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Hole in the Wall is an upcoming Australian television game show based on the Japanese game show Brain Wall, which will be hosted by Jules Lund. In the show, contestants are required to fit though holes in a styrofoam wall moving towards them. Produced by Fremantle Media, the show is scheduled to air on the Nine Network in 2008.[1]
The search for a host for Hole in the Wall was tough for producers, with a late-withdrawal of the hosting job meaning another search had to made in the last weeks before recordings began.[2] Quite a number of personalities had auditioned for the hosting role, including Colin Lane, Jason Dundas, Jules Lund, Shura Taft and Dan O'Connor.[2] It was believed that Shura Taft had landed the job when he was in the hosting role for early recordings of the show.[3] Taft was in fact a stand-in host for early production shoots to trial the shows' format while producers were still finding a suitable host.[4] Jules Lund was eventually named as the host,[5] several weeks after actual recordings were scheduled to start.[5]
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Hole in the Wall began recording episodes in mid-May, 2008, after being delayed from late April, 2008 because of Channel Seven's big win. The pre-show buzz was highlighted when bigger studio audiences than anticipated turned up at the first shoots that some had to be turned away.[6] The later episodes audiences numbers were adjusted to cater for the overwhelming demand.[6]
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