Top Gear Australia hosts Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia fronted a launch party for the show last night, arriving to the branded track by helicopter.
Ahead of the show’s 17 May premiere on Paramount +, The Stig also pulled up in a Paramount+ Top Gear Australia branded V8 race car.
Then there were the customised McLarens, Lamborghinis and other done-up rides from TUNED. Triple M’s The Rush Hour with Gus Worland, Jude Bolton and Wendell Sailor broadcasted live from the event. Fasttrack Experience took guests around the track in V8 race cars with professional drivers, with some guests treated to a Hot Lap with The Stig.
Network 10’s Angela Bishop welcomed guests with a taster reel of the new season, which sees the hosts travel around the world driving whatever they can get their hands on and completing outrageous challenges.
Paramount ANZ president Beverley McGarvey then took to the stage to explain why she commissioned the series, commending the new hosts on their electric chemistry while announcing the series will also premiere in Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Japan later this year.
The night finished with the Airtime Freestyle Motocross Team launching motorcycles high in the air, while pyrotechnics provided a thrilling backdrop.
The eight-part series will take audiences across Australia, through the French Alps and the historic streets of Rome, around the St Tropez coastline, and to the rugged Colombian jungle.
Mediaweek was on the ground at the F1 in Melbourne earlier this year when co-host Ryan said the trio finished filming with a ‘hot lap’ around the Albert Park circuit.
Ryan emphasised how unusual it is to take four months to film just eight episodes.
“This is the most excited we’ve been for a show in 10 years,” he added.
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