Underplayed Gems

The Club

The Club poster
Genre
reality television
Country
Australia
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How it feels

This Australian reality show follows a handpicked team of amateur footballers as they compete against local Victorian sides. Viewers at home can vote to decide the team's name, coach, captain, song, and which players make the lineup each week.

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What happens

The Club is an Australian reality television show about an Australian rules football sporting side, the Hammerheads, which was screened on the Seven Network in 2002 for one series. It was seen as a way for Seven to stay involved in football after losing the broadcast rights to the Australian Football League after the 2001 season. The show featured a handpicked team of amateur footballers coached by former VFL/AFL legend David Rhys-Jones which played against various Victorian football sides from the Western Region Football League second division, following the trials and tribulations of its players. Unlike normal clubs, the home audience were able to influence who was selected in the team each week by voting to keep their favourite players in the side. Viewers also got to vote on many of the club's other key aspects including its name, coach, captain and song. The show was considered trailblazing and generated a cult following, with several crowds at games featuring the Hammerheads pushing 5,000 spectators and many claiming the Hammerheads as their second favourite sporting team. After finishing the regular season in third position, the Hammerheads went on to win the Grand Final and claim the flag in their first – and only – season. In its premiere, the series received an average of 410,000 viewers. The show had good ratings in Melbourne but was not aired during primetime in other states. The expensive production of the series, coupled with the low viewership outside of Melbourne, led to its cancellation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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