What did he say during the show?
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Agree with all that having the Platinum Concert under the Spotlight banner as useless.
But it will probably done so for Sevenâs ego come ratings rise at the end of the year. As in: âSpotlight was the number one current affairs showâ and/or ânumber one special presentationâ etc. Or âwe produced xx hours of current affairs this yearâ (of which 3.5 hours was this special).
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Just before breaks mentioned what was coming up
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Totally agree this was a move to boost Spotlightâs overall numbers in whatâs been a flat year, not helped by the fact its been regularly shunted to an odd timeslot following Yhe Voice.
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More inclined to think itâs a live to expose the brand to a wider audience. 1 specifically is not going to inflate a years average ratings too much I wouldnât think.
But yes, it doesnât fit the brand.
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Nothing notable.
The 7News Spotlight special did very well and averaged 825,000 last night.
That saw the yearly average for the show rise by 100k from its previous 324,000 to 425,000.
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Looks like the move paid off.
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7NEWS Spotlight: busting the scammers
This Sunday, 7.00pm, on Channel 7 and 7plus
Aussies saved in major international scammer sting
7NEWS Spotlight has stepped in to save vulnerable Australians from losing their life savings to sophisticated phone scammers in a major international sting to air at 7.00pm this Sunday on Channel 7 and 7plus .
Itâs a skyrocketing crime costing Australians more than $205 million and counting this year alone.
In Sundayâs exclusive expose, 7NEWS Spotlightâs Denham Hitchcock turns the tables on the complex, global web of thieves robbing Aussies of their hard-earned money, joining forces with a vigilante group who âhack the hackersâ and save one Melbourne woman mid-scam.
The real-time rescue will shock viewers, as producers rush to the shaken womanâs home and stop the transfer of every cent of her savings to an anonymous caller posing as a spyware salesman.
Her confusion and desperation are palpable, her trauma made even worse when it is revealed she is a stage 4 cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
The 7NEWS Spotlight exclusive also includes the chilling recordings of the âIndian Swindlerâ as he goes about his phone scams, stealing close to $1 million from Margaret Sutton, an elderly woman with dementia.
Back in Australia, reporter Ross Coulthart talks to another devastated family whose accountant father was hoodwinked out of more than $800,000.
In the US, Steve Pennells picks up the story of âscam-baitingâ, in which ordinary Americans are fighting back against the scammers from their living rooms and garnering thousands of YouTube followers in the process.
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Tonightâs show is very slick so far.
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7News Spotlight: Taken
Sunday 19 July 7:00 PM
Cricketing great Stuart MacGill reveals what really happened the night he says he was abducted and bashed by armed thugs.
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I havenât waited for it to be slow tracked.
7NEWS Spotlight: Stuart MacGill â Taken
Cricket starâs shocking abduction ordeal
It sounded like the script from a Hollywood blockbuster.
An international sports star snatched from a Sydney street by masked bandits, driven to a remote location, stripped naked, horrifically beaten and held at gunpoint.
But for former Aussie spin bowling superstar Stuart MacGill, being swept up in this devastating drug deal gone wrong has left very real physical and emotional scars.
Now, in a 7NEWS Spotlight exclusive to air 7.00pm this Sunday on Channel 7 and 7plus, the one-time rival to Shane Warne reveals how he survived this terrifying, âtargetedâ kidnapping and assault and lived to tell the tale.
The father of two and restaurateur tremors and weeps as he recounts the 2021 abduction, which has led to the arrest of four men, including the brother of MacGillâs partner Maria OâMeagher.
Reading from his official police statement, MacGill is the picture of a broken man, turning to 7NEWS Spotlight to share his alarming story and reset his life, left shattered by the ordeal.
Executive producer Mark Llewellyn said: âNobody who has ever worn a baggy green has ever had a story like this; it is one of the most extraordinary stories Iâve ever heard.
"Stuart MacGill could have hidden in the shadows, but he hasnât. This is his raw, unvarnished account. He doesnât expect sympathy, but he does hope people will finally know the truth.â
https://twitter.com/7NewsSpotlight/status/1537222788791947264?s=20&t=iKDZADHDa4K1rqFs-96ZrA
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7NEWS Spotlight: Justice for Chloe
Sunday 26 June 7:00 PM
How her killer played the system and his âget out of jail freeâ card
Chloe Hoson loved to dance, laugh and play, a giggly little girl who brought sunshine to those lucky enough to share her life.
But at the tender age of just five, her life was violently taken by killer, Timothy Kosowicz, who smothered her head with plastic shopping bags, sexually assaulted her and left her tiny, broken body in an empty creek bed, near her caravan park home.
In a case of unimaginable horror that will break the heart of every mother, Chloeâs killer would plead insanity and later walk free after being found not guilty on the grounds of mental illness.
Now, in an exclusive 7NEWS Spotlight investigation this Sunday at 7.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus, forensic criminologist Tim Watson-Munro argues Kosowiczâ âget out of jail freeâ card should be reviewed and others like him sent to prison for their crimes.
You play detective as 7NEWS Spotlight examines the evidence and the leads, speaks to critical witnesses and re-investigates the case in search of justice for Chloe.
In heart-breaking detail, Chloeâs shattered mum and family share their anger and devastation at losing their angel to a schizophrenic monster who successfully claimed he went momentarily mad when he killed and raped her.
After time in a medical facility, Kosowicz is now back on Sydneyâs streets, living within walking distance of schools and child care centres.
Watch on as Watson-Munro applies four decades of forensic expertise to this case, and begs the question: Is it time to change the law?
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Sonia Kruger and Paul Mercurio are certainly involved. I think Baz Luhrmann, who was back home in Australia recently for the premiere of Elvis movie, might have also appeared.
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7NEWS Spotlight: Strictly Ballroom - The Encore
This Sunday, 7.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus
Sonia Kruger and cast bring back the hit movieâs magic
Love is in the air again when Sonia Kruger reunites with her Strictly Ballroom co-stars, 30 years after the movie made her a star.
Recreating scenes from the sequinned spectacular, revisiting original sets and reuniting its lead actors, Tara Morice and Paul Mercurio, Kruger pops open the champagne to host a dazzling 7NEWS Spotlight special â Strictly Ballroom - The Encore â this Sunday at 7.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Fans of Baz Luhrmannâs directorial debut will be wowed by the reunion three decades after it took the Cannes Film Festival by storm and inspired a new generation to take up the beloved art of ballroom dancing.
Kruger and company watch the film together for the first time since its Australian premiere in 1992, revealing saucy set secrets and how her role as dancer Tina Sparkle saw her quit her ârealâ job and begin her own career in showbiz.
The Gold Logie-nominated presenter talks to Mercurio and Morice about the impact the movie had on their lives, returning to Granville Town Hall where pop icon John Paul Young performs the filmâs chart-topping anthem in a fabulous feathered finale.
The movie has been digitally remastered in 4K quality for the anniversary of this celebration of Aussie suburbia, which encouraged its audience to embrace life â and all its quirks - to the full.
Join in this magical dance down memory lane and recapture the big screen sparkle which won over the world.
https://twitter.com/7NewsSpotlight/status/1542310897406050304?s=20&t=PM0MsdE5dAJr4qNZeULc4A
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I watched the show tonight. I love the movie Strictly Ballroom. But this episode had a lot of padding to make it go to an hours length.
Next weeks episode has Mark Riley doing a piece on Anthony Albanese and showing us where the PM lives.
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7NEWS Spotlight: Albo
Sunday 10 July 7:00 PM
Behind the scenes with Australiaâs new prime minister, as Anthony Albanese invites Spotlight into the Lodge for the most intimate interview of his career and sets out his agenda for saving the nation.
https://twitter.com/7NewsSpotlight/status/1544497291830079488?s=20&t=UAP30R33hd3J1tRK9e45oQ