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Chris and Eli recap the branding challenge with Rhys Nicholson, the self proclaimed “Santino of Down Under”. Rhys reveals all the behind the scenes goss about filming in a fridge while the trio honour the true queen of NZ: Suzanne Paul. Rounding up this truly revealing episode is a gorgeous and insightful chat with the eliminated queen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Hashtag Team Real Pod recap another brilliantly bonkers episode of The Apprentice Aotearoa in which Hamilton gets a cinematic rebrand and Mally the Mallard gets the stink eye from the mayor. Meanwhile, on The Masked Singer NZ, Orange Roughy and Possum lose their heads to reveal a news-breaking superstar and a Shortland Street sensation. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of...

Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are backing up from a big closing night at the Comedy Festival (where Eli won the Fred award!) to recap this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. There’s a construction challenge to critique, the return of a fan favourite to discuss and very special guest Anita Wigl'it to welcome to the studio! Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of...

Jane, Alex and Duncan are left with more questions than answers from this week's The Apprentice Aotearoa and The Masked Singer NZ episodes. How short is too short when it comes to luxury robes, for example, and could it be Mike McRoberts underneath the (orange roughy) mask? The confusion continues as they speculate on what’s really going on between Lexie and Jack, while a reported sighting of Max...

Get ready to have your mouth scalded because this week's guest is serving her tea piping hot. Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are joined by House of Drag star (for four episodes) Medulla Oblongata to decide once and for all if the original music created on Drag Race is actually any good? Plus, the pair catch up with the eliminated queen and deliver some hot off the presses breaking news! Join Rec...

Both The Masked Singer and The Apprentice Aotearoa landed this week and team Real Pod couldn’t possibly be more excited. Join Alex, Duncan and Jane in the boardroom as they discuss the very serious business of mostly moot points, then join them onstage as they throw around wild guesses as to who might be behind the masks on our latest reality singing competition. Join Rec Room – a weekly newslette...

Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are joined by the ICONIC Lady Trenyce this week to get stuck into the Drag Race Down Under Snatch Game, where truly only one queen did well. Lady Trenyce has some actual behind the scenes goss to share (spoiler alert: it’s about Murder She Wrote), and we hear from the eliminated queen, who got in full, fabulous drag just for the pod. Join Rec Room – a weekly newslet...

Jane, Alex and Duncan polish off the flog-heavy final reunion episodes of Married at First Sight Australia before picking over the rest of the reality buffet. Popstars, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, The Masked Singer NZ, The Apprentice Aotearoa… what will we gorge ourselves on next? Speaking of, Alex also reports back after living out her Pods-as-cereal fantasy. ––––– https://givealittle.co.nz/ca...

Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are here to recap the first episode of Drag Race Down Under with a very special guest: local legend and star of House of Drag Miss Geena. There's superhero shenanigans, nude illusions and the first drag queen All Black to talk about – plus we get the tea on the behind-the-scenes Caluzzi drama and have an exclusive chat with the eliminated queen! Get under the covers...

This week, Alex and Jane mourn the death of an unappreciated snack, speculate on Moses Mackay’s brunch date, unmask the guessing panel for The Masked Singer NZ and decide if they’re ready to step into statement Crocs. Plus final vows on Married at First Sight Australia send our hosts into a spin and a surprise visit to Colin’s Cranny asks some serious questions of the funeral industry. Sign up to...

Exciting news: The Real Pod is hosting a new pop-up podcast for the upcoming season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under! It’s called Drag Race Down Under the Covers and it's hosted by our good friends Chris Parker and Eli Mathewson, who'll be joined by an extra special guest from the local drag scene each week to recap the latest episode. In this preview episode, Chris and Eli look at what we can exp...

Join Shirley Casey and Shirley Yee as they plot to infiltrate the Christchurch Shirley Club, before recapping a week of girls on the outside, girls with glam sides and girls with kaleidoscope eyes on Married at First Sight Australia. The Spinoff's TV editor Sam Brooks also drops in to let us know if we've missed anything good on Popstars. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff...

Novelty coffins, a singing tuatara and a Facebook page dedicated to dog poo crimes – it’s a humdinger of a Real Pod this week. All hell breaks loose as Alex, Duncan and Jane struggle to find the words to describe the reboot of Popstars, and they’re left reeling after a week of truly revealing final dates on Married at First Sight. Make sure you subscribe to get new episodes hot out of The Real Pod...

Join Jane and Alex as they discuss the post-final rose (but pre-afterparty) Bachelor(ette) NZ gossip, then get stuck into a simply outstanding week of Married at First Sight Australia as the couples head off on a deeply hectic retreat. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.sub...

Join Jane and Alex as they receive a sex arse shipping update in Real News, and recap the bleakness of feedback week on Married at First Sight Australia. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more...

Join Jane and Duncan as they sit with their emotions after watching Moses decide between Shenae, Annie and hot favourite 'no one' in the finale of a whirlwind season of The Bachelor NZ. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now: thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

The whole gang's back together again as Duncan joins Alex and Jane in the studio for this week's Married at First Sight Australia recap. Together the trio welcome three new couples to the experiment, find out how to avoid being a dirty grot (use soap) and workshop a new hit single ‘Girlfriend on the Outside’. Pour yourself a quarter-strength cappuccino and settle in. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly...

Join Jane, Duncan and special guest Stewart Sowman-Lund as they relive the past week on The Bachelor NZ, including even more water-based dates, tragic back-stories, self-eliminations, a nightmare-inducing talent show, pottery, pole dancing… and at long last, the season’s first pash. There’s also some Real News courtesy of bachelorette Sam, two separate mentions of the Champagne Lady and a Communit...

Join Alex Casey and Jane Yee as they gaze into the eyeballs of Married at First Sight Australia for intimacy week. It’s all limbs akimbo and cupping of unmentionables as some couples draw closer and others fall apart ahead of a truly dramatic dinner party. Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Subscribe now:...

Jane and Duncan are joined by Gone By Lunchtime’s Ben Thomas to recap another week of what might be the least horny season of The Bachelor ever made. In this episode: Real News reports on a mass Bachelorette sighting in New Plymouth at the weekend, Colin Mathura-Jeffree recounts a hair-raising encounter in Colin’s Cranny and Reality Check relives all the big moments from The Bachelor NZ this week...

Join Jane and Alex as they try to decide if the final two couples on Married at First Sight Australia are Hot or Not Hot. In this episode we discover the results of Alex’s C19 test (2:18) before moving into the marital apartments with Belinda and Patrick (3:55), Rusty and Beth (19:54), Jason and Alana (30:14), Melissa and Bryce (32:38), Booka and Brett (42:47), Jake and Bec (43:07), James and Jo (...

Join Jane and Duncan as they form a cacao circle and say everything they’re grateful for in week two of The Bachelor NZ. In this episode we learn what Patrick (aka Hamish) and Lexie got up to during their secret double life summer in Real News (2:12), recap all the shots that have been shot and not shot at The Bachelor NZ mansion in Reality Check (7:00), then check in on patron saint of The Real P...

Married At First Sight Australia has hurtled back onto our screens like a glass of wine at a dinner party, and The Real Pod's MAFS-perts Alex Casey and Jane Yee have committed to watching every ep. Crack open your honesty box, settle in with a salad box and join two very excited women in the commentary box for week one, where much like Sam's ankles, the cracks are already beginning to show. Sign u...

After a decades-long four-year hiatus, The Bachelor NZ is back! Jane and Duncan discuss their first impressions of new Bachelor Moses Mackay (6:30), meet the ladies who’ll be competing for his heart as they arrive on the red carpet (12:10) then analyse the first set of dates from Tuesday night’s episode (30:45). Sign up to Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of...

Whaaat just happened? Join Duncan and Jane as they try to make sense of life, the universe and the Donkey Bay Inn after watching Lexie give out her final rose. Sign up to The Spinoff Rec Room – a weekly newsletter with staff recommendations of what to watch, read, eat and listen to. Subscribe now: https://thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. L...