The premiere of The Full Brazilian was definitely a colourful one. Host Jimeoin and his team of panelists, Dave Eastgate, Servet Uzunlar and Richard Parkin delivered an action packed first epsiode, providing a humorous take on all the news and stories coming out of the World Cup in Brazil. We also enjoyed a heart warming interview with 'All-Smiles' Libby Trickett and had our socks rocked by Vaudeville Smash who performed their football inspired hit, Zinedine Zidane.
The second episode of The Full Brazilian saw our audience mesmerised by instrumental virtuosity of Joseph Tawadros, and had them laughing at a superb traditional dance off between host Jimeoin and panelist Tahir. We put the skills of A-League guest star Archie Thompson to the test on stage, and performed a little bit of Opera for Australian Actor & Director Vince Colosimo.
Sunday's episode of The Full Brazilian included Steph Gilmore teaching host Jimeoin a thing or two about surfing, Urban/Pop sensation Justice Crew causing quite a stir with their live performance of smash hit Que Sera, while Jimeoin & his team of traditional Argentinian dancers emerged victorious against Dave Eastgate & Bosnia during the dance-off competition!
Monday night's episode of The Full Brazilian saw The Hoodoo Gurus take to the stage with a smashing performance of "Come Any Time" while Brownlow medalist and AFL star Jimmy Bartel proved he knows his stuff when it comes to Soccer as well! Crossing to Brazil, Nazeem's antics had us in stitches as he pulled out every trick in the book trying to gain entry into a World Cup match. We're happy to report he managed to weasel his way into a Argentina's game against Bosnia Herzegovina in the end.
Tuesday night's episode of The Full Brazilian was another evening of action packed entertainment! Guest panelist Dave Hughes brought his unique comedic stylings to the table, Dr. Karl and Servet dived head first into the physics of football and The Axis of Awesome gave Ricky's Martin's 'Cup Of Life' a whole new sound, with their amazing live cover. The band's lead singer Jordan Raskopoulos and Jimeoin went head to head in the traditional dance off in the final few minutes of the show, with Jimeoin being crowned the victor!
Wednesday 18th June we had Australian great John Aloisi on set - to the delight of our hardcore football fans. Guest band Saskwatch served up not one, but two sublime live song perfromances (Hands and A Love Divine) and the country fell in love with out Honorary Canine guest star, Chilli The Dog, whose balloon-popping soothsaying skills recognised Australia as the winner of the 2014 World Cup.
Episode Seven of The Full Brazilian introduced a brand new, slightly controversial segment creatively titled "Blend It Like Beckham". Self-appointed mixologist Jimeoin blended a few 'curious' cocktails for our guests - Matt Okine and Ian Dickson. At the top of his list of ingredients was tripe, roast beef and chocolate. Some interesting faces were made during consumption! On a different note, guest musicans Band Of Skulls had our live audience rocking out to two of their popular tunes - "Asleep At The Wheel" and "Hoochie Coochie".
With guest star and certified curse-breaker John Safran in the studio, Jimeoin took the opportunity to get out his voodoo dolls and perform some witch magic for the Socceroos. Olympic Gold Medalist Stephanie Rice also swung by for a light-hearted chat, and we heard a couple of amazing mashups from Aussie band The Furnace And The Fundamentals. Meanwhile, over in Brazil our Aussie Abroad Nazeem Hussain is busy getting lessons in traditional Brazilian food from famous local cook Auntie Lea. In turn, Nazeem shares some of his favourite Australian foods - Fairy Bread and Cheezels.
Saturday's episode of The Full Brazilian was an extremely colourful affair with the multitalented Comedy Cabaret act Hans delivering a sizzling performance, followed by a traditional Dance-Off between Jimeoin and Ronny Chieng, on behalf of Nigeria and Bosnia Herzegovina respectively. Earlier in the episode we also had Matildas player Kyah Simon join her teammate Servet the panel. Jimeoin & and the team took the opportunity to have a fit of fun reliving some of her best sporting moments.
Sunday night's episode of the Full Brazilian was a bundle of laughs, with host Jimeoin putting his body (and his dignity) on the line as the 'human a soccer goal'. Matildas player and regular Panelist Servet Uzunlar showed off her deadly right boot, the football hitting our courageous host squarely in the face. No harm was done however, as Jimeoin promptly followed his human goal post act with a traditional dance off on behalf of Portugal, going up against returning guest star Ian 'Dicko' Dickson who did some boot scootin' alongside the USA dance team. We enjoyed a lighthearted Q&A with World Champion surfer Layne Beachley, while incredibly talented musican Diesel rounded off the night's entertainment with an amazing performance of 'Let It Fly'.
We were honoured to welcome Socceroo Ivan Franjić to the panel for Monday night's episode of The Full Brazilian, who returned earlier than expected from the 2014 World Cup after his unfortunate hamstring injury during Australia's first match against Chile. Despite this, it was a pleasure hear first hand from one of our players about the atmosphere and team tactics as Australia approach their final game against Spain. Other highlights from the night included an entertaining dance off between Jimeoin and Servet on behalf of Australia and Spain respectively, some great banter from guest panelist Jules Schiller, and a dynamite performance from Hip Hop artist Illy, who threw a few new football-inspired lines into his hit song Tightrope.
To everyone's delight, crowd favourites Archie Thompson and Ian 'Dicko' Dickson both made return appearances to The Full Brazilian on Tuesday night (June 24). There were puns and punditry, head shaving (Jimeoin again taking one for the team), and amazing live musical from Dan Sultan and his band, who performed 'Kimberley Calling'.
Wednesday night's episode of The Full Brazilian (June 25) had audiences laughing (and cringing) during the return of our Blend It Like Beckham segment. Guest comedian Amos Gill rose to the Blend It challenge with a equal parts determination, enthusiasm and tenacity, with escargot fresh out of a can last on the cocktail menu. Escargot wasn't the only thing our panelists sunk their teeth into - Luis Suarez jokes were rife following the 'Chiellini biting' controversy which had exploded across sports journalism news sites and online meme generators overnight. Thankfully, Darren Percival brought things back down to earth with a couple of heartfelt live song performances from his latest album.
Thursday night's episode of The Full Brazilian was a spectacularly colourful affair, with guest stars The Wiggles delighting everyone with their performance of World Cup inspired song 'Feeling Hungry Suarez'. Blue Wiggle Anthony and Yellow Wiggle Emma even stuck around for a traditional Dance Off against Jimeoin and guest comedian Akmal. We had live sketches, more glowing entertainment direct from our Aussie Abroad in Rio (Nazeem Hussain), some solid match analysis from Servet and Richard and many jokes besides!
Kram (Spiderbait), George Calombaris and Michael Hing joined forces with Jimeoin, Servet and Richard on the panel for Friday night's episode of The Full Brazilian. We played Master Ref, gave George a little bit of niggle for his patriotic attire, heard Spiderbait cover 99 Luftballons plus perform one of their latest tracks, and witnessed Richard give a moving tribute to the fallen World Cup teams.
After Saturday's special Highlights episode of The Full Brazilian, we kicked Sunday off with another live show. Our featured guests Paul Wade, Sharni Layton and Tegan Higginbotham kept the panel chat lively, alongside Jimeoin and our regular panelists Servet and Richard. Paul gave an amazing demonstration of his old Socceroos form, stepping up to the plate with Servet for a round of 'Hit The Jimeoin', while guest musician Ben Lee had audiences entranced with his live song performance of 'Gamble Everything For Love'. We finished the show off with a Traditional dance off between Jimeoin and Tegan, on behalf of Costa Rica and Greece respectively.
The Full Brazilian panel chat was lively with Aussie Snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin and comedian George Kapiniaris bringing some good laughs to the table. We were all hanging out to hear what Socceroos Assistant coach Ante Milicic had to say about the 2014 World Cup, who enlightened us with all the inside stories, having just returned from Rio De Janeiro. Ball Park Music delivered some spectacular live music, singing Trippin' The Light Fantastic and She Only Loves Me When I'm There.
Last night we were very lucky to have Socceroo Alex Wilkinson join the panel so we could pick his brains about all three of Australia's matches during the 2014 World Cup. Afterwards he and co-panelist Rob Carlton indulged us with sneaky game of Defender vs Pretender. Aussie Actress & Director Gracie Otto was also in the studio, demonstrating some latent football skills, even whilst wearing heels. Her foot skills were matched by Jimeoin & Rob who got their dance on at the end of the show. We also witnessed the comedic musical stylings of Sammy J who had the audience cheering along to his gesticulative performance.
Jimeoin was up to his usual tricks last night, performing a record number of skits starring his shoes, Servet's hair, and his alter-ego "Game Of Throws' " King Of The North. We had award winning chef Shane Delia in for a few cheeky laughs then sobered up for a very moving Call To Arms, delivered by Rob Carlton with equal parts humour and solemnity. Guest musicians Busby Marou had everyone cheering with their amazing live song performance of My Second Mistake.
On Thursday night (July 3) we saw Jimeoin receive a lesson in goalkeeping from Australia's finest - Socceroo Maty Ryan. Returning guest panelists Kram (from Spiderbait) and comedian Tahir brought a lot of laughs to the experiement, and to the general panel discussion. All jokes aside, it was enlightening to hear Maty humbly talk about the pressures of being a goalie in the world's greatest football tournament. Guest band and Aussie rock legends The Angels delighted audiences with their live act, as did our favourite canine companion - Chilli The Dog, who made a return appearance to demonstrate some of his new skills! companion - Chilli The Dog, who made a return appearance to demonstrate some of his new skills!
Richard and Jimeoin got stuck into the match wrap straight off the cuff, and then into some beers and bratwurst! The laughs continued with a skit from Randy The Puppet, and then over to Nazeem Hussain who has been tireless in his efforts to deliver us with a nightly snapshot of all the football fever over in Rio. Guest panelists Archie Thompson & Vince Colosimo kept the panel discussion lively and our guest musicians, Indie rock band Kingswood, delivered a smashing live performance at the conclusion of the show.
Randy takes Jimeoin for a trip in his taxi and Nazeem Hussein selects Miss or Mister World Cup 2014 with his first beach pageant. Olympic diver Matthew Mitchum drops in to talk about competitive preparation and show the panel how to take a dive like Netherland's Arjen Robben in a Dive Off. Player agent and marketing expert Leo Karis Joins the panel to talk about sponsorship deals and marketing football before Matthew Mitchum returns to entertain us with his ukulele.
Yesterday was a topsy turvy day on set following Germany's smashing defeat of Brazil in the World Cup Semi Final. For a few giggles, we changed our name to "The Full German". Our Brazilian dancers weren't so amused, wearing shades of black to mourn their nation's exit from the Tournament. On the ground in Rio, Nazeem Hussain also sent us a very bleak snapshot of the local supporters - a strong contrast to the highly amusing clips he usually delivers. It wasn't all sadness though! Jimeoin and guest comedian Tommy Dean had a bit of fun with some paint balls, and Ella Hooper performed a rocking song at the end of the night to keep the energy going!
Episode Twenty Five saw Servet get some target practice with guest sports star Anthony Mundine taking up the goalkeepers position in the net. His boxing gloves proved effective at deflecting half the balls off Servet's mean right boot, with the game ending in a draw. Guest actors Toby Truslove and Susie Porter brought some theatricality to the panel discussion, Toby getting together with Jimeoin to perform a live 'fashion' skit as well. Comedic musical duo Smart Casual rounded the night off with lots of laughs performing their satirical World Cup-themed rap song.
Veteran Socceroo Jack Reilly, who represented Australia in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, joins the team for the very last episode of the Full Brazilian. Kram from Spiderbait and Dave Eastgate round out the panel, and Paul Fenech talks about his love of the game and Pizza. Fantube's Molina family (Argentina) and Pascal Eberle & Friends (Germany) are also in the studio to give a last cheer for their respective teams. Randy the Puppet appears to have already moved on to Le Tour de France, and all the Lederhosen are out for the final traditional dance off between foot-slapping Germany and sexy Argentine Tango. Can the awesome predictive power of traditional dance show us the World Cup result early?
