Made in Bondi: Channel Seven announces Made in Chelsea spin-off starring Sydney’s ‘social elite’

Broadcaster vows to bring the heat with reality show offering ‘front-row seat’ to glamorous private lives

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Australia’s most famous beach and some hand-picked residents who qualify as Bondi’s “social elite” will star in a new Channel Seven reality TV show, Made in Bondi – the country’s answer to the UK hit Made in Chelsea.

Now in its 26th series, Made in Chelsea has made stars out of several cast members and generated countless headlines with its peek into the glamorous private lives of an outgoing bunch of people willing to bare it all all on television.

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