Talk:Australian Princess
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I'm curious as to whether Jackie O is present with the contestants at the end of each episode, at least when they are in England. There were no scenes in the most recent episode when Jackie O and the contestants were in shot together. I can't imagine that Jackie O would be able to make it out to England once a week for the show.... Of course Channel 10 aren't claiming the show to be live or anyting.... RevJohn 13:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wrong info
Why does it say that the winner is Abby Valdes, when it was actually Ally Mansell? Perhaps I was watching i different show :)
glad to see that has been fixed. damn quick too.
[edit] Union Jack
I find it it quite amazing that both the Jackie O and Paul Burrel referred to the Union Jack, as the English flag, several times during the episode on the yachts. It is of course the flag of the United Kingdom. Paul, of all people, should know better. No wonder the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish feel disenfranchised!
- But he's English, so it's not very suprising. - Matthew238 07:17, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- He was butler to the Princess of Wales and the Queen, if anything he should be more aware - Mr Ed42 18:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- Firstly it is the Union Flag not Jack. Socondly Disenfranchised mens that one has had the right to vote removed from them, and as far as I know both the Scotch and the welsh are able to vote in the UK general election.
[edit] Critisism
The show features grandees of Australian society who exhibit tremendous snobbery. Also, Paul Burrell and the other 'international experts' were criticised for being B-class celebrities who had little understanding of the reality of today's society.
An excursion for the girls to design and create their own ballgowns actually involved a trip down to the Spotlight at Dee Why, Sydney to make dresses out of cheap rayon.
Australian Princess resorted to picking out stereotypes of girls (the country girl, the surfer girl, the big ethnic girl) and presenting the footage in a manner that made the show humorous on the surface, but lacking any true ambition or political commentary about the relationship between Australia and the British commonwealth.
(i've moved the critisicm from the main page to here because it's not really infomation you would see in an encyclopedia. Feel free to post more...)
Yes, this show is a load of pretentious clap trap. The show is indeed full of B grade celebrities. It also portrays the members of the aristocracy as snobbish toffs that only mix with other members of the aristocracy, however quite the reverse is true. Furthermore it paints a picture that Australians are uncultured louts. If the show had done it's research properly the would in fact find that there are members of the English peerage (heir's apparent anyway) residing in Australia.
HFDW
