Studio 3 (TV series)

Studio 3
Original line-up, 2009 (L–R: Amberley Lobo, Ben Crawley, Kayne Tremills)
Genre	Children's
Presented by	List of Presenters
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jan Stradling
Location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria
Running time	1–3 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC3
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	7 December 2009 – 18 September 2016
External links
Website

Studio 3 was an Australian children's television block, which was premiered on ABC3 along with the channel's launch in 2009. The program premiered on 7 December 2009, originally presented by Amberley Lobo and Kayne Tremills. The block was composed of small hosted segments which serve as links between external programs on the channel. The show was removed when ABC3 rebranded as ABC ME on 19 September 2016. The final presenters were James Elmer, Grace Koh and Tim Matthews.

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Studio 3 was announced along with the launch of new channel ABC3 in 2009, with open auditions held to find the faces of the new channel, with over 5000 applications submitted.Studio 3 was originally hosted by Kayne Tremills and Amberley Lobo, premiering along with the launch of ABC3 on 7 December 2009. The pair also presented Countdown to 3, an introduction to the new channel.

James Elmer joined the show as an additional third presenter in 2011. Elmer had previously auditioned for ABC3. Executive Producer for ABC TV's Children's Television, Jan Stradling, explained "He's someone who I think will continually surprise our audience, which is a great asset to have on a daily show." Elmer stated "I'm keen to make the ABC3 audience laugh, so stay tuned because not even I know what's about to happen next." His first appearance was made on 4 April 2011.

Alfie Gledhill and Olivia "Liv" Phyland joined as additional hosts in December 2011 after an open talent search, joining Lobo, Tremills and Elmer. Gledhill left the show in September 2012 and was replaced by Khaled Khalafalla, who joined in October. Khalafalla departed in March 2013 to focus on his stand-up comedy career, due to feeling his comedic nature was too restricted on a children's show. With the addition of new hosts, the presenters usually hosted the segments in pairs of two. During this period, Tremills and Lobo were often absent from Studio 3 to film other series for ABC3, such as Splatalot!, My Great Big Adventure, Bushwacked (Tremills), and WAC (World Animal Championships) (Lobo). After being phased out from the program, Tremills and Lobo had both departed by 2014.