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Channel 7 Good Friday Appeal Telethon

2024 Telethon Overview

7NEWS Melbourne’s Peter Mitchell, Rebecca Maddern, Jane Bunn and Mike Amor will host a day broadcast from midday that celebrates the work that The Royal Children’s Hospital does every day.

The annual Good Friday AFL blockbuster takes centre stage from 4.00pm, when North Melbourne take on Carlton in the SuperClash at Marvel Stadium. Football’s #1 commentary team will bring fans all the action live and free from the ground.

From 7.30pm The Chase Australia and The Morning Show’s Larry Emdur will host aj am-packed live night show, with help from Sunrise’s Mark Beretta at the Country Board and 7NEWS’ Paul Dowsley from the phone room.

ARIA Award winning singer-songwriter Conrad Sewell will headline a group of all-star Aussie performers including Kate Miller-Heidke, Mark Seymour alongside his daughter Hannah and the 2024 winner of Australian Idol. 7NEWS Melbourne’s Peter Mitchell
will once again prove he is a man of many talents by gracing the stage with a song.

Panellists will include Sunrise hosts Natalie Bar, Matt Shirvington, Edwina Bartholomew and Katie Brown, Dancing with the Stars host Dr Chris Brown and 2024 contestant and comedian Nikki Osborne, The Chase Australia’s Goliath and Smiling Assassin, Home & Away’s Ada Nicodemou, James Stewart, Emily Weir, Matt Evans and Jessica Redmayne, 7AFL’s Brian Taylor, Abbey Holmes and Matthew Richardson and will introduce Farmer Wants a Wife’s Farmer Joe.

The star-studded night will also include appearances from Chicago the Musical’s Zoe Ventura and Peter Rowsthorn, as well as plenty of laughs from acclaimed comedians Ed Byrne, Nazeem Hussein, Ivan Aristeguieta, Christine Ryan and Bron Lewis.

Day Broadcast

From midday to 4:00pm, featuring: 

• Peter Mitchell
• Jane Bunn
• Rebecca Maddern and Peter Mike Amor

Live Crosses 

Live crosses from the Kids Day Out during the day and cheque presentations from the phone room. 

Day phone room host: Teegan Dolling

Evening phone room host: Paul Dowsley

Evening Broadcast

From 7:30pm to 11:30pm, hosted by Larry Emdur, with country board host Mark Beretta.  Plus a huge range of panel guests and entertainers, including stars from Sunrise, Home and Away, Dancing with the Stars, The Chase, AFL, comedians, and music artists including Mark Seymour and Conrad Sewell.