Changing Rooms (Australian TV series)

Changing Rooms is an Australian lifestyle/home renovating television series which is based on the British series of the same name aired on the BBC. It was originally one of many home improvement and lifestyle shows popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s and aired on Nine Network.

Changing Rooms
Logo, from the 2019 revival of the show's title card.
Genre	Lifestyle Home Renovation
Based on	Changing Rooms (UK)
Presented by	Suzie Wilks (1998–2005) Natalie Bassingthwaighte (2019)
Starring	Natalie Bassingthwaighte Chris Carroll Jane Thomson Naomi Findlay Tim Leveson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Eric Dwyer David Barbour Julian Cress Sarah Thornton
Production location(s)	Sydney
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	30 minutes (1998–2005) 90 minutes (2019)
Production company(s)	Endemol Shine Australia (2019)
Release
Original network	Nine Network (1998–2005) Network Ten (2019)
Picture format	4.3 PAL (1998–2000) 16.9 PAL (2001–2005, 2019) 576i (SDTV, 10 and WIN, 2019) 1080i (HDTV, 10 HD, 2019)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1998 – 2005 13 February (2019-02-13) – 22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
External links
Changing Rooms Website
Endemol Shine - Changing Rooms

The show's revival premiered on 13 February 2019 on Channel 10 and WIN, hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte.[1][2] On 31 January 2019, the show's designers were announced, being interior designers and stylists Chris Carroll and Jane Thomson, interior designer Tim Leveson and design & renovation expert Naomi Findlay.[2]

Early series

Suzie Wilks and James Lunday

The series first aired on the Nine Network in 1998 until 2005, hosted by Suzie Wilks, who was assisted by handyman James Lunday and designers Peter Everett, Deborah De Jong, Glenn T and Tim Janenko-Panaeff. Executive producers were Eric Dwyer, David Barbour and Julian Cress.

Each week, two couples would swap houses and with a tight budget of $AU1,500 and just two days, would renovate one room in each other's house with the aid of a carpenter and professional designer.

The series was axed when host Suzie Wilks quit in 2005.[3]

Revival

The series was revived by Network Ten and premiered on Wednesday, 13 February 2019.[2][4][5] It is hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with contestants guided by interior designers Chris Carroll, Jane Thompson, Naomi Findlay and Tim Leveson.[2][1]

The show had the same structure as the early series but each couple would be matched to an interior designer who would help them renovate rooms in each others houses over a period of a week. The budget for the renovation of each house was $AU20,000 and couples chose which rooms in their houses they wanted to be renovated.

The show, due to a 'disappointing' reception and negative reviews, was cancelled four episodes into the season.[6][7] It is still unknown if Network Ten will air the remaining episodes in the series.[7]

See also

• Changing Rooms (UK)
• Trading Spaces (U.S.)

References

1. "Nat Bass To Host Changing Rooms In 2019". tendaily.com.au. 10 Daily. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
2. "Meet Changing Rooms' Designers". 10 Play. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
3. "Suzie Wilks reveals what really on behind the scenes of Changing Rooms". Retrieved 5 November 2018.
4. "TEN announces Changing Rooms for 2019". 10 September 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
5. "Now we know who will host the Changing Rooms reboot". Retrieved 5 November 2018.
6. Knox, David (15 February 2019). "Bumped: Changing Rooms". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
7. Knox, David (26 February 2019). "Gone: Changing Rooms". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

External links

• Changing Rooms on IMDb