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The Channel Seven Perth Telethon, known simply as Telethon, is an annual telethon established in 1968 by philanthropist Sir James Cruthers and produced by TVW, a Seven Network owned television station in Perth, Western Australia for two main beneficiaries; Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and the Telethon Kids Institute, plus many other beneficiaries including the Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre. It is widely regarded as the most successful fundraising event per capita in the world,〔http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/magic-150m-within-telethons-reach/story-fnhocxo3-1226743282071〕 surpassing A$100 million in total donations in 2010, and $200 million in 2015.〔http://telethon.7perth.com.au/index.php/news/item/178-wa-steps-up-for-telethon/178-wa-steps-up-for-telethon〕 The Channel 7 Telethon Trust is the charitable trust behind the event and its related fundraising activities. The philosophy behind the Channel 7 Telethon Trust is to financially support the medical and social welfare of children and young people and to fund research into children's diseases. ==Overview== The event usually runs around 26 hours non-stop, from 6.30pm on a Saturday night in October, broadcasting live across Western Australia on TVW7 throughout the metropolitan area of Perth and the Golden West Network (GWN7) across the rest of Western Australia (Australia's biggest state by area), and since 2005 has been held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event aims to raise money for its beneficiaries from donations from private citizens and corporations, as well as from special fundraising events held throughout the year and the public auction of two specially built Telethon homes - one in the metropolitan area of Perth and one in the regional area of Western Australia. Each year there are also two children (one from the metropolitan area and one from a regional area) who have had reason to be a patient at Princess Margaret Hospital over the past twelve months. Over the Telethon weekend, these two children are chosen to represent all children who benefit from the money raised. From 2010, these two children have been referred to as the "Little Telethon Stars." Stars from Seven Network shows such as ''Home and Away'', ''Sunrise'' and ''Winners & Losers'' make the journey to the west coast of Australia for the weekend to entertain the audience, visit sick children at Princess Margaret Hospital, take phone calls and generally participate in the 26 hour marathon broadcast. In addition, musical guests are also a big part of the weekend. Over the years many acts including Sir Cliff Richard, Harry Connick Jr., Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Julian Lennon, Sammy Davis Jr. and Céline Dion have performed during Telethon. In 2012 Elton John performed two songs for Telethon live from his concert that was on the same night at Perth Arena. In recent years past finalists from ''Australian Idol'' have also made appearances during the event, joining lower profile and local acts. Michael Jackson appeared on the October 1985 Telethon as part of a deal with Western Australian millionaire Robert Holmes à Court (who owned the television station at the time) to acquire ATV Music Publishing.〔(Perth's love affair with Michael Jackson )〕〔 〕 Jackson could not perform due to contractual reasons, but he spoke briefly and met the two "Little Telethon Stars."〔 ''Weekend Sunrise'' has even broadcast their show from the event live across Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Channel Seven Perth Telethon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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