Top Gear Australian Auditions - Take Two
7 Mar, 2008
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The best gig on Australian television is still yet to be filled with SBS still struggling to find a worthy trio to take on the world in the Australian edition of Top Gear.
We’ve already shown you some of the less promising auditions, these are slightly better - just.
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March 8th, 2008 at 12:05 am
That last guy in the MkI Cortina is almost a celebrity, but I think he’s ok (ESPECIALLY WHAT HE SAID ABOUT GLEN RIDGE) And he’s a Ford bloke, so Top Gear wont be a biased show.
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March 8th, 2008 at 1:40 am
Sorry mate but No.1 too brash but possibly OK, No2 - Wants to be a female James May - nothing wrong in that. Duo No3 -nope sorry lads, stick to you daytime jobs. No.3 yes Ok.
Its gonna be a really difficult job for whoever to match up to the UK TG. Don’t copy it verbatim, it’ll flop else. Leave TG on the schedule and come up with something new.
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March 8th, 2008 at 1:58 am
“The best gig on Australian television is still yet to be filled with SBS still struggling to find a worthy trio to take on the world in the Australian edition of Top Gear.”
Doesn’t this tell you anything?
Leave the show be. Go make another show about Police or the country and outback or a suburb thats “realistically” inhabited by anglo saxons.
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March 8th, 2008 at 2:34 am
If SBS would take people who have had belmishes on their licences I would have tried out…
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March 8th, 2008 at 6:03 am
There is one Top Gear - and its made in the UK!
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March 8th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Here Here Anthony
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March 8th, 2008 at 7:18 am
That’s right.. I mean they tried to make an american version of Ricky Gervais’ hit show “The Office” and it SUCKED
No matter how hard you try you will never be held in the same regard as the original…. so give up Now
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March 8th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
No.1- Wasnt bad!
No.2- Chatted alot about a type of car and didnt show them! Though she should have said Megan Gale V Jennifer Hawkins…….. there’d be alot of bitching between the two! And HOLDEN V FORD monster trucks aint a bad idea!
No.3-The bloke in the Mazda RX8 was a fool! “Mazda has taken a Mazda drivetrain and put it into a Mazda, mazda have put a mazda engine and put it into a mazda body”!
No.4-Agreed Grant Denyer is to short for the job! Shame he was a ford bloke but if he respects other companies such as holden and etc, id respect him to! But overall his probaly the best.
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March 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I agree Duck, these are better than the last bunch. I had to agree with the last guy about what he said about Glen Ridge!!
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March 8th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
DENYER FTMFW!!!
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March 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
i think the last one was pretty damn good to be honest. ford man, lives in SA…what more do you want
second and third ones were pretty lame, the use of fast-forward motion in the scenes was overdone and makes the film look dated.
first one was pretty damn good but i want to see the rest of their show before making any conclusions
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March 8th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Don’t forget Clarkson’s a MASSIVE Ford man, owns a Y Reg Focus himself, owned an Escort Cosworth and a Ford GT. I think Denyer’s a great one for the job and the Hammond equivalent.
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March 9th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Denyer! DENYER!
NO NO NO!
if they put him on there i will refuse to watch it, cant stand the little prick.
anyway, he’s on 10,000 other aussie shows, do we really need him on this?
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March 9th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I liked the last one ONLY… he has the experience, can work with the camera and he was more down to earth. The others were over the top, like a helicoper ffs, its about the personality not what geeky special effects etc they can do, that wont be their job if they are hired.
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March 9th, 2008 at 10:10 am
The last guy was the best out of the lot, but I have to agree with other replies. It will not replace the original Top Gear.
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March 9th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Why is the first guy saying “horsepower” and “saloon”. Geeze he’s trying out for Top Gear AUSTRALIA, he should be saying Kilo Watts and Sedan.
Wanker.
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March 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Denyer is on a pretty tastey channel 7 contract so there is no chance at all he would find his way onto an SBS show, however i personally think he wouldn’t be that bad.. He atleast has some credibility in the sense that he races cars, no he doesn’t win a terrific amount of races but he DOES atleast have some amount of talent and can talk on tv which isn’t as easy as alot of people think!
But out of those 4, first guy was ok, but not really good enough i don’t think, the second chicky didn’t seem to know what she was talking about.. the merceedes was a 5 door sedan was it? and the leather was so good it was actually vynel? wtf? nah she clearly is an idiot. The duo in the third movie where painful to watch, couldn’t get past the first couple of minutes. The 4th dude… yeah hes alright! Put it this way if i didn’t watch top gear australia it wouldnt be his fault cos he was pretty good and has some experience in motorsport which is good. Obviously he would have to put his ford bias to one side but i guess there are two other presenters there which can do the holden v ford comparisons if necessary so thats not really a problem.
Of the lot, only that jason guy in the last video is remotely worthy
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March 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Agree with ya 110% Wheelnut about the crap American version of “The Office”. Just give up SBS, give up… please!
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March 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Surely someone has mentioned Ian Luff. They have been airing a program on Pay TV which he co-hosts with another bloke, I think it’s Scott McGregor.
In any case if you want someone who will call a spade a spade and have some fun, he’d be the best choice.
I think they should try and pull someone from the motoring fraternity and not necessarily one who look pretty on TV. What needs to be important is their respective driving skills.
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March 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Punko i agree that they probably need to snatch an existing and respected australian motoring journilist to head up the show, and personally i think david morley who currently writes for motor amongst other things would be an ideal choice
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March 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I heard little John Howard, Alexander Downer and Peter Costello have teamed up for the threesome. Their demo CD will be out once Alexander’s Mum unlocks the cupboard and lets him go over to Johnnies house. Script goes:
JH: Errrr ahhhhh ahhhh they ahhhh say this ahhhh ahhh automobile goes errrr really fast…
AD: Yes Johnnie, weally weally fast.. it’s wery scary…
PC: Well viewers, aren’t they a pair of dickheads…
or something like that.
Anyway, I liked the last guy.
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March 10th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Eric Bana - Swoit
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March 10th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Harry….Yeah ok.
Yep, the last guy is the best there.
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March 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I made video #1, and I can tell you that it was more for a laugh than anything. I had absolutely no expectations of being a host, but if someone wants to lend you their toys, it would be rude to say no. As for the horsepower and saloon references, I’ve just come back from 7 years in the UK - old habits die hard.
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