Thank Heavens!

Nikki is back on our screens, finally, promoting Provincial Victoria.



Thanks to Phantasmal, as always, for the clip.

Nice Legs, Shame about the Face...

Unfortunately, on the previous episode of The Nation, Nikki's appearance was confined to a brief shot (from behind only) of her passing Mick some flowers. We didn't even see Nikki's face! It could have been a stunt double.

To prevent withdrawal symptoms, enjoy this blast from the past, some epic Quizmania silliness which will be featuring on Channel Nine highlights tapes for many years to come.

Thanks to Drew for the memories.

Viva la Nation

Merci, Phantasmal.

A Taste of the Future

Remember Nikki for PM?

Check this out:

Lighting up the Screen

With thanks as always, to Phantasmal.

Goodbye and Hello

Nikki has made her final appearance on Quizmania.

Before you rush off the nearest tall building, relax. Nikki will be back soon and we can't wait. Posting will be a little quiet until then, obviously.

Finally, Mishy has made a breathtaking tribute video:

Nik Politik

A guy called Tim Blair who has a hilarious blog, asks whether Kevin Rudd could host Quizmania. His readers are already pondering the question.

It would be an interesting job-swap considering some have previously declared that Nikki Osborne should be Prime Minister.

So, the Nikki 2010 election campaign gathers steam... Nikki 2010 even sounds like a promising TV show!

The Nikki for PM campaign managers, Kizza and Mishy received a special hello on-air.

Via comments, describe Australia under Prime Minister Nikki Osborne...

Campaign posters also welcome. Speaking of which, thanks to whomever uploaded "Officer Osborne" to the Gallery, it's a cack!

Update: Evangelion: 'Parliament Question Time' becomes the top rating Australian TV show...

Doo doo doo doo.... Vid Video...

Phantasmal. Watching Quizmania, so you don't need to.

Something for the Grandkids

Nikki was on A Current Affair earlier in the week.
Phantasmal, as always, had his finger on the button...

Attention Agents

Nikki's Professional Site has been launched.

Visit: www.nikkiosborne.com.au.

Phantasmal's got plenty more kick-arse Nikki videos!

Updates

Phantasmal has done another brilliant job of capturing and editing highlights.

A full collection of his videos is here.

Entries to the Photoshop contest will close this Sunday, 25 February. Get cracking!

Highlights

Thanks to the hard work of a dedicated bunch, there are now so many Nikki and Quizmania videos on Youtube, it's sometimes hard to keep up.

Anthony Giannotti has cut together a bunch of highlights from similar videos. Regular readers will have seen plenty of this footage previously, however it still cracks us up every time..

Well done Anthony.

Of course Phantasmal continues to have the definitive library.

Aerobics Oz Osborne Style

Quizmania's phones went down last night, for even longer than the famous Phones Down incident when the show started.

Nikki had to ad-lib, with the help of Brad the Amazing Juggling Cameraman, and the results... Well, just see for yourself, thanks to our Phantasmal.

Part 1 - Phones have gone down
Part 2 - Juggling Nikki
Part 3 - Juggling Brad
Part 4 - Adam Pwnd and Rob's great impersonations
Part 5 - Rob's lousy impersonations
Part 6 - All about Humpybong
Part 7 - Nikki does Aerobics and says "this is so going to be on Youtube tomorrow". Gee, do you think?
Part 8 - Nikki gives shout-outs to her fans - Hey Martin the Thrash Metal Head, Nikki's still struggling with yours!
Part 9 - So long, farewell...

Also, if you haven't seen Nikki's (savage) new puppy, meet Kato.

Regular viewers know Nikki's just as much fun when the phones are working.

Remember the hat?

How about Minties, Pumas and Nikki dancing...

Sticky Buzz Monkey

Thanks to Phantasmal, two more great videos.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everybody.

Luckily Jake set the video recorder before hitting the town so we could see how much fun Nikki and the Crew were having.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Don't forget, entries for the Nikki Osborne Cartoon Contest are closing soon.

Your Christmas Present

Jake, creator of the Best Nikki Osborne Video Ever has been hard at work compiling snippets of Nikki to keep you happy over the New Year period.

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Nine
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Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
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Fifteen

Outstanding effort! Heap your praise in comments.

To all our supporters, contributors, readers, television staff, and of course Nikki, Merry Christmas and best wishes to you and your families for a Happy New Year.

Mermaid Nikki

Nikki featured in a TV Commercial for an American credit card.

Many thanks to Drew for supplying this, with the sensible comment "WTF is with the hairdryer underwater?" Err... Don't try this at home...

Saturday Night Nikki

While we await tomorrow morning's release of Ralph Magazine, Ben has sent us this video.

You go girl! - High resolution (large) file available for download here.

Ben's past achievements here:

Dad Bap

Have you ever wanted to jump through the television and throttle a presenter?

Watch this clip, and see how it must feel to be on the other side of the camera and want to jump through the screen to throttle a viewer. Nikki handles it beautifully. Of course.

Many thanks to Jason for sending the clip to us.

Another Phones Down Video

Some time ago, the phones went down leaving Nikki Osborne and Brodie Young to ad-lib for over twenty minutes.

Ahhhh Live television...



Previous Phones Down Fun here.

Arrrrrrr.....

Shiver me Timbers! Captured by a fan, it's Nikki on International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Watch for the bit in the middle with telescope!

Nikki:

"Can you believe I'm the Captain? This ship's going to sink very quickly".

Reader Contributions

Some great contributions sent in by readers and fans. First, a wonderful screencap by GB

and there are plenty more in the Nikki Osborne Gallery.

Next, a super cute video compilation by Jason

Do you get the impression people were guessing "Dominic" knowing they were wrong, just to hear Nikki sing? Well worth the 55c...

Quizmania Hits 50

Congratulations to Quizmania on reaching their 50th episode.

The show is now on five times per week which means, more Nikki!.

Check your TV Guide for more information.



Fantastic! Leave your congratulations and comments in this thread.



More pictures in the Nikki Osborne Gallery.

Best Nikki Osborne Video Ever!

Massive thanks to Jake for such a terrific job.

Rocket Surgery

Nikki proves (for the benefit of the dummies) that she does know what she's saying.

Sigh...

Last week, Nikki received a call from someone who should be paying a bit more attention.

Nikki Osborne Video

This great Nikki compilation clip was found on Youtube.



Thanks to Drew for the clip.

The Chaser Takes on Late Night Quiz Shows

The Chaser have done a hilarious comparison of late-night television. Amy Parks appears for the Quizmania team (no Nikki) alongside Hotdogs and the Channel Seven offering, Midnight Zoo.

The segment also features the wonderful moment when someone gave the right answer to the wrong channel.

Watch the video...

(With thanks to whomever captured that video and didn't receive or respond to our email)

There are some more uploads in the Nikki Osborne Gallery. Screen-cappers please note, you can upload your own images to the guest uploads folder - or email them to us.

Phones Down - Extended

Further to the earlier Phones Down post, I have found the full-length (9 minute) clip of poor Nikki Osborne and Amy Parks ad-libbing their way through Quizmania when there were no quizzes and no callers.

You don't often see television like this and for totally unscripted, unprepared and potentially disastrous television, everyone who watched it live will know it was impossible to change the channel. Well done girls!

Nikki's best quote: "By the way, that's not my belly, that's just a corset - in case there's rumours I'm a knocked up pornstar".

Push that monkey!

Global Stupidity

A few days ago, in "Hey Stupid" I commented on callers who gamble their calling costs to ring the quiz show yet come up with answers that not only are wrong, but were wrong the numerous other times previous callers used them.

It seems this is a global phenomena. From the UK Series of Quizmania:

Write down the bloody answers!

It's not Rocket Surgery...

Maybe they just want to talk to Nikki?

Phones Down

Depending on your perspective, this was one of the greatest or worst moments on live television in recent memory.

Last week, Quizmania's phone system went down. Ah, the beauty of live television. When it became apparent the problem was serious, the two hosts, Nikki Osborne and Amy Parks had to ad-lib for about ten minutes before Channel Nine decided enough was enough and cut to a rerun of the Drew Carey show.

Click the play icon and witness the comic genuis of Nikki Osborne stalling for time.
Still captures have been uploaded to the Nikki Osborne Gallery.