''Filthy Rich and Homeless'' is a
Logie Award
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine '' TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as th ...
-winning Australian TV documentary series produced by Blackfella Films and broadcast in 2017 (Season 1) and 2018 (Season 2) on
SBS.
The series follows five wealthy Australians who swap their life of privilege for homelessness.
Series overview
Season 1
The five participants were self-made millionaire Tim Guest; Kayla Fenech, daughter of boxing champion
Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC super-bantamweight t ...
; rags to riches beauty entrepreneur Jellaine Dee; third generation pub baron Stu Laundy; and model and Sydney socialite Christian Wilkins, son of television presenter
Richard Wilkins.
Season 2
The five participants were socialite Skye Leckie, wife of media company executive director
David Leckie
David John Leckie (4 May 195120 July 2021) was an Australian media manager, best known as a network television executive. Leckie was he the chief executive officer of the Network Nine between 1990 and 2001 and Seven West Media from 2003 to 201 ...
; actor-broadcaster
Cameron Daddo
Cameron Peter Daddo (born 7 March 1965) is an Australian actor, musician and presenter. From 1987 to 1988, he hosted dating game show '' Perfect Match Australia''. He won two Logie Awards for his performances in '' Golden Fiddles'' and '' Trac ...
; author
Benjamin Law; politician and activist
Alex Greenwich
Alexander Hart Greenwich (born 28 November 1980) is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Sydney since the 2012 Sydney by-election. He ran as an independent and was backed by his predecessor, indepen ...
; and Instagram star
Alli Simpson
Alli Simpson is an Australian singer, actress, radio host, television personality and author. Simpson has 1.2 million followers on Instagram and half a million subscribers on YouTube. She is the younger sister of Australian singer and swimmer C ...
.
Season 3
The five participants were
Dr. Andrew Rochford, Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Arron Wood
Arron Wood, is an Australian environmentalist, consultant and previously Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. Wood, a graduate of the University of Melbourne with a degree in Forest Science, was the youngest appointed Governor of Universit ...
, Restaurateur Pauline Nguyen, Comedian
Ciaran Lyons
Ciaran Lyons (born 13 December 1996) is an Australian stand up comedian, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his work as a presenter on national radio network triple j as well as his television appearances on '' The Project'', ...
, and Model Ellie Gonsalves.
See also
* ''
Go Back to Where You Came From
''Go Back to Where You Came From'' is a Logie Award-winning Australian TV documentary series, produced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions and broadcast in 2011 (Season 1), 2012 (Season 2), 2015 (Season 3) and 2018 (Season 4) on SBS.
The series fo ...
''
* ''
First Contact''
References
External links
''Filthy Rich and Homeless''– SBS site
Blackfella Films
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Special Broadcasting Service original programming
2010s Australian documentary television series
2017 Australian television series debuts
2018 Australian television series endings
Homelessness