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VIBE - Weeknights from 7 September, 5.20pm

Get your weekday dose of awkward 'n' crazy on Vibe's fish-out-of-water reality series.

Mums and dads try out the ultimate life change - switching families to take over a family from another walk of life. For some, it's a dream vacation; for others, an absolute nightmare. When the families are switched, they live with their host families for one whole week. When the mum or dads are finally reunited with their loved ones, they have to tell their families the twist: They decide how the other family will spend their $50,000 prize money!

Get ready for all new episodes of the ultimate fish-out-of-water reality show, which kicks off its season with fireworks when a New Age hypnotherapist from Boston trades places with a born-again Christian mother from New Orleans.

Margaret Perrin is a born-again Christian woman who lives in New Orleans with her husband Barry, two daughters, and a six-year old granddaughter named Abigail. Margaret admits that she is a queen, and if she isn’t happy nobody is. She controls the house. Barry tries to give Margaret her way to keep her happy. Margaret appreciates how passive Barry is, and how much he work he does around the house. He’s the handyman, pool boy, yard boy, and he takes the garbage out. He’s only had one sexual partner in his life, and that’s his wife.Read more

Find out if the grass is indeed always greener on the other side as mums and dads say goodbye to their own families to take over someone else’s in the brand new season of Trading Spouses, premiering Thursday, February 14th at 9:30pm on 3.

Having a new mum, or wife, for a week is unimaginable for most people. But for the families on Trading Spouses it's an eye-opening learning experience that turns their worlds upside down with surprisingly positive results.

This family-oriented unscripted series is a fresh take on the classic fish-out-of-water story. Mums and dads take on the ultimate challenge, switching families! For some, this will be a dream vacation, for others, more of a nightmare.

Walking in someone else’s shoes isn’t always the easiest thing. While some parents are welcomed with open arms, others face mutiny from their new household.

Channel Premiere: Trading Spouses

VIBE – Wednesdays from 9 January, 8.30pm

In this fresh take on the classic fish-out-of-water story, mums and dads try out the ultimate life change: ditching their families to take over a clan from another walk of life. For some, it's a dream vacation; for others, an absolute nightmare. When the families are switched, they live with their host families for one whole week. When the mum or dads are finally reunited with their loved ones, they have to tell their families the twist: They decide how the other family will spend their $50,000 prize money!

What kind of people have a "manner coach" regularly come over to teach them to which side you pass the bread? For Financial analysts, these people aren't very financially saavy. I hate to contemplate Sindi Seid's hourly rate, of course I'm sure the Plonskers received a hefty discount for advertising her services on TV. Seriously though, what sane person would pay for someone to come over the dinner and criticise them?

The Welsh family, in natural contrast, seem to be the more normal of the two, although Barry, the rocket scientist is quite "out there" to say the least.

Nevertheless, I know what family I'd rather be a part of. Particularly when I think I may have seen Ben (the 16 year old) wearing an All Blacks rugby jersey. It was blurred by the stupid show, so it's hard to know for sure.

I wonder what'll be in store for next week. And what have they done with the money?

TRADING SPOUSES
Can Sheila have an influence on the workaholic Plonskers?
Thursday, March 15th at 9.30pm

The mother of a rowdy pack of adventurous Englishmen concludes her time with a success-driven family of once and future CEOs in Trading Spouses, screening Thursday, March 15th at 9:30pm.

It seems like a fantasy at first, the ultimate chance to find out if the grass actually is greener on the other side. But the fairytale gets twisted as the new parent moves in, meets the new family and realises it may be way more than he or she bargained for.

While some parents are welcomed with open arms, others face mutiny from their new household, taking family comedy and – drama – to a whole new place.

Families on Trading Spouses each receive a US$50,000 prize for participating in the show, but unbeknownst to the participants (and their families), how the cash is spent will be up to the surrogate parent.

In this episode Sheila Welsh feels like she’s losing her battle with workaholic Jeff Plonsker - who is up and working in the wee hours of the morning.

Mums and Dads ditch their own families to take over someone else’s in 3’s reality series Trading Spouses, returning on Thursday, February 8th at 9.30pm on 3.

It seems like a fantasy at first, the ultimate chance to find out if the grass actually is greener on the other side. But the fairytale gets twisted as the new parent moves in, meets the new family and realises it may be way more that he or she bargained for.

While some parents are welcomed with open arms, others face mutiny from their new household, taking family comedy and – drama – to a whole new place.

Families on Trading Spouses each receive a US$50,000 prize for participating in the show, but unbeknownst to the participants (and their families), how the cash is spent will be up to the surrogate parent.

In the first part of our two-part season premiere an organic farmer, who lives off the land in rural Missouri, trades places with a wealthy young housewife from urban Scottsdale, Arizona.

Marguerite Perrin, the self-proclaimed God Warrior, made famous last season by her infamous rant against the dark side and major meltdown in front of the cameras returns to Trading Spouses in an episode to screen in the US on January 19 entitled: Trading Spouses: Meet your new mommy.

Perrin first appeared on Trading Spouses so she could use the $50,000 prize money for gastric bypass surgery. She's since had the surgery and lost 43kg!