Take 5 with Zan Rowe

Take 5 with Zan Rowe is an Australian podcast and TV series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that is hosted by Zan Rowe and sees artists pick five songs that summarise key moments from their life.

Promotional artwork for the TV series.

History

Take 5 started as a radio program on Triple J in 2006, became a podcast in 2017 and finally morphed into a TV show in 2022.[1][2]

Format

In Take 5, Rowe asks guests to pick five songs that represent a chosen personal theme.[3]

Reception

Stephen Green of The Music said the show was "what the music industry needs right now" and praised the show for being "thoroughly modern".[4]

Television Episodes

Overview

Season Episodes
1 5
2 7
3 6
4 6
5 8

Season 1 (2022)

No. overall No. in season Guest Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 Song 5
1 1 Guy Pearce I Want You (She's So Heavy)

The Beatles

 Night of the Swallow

Kate Bush

 Blue Bell Knoll

Cocteau Twins

 Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley

 Here Comes the Flood

Peter Gabriel

2 2 Keith Urban Standing On The Outside

Cold Chisel

 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way

Waylon Jennings

 Luck In My Eyes

K.D. Lang and the Reclines

 I'm Coming Out

Diana Ross

 I Feel It Coming

The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk

3 3 Missy Higgins
4 4 Tony Armstrong
5 5 Tori Amos

Season 2 (2023)

No. overall No. in season Guest Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 Song 5
6 1 Noel Gallagher
7 2 Natalie Imbruglia
8 3 Jimmy Barnes
9 4 Mark Coles Smith
10 5 G Flip
11 6 Lin-Manuel Miranda
12 7 The Best Of Take 5

Season 3 (2024)

No. overall No. in season Guest Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 Song 5
13 1 Dannii Minogue
14 2 Bill Bailey
15 3 Claudia Karvan
16 4 Neil Finn
17 5 Bernard Fanning
18 6 Casey Donovan

Season 4 (2025)

No. overall No. in season Guest Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 Song 5
19 1 Melanie C
20 2 Aaron Chen
21 3 Kevin Bacon
22 4 Lorde
23 5 Jarvis Cocker
24 6 Paul Kelly

Season 5 (2026)

No. overall No. in season Guest Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 Song 5
25 1 Peter Garrett
26 2 Shania Twain
27 3 Darren Hayes
28 4 David Byrne
29 5 Jacinda Ardern
30 6 Lainey Wilson
31 7 Genesis Owusu
32 8 Vika & Linda Bull

References

  1. ↑ "Two decades at the Js for Zan Rowe". radioinfo. 14 April 2025. Archived from the original on 25 February 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Shania Twain, Jacinda Ardern, Darren Hayes confirmed for Take 5 with Zan Rowe". Double J. 20 July 2026. Archived from the original on 23 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Varvaris, Mary (20 July 2026). "'Take 5 With Zan Rowe' Season Five Guest Stars Line-up Revealed". The Music. Archived from the original on 20 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Green, Stephen (20 October 2023). "Why Zan Rowe's Take 5 Is What The Music Industry Needs Right Now". The Music. Archived from the original on 20 July 2026.

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