Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever! (2010)

Genre

comedy, comedy television series

Country

Australia

How it feels

Three comedians host a nightly panel show about the 2010 World Cup. They talk about matches, show comedy sketches, and interview a special guest.

lightheartedcomedicfast-pacedinformalhumoroussillyplayfulpanel-show feel

What happens

Cup Fever! is an association football themed comedy television show in Australia on SBS. The nightly panel-style show was produced by Working Dog Productions and aired for the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The show was hosted by Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee, with Rob Sitch making several guest appearances. Segments include Cup Update (a discussion of the previous day's World Cup matches), an interview with a special guest and various comedy sketches. Socceroos midfielder Mark Bresciano featured in his own diary segment. He also announced that he had signed for Serie A club Lazio during an interview on the show. Other regular segments included 'Take on my Nuts', 'Not Even Close' and 'The Rivaldo Award' which poked fun at World Cup proceedings and football in general. The show also had segments filmed at the World Cup by correspondent Tony Wilson. The show was well received by viewers and has a thriving Facebook community. Due to the show's popularity, fans are pushing for the show to continue in some form since completion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The spin-off show Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever! was picked up by the Seven Network and began airing from January 2012. The show was recorded in a podcast format (as part of Total Football) for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with video versions streamed on ABC iview. On 2 April 2026, SBS announced the return of Cup Fever! for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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