Oprah Gives Audience Trip to Australia in Last Season Premiere
Oprah Winfrey is known for her grand gestures -- especially on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' where she continues to give away fabulous gifts to her audience. And for the final season premiere of her syndicated talk show, she's gifting everyone in the audience with a trip to Australia.
"Because, after all, this really is my 25th season and this is really my last chance to do something really big," she explained,
The New York Daily News reports.
There will be two episodes of 'Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure,' which will feature O's biggest fans down under, in places like the Sydney Opera House. The trip will happen this coming December.
"It's one of the places I've always wanted to visit, and who better to take with me on this trip of a lifetime than some of my most loyal viewers. My team has been planning this trip for almost a year and we are so excited," Oprah said in a statement.
After airing, Oprah tweeted that she was pleased no one let the news leak. "
Audience -- it's unbelievable that you kept that secret all weekend!! Way to go mates," she wrote.
Meanwhile, she kicked off her first show with John Travolta, one of her favorite guests throughout the years. (Travolta showed up again at the end of the episode as the "pilot" of the plane to Australia.)
Don Johnson even made a special appearance. Oprah tried to get the formed 'Miami Vice' star on her first episode ever, even bribing him with rhinestone sunglasses to entice him to come. Unfortunately he couldn't make it then. But this time, he gave the glasses back to Winfrey.
Producers managed to finally surprise Oprah herself with a performance by Paul Simon, which brought her to tears.
Don't worry, Oprah isn't leaving your TV for good -- despite abandoning 'Oprah' after 25 years. In 2011, OWN -- The Oprah Winfrey Network will feature a different kind of talk show from the queen of daytime television.
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FILE - This Sept. 8, 2009 file photo shows, Oprah Winfrey waves to her fans in Chicago while taping an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a three-block stretch of Chicago's Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River, to celebrate the start of the 24th season of her show. On Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" begins airing. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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What is she gonna do tomorrow? A tour of her place in the Scientology Temple? Funny, she never does much of anything in her home town of Chicago. Never hear of hergoing to resturants, movie premiers, or sporting events. Maybe she's in our imagination and she never existed in the first place.
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I think Oprah has been on about 20 years to long. Good Riddance.
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I'm glad to see this racist leave her TV show.
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I believe that what ever you think of Opra as a person she truly shows love. What I don't understand is how every message here shows dislike and disdain for a wonderful person who exudes love of her fellow humans. I for one think that to many people are jealous of her fortunes. I only wish Opra the best. Thank you Opra for loving humanity.
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My oh my! Green-eyed monsters are everywhere!!!
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I EXHAULT THEE TO THE HIGHEST PRAISE, OH OPRAH I ADORE THEE. I PRAY TO THEE OH MIGHTY OPRAH PLEASE SEND ME THINE BLESSINGS OH OPRAH HELP ME THRU THIS HORRENDOUS ECONOMIC CHRISIS. OH OPRAHI BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP YOU MY GODDESS! IN THE NAME OF OPRAH AWOMEN! HALLALUJAH
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My oh my!!! Green-eyed monsters everywhere!! Saw the show - not all white but just maybe they deserved it.What have you nayers done recently??
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After reading all of the posts about Oprah-I am a little bit worried about the status of our society. We criticize race, politics, charity, education, and women all in three pages time. I had hoped we would have advanced a bit further in our society. Truly, I am not a huge fan of Oprah, but that doesn't mean I need to degrade her by insulting everyone/everything else.
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Yes I agree she should help the people in US first. Plenty of unemployed ( at no fault of there own) to help. Plenty of hungry children, homeless and on and on. I dont get it?????
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i'll bet that if she offered them the money or the trip 90% would go for the gold!!!! oprahs just showing her wealth and power! why don't these ego-maniacs realise we know who they are???? please god "be gentle"!!!
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All i need is my house repaired.....
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It's not her money. Do you really think she would part with her gazillions? Nope. All provided by sponsers........the Queen doesn't spend a dime and takes the credit
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What a piece of schitt Oprah is......guess you can take the woman out of the gutter...but you can't take the gutter out of the woman......also a big racist......white america has caught on...guess that's why she's buying them so they'll tune in to her new show..
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What does looks has to do with a loving heart. What the FU*K the matter with your brain?? Get off the DRUGS and hopefully you'll make sense. Until then, SHUT THE FU*K UP YOU FREAKING HATER!!! The world doesn't need ppl like U. So why don't U just take a whole bottle of sleeping pills, and wake up in a world where U belong, which is HELL!!
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Lord almighty, thankyou for getting rid of this liberal off the public airwaves. She has made her millions of of the poor black people, and loves it. She has, and always will be a facade, ( fake ) for the un-educated moron.
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Thank you Oprah for your many years of service to the world. I am sorry that mean spirited people are not happy for what you do for others. I think that whatever you do with your money is your business considering you are not hurting anyone; you are not engaged in anything illegal or immoral. the rest of you can get a job, a life and some sense. Congratulations!!!
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Boy White people hate defeat I know all the peckerwoods that work under me hate it. Go Oprah you do with your money what you want. And everybody speaking negative are those tired white idiots who wish they had half of what you have, and they are so funny with it. Haters are everywhere, we love it though WHITEY, your hatred fuels us to take over LIKE WE HAVE DONE, now sit down, shut up and take defeat!
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Its not that white people hate defeat, its white people hate that some african americans cry out whites are racist when they are racist. I dont like anyone who does that whites or black. Like Jesse Jackson. He always claims whites are racist. Boy is he a racist.I saw a show with him and Oprah.
WOW...SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE RACIST...A STUPID RACIST....PECKERWOOD...WHITEY...YOU ARE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD AND TOO STUPID TO SEE IT...YOU HATE WHITE PEOPLE...DID ONE OF THEM WRONG YOU...TAKE DEFEAT...EXPLAIN THAT MORONIC STATEMENT!
ONE THING THAT IS WRONG WITH black IDIOTS THAT THINK LIKE YOU, IS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW OR UNDERSTAND HISTORY...90% OF WHITE PEOPLE NEVER OWNED SLAVES! THEY WERE TO POOR! THE PEOPLE THAT OWNED SLAVES WERE THE RICH...JUST LIKE PRESENT DAY....BUT YOU HAVE ALL THIS MISPLACED HATRED, MAKING YOU A DESPICABLE, ANGRY, VENGEFUL, UNEDUCATED MORON...AND TRUTH BE TOLD, IF YOU HAVE BE PROMOTED, IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE BLACK...IT'S OBVIOUS, YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT!
holy cow..., talk about a racist remark