Celebrities in the Hot Seat

CELEBRITIES IN THE HOT SEAT

Millionaire Hot Seat: Celebrity Week Begins this Monday, August 13, at the special time of 5.20pm on Channel Nine

On a special week of Millionaire Hot Seat, Australia’s favourite celebrities go head-to-head for their chance to win $1 million for the charity of their choice.

Over five nights, 30 of the biggest names in entertainment and sport will put their minds to the test as host Eddie McGuire asks the tough questions.

Television royalty are on screen with Bert Newton playing for SIDS and Kids Australia, and Denise Drysdale competing for KIDS Foundation. Radio duo Fitzy and Wippa take on Eddie in the Hot Seat and TODAY’S Lisa Wilkinson, Emma Freedman and Steve Jacobs engage in some friendly competition.

Shane Crawford will play for Breast Cancer Network Australia while broadcaster Derryn Hinch hopes to win the top prize for Austin Health’s Liver Transplant Unit. Charli Robinson represents Bowl Cancer Australia, a charity close to her heart after her father suffered from the disease.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver hopes to raise money for The Oliver Foundation and V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes wants to win big for the RSPCA. Beauty queen Jesinta Campbell will compete for The Reach Foundation and larrikin Warwick Capper puts his knowledge to the test for The Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Tune in after Nine’s coverage of the Olympics for the biggest week in Hot Seat history.

Millionaire Hot Seat: Celebrity Week Monday, August 13 – Friday, August 17, at 5.20pm on Channel Nine

EPISODE 1 – Monday, August 13 Lisa Wilkinson Barnardos Jason Akermanis VicDeaf Damien Oliver The Oliver Foundation Catriona Rowntree Arnott’s Foundation Russell Gilbert E.J. Whitten Foundation Craig Lowndes RSPCA

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EPISODE 2 – Tuesday, August 14 Brian Mannix Angelman Syndrome Association Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli Strike a Chord Charlotte Dawson The SMILE Foundation Ian Stenlake Our Big Kitchen– Bondi Shane Crawford Breast Cancer Network Australia Bert Newton SIDS and Kids Australia

EPISODE 3 – Wednesday, August 15 Tim Campbell Dialysis Escape Line (DELA) Emma Freedman The Ponting Foundation Steve Moneghetti Beyond Blue Dylan Lewis Headspace Rebecca Judd Camp Quality Steve Jacobs The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

EPISODE 4 – Thursday, August 16 Anthony Callea The Song Room Jimeoin The Salvation Army Ben Dark Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane DerrynHinch Austin Health – Liver Transplant Unit Livinia Nixon The Cathy Freeman Foundation Charli Robinson Bowel Cancer Australia

EPISODE 5 – Friday, August 17 Jesinta Campbell The Reach Foundation Warwick Capper The Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation Father Bob Maguire The Father Bob Maguire Foundation Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald Camp Quality Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) Denise Drysdale KIDS Foundation

For further information please contact: Laura Price Nine Network Publicity (03) 9420 3467 0431 292 433

Thursday, August 9, 2012