The Good News Week Awards 2008

After 12 months of pouring over and sleeping under newspapers, Paul McDermott, Claire Hooper and Mikey Robins are joined by a cavalcade of affordable guests to celebrate the season finale of Good News Week this coming Monday with the GNW Awards 2008.

The catergories honour the year's finest performances in politics, entertainment, religion, sport, science and Picture of the Year.

The winners are decided by a public online pole so visit www.ten.com.au/gnw

Click here to listen to what Claire Hooper had to say to the Hump Day Crew about the upcoming awards show

Claire Hooper

Comedian Claire Hooper is best known for her role as a Team Captain on Network TEN’s new series of Good News Week.

Claire already has a glowing CV, with Rove Live appearances, regular segments on ABC TV’s The Sideshow, several appearances on The Comedy Channel’s Stand Up! Australia under her belt, as well as being a member of the negating team with Stephen K Amos and Greg Fleet in the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Great Debate which aired on Network Ten.

Claire's career now reaches Super Hero proportions when she dons her tartan cape and joins the Hump Day Crew.

Click here to listen to their antics.

Paul McDermott on The Hump Day Crew

Paul McDermott is a self-described atheist who says that his political leanings are somewhere between ultra-conservative and the radical left "depending on the time of day" He is an Australian writer, comedian, singer and television host. He currently hosts the satirical news-based quiz show Good News Week on Network Ten. As a comedian, he is best known both for Good News Week and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars, which disbanded in 1994.

Other Things You May Not know About Paul McDermott

1. He has self-published obscure Gothic children’s tales.
   
2. He was born in Adelaide and grew up in Canberra.
   
3. He maintains his interest in art through painting, drawing and hand-crafting books.
   
4. He thinks Adz had a dull sounding voice (or maybe he is just antsy because he was born in Adelaide and Adz brought it up).
   

Click here to listen to the Hump Day Crew banter with Paul McDermott