232. Sam & Lola in LA LA LAND - BACKSTAGE AT THE BAFTAS; Hosting & producing an Academy Award Show

Welcome back to Sam and Lola in La La Land!

We’re here to share with you our experiences (as two home grown Aussies) of working in Hollywood. Now this episode actually has nothing to do with tinsel town or even America. It’s all about Sam’s epic gig of host producing the 75th BAFTAs in 2022. I mean talk about once in a lifetime dream job!

In this ep we talk about literally the biggest awards nights in the UK. The BAFTAs (as Sam teaches us, stands for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) is held at the start of the year and there’s over 5000 people live in the audience but it’s being broadcasted to millions of people all over the world. You’ll hear Sam talk about all the behind the scenes madness, how scary the autocue is when you forget your glasses or contact lenses, how to get a bit (or joke) across the line and what a host producer’s role is. To be honest it sounds to me like Sam’s the worlds best problem solver.

As you’ll hear in this ep, you’ll not only get a taste of what goes on backstage but you’ll soon come to realise that an awards night is a beast of it’s own. It’s different from a stand up comedy show, very different from sit down talk show and it’s not really acting either. There’s a talent to keeping the live audience happy as well as remembering most of your audience is at home watching this through the telly. So it takes a very skilled person (spoiler alert… Rebel Wilson) with a great host producer (that’s our Sam) to host an Awards night as respected and prestigious as this!

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Big love from La La Land

Sam & Lola

Here’s a little taste of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLgCv4I6Bpk

Check out Rebel’s glam team on instagram:

Rebels Stylist @elizabethstewart1

Rebels Stylist Assistant @jennyrodriguezstyle

Rebels Make up artist @karindarnell

Rebels hair stylist @itsdash

Here’s the highlight reel of Sam’s experience too: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17921163365133244/

Sam’s insta: https://www.instagram.com/samrken/

Lola’s insta: https://www.instagram.com/yummololaberry/

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