The Project - Final Episode

That is a lovely, lovely gesture. You weren't to know I'm allergic.

– Co-presenter Jeremy Corbett starts the show with a joke about his farewell bouquet of flowers

If you show your bum bum I'll show my bum bum...that's the Māori way!

– Taika Waititi jokes with presenter Kanoa Lloyd

You're funny...you're a funny guy.

– Project panelist Mark Richardson fails to interview English comic Bill Bailey

Can you believe this: fifteen hundred and seventy eight episodes of The Project? 

– Presenter Jesse Mulligan does the maths on the programme's long run

I'm having a 'fangirl' moment over you. I used to watch you on C4!

– Pop star Kimbra bonds with reporter Jaquie Brown

It commences with a live cross from Samantha Hayes and Mike McRoberts on the 6pm news, who’ve arranged for flowers to be sent across from Three’s headquarters up the road. That sense of being close enough to the mothership to embody its brand, but also distant enough to be very much its own show, is part of what made The Project’s team have such a vital culture. You really feel that tonight — this is a final episode that is also a send off for an entire workplace.

– Media commentator Duncan Grieve reports on the final episode of The Project, The Spinoff, 4 December 2023

When we lose a show like The Project, we lose a lot. Not that it was beyond criticism — plenty disliked it — but its role in our media is highly underrated. Because it’s made up in part of both clips from and scrutiny of other forms of media and stories, it has a halo effect beyond its own product. The Project helps promote movies, TV shows and live music. It humanised politicians, brought attention to causes and could get behind situations in powerful ways – they ran a clip showing the show raising $30,000 to fix a bus during one random evening. 

– Media commentator Duncan Grieve reflects on the show's demise, The Spinoff, 4 December 2023

In seven years the world has changed, the media landscape's changed, but my life has changed because of this show . . . I’m going to miss those people here. My wonderful friends. My brothers on the desk. And you...thank you so so much for watching us.

– An emotional Kanoa Lloyd signs off