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Adalita Srsen
Adalita Srsen (pronounced "Ser-sun") is an Australian rock musician, known best as a founding member of rock band Magic Dirt.
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Ashley Naylor
Ashley Naylor is an Australian musician, best known for his guitar and vocals in Melbourne-based band Even.
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Bill Chambers
William Joseph "Bill" Chambers (born October 17, 1923) was an American football offensive lineman in the All-America Football Conference. He played two seasons for the New York Yankees (1948-1949). He played collegiately for Alabama, Georgia Tech and UCLA.
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Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis is an Australian comedian. He was originally best known for his character of Raymond J. Bartholomeuz, an eccentric beat poet. The character was popular during the 1980s and 1990s in regular appearances on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''. As Bartholomeuz, Nankervis also appeared weekly on Paul Hester's ABCTV series ''Hessie's Shed'' (1999) and in Bob Franklin's sitcom Introducing Gary Petty (2000).
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Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She released her fourth album Modern Day Addiction via Island Records on August 13, 2010. It became both 3RRR Album of the Week and ABC Radio National's Album of the Week. MDA is the first of Clare's album's to enter the Top Ten. Clare was recently hand-picked to support the legendary Leonard Cohen on his forthcoming Australian tour, in November 2010.
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Dan Kelly (musician)
Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the second oldest of six children, the nephew of Paul Kelly. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990. He formed his first band, Nord, in Brisbane before moving to Melbourne in 1996, where in 2000 he started playing solo shows, under the name Dank Alley, not wanting to trade on his famous uncle’s name. In May, 2003 he released his first solo EP, Man O Mercy, which spawned the radio hit "Countermeal Kim".
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David McCormack
David McCormack (born 1968, Kenmore, Queensland) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter who fronted Brisbane-based rock group Custard (1989–1999, 2009).
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Glenn Richards
Glenn Anthony Richards (born Glennwell Piers Richards, 17 November 1972) is the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March. He is known for his occasional use of rhythm and metre in his lyrics.
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Joe Camilleri
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Camilleri, (born 21 May 1948 in Malta) aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is a legendary Australian vocalist, songwriter and saxophonist. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons highest charting single was "Hit & Run" from June 1979, which peaked at #12; Jo Jo Zep's "Taxi Mary peaked at #11 in September 1982; and The Black Sorrows top single, "Chained to the Wheel", peaked at #9 in March 1989.
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Julia Zemiro
Julia Zemiro (born 1967 in Aix-en Provence, France) is an Australian television presenter, radio host, actor, singer and comedian.
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Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.
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Paris Wells
Paris Wells is an Australian soul/funk singer/songwriter based in Melbourne. She released her first album, Keep It, in July 2008, and has played at festivals such as Falls Festival, Big Day Out, Meredith and Sydney Music Festival. She has supported Justin Timberlake and Jamie Lidell.
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Sacred Cowboys
Sacred Cowboys are an Australian post-punk rock band based in Melbourne and active in 1982-85, 1987-97 and since 2006.
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Sally Seltmann
Sally Seltmann (born 1975) is a Melbourne-based singer-songwriter. Until 2009, she performed under the alias New Buffalo.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Judkins (born May 13, 1950), name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. Blind from shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records' Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
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Tex Perkins
Tex Perkins (born Gregory Steven Perkins on 28 December 1964 in Darwin, Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many solo records. In 1997, a portrait of Tex Perkins by artist Bill Leak won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.
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Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers (born Timothy Adrian Rogers September 20, 1969) is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.
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Vika Bull
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RocKwiz

Show name	RocKwiz
Bgcolour	#BB9966
Genre	Quiz show
Presenter	Julia Zemiro
Judges	Brian Nankervis
Country	Australia
Language	English
Num seasons	6
Company	Renegade Films
Channel	SBS One
Picture format	576i (SDTV)720p (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
First aired	31 January 2005
Last aired	present
Website	http://www.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/

RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music, and broadcast on SBS One. It premiered in 2005.

Summary

The forty minute program airs on Saturday at 9:20 pm, and is hosted by Julia Zemiro. It is shot in The Gershwin Room at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, commonly called just The Espy, in Melbourne. The program often includes local lesser-known musicians (predominantly vocalists), alongside more well known Australian and non-Australian musicians. It has a cult following for its no-frills style. The show features the "RocKwiz Orkestra" which provides musical clues and support for special music guests and participants.

Cast

Hosts

The show is hosted by Julia Zemiro, with Brian Nankervis as the scorer and "adjudicator where necessary". Dugald McAndrew features as a "human scoreboard". The show has had the following guest hosts:

Tex Perkins (10 January 2009, 27 February 2010)

David McCormack (17 January 2009)

Orchestra

RocKwiz Orkestra comprises:

James Black (see The Black Sorrows) – guitar, Hammond organ

Mark Ferrie (former member of Sacred Cowboys and Models (band)) – bass guitar

Peter "Lucky" Luscombe – drums

Rounds

The quiz comprises five rounds, and one preliminary round called "Ready Steady RocKwiz" which happens off air to select the contestants for the show. A notable feature of the show is its very casual attitude to the scoring system – a fact Brian once addressed on his introductory segment after apparently receiving some complaints from viewers. A common example of this is the awarding of "bonus points", often done when one team appears to be dominant.

Ready Steady RocKwiz – Early series of RocKwiz often opened with this pre-recorded segment, however more recently this is all done off air. Brian Nankervis asks questions of several audience members earlier in the evening, to determine four people that will make up the two teams later on in the evening. After the footage has been shown and the guests introduced, Julia Zemiro will usually ask the four guests what the first album they ever bought was, and/or what the first concert they ever went to was. The title of this segment is an allusion to the 1960s British pop music TV show Ready Steady Go!.

Who Can it Be Now? – This round introduces the show's two musical guest for the evening. Clues are read out in a "Who Am I?" style, and a team buzzes in when they know the answer. Ten points are awarded, and then the guest arrives and performs a song. The first guest announced will join the team that correctly guessed them, then the next guest joins the other team (after also performing a song), although the first team can still answer the question. Julia usually asks the guests about their first concert and/or album bought as well. The title and theme music of this segment comes from the 1981 song "Who Can It Be Now?" by Australian group Men at Work.

Local and/or General – As the title suggests, this is a general knowledge music quiz section. The title of this segment comes from the song by Australian group Models on their 1981 album of the same name.

Million Dollar Riff – The RocKwiz Orkestra plays a series of notable riffs and a team buzzes in when they recognise the riff. The riff played as the intro is AC/DC's "Back In Black". The title of this segment comes from the 1975 song by Australian group Skyhooks.

Master Blaster – The musical guests are given a number of questions, usually around five, to answer, on a specialist subject they have nominated. The title and theme music of this segment comes from the 1980 song "Master Blaster (Jammin')" by Stevie Wonder.

Furious Five – This round involves "five or so" minutes of fast and furious questions to both teams. Usually, the Furious Five does not quite reach the five minute mark. The title of this segment comes from the American group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and the theme music is composed of five 'furious' notes.

To close each show, the musical guests perform a duet, accompanied by the RocKwiz Orkestra. SBS has released a compilation CD & DVD of the best duets.

Episodes

Specials

RocKwiz 2007 Christmas special

On 10 December 2007, a special RocKwiz show (Rockwiz Christmas Special) was broadcast featuring Tex Perkins and Clare Bowditch singing Fairytale of New York accompanied by Joe Camilleri on soprano saxophone.

RocKwiz Salutes the Bowl

On 7 March 2009, a special 90 minute RocKwiz show (RocKwiz Salutes the Bowl) was broadcast as the sixth season's finale. The episode was filmed on 13 February 2009 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in front of a crowd of about 11,000 people (as part of the Bowl's 50th birthday celebrations). Whilst the show maintained a similar quiz format to a regular episode, it featured many more guest stars giving performances before, between, and after the usual rounds. For the occasion, the regular RockWiz band was expanded with the Wolfgramm Sisters on backing vocals, Ashley Naylor on guitar, and a horn section featuring Paul Williamson.

RocKwiz 2009 Christmas special

The 2009 RocKwiz Christmas special was broadcast on 19 December 2009. The 90 minute special was filmed at the Palais Theatre in St. Kilda, Melbourne. The show featured a regular quiz format, except that there were multiple contestants and guests. The regular RocKwiz Orkestra was augmented by Ashley Naylor on guitar and the Wolfgramm sisters (Eliza, Kelly, and Talei) on vocals. Guest performers were (in order of performance):

Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers

Paris Wells

Paul Gray and Abby Dobson

Adalita Srsen

Bill Chambers and Kasey Chambers

Holiday Sidewinder and Glenn Richards

Toby Martin and Sarah Kelly

Sally Seltmann and Dan Kelly

Tex Perkins and Paris Wells

Vika Bull and John Paul Young

Tim Rogers

Joe Camilleri

External links

Official site

RocKwiz at the National Film and Sound Archive

sing "Fairytale of New York"

Category:Special Broadcasting Service shows Category:Rock music television series Category:Australian music television series Category:Musical game shows Category:2005 Australian television series debuts Category:Australian culture Category:Australian popular music

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