20 to One (known as 20 to 1 before 2016) is an Australian television series on the Nine Network from 2005, that counts down an undefined "top 20" of elements or events of popular culture, such as films, songs, or sporting scandals. The format mixes archival footage of the listed events with comments from various Australian celebrities.
Originally the show was hosted by Bud Tingwell and narrated by David Reyne; the pair were replaced by Bert Newton as host for the second season. The series was rebooted by the Nine Network and returned for its eleventh season on 31 May 2016 with new hosts, Australian radio presenters Fitzy and Wippa. From 2017, the show was hosted by Erin Molan and Dave Thornton.
Format Each episode counts down the "top twenty" events following a particular theme, from position 20 down to number 1. Media clips depicting the event are played as the host provides background information of the entry. This is followed by clips of celebrities providing judgment on the clip or event.
Controversy During the segment aired on 19 June 2019, co-hosts Erin Molan and Nick Cody stated that the South Korean boy band BTS was "so popular it could heal the rift between North and South Korea." She also mentioned the band's success in the United States, even though "only one band member actually speaks English." among other comments. Many other celebrities made similar comments during the segment. Most notably was comedian Jimmy Carr, who jokingly compared the band's international success to the explosion of a nuclear bomb in North Korea, saying: "When I first heard something Korean had exploded in America, I got worried. So I guess, it could've been worse – but not much worse." Subsequently, the hashtags #channel9apologize and #channel9racist started trending as fans of the band demanded an apology from Channel 9. The BTS Australia Twitter fan account wrote: "This is unfair and presenting inaccurate information. You disregarded their achievements, and instead let your xenophobic, racist mindsets be biased instead. We want an apology." On 20 June 2019, Channel 9 issued a non-apology apology, writing: "We apologize to any who may have been offended by last night's episode."
Series overview Season Episodes Originally aired Host Narrator Premiere Finale 1 7 14 October 2005 24 November 2005 Charles "Bud" Tingwell David Reyne 2 9 13 February 2006 8 May 2006 Bert Newton 3 14 5 September 2006 4 December 2006 4 11 13 February 2007 15 May 2007 5 6 11 September 2007 27 November 2007 6 10 26 February 2008 24 June 2008 7 19 26 August 2008 21 January 2009 8 42 5 February 2009 24 November 2009 9 16 11 February 2010 14 September 2010 10 6 1 March 2011 12 April 2011 11 10 31 May 2016 25 July 2016 Fitzy and Wippa 12 5 6 June 2017 4 July 2017 Erin Molan &Dave Thornton 13 8 29 April 2019 5 August 2019 Erin Molan &Nick Cody
Episodes Season One (2005) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 1 1 "Most Embarrassing Moments" 13 October 2005 25 June 2006Yes 2 2 "Spectacular Dummy Spits" 20 October 2005 Yes 3 3 "Great Aussie Songs" 27 October 2005 15 May 2006Yes 4 4 "Best Australian Commercials" 3 November 2005 10 April 2006Yes 5 5 "Great Aussie Ideas, Icons and Inventions" 10 November 2005 17 April 2006Yes 6 6 "Moments That Stopped The Nation" 17 November 2005 7 7 "Moments of Madness" 24 November 2005
Season Two (2006) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 8 1 "One Hit Wonders" 13 February 2006 6 August 2006Yes 9 2 "Aussie Scandals" 20 February 2006Yes 10 3 "Outrageous TV Characters" 27 February 2006 11 4 "Hits and Misses" 13 March 2006 12 5 "Unscripted and Unplanned" 27 March 2006 13 6 "Moments That Stopped the World" 3 April 2006 20 March 2007Re-edited and Reordered 14 7 "Tears and Tantrums" 24 April 2006 12 November 2006Yes 15 8 "Great Logies Moments" 1 May 2006 16 9 "Fads and Fashions" 8 May 2006 19 November 2006Yes
Season Three (2006) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 17 1 "Hoaxes, Cheats and Liars" 5 September 2006 Yes 18 2 "Greatest Songs of All Time" 12 September 2006 13 March 2007Yes 19 3 "Mysteries and Conspiracies" 19 September 2006 Re-edited and Reordered 20 4 "The Rich and the Famous" 26 September 2006 21 5 "Great Aussie Films" 3 October 2006 24 April 2007Yes 22 6 "Incredible Stories of Survival" 10 October 2006 1 May 2007Yes 23 7 "Crazes and Phases" 17 October 2006 24 8 "Celebrity Scandals" 24 October 2006 25 9 "Love Songs" 31 October 2006 22 May 2007Yes 26 10 "Triumphs and Tragedies" 7 November 2006 27 11 "Memorable Movie Characters" 14 November 2006 28 12 "Sexiest People" 21 November 2006 29 13 "Shocks and Shockers" 28 November 2006 30 14 "Magnificent Movies" 4 December 2006 23 July 2007Yes
Season Four (2007) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 31 1 "Aussie Parties and Pastimes" 13 February 2007 Yes 32 2 "Life Changing Moments" 18 February 2007 33 3 "Fads and Phases" 25 February 2007 28 December 2008Yes 34 4 "Amazing Moments in Music" 4 March 2007 5 August 2008Yes 35 5 "Mistakes, Madness and Mayhem" 11 March 2007 4 January 2009Yes 36 6 "Funny Films" 18 March 2007 16 July 2007Yes 37 7 "Party Songs" 15 April 2007 38 8 "Rebels and Risk-Takers" 22 April 2007 4 December 2007Yes 39 9 "Billion Dollar Ideas" 29 April 2007 Yes 40 10 50 to 1: "Great Movie One-Liners" 8 May 2007 26 August 2008 24 November 2009Yes 41 11 "Biffs and Blunders" 15 May 2007 18 January 2009Yes
Season Five (2007–08) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 42 1 "Movie Heroes and Villains" 11 September 2007 43 2 "Scandals and Sensations" 30 October 2007 44 3 "Sexiest Movie Moments" 6 November 2007 11 November 2008Yes 45 4 "Fantastic Sporting Finishes" 13 November 2007 46 5 "Songs You Can't Get Out of Your Head" 20 November 2007 3 January 2010 47 6 "Movie Saints and Sinners" 27 November 2007 30 November 2008Yes
Season Six (2008) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 48 1 "Greatest Sporting Heroes" 26 February 2008 49 2 "Karaoke Classics" 29 April 2008 18 November 2008Yes 50 3 "Pranks and Pranksters" 6 May 2008 51 4 "Music with a Message" 13 May 2008 52 5 "Crazy Customs" 20 May 2008 25 November 2008Yes 53 6 "Child Stars, Where Are They Now?" 27 May 2008 16 November 2008 54 7 "Girls on Film" 3 June 2008 23 November 2008Yes 55 8 "Celebrity Shocks and Shockers" 10 June 2008 28 January 2009Yes 56 9 "Happy Songs" 17 June 2008 57 10 "Sporting Tears and Triumphs" 24 June 2008
Season Seven (2008–09) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 58 1 "Fantastic Fads" 26 August 2008 59 2 "Celebrity Sins and Sensations" 2 September 2008 25 August 2009Yes 60 3 "Greatest TV Moments" 9 September 2008 5 April 2009Yes 61 4 "Greatest Songs of the Decade" 23 September 2008 62 5 "Celebrity Flings" 30 September 2008 20 October 2009Yes 63 6 "Greatest Movie Scenes" 7 October 2008 4 August 2009Yes 64 7 "Celebrity Chart Floppers" 14 October 2008 1 September 2009Yes 65 8 "Pranks and Practical Jokes" 19 October 2008 66 9 "Amazing Comebacks" 21 October 2008 11 August 2009Yes 67 10 "Born Rich and Famous" 26 October 2008 18 August 2009Yes 68 11 "Sensational Sporting Scandals" 26 October 2008 30 April 2009Yes 69 12 "Hollywood Blockbusters" 2 November 2008 10 September 2009Yes 70 13 "Musical Milestones" 4 November 2008 29 September 2009Yes 71 14 "World's Funniest People" 9 November 2008 7 May 2009Yes 72 15 "Spectacular Stuff-Ups" 3 December 2008 73 16 "Hits That Stick" 10 December 2008 74 17 "World's Greatest Ideas" 7 January 2009 75 18 "Hottest Moments in Music" 14 January 2009 76 19 "Hits and Misses" 21 January 2009 26 November 2009Yes
Season Eight (2009) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airingRe-edited 77 1 "World's Most Daring Movies" 5 February 2009 22 March 2011 78 2 "Celebrities Exposed" 19 February 2009 12 October 2010 79 3 "Losing It" 26 February 2009 13 July 2010 80 4 "What Were They Thinking!" 5 March 2009 20 July 2010 81 5 "The Rebels" 12 March 2009 3 August 2010 82 6 "Sexiest Movie Scenes" 19 March 2009 83 7 "Hottest Stars on the Planet" 26 March 2009 84 8 "Saucy Songs" 2 April 2009 85 9 "Pranks and Practical Jokers" 9 April 2009 Yes 86 10 "Celebrity Dangerous Liaisons" 21 April 2009 87 11 "TV Couples" 23 April 2009 3 November 2009Yes 88 12 "Scene-Stealing Songs" 28 April 2009 27 October 2009Yes 89 13 "Hollywood's Biggest Scandals" 5 May 2009 13 October 2009Yes 90 14 "Hollywood's Hot List" 14 May 2009 91 15 "Sizzling Superstars" 21 May 2009 92 16 "Big Screen Buddies" 28 May 2009 6 October 2009Yes 93 17 "Sexiest Moments in Music" 4 June 2009 94 18 "Scorching Screen Moments" 11 June 2009 95 19 "Outrageous Sport Stars" 18 June 2009 96 20 "Madness & Meltdowns" 30 June 2009 8 November 2009Yes 97 21 "Planet Pop Hits" 7 July 2009 98 22 "Hollywood's Sexiest" 16 July 2009 10 January 2010 99 23 "Chart-Busting Duos" 21 July 2009 29 November 2009 100 24 "Greatest TV Families" 23 July 2009 13 December 2009 101 25 "European Cartoon Heroes" 28 July 2009 102 26 "Elvis Hits" 30 July 2009 20 December 2009 103 27 "Celebrity Flings Caught on Film" 6 August 2009 104 28 "Rock 'n' Roll Anthems" 13 August 2009 17 August 2010 105 29 "Aesop's Fables" 20 August 2009 106 30 "Cougars and Cradle-Snatchers" 27 August 2009 21 September 2010 107 31 "All-Aussie Superstars" 3 September 2009 24 August 2010 108 32 "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" 8 September 2009 31 August 2010 109 33 "Outrageous Rock Stars" 17 September 2009 5 October 2010 110 34 "Fairy Tales" 22 September 2009 111 35 "TV Characters You Love to Hate" 27 September 2009 112 36 "Australia's Funniest Characters" 11 October 2009 27 July 2010 113 37 "Aussie Jukebox Hits" 18 October 2009 114 38 "Tricks, Treats and Treasures" 25 October 2009 115 39 "Nursery Rhymes" 1 November 2009 116 40 "Hollywood Heavyweights" 10 November 2009 117 41 "Great Live Acts" 17 November 2009 118 42 50 to 1:"All Time Greatest Movie Quotes"(2 hrSpecial) 24 November 2009 4 January 2011 Re-edited and Re-ordered
Season Nine (2010) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst AiredSubsequent airing 119 1 "Sex on the Screen" 11 February 2010 30 March 2011 120 2 "World's Sexiest Scandals" 18 February 2010 15 March 2011 121 3 "Movie Monsters" 25 February 2010 122 4 "Sporty Rich and Sexy" 2 March 2010 25 January 2011 123 5 "Celebrity, Mad, and Bad" 4 March 2010 18 January 2011 124 6 "Sexiest on the Planet" 11 March 2010 10 August 2010 125 7 "All-Time Favourite TV Themes" 30 March 2010 126 8 "Blockbuster Heroes" 6 April 2010 11 March 2011 127 9 "Greatest Sporting Anthems" 20 April 2010 1 February 2011 128 10 "Greatest Aussie Chart Toppers" 9 June 2010 129 11 "Greatest Sports Movies of All Time" 16 June 2010 130 12 "Our All-Time Favourite Films" 23 June 2010 131 13 "Caught on Tape" 30 June 2010 4 March 2011 132 14 "Greatest Break-Up Songs" 14 July 2010 1 April 2011 133 15 "Megastars with Megabucks" 21 July 2010 134 16 "Eighties: Good, Bad and Ugly" 14 September 2010
Season Ten (2011) No. overallNo. in seasonEpisodeFirst Aired 135 1 "Hits For Kids Greatest Hits" 1 March 2011 136 2 "Disco Inferno" 8 March 2011 137 3 "Kids' Favourite Songs" 18 March 2011 138 4 "Worst Cover Songs" 25 March 2011 139 5 "The Perfect Driving Album Too" 5 April 2011 140 6 "Unleashed - Animals In Music Videos" 12 April 2011
Season Eleven (2016)