australia villa.
“I said, ‘Nah, I kind of did and I kind of didn’t’,” he joked. “And it’s with a boy if you don’t mind.”
The pair’s friendship has also not been lost on fans by way of comments on social media (that the boys read together in matching Bintang singlets no doubt) with Trent laughing about their ‘ship.
“Everyone wanted us to couple up and leave the villa,” he said, before revealing he was still single and that Zac was the “perfect wingman”.
“I’m not rushing into anything,” he said. “I’m having a hot boy’s summer, so I’m enjoying that and maybe I’ll settle down after that.”
Trent, Love Island Australia 2023. Nine
Trent’s shocking response to being called “toxic”
While their bromance has potentially been the most solid relo to come out of the villa, the fact that they were branded “toxic” by ChloeJackson was a fair assessment, according to Trent.
“I feel like you’ve just got to own it,” he said. “We know watching it back — we’re literally watching it together each night — looking back, you just kind of have to nod your head and own it. I guess there’s no way of getting around it because it’s pretty plain and simple when you watch it.”
While this shocking admission is actually very mature for two guys who shower naked with their fellow male islanders as a way of bonding, Trent added: “I feel like we were being ourselves and not everyone’s going to like that.”
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“There are probably some things I do regret,” he added. “Like, obviously, the way we approached Abby [Miller] is one of them, but I can’t say that I got a bad edit. I don’t think that Zac and I got a bad edit at all. It’s plain and simple. We did those things that we did.”
Speaking of Abby (whom Zac and Trent confronted accusing her of causing drama), Trent said that they had immediate remorse as soon as the events played out.
“As soon as Abby walked off crying, we thought, ‘Yeh, we’re f–king idiots and that was definitely not the right thing to do. When you think about it, you’ve got two guys approaching one girl and the way that we did approach her is not okay.”
Trent, Zac and Abby, Love Island Australia 2023. Nine
Love Island’s Trent on his relo with Savannah
As for his s–ty behaviour towards SavannahBadger throughout his tenure, Trent said he didn’t think he was “doing the wrong thing”.
“After watching it back each night it’s like, ‘Well I really did look like a bit of a f–king idiot’,” he said. “But I don’t regret any of it because I knew at the time that Sav and I would be best friends on the outside.
“Everyone wants a best friend like Sav. She’s hilarious and so much fun.”
Trent and Savannah, Love Island Australia 2023. Nine
Admitting he knew there wasn’t a romantic connection, he also said: “I guess you could say I did lead her on.” Well, no s–t.
“I was telling Sav to go for new bombs and that we’re not going to force this. If it happens, it happens. You don’t really see all the conversations we had in the villa but what was shown, made me look like a bit of a d–khead.”
Seasoned Love Island fans know just how much drama Casa Amor can bring to the villa, however, some years the producers opt to give it a miss.
For the uninitiated, Casa Amor is an extra villa located by the main one, and either the group of boys or girls are snuck out into it to meet a bunch of new suitors. Meanwhile, the other OG group is left at their usual digs, and a group of tempters from the opposite sex is bought in.
It usually results in break up, cheating and absolute chaos.
While the concept is really common in the UK and US iterations of the show, Love Island Australia hasn’t had Casa Amor since 2021.
During an interview with Chattr, the show’s host Sophie Monk answered whether we can expect the twist on this season, and the answer is grim for Casa Amor lovers.
She confirmed Love Island 2023 won’t be having it but said this season “doesn’t need it”.
“You don’t miss it. I promise. There’s so much bloody drama, if you did that that’s almost mean. It’s just crazy,” she said.
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How this season is different from previous seasons
Sophie Monk explained that Love Island Australia has changed since its inception in 2018.
“I think it’s grown a lot and I think the edit is a lot more honest. Not that it wasn’t honest before, but it was very clean and everyone came out looking amazing.
“I think it’s really important to put some of the [bad] bits in, because that’s what happens in real life. I also think it’s found its feet – season five is gonna kill it.
Listen to the full interview with Sophie Monk:
Love Island Australia Season 5 episodes drop daily from Monday to Thursday at 6pm AEDT, exclusively on 9Now and airs at 8.30 pm on Nine.
Once upon a time, Danny Wallis was The Block’s golden boy; after former contestants finished renovating their house, he’d often swoop in and buy an assortment of them for a cool few million dollars.
However, it appears that his days of buying The Block houses are over, largely thanks to a certain Victorian man.
While many may assume that man is Adrian Portelli – the billionaire who bought three of the four houses on auction this year – it’s actually Dan Andrews. Yep, the much-talked-about former Victorian premier.
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When Andrews was in office, he brought in a property tax which stipulates that Victorian homeowners must pay land tax on secondary properties valued at $50,000 and over. The current threshold is $300,000.
Wallis, being a serious property buyer, was unsurprisingly pissed about the new law.
“I’m saving on Daniel Andrew’s land tax, I’m going to sell because I’m sick of the land tax going up and up and up,” Wallis told Herald Sun. “I’m going to move all my investments out of Victoria.”
“It’s dumb there’s a rental crisis and I’ve got to sell when so many people are looking for homes,” he added.
“I know so many landlords who are selling because of the land tax.”
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How many houses does Danny Wallis own?
It’s unclear exactly how many houses Wallis owns, and what their value is. However, he has bought 11 individual Block properties, totalling more than $30 million dollars.
In 2022 he bought Omar and Oz’s winning property for a whopping $5.586 million as well as Tom and Sarah-Jane’s home, and Rachel and Ryan’s.
In 2021 he had another triple buy, purchasing Mitch and Mark,Tanya and Vito and Kirsty Lee and Jesse’s.
While Danny attended the 2023 auction, he didn’t purchase a single house. Instead, Steph and Gian, Eliza and Liberty and Lesley and Kyle’s house were snapped up by the relatively new The Block buyer Adrian Portelli.
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Brett and Kristy’s house was sold to a Brighton couple who were represented by Judge Marty Fox’s uncle. Leah and Ash’s house was passed over at auction and is yet to sell.
Below Deck Mediterranean chief stew Tumi Mhlongo has some strong opinions about her cast-mates, and not all of them are favourable.
Previews suggest that Tumi and her stews, Kyle Viljoen and Natalya Scudder, will all come to blows this season. But, despite their heated arguments, Tumi believes that the two Below Deck Med alum are very similar.
“I just think it was just way too many big personalities on one boat. There’s no way we could do that in real life, we probably wouldn’t come out alive, to be honest,” she said during an interview on Mediaweek and Chattr’sThe Entertainment Hotline Podcast.
“I think Natalia and Kyle are the same people truly in terms of big personalities and that’s why they fight the way that they do. Maybe their approach is different but they’re the same, in my opinion,” she added.
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Would Tumi rather work with Kyle or Natalya?
Natalya started off the season as a temporary chief stew because Kyle and Tumi were stuck in immigration.
While it’s been established that Tumi will be chief when she arrives, Kyle and Natayla’s rank is TBD – which is especially interesting considering they were both joint stews in Below Deck Mediterranean season seven.
But, who would Tumi rather have as her 2IC?
“I’d have Kyle as second because he’s not passive-aggressive in the way that he communicates,” Tumi said.
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“Natalya I would love to have a second if we could communicate effectively because I think that we would be great in terms of table decor, her passion and her work ethic. But, I felt like Kyle is just easier to manage. Even though he’s hyper-emotional, he’s much easier to manage [than Natalya].”
Stream Below Deck Meditteranean season 8 on Hayu. New episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays.
Josh Everett and Tay Wilcoxson were undoubtedly the strongest couple on the newly reimagined Big Brother: House of Love Australia, but did their romance translate to the outside world?
In a post-elimination interview with Chattr, Josh revealed that while he and Tay tried to keep their romance alive outside the BB house, it didn’t last and they’re no longer together.
“We never made it official [in the house],” he explained. “We saw each other for four months after the house.”
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The model explained that prior to the show he’d recently moved from Perth to Sydney. He said that the change of pace paired with a reality TV stint and a budding new relationship was a lot to take on, and it eventually led to the breakdown of him and Tay.
“She lives in the Gold Coast and I live in Sydney. I was in Sydney for about a month before I went in the house. When we were seeing each other after the house, it was like this country boy moving into a hectic city. There was just so much to take on. I just needed to settle in.
“I travel all the time for work, we just never got the chance to see each other.”
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Josh and Tay are still on good terms
Despite no longer being together, Josh said that he and Tay don’t have any bad blood.
“We still get along like two peas in a pod,” he said.
The 28-year-old said that he’s flying to Queensland and has plans to catch up with sites Tay and Ari while he’s there.
“I’m actually flying to Gold Coast this weekend to catch up with TJ, and I’m catching up with the girls as well. We’re just going to go and have dinner and I’ll see how they are. I still love both the sisters.”
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Does Josh want Tay and Ari to win Big Brother?
Sisters Tay and Ari played the game as a team and the girls were one of Josh’s strongest alliances throughout the season.
Big Brother 2023 was filmed a year ago,s o Josh and Tay have been broken up for about eight months, however, they’re still in Josh’s top two picks to win the show.
“I’d want I want Loui or the sisters to win,” he said.
“Loui is one of my best friends now and I’m not seeing Tay anymore. So, I’ll go Loui first and then Ari and Tay in a straightaway second.”
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Big Brother Australia airs Monday to Thursday at 8:30 pm on 7 and 7Plus.
