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===Oceania=== ====Australia==== ===== Perth ===== The annual [[Channel Seven Perth Telethon]] is run by [[Perth]]-based [[Seven Network]] station [[TVW]] and the Channel 7 Telethon Trust and is broadcast throughout [[Western Australia]] on the Seven Network. Starting in 1968, the annual 26-hour continuous broadcast runs on a weekend, usually in October, commencing at 7.00pm on Saturday night. The two major beneficiaries of Telethon are [[Perth Children's Hospital]] (and previously [[Princess Margaret Hospital for Children]]) and the [[Telethon Kids Institute]] along with numerous other additional beneficiaries (in 2021, there were 65 beneficiaries).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/news/telethon/telethon-2021-perth-when-to-watch-on-channel-7-and-how-to-donate-c-4233283|title=Telethon 2021 Perth: When to watch on Channel 7 and how to donate|date=October 14, 2021|access-date=October 17, 2021|archive-date=October 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017070726/https://7news.com.au/news/telethon/telethon-2021-perth-when-to-watch-on-channel-7-and-how-to-donate-c-4233283|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, TVW held its 50th Telethon, raising a then-record [[Australian Dollar|A$]]36.4 million ($10 million more than the previous year), which amounted to $13.94 per head of population in WA. The largest amount raised on Perth's Telethon was set in 2024, which saw [[Australian Dollar|A$]]83.2 million donated. Since 1968, Perth's Telethon has raised over [[Australian Dollar|A$]]650 million in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/telethon/telethon-2022-cracks-500-million-in-total-fundraising-since-1968-c-8636536|title=Telethon 2022 cracks $500 million in total fundraising since 1968|date=October 23, 2022|access-date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023103603/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/telethon/telethon-2022-cracks-500-million-in-total-fundraising-since-1968-c-8636536|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of international celebrities have visited Perth to appear on the Telethon, such as [[Michael Jackson]], [[Celine Dion]], [[Harry Connick, Jr.]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], [[Tina Turner]], [[Julian Lennon]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Def Leppard]], and [[Elton John]] (who performed live for the event from the opening night of [[Perth Arena]] in 2012). A number of Australian television personalities and actors also fly across the country for the weekend, including stars from Seven Network programs such as ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'', ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]'' and ''[[Home and Away]]''. During the 1970s and 1980s, TVW's rival station, the [[Nine Network]]'s [[STW]] also broadcast its own telethon, known as Appealathon.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} ===== Melbourne ===== HSV7 in Melbourne holds the [[Good Friday Appeal]] telethon, which benefits the [[Royal Children's Hospital]] in [[Melbourne]] on [[Good Friday]] every year. It airs across [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] all day on Seven Network station [[HSV (TV station)|HSV]] and [[Prime Television]]. It also has a print and radio component via Melbourne's [[Herald Sun]] newspaper as well as radio station [[Mix 101.1]]. In 2007, the radio partner was [[Southern Cross Broadcasting]]. The event has become an annual part of Melbourne culture, and continues to bring in record fundraising efforts across the entire state. In 2015, the appeal raised A$17.1 million.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} ===== Adelaide ===== [[NWS (TV station)|NWS9]] in Adelaide aired Telethon broadcasts throughout the 1960s and 1970s including raising money for "The House Of Hope" a home that would be built each year for Telethon. Local television stars from all channels would visit channel 9 across the live broadcast weekend to participate in the Telethon. Musicians from interstate would also travel to Adelaide for the round-the-clock marathon broadcast. It was the only time of the year that an Adelaide television station continued to broadcast during the overnight hours. In the 1970s, [[SAS (TV station)|SAS10]] created the Children's Medical Research Foundation and the "Channel 10 Christmas Appeal" with stars from the network flying into Adelaide for the weekend live broadcast from SAS10 studios in Gilberton. Stars participating in the broadcast included actors from the popular SAS10 programmes ''Number 96'' and ''The Box''. Game show host Garry Meadows was the anchor for most years. It is this event where the tune "Thank You Very Much for Your Kind Donation" originated, which would be played whenever a major donation was announced during the broadcast with members of the cast forming a conga line and dancing around the studio.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} ===== Newcastle ===== [[NBN Television]] in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]] regularly held telethons every two years throughout the 1970s and 1980s for local charities such as children's hospitals and cancer units. However, with aggregation and the station being affiliated in the early 1990s, these went by the wayside but a few have still been held since, the last occurring in 2002. ===== Sydney ===== In Sydney, [[Nine Network]] station [[TCN]] broadcasts the Gold Week Telethon on the second Monday of June ([[Queen's Official Birthday|the Queen's Birthday]]), in benefit for the [[Sydney Children's Hospital]]. Established in 2010, the telethon serves as a finale for a week of fundraising for the hospital, known as "Gold Week", which generally runs the first week of June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldweek.org.au/|title=The 2018 Gold Appeal - Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation|website=Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102958/http://www.goldweek.org.au/|archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150218921477608.339412.286174937607|title=Gold Week Telethon |website=Facebook|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507171717/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150218921477608.339412.286174937607|archive-date=7 May 2018}}</ref> The sixth telethon in 2015 was hosted by presenters of the Nine Network's [[Today (1982 TV program)|''Today'']] show, with various network celebrities including [[Darryl Brohman]] and [[Miranda Tapsell]] manning the phone lines; the telethon also featured various music performers. A total of $5.2mn was raised for the hospital, breaking expectations and creating a new record.<ref>Gold Telethon homepage sited on 10/6/2015 "{{cite web |url=https://www.goldtelethon.org.au/ |title=Gold Telethon - Home |access-date=2015-06-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610070032/https://www.goldtelethon.org.au/ |archive-date=2015-06-10 }}"</ref> ===== One-off telethons ===== Throughout Australia, there have been several national telethons during the 2000s. One was held to aid victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]] that hit parts of [[Indonesia]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[India]], which killed over 200,000 people. This telethon was simulcast by all three commercial networks, Seven, Nine and Ten. There were other telethons around the world raising money for that event. On February 12, 2009, the Nine Network held a special telethon to benefit the victims of the [[2009 Victorian bushfires]], through the [[Australian Red Cross]]. Titled ''Australia Unites – The Victorian Bushfire Appeal'', the event was hosted by Nine Network personality [[Eddie McGuire]], and accompanied by many celebrities, athletes and entertainers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25033506-10229,00.html|title=Melbourne Herald Sun: "Eddie McGuire to host Channel Nine fundraiser for Victoria fire victims", 2/10/2009.|website=news.com.au|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316115147/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25033506-10229,00.html|archive-date=16 March 2009}}</ref> Some of the celebrities to have appeared included [[Russell Crowe]], [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Keith Urban]], [[Orlando Bloom]], Hugh Jackman, [[Anthony La Paglia]], [[Rachel Griffiths]] and [[Simon Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25044776-29277,00.html|title=news.com.au: "Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman join bushfire telethon", 2/12/2009.|website=news.com.au|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305010828/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25044776-29277,00.html|archive-date=5 March 2009}}</ref> [[Rove McManus]] from rival [[Ten Network]] made a special guest appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/751515/australia-digs-deep-for-nines-bushfire-appeal|title=NineMSN: "Australia digs deep for Nine's bushfire appeal"|website=ninemsn.com.au|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005003823/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/751515/australia-digs-deep-for-nines-bushfire-appeal|archive-date=5 October 2012}}</ref> The telethon raised about A$20.5 million from pledges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25048285-29277,00.html|title=AAP: "Telethon raises $20.5m for fire victims", 2/13/2009.|website=news.com.au|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215180036/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25048285-29277,00.html|archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref> On January 9, 2011, the ''Flood Relief Appeal: Australia Unites'' telethon, in response to the [[2010–2011 Queensland floods]], was broadcast by the Nine Network from [[Brisbane]]'s [[Suncorp Piazza]] raised more than A$10 million in pledged aid.<ref>{{cite news | author = AAP | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/09/3109226.htm | date = 10 January 2011 | title = Almost $30m raised in Qld flood appeal | access-date = 10 January 2011 | work = ABC News | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119084906/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/09/3109226.htm | archive-date = 19 January 2011 }}</ref> ====New Zealand==== Telethons were run nationwide in New Zealand in 1975 to 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990 and 1991 by [[TVNZ]], and in 1993 and 2009 by [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. As with the Australian telethons,{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} the theme song, "Thank You Very Much for Your Kind Donation" (a [[Cover version|cover]] of "[[Thank U Very Much (The Scaffold song)|Thank U Very Much]]" by [[The Scaffold]]) was played whenever a large donation was announced. [[TVNZ 2|TV2]], which launched on Monday 30 June 1975, held the first 24-hour telethon on its opening weekend (5-6 July 1975), which raised over $585,000 for St. John Ambulance. It was hosted by the then NZBC studios of the four main centres, though only broadcast in Auckland and Christchurch as TV2 was yet to be transmitted in other centres. In 1979, telethon was hosted by TV2 (then named South Pacific Television) but was simulcast on [[TVNZ 1|TV One]] between midnight and 11:00am while TV One was [[Sign-on and sign-off|off air]] for the benefit of those who couldn't yet receive TV2.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 1979 |title=Telethon for all |pages=3 |work=[[The Press]] |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1979/06/02/3 |access-date=19 August 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819083500/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1979/06/02/3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Telethon was broadcast on TV One in 1981, 1983 and 1985, and on TV2 in 1988 and 1990. After the first telethon, the rest were hosted in large exhibition halls and indoor stadiums as the public soon arrived by the thousands to be seen on television and to watch the entertainment live. Notable international guests from TV shows and films, in alphabetical order, have included: * '''1981:''' [[Basil Brush]], [[Kamahl]], [[Kenny Everett]] and [[Bill Oddie]]<ref>{{cite news |date=20 September 2008 |title=An Oddie, but a Goodie |newspaper=Sunday Star Times |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/profiles/637257/An-Oddie-but-a-Goodie |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223114338/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/profiles/637257/An-Oddie-but-a-Goodie |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''1985:''' [[Michael Bentine]], [[Sorrell Booke]], [[Johnny Briggs (actor)|Johnny Briggs]], [[Alan Dale]], [[Becky Hobbs]], [[Ernie Hudson]], Kamahl, [[Chris King (actor)|Chris King]], [[Valerie Landsburg]], [[Victoria Nicholls]], [[Deborah Raffin]], [[James Sikking|James B. Sikking]], [[Bruce Weitz]] and [[Ernie Wise]] * '''1988:''' [[Letitia Dean]], Alix Elias, [[Pat Evison]], [[Max Gail]], [[Estelle Getty]], [[Leeza Gibbons]], [[Kim Lewis]], [[Antonia Murphy]], [[Su Pollard]], [[Christopher Quinten]], [[Ian Rawlings]], [[Mike Smith (broadcaster)|Mike Smith]], [[Susan Tully]], [[Blair Underwood]] and [[Helen Worth]]<ref>{{YouTube|aWnHbd_XUzw|Network Two Telethon 1988 - First 3 Hours}}</ref> * '''1990:''' Alan Dale, [[John Farnham]], [[Anne Haddy]], [[Jon Iles]], [[Kevin Kennedy (actor)|Kevin Kennedy]], [[Barbara Knox]], [[Ari Meyers]], [[Bryan Mosley]], [[Thaao Penghlis]], [[Barbara Thorn]] and Ernie Wise Each telethon outdid the previous total for several years, peaking in 1985 with over $6 million, and a mere one month later TVNZ participated in the international LiveAid concert bringing in $1.8 million for New Zealand's contribution. The largest undertaking including smaller regional centres with host locations was 1988. However the economic climate at the time saw money raised drop in 1988 ($5 million) and 1990 ($4 million) while hosting costs soared.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 1991, an emergency fundraising 16-hour telethon was hurriedly arranged after a devastating [[cyclone]] flattened most of Western Samoa. The total raised was just over $1.5 million with the Government of New Zealand matching the dollar amount, bringing the total to just over $3 million.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 1993, TV3 hosted a 22-hour telethon to raise funds for the [[Starship Children's Hospital]]. Events focused on the two main venues at Auckland's Aotea Centre and Wellington's Shed 6, with roving crews based in Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton and the rest of the country. The event raised just over $3.5 million.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} TV3 broadcast a 23-hour telethon "The Big Night In" to support [[KidsCan]], which aired on August 8 and 9, 2009. The event raised $1,944,225.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In collaboration with the New Zealand Government, [[Three (TV channel)|Three]], [[Whakaata Māori|Māori Television]], TVNZ 2 and various online platforms simulcast an eight-hour telethon on 16 October 2021, known as the 'Vaxathon', to support the country's [[COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand|COVID-19 vaccination]] effort.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rutledge |first1=Daniel |title=COVID-19: Super Saturday Vaxathon to broadcast on Three on October 16 |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/10/covid-19-super-saturday-vaxathon-to-broadcast-on-three-on-october-16.html |website=[[Newshub]] |publisher=[[Discovery New Zealand]] |access-date=12 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012185215/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/10/covid-19-super-saturday-vaxathon-to-broadcast-on-three-on-october-16.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some regional stations have also operated their own local telethons to fund local facilities and other organizations.
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