FKN GARBAGE Made In Bondi: So bad it’s good? No, just really bad.

There’s a stereotype across Australia that the people of Sydney’s eastern suburbs are superficial, shallow and just spend their days showing off their latest P.E Nation set on the coastal walk.

Made In Bondi makes anybody who calls this slice of heaven home look even worse. Their cast of trust fund babies also lack any substance, interesting storylines and noticeable achievements other than the ability to host parties in their parents’ mansions. In the season premiere, viewers are introduced to 22-year-old Emma Pills who is told by a “talent manager” that if she signs with her, her future will contain a book deal, podcast and keynote speaker bookings across the country. A bold career projection considering she struggled to string a coherent sentence together during the first episode.

Lawson Mahoney, 23, also secured heavy screentime during the debut and managed to do what most people from the east do the first time you meet them: casually slip into conversation which $50,000-a-year private school they attended. If this show was made 15 years ago, it may have done well – but not only have viewers moved on from this style of scripted docusoap, the world has too. In a time where most people are struggling to feed their families, does anybody really want to watch a group of overprivileged twenty-somethings sat on a superyacht wearing an outfit you’ll never be able to afford?

Some may argue it provides a much-needed sense of escapism, but it’s more likely to provoke an eye roll and sense of fury instead. Especially when you remember the season has already been sold internationally, and the world will soon assume these people are accurate representations of all Sydney-siders. 

Check out our pics from Made In Bondi filming earlier this year at Tamarama Beach.