Vidiot
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Vidiot was a children's/teenage television game show broadcast from 1992 to 1995 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. It was hosted by Eden Gaha
for the first two series, then Scott McRae for the 1994 and 1995 season.
The game format was mostly a simple verbal question-and-answer, with slight variations like timed rounds, visual aids, and audio aids. Questions were themed on popular teen culture - Chart music, recent films, etc.
For each Monday to Thursday broadcast three new teenage contestants battled to win a place for the Friday broadcast. A live audience, often fellow students from the school from which the contestants originated, was present (although no schools where specified, to where the students where from).
Vidiot was recorded in ABC
's Sydney studios. On the east coast of Australia
it was broadcast 5:30pm weeknights.
Vidiot is also the term used by Ken Nordine
in a sketch titled The Vidiot, on his 1957 album Word Jazz. The sketch is of a patient in a therapists office, describing his addiction to TV, and saying he has become a vidiot.
Also used as a term to describe people who spend hours on computers and watch TV a lot.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
. It was hosted by Eden Gaha
Eden Gaha
Eden Gaha is an Australian-born actor, television host and producer, best known for his work on Vidiot, Animal Hospital and as a producer of Celebrity Apprentice, The Contender and Pirate Master. He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College...
for the first two series, then Scott McRae for the 1994 and 1995 season.
The game format was mostly a simple verbal question-and-answer, with slight variations like timed rounds, visual aids, and audio aids. Questions were themed on popular teen culture - Chart music, recent films, etc.
For each Monday to Thursday broadcast three new teenage contestants battled to win a place for the Friday broadcast. A live audience, often fellow students from the school from which the contestants originated, was present (although no schools where specified, to where the students where from).
Vidiot was recorded in ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
's Sydney studios. On the east coast of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
it was broadcast 5:30pm weeknights.
Vidiot is also the term used by Ken Nordine
Ken Nordine
Ken Nordine is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. One critic wrote that "you may not know Ken Nordine by name or face, but you'll almost...
in a sketch titled The Vidiot, on his 1957 album Word Jazz. The sketch is of a patient in a therapists office, describing his addiction to TV, and saying he has become a vidiot.
Also used as a term to describe people who spend hours on computers and watch TV a lot.