The Australian Made in Chelsea spin-off is glossy and beautiful – and so very boring
ustralia’s newest reality show, Made in Bondi, follows the lives and loves of Sydney’s so-called “social elite” in one of the city’s most coveted suburbs. There are a lot of shirtless men reclining on a boat, young women sipping from Stanley cups, the promise of a love triangle and plenty of the indeterminate international accents of wealth. It is bright, glossy and beautiful.
Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morningnationally despite airing right after the hit program The Voice – which had 901,000 viewers, to give you a sense of the drop-off. It also lost in its time slot to the ABC, which can’t be a good sign., it will be a blow for Seven. Made in Bondi was set up for success, as a spin-off of Made in Chelsea, the British staple that has managed to sustain 26 seasons and counting.
Made in Bondi, on the other hand, tried to sell a false and flat ideal of Australia; not unlike Netflix’s Byron Baes, which gave the glittering but ultimately dull Instagram influencers of that beachside enclave the reality treatment, then flopped and never returned. If the sort of reality shows that have – and haven’t – succeeded abroad can teach us anything, it’s that maybe the most interesting Australia isn’t beautiful people strutting along the shores of Bondi-slash-Brighton-Le-Sands, but someone cleaning poo off the toilet bowl using their TV wife’s toothbrush , or lines such as “I’m no gynaecologist but I know a cunt when I see one” . That’s a lesson I pray our TV execs learn soon.
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