She may have left the jungle behind, but Chrissie isn’t leaving our TV screens any time soon.
Network Ten has announced that Chrissie Swan and Grant Denyer will be the host of new entertainment series, The Great Australian Spelling Bee.
Both parents themselves, the pair admit they’re excited to see how the competition fares.
“Only my closest friends know that I have always been crazy for spelling, and I was a spelling bee champion myself in primary school.
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“This show is heaven for me. I’ll be there all the way, supporting the clever kids and their parents and gently reminding them that it’s ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. It is also, of course, a great thrill to work with Grant Denyer who I’ve been liaising with recently. Please note the second and often forgotten ‘i’ is included there in liaising…am I onto the next round?” said Chrissie.
And there may be some competition between the hosts themselves. Grant admits he is a hopeless speller – but that’s what you’d do to try and psyche out your competition, right?
“You won’t believe what our wonderful young kids are capable of when given the chance to shine in a special opportunity like this. Taking the classic kids’ spelling bee to an all-time stunning new level will be a thrilling celebration of how bright, fun and inspiring our young Aussies are.
“As someone who can’t spell to save himself, I think I’m in for a brutal lesson of why I should have talked less and listened more in school,” he said.
The show will launch on Ten later this year. Can you spell E-X-C-I-T-I-N-G?
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To be honest, I lost respect for Chrissy when she was talking to another host of the 3pm Pickup radio show just after she returned from Africa. Why? There was talk of "you just want to grab my boobs" between these two women. I'm no prude, but for goodness' sake, at the time that the show airs, there are kids in cars on the way home. I had to deal with my 7 year old son questioning why they were talking about that subject and how he felt it was rude. C'mon ladies, show some class.