SECRETS FROM THE SET!

Woman’s Day unpacks 10 of the juiciest secrets from Seven’s wackiest TV show

1 The show borrows a huge amount of i inspiration from the 2000 film Best In Show starring Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, which was based around the cutthroat world of dog shows.

2 Costumes were i imperative to building e each contestant’s backs tory.bkt They all had to send through at least six different looks for filming.

3 The T average filming time t was around six hours, h with many of f the th shoots filming way past 2am!

4 AllA contestants hadh to follow strict C COVID-19 rules – with ith some even having to complete 14 days of hotel quarantine, despite only filming for a couple of hours!

5 G Golfing or minigolf e experience wasn’t n necessary to apply, l with casting agents instead looking for people who were “good at improvisation” and had a comedic or goofy element to them.

6 The T set took more t than eight weeks t to construct!

7 W While they’re often s seen bickering, c commentators Matt M ttsh Shirvington, 42, and Rob Riggle became best friends while filming.

8 T The show was o originally set to start p production in the US last l t year, where the American format is filmed. However, due to COVID-19, filming had to be done in Australia. The set was packed and sent to Brisbane – the city was chosen as the weather is more reliable for outdoor filming.

9 A Around 50 per c cent of the jokes a are scripted, but Rob, Rb5 50, improvises a lot of the humour.

10 The T Bachelorette’s A Angie Kent was set t to be a contestant b but t pulled ll out to shoot a movie.

The contestants had to come up with several costume ideas. Angie was set to appear but pulled out. The set, which came from the US, took more than two months to build. US funnyman Rob brings his own special sense of humour to the show.