Television: Counting Down the 50 Best New Zealand TV Moments of the Year (#20-11)

The fourth in our week-long series, counting down the greatest New Zealand television moments of the year. Click here to catch up on the first, second and third instalments. Contributions by Alex Casey, Calum Henderson and Duncan Greive. 20) Dadbod wins DWTS When he first strode out sheepishly onto the Dancing With the Stars dance floor Simon … Read more

The Spinoff’s TV Week: Waxed Chests, Hash Brownies and Reality Rednecks

Alex Casey and Duncan Greive look back across the week in television and pick their favourite moments. 1. Come Dine With Me NZ is Perfect Right Out of The Oven There is no better illustration of MediaWorks’ maniacal new direction than its absent-mindedly plopping Come Dine With Me in the slot formerly reserved for Campbell … Read more

Dancing With the Stars: A Spinoff Investigation – Who Counts the Votes When the Votes Don’t Count?

This afternoon, whilst catching up on last night’s Dancing With the Stars episode, I realised that I hadn’t yet voted for my favourite dancer and all-time person Pam Corkery. I still haven’t got my head around the logistics of the voting system, but I was embodied with nothing more than a pure desire to keep her … Read more

Dancing With the Stars: Power Rankings, Week Two – Swears, Tears and Strangulation Fears

Alex Casey’s second power rankings for Dancing With the Stars NZ, including Maz Quinn’s elimination, Siobhan Marshall’s dog and Shane Cameron’s microwave technique.  If there has ever been anything to convince me of the validity of Mercury Retrograde, it’s Dancing With the Stars NZ. Basically, Mercury is seemingly zooming backwards through the zodiac for a few weeks, and … Read more

Dancing with the Stars: Power Rankings, Week One – Gang Signs, Butt Flashes and Mad Maz

Alex Casey delivers her first power rankings for Dancing With the Stars NZ, including Pam Corkery’s boob jiggling, Simon Barnett’s spray tan and Shane Cameron’s meat hands. Dancing With the Stars came samba-ing (and Simba-ing, weirdly) back onto our screens this week after a six year hiatus that approximately nobody had noticed. Ten celebrities. Ten … Read more

Podcast: Dancing With the Stars, Episode One – Pod Like There’s Nobody Listening

Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and Alex Casey foxtrot reluctantly back into the podcasting arena with their recap of the first week of Dancing With the Stars NZ 2015. We walked into this with clear eyes and full hearts, knowing it was a terrible idea. But if it was bad enough for MediaWorks, then it was bad enough for … Read more