Channel Seven has offered fans a Christmas treat after announcing that Carols in the Domain will air live from Sydney on Saturday, December 21.
The decision comes after the network received criticism from fans for the decision to air a pre-recorded version of the event in previous years.
The Wiggles will return to the Carols in the Domain stage this year alongside Samantha Jade, pop singer Budjerah and entertainer Rhonda Burchmore.
Fans can also expect to see Dancing With The Stars’ Kym Johnson, who will be making her first appearance at the Christmas event.
Also appearing will be ARIA Award winner Conrad Sewell, Australia’s Got Talent winner Mark Vincent and Back to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan.
Meanwhile, Yahoo Lifestyle reported on Saturday that while no host has been confirmed, Sunrise stars Natalie Barr and Matt ‘Shirvo’ Shirvington will likely be first in line for the concert.
Channel Seven has offered its fans a Christmas treat after announcing that its Carols in the Domain will be broadcast live from Sydney on Saturday 21 December. Pictured: Presenters Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington.
The Brekkie Central team of Barr and Shirvington ran the event in 2023, which attracted over 2 million viewers and also proved to be a hit with the crowds.
Other features included in the live show will be ‘snowfall’ and a fireworks display.
Seven has presented this charity event since 1983.
It comes after Seven disappointed viewers in 2022 after withholding a pre-recorded version of the show a week before airing it on December 23.
Angry fans of the event posted on X to express their frustrations on the network over the decision.
‘Can @Channel7 explain why they are delaying the broadcast of Christmas Carols in the Domain until Friday? Stupid stupidity,” one person wrote.
Another said: “I got so excited thinking I’d be spending a cozy evening with Carols in the Domain on TV only to read that they won’t be on TV until the 23rd.”
“I was wondering about Christmas Carols at the Domain this year, I knew it was going to be tonight but there’s no broadcast on 7,” someone else complained.
The decision comes after the network received criticism from fans for the decision to air a pre-recorded version of the event in previous years.
The Wiggles will return to the Carols in the Domain stage this year alongside Samantha Jade (pictured) and pop singer Budjerah and entertainer Rhonda Burchmore.
“It was so perfectly spaced, showing it on TV the same night they aired it and then having the candlelight ones on Christmas Eve. I’m so sad now, let me feel festive, damn,” someone else agreed.
‘But fear not…according to the official website there will be a ‘live broadcast’ of tonight’s event on television next weekend. That’s not how live streams work, gang.’
Someone else said: ‘I can’t understand why Channel 7 can’t show Christmas Carols in the Domain LIVE and TONIGHT. The Schools Spectaculars in NSW and VIC can wait another day.”
‘I just found out that the domain carols will no longer be broadcast live. Pretty disgusting @Channel7,’ wrote one more.
Another viewer mused: “Probably because there’s swimming, although I don’t know anyone watching it.”
‘I loved that they showed it on the Saturday before Christmas and Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve. Now they crush them and it’s too much’ another person complained.
“It was so perfectly spaced, showing it on TV the same night they aired it and then having the candlelight ones on Christmas Eve. I’m so sad now, let me feel festive, dammit,” someone else agreed.
Fans can get tickets to Carols in the Domain on the event website. here.
Prices range from $395 for Diamond Class to $21.70. However, concertgoers can find a spot on the Festive Lawn for free.