Joining Alcott is mate and MasterChef judge Andy Allen, while Anthony Callea and his husband Tim Campbell round out the full list of names.
Foxtel today announced the final two households to feature on Celebrity Gogglebox Australia will be Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott AO and mate Andy Allen, MasterChef Australia judge.
Also on the list are Anthony Callea and his husband Tim Campbell.
They will join the stellar line up of celebrities for the highly anticipated premiere special episode of Celebrity Gogglebox Australia on FOXTEL, Wednesday March 2 at 7.30pm- Watch on LifeStyle or On Demand.
2022 Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott AO joins his friend Andy Allen who he met when Andy moved to Melbourne to take up his role as judge on MasterChef Australia. Andy and Dylan are sports nuts who spend a lot of time watching and talking about sport, and now they’ll be on Dylan’s couch talking television.
Dylan, an accomplished athlete, speaker, and media commentator has won 23 Grand Slam tennis titles and Paralympic gold and silver medals in tennis and basketball. A passionate advocate for people living with a disability, Dylan founded the Dylan Alcott Foundation to provide scholarships and grant funding to marginalised Australians with a disability and co-founded Get Skilled Access.
Celebrity Chef Andy Allen is best known for winning MasterChef Australia in 2012 and coming full circle to become judge of the much-loved cooking competition MasterChef Australia and Junior MasterChef Australia. Andy also co-hosted Farm to Fork and appeared on Three Blue Ducks and Eat Australia. Andy is the co-owner of the restaurant group Three Blue Ducks, with restaurants operating in major cities around Australia.
ARIA Award winner Anthony Callea joins husband and actor Tim Campbell on the couch, a familiar spot for these two.
As one of the country’s finest and most recognised singers, Anthony still holds the title of the fastest selling song in Australian history for The Prayer and has accumulated a string of multi-platinum and gold albums and singles. Anthony also joins the elite ranks of artists who have had three or more albums debut at #1 in ARIA chart history.
Married to Anthony since 2014, Tim Campbell is one of Australia’s most versatile entertainers, known for his roles on stage and screen including Home and Away and House Husbands. Tim hosted national prime time shows Celebrity Singing Bee and National Bingo Night and appears on travel show Postcards. On stage Tim has had leading roles in Wicked, Rent, Hairspray and Shout! and loves performing at Carols By Candlelight.
Anthony and Tim said:
“You would think after more than two years sitting on the lounge together watching copious amounts of TV and keeping Dan Murphy’s in business, we would not want to be around each other anytime soon? But here we are, back on the lounge together, martini in hand and ready to kill each other, well we mean, we look forward to waxing lyrical about everything on TV, again! Let’s just hope we don’t end up in divorce on national TV.”
Dylan, Andy, Anthony and Tim join an all-star line-up including:
The Irwin Family – Bindi, Terri and Robert
Hamish Blake & Zoë Foster Blake
Dave Hughes & wife Holly Ife
Julia Morris & Nazeem Hussain
Celia Pacquola & Luke McGregor
Matt Preston & Lachy Hulme
Alex Perry, Joh Bailey & Cheyenne Tozzi.
It is an exciting list of famous faces ready to take to their couches for the first ever episode of Celebrity Gogglebox Australia.
Celebrity Gogglebox Australia premieres on FOXTEL’s Lifestyle Channel Wednesday March 2 at 7.30pm followed by Network 10 Thursday March 3 at 8.30pm.
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