The Bogan Hunters is a national quest to find Australia’s greatest bogan. Boganologist, Pauly Fenech, joined by single mother Shazza Jones and New Zealand’s beer drinking champion, Kev the Kiwi, are The Bogan Hunters. The hunt covers all states and territories, visiting only the most bogan suburbs across Australia. A panel of celebrity judges; Tahir Bilgic, Angry Anderson, Chris Franklin, Jacko, Rob Shehadie, Derek Boyer, Jonesy, and Miss Nude Australia will choose an alpha bogan each week. At the end of the series, seven finalists come to Sydney for a bogan grand final. The series finale prize is a makeover for one lucky bogan. Tatts, mullets, Ugg boots and burnouts…let the hunt begin!
Episodes
Seasoned Boganologist Pauly Fenech, Bogan translator Shazza Jones and security leader (and NZ beer drinking champion) Kev the Kiwi begin their search for Australia's greatest Bogan at Western Australia's Powercruise event at the Perth Motorplex where they encounter examples of the 'Cashed Up Bogan' or cub. Later, they head to southern Tasmania, where they discover the phrase 'obeastie', a recent addition the Australian vernacular. The episode also features a stop at the Ned Kelly museum in Glenrowan, VIC.
The Bogan hunters travel to George Town, Tasmania, and then to Fremantle, WA where they visit Bogan icon Bon Scott's grave and encounter a group of Bogan Bikers. Finally they travel to a popular Logan Bogan hangout spot, a pub in Logan, Southern Queensland where a game of thongs is used to settle a dispute.
The Bogan hunters continue their search, playing wheel of goon in Nar Nar Goon, VIC, and looking for "Remote Area Bogans" to no avail near Stonor, TAS. Later the hunters split up, with Shazza making an important stop at Holden's soon to be closed Lizbeth factory, and Pauly and Kev attending the King of the Ring Fight in Darwin, NT and performing burnouts inside a Fannie Bay living room.
The Bogan hunters' quest takes them to New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. Shazza does her first burnout in a flanno covered car, visits the Big Merino and the team investigates rumors of a two headed Bogan in the Tasmanian wilderness.
Davey Cooper joins Pauly and Kev for a look around the Salisbury and Elizabeth areas of Adelaide, SA. In Brahma Lodge, the hunters attend a Cold Chisel tribute concert. Later the crew returns to the Northern Territory, where they meet the thong throwing champion of Darwin at the Corroboree Park Tavern. Kev loses against Pauly in a fishing contest, resulting in two penalties, firstly to be covered in snakes and secondly to go for a dunk with a large crocodile while inside a perspex tank.
The hunt continues with the team hanging out in Ravenswood, Tasmania, and meeting with a Bogan imposter in Queensland. Later, Shazza gets to give her first ever home-job tattoo to a mother in St Helens, TAS.
The hunters meet a crazy and sometimes naked Western Australian contender in Rockingham, a Bogan who lives in a Holden vehicle and the crew visit One Mile Hotel in Ipswich, QLD to report on an officially registered sport - jelly wrestling.
The Bogan hunters recap on the highlights of their trip and the seven finalists found during their quest are revealed.
Seven of the judges' favourite Bogans compete for the esteemed title of 'Australia's Greatest Bogan' in a Grand Final event held in Sydney, NSW.
After almost enjoying a pie from Harry's Cafe de Wheels, the winners of the title of 'Australia's Greatest Bogan' are presented with the keys to the "Aussie pride 'Straya' ute" with beer kegs in the back, while the winners of the Best Bogan Female Award and the Overall Points Winner are invited to receive a complimentary 48 hour make over conducted by Henry Roth, complete with etiquette lessons from June Dally-Watkins and dental treatment from Haoey Dental.
