"Australia's Next Top Model": Oops, Wrong One
The winner of "Australia's Next Top Model" gave a heartfelt acceptance speech in a live finale - before the host realized she had announced the wrong name.
Host Sarah Murdoch on Tuesday night named 19-year-old Kelsey Martinovich the winner of season six of the Fox Television reality show.
Minutes later, her hand over her face, Murdoch made an awkward apology. The actual winner, as voted by television viewers, was 18-year-old Amanda Ware.
Murdoch said the wrong name was fed to her earpiece. The host is married to Lachlan Murdoch, a media mogul in his own right and the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert Murdoch founded the massive News Corporation, a conglomerate of which the Fox networks in both Australia and the U.S. are parts.
Martinovich was a good sport, hugging Ware and dismissing Murdoch's apologies.
The network said Wednesday that Martinovich will get 20,000 Australian dollars and a trip to New York - which are also part of the winner's prize - as compensation for the blunder.