How to watch This is Your Life outside Australia
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The ever-popular This is Your Life format has been revived in Australia, and, once again, it is attracting big audiences.
The show has a special celebrity guest each week, and the host, along with a variety of surprise guests, tells viewers the story of their life.
It’s compelling TV, but if you find yourselves overseas for business or on holiday, or if you are part of the Australian ex-pat diaspora around the world, you may be worried you can’t tune in.
Never fear; there is a simple way to watch This is Your Life outside Australia, and in this guide, we will tell you everything you need to know.
Where is This is Your Life being shown?
This is Your Life is being broadcast in Australia on the Seven Network.
It is also being streamed live and on-demand on Seven Network’s streaming platform, 7Plus.
As many Aussies overseas may already know, 7Plus is blocked outside Australia. But there is a way that you can unblock 7Plus it and enjoy This is Your Life from anywhere.
How do I watch This is Your Life where I am?
To watch This is Your Life outside Australia on 7Plus, you will need the help of something called a virtual private network or VPN.
A VPN is an online security app that hides your real location by redirecting all of your internet traffic through an external country.
These can be based absolutely anywhere in the world, and this is where things get interesting for streamers. If you connect to a location based in Australia, it makes it look as if you are going online from somewhere in Australia.
This, in turn, makes 7Plus think you are in Australia and so allows you to stream shows like This is Your Life, even if you are overseas in Thailand, Bali, the Philippines or even the UK, US, Canada or anywhere else!
Where to get a VPN?
The trickiest part of this process is choosing the right VPN because there are a lot of providers that are simply not up to the job.
The best VPN to opt for is ExpressVPN because it has tons of Australian servers, some of the fastest VPN speeds of any provider, and apps for all the devices you could possibly want to watch This is Your Life on.
It even has a 30-day money-back guarantee too, making it risk-free to try.
If you want to shop around, NordVPN and Surfshark VPN will also do a good job, and both also come with a 30-day money-back guarantee too. But our expert opinion is that ExpressVPN is the pick of the bunch.
The choice is down to you.
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How to stream This is Your Life in any country
As soon as you know which VPN you want to use to unblock 7Plus and watch This is Your Life, you are on easy street. All you have to do now is follow our simple step-by-step guide to get everything set up:
Step 1
Visit ExpressVPN and sign up with them.
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Step 2
Download the ExpressVPN app. Be sure to always do this from either your device’s official app store or the ExpressVPN website to make sure you’re getting the official app.
Step 3
Open the ExpressVPN app and log in to your new account using the details given to you at the end of step 1.
Step 4
Tap Selected Location and then pick Australia. Press the Connect button and then wait a few seconds for ExpressVPN to establish a connection.
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Step 5
Open the 7Plus app or webpage, search for This is Your Life, and enjoy the show.
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What is This is Your Life all about?
This is Your Life is a documentary show that looks at the life of a new celebrity each week.
The format usually sees the host talk the celeb through their life in chronological order, with opportunities for the celeb to tell various anecdotes and stories.
At regular intervals, a guest from their past is introduced, often someone they haven’t seen in many years, and they are reunited before that guest tells their own story.
As the story comes towards the present day, there tends to be an infusion of other celebrity guests from whichever walk of life the subject of the show is from.
The show has been cancelled in Australia twice before, but the latest incarnation has been labelled a success by critics, with one saying, “Seven took a punt to bring back the heritage series… but it has paid off.” And then some!
Who stars in This is Your Life?
The new series of This is Your Life is hosted by Melissa Doyle, a former host of breakfast TV show Sunrise and Sunday Night.
She brings charm and sparkle to the show and pitches it absolutely right, but the real stars, of course, are the guests.
These can come from all walks of life and, in the new series, have included Olympic Gold medal-winning swimmer Ian Thorpe, who was the big name on the relaunch night and certainly helped to pull in early viewers.
Other guests include Rebecca Gibney, the New Zealand-born actress who has starred in Australian films including Mental and The Dressmaker as well as shows like The Flying Doctors and Wanted.
Home and Away legend Ray Meagher, who holds the record for being the longest continuing performer in a single role in Aussie TV history, having played Alf Stewart on the soap since 1988, has also been surprised.
There will doubtless be many more big names from numerous different backgrounds in the months and years ahead.
Summary
This is Your Life is a much-loved format, and its return to Australian screens has been warmly welcomed by all.
If you happen to be overseas and not able to watch This is Your Life on Seven, as usual, you can still watch the show on 7Plus live and on demand. But you need a bit of help to do it.
A VPN is the tool you are after, and ExpressVPN is the one to go for.
Just sign up for ExpressVPN, download the app, log in, connect to an Aussie-based server, and then log into 7Plus in the usual way.
Which celeb will be surprised next? You have to tune in to find out.
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