Oprah Winfrey is heading Down Under!
The former talkshow host is heading to Australia in December this year where she’ll be hosting five ‘in conversation’ events across the country.
“I have always enjoyed … sitting down for real, honest, enlightening conversations, and this experience is all about that,” Oprah said.
“The energy, warmth, and spirit I feel in Australia and New Zealand have stayed with me, and returning will be an opportunity to reconnect, reflect, and be reinspired — together.”
She added, “I look forward to sharing stories, ideas, and meaningful connection about what’s possible in our lives moving forward.”
OPRAH WINFREY’S 2025 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Oprah Winfrey will kick off her 2025 Australian tour, Oprah In Conversation, in Sydney at the ICC Theatre on Thursday 4 December.
She’ll then head to South Australia for a show at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday 6 December, followed by a show at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Monday 8 December.
Oprah will wrap up her tour in Melbourne at the Plenary Theatre on Thursday 11 December.
Oprah In Conversation‘s themes will include “the power of authenticity to the necessity of resilience.” Producers added: “Oprah’s reflections will resonate with anyone seeking purpose, inspiration, or a spark to re-imagine their own path.”
In 2010, Oprah travelled to Australia with 300 American fans to film the last four episodes of her long-running TV show at the Sydney Opera House.
Five years later, she returned to Australia for a speaking tour.
Australia rolled out the red carpet for the now 71-year-old, dubbing the Opera House the ‘Oprah House’ and lighting up the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a giant ‘O’.
“I have been saying since I left Australia that I wanted to get back,” she admitted to NewsCorp at the time.
“I didn’t have the chance to fully embrace it because I was with 320 other people, there were 20 camera crews, there was an itinerary a mile long.
“So the opportunity to do what I most love, that is to sit in gathering spaces and talk to women about things that I know they value and I value as important wasn’t really high on my agenda.”
During the 2015 tour, she was joined on stage by local celebrities such as Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and the Irwin family, as well as visiting music superstars Bono, Jon Bon Jovi and Jay-Z.
The two hour-long shows included various references to Australia’s attractions as part of a package to promote the country to Oprah’s 150 million worldwide viewers.
“I’ve seen a lot and done a lot of things, but when those fireworks started and that O came on the bridge I went into the ugly cry,” she told the crowd at her final Sydney show.
“This is not my country, but that was pretty special. And not just because it’s a big ego trip to see my name on the bridge, although it is. I’d position myself in a chair in my hotel room and wait for the sun to go down and call out to people, ‘Come and see my O’. That was very special.
“I will carry that for the rest of my life.”
The final show closed with a performance of ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ by Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Olivia Newton-John, Hugh Jackman, and the Gondwana National Indigenous Children’s Choir.
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