Sunday's TV highlights

7.30PM, TV2
NZ IDOL
We have our top 10, and tonight the wannabes perform for the first time in the studio in front of the judges, a studio audience and the viewers. You can vote by going to www.tvnz.co.nz and entering the keyword: nz idol

7.30PM, TV3
THE PERFECT AGE
Most of you don't need the lovely Petra Bagust to tell you you can't keep up those all-night drinking sessions after a certain age. But tonight The Perfect Age focuses on the "physical" and investigates when is best to give up things like sex marathons, or to have plastic surgery, and when drinking bouts are liable to leave you useless for days.

8.30PM, TV ONE
THE GREAT NZ SPELLING BEE
It takes guts to get up in front of the nation and bare your spelling prowess, or lack thereof. At least the contestants, drawn from the fields of music, sport, politics, the media, television and entertainment, can console themselves with the fact they are doing it for a good cause.

The winner of tonight's final will have $50,000 to present to their chosen charity. The seven heat winners, who took home $10,000 for their charities, will once again face host Mark Leishman in a test of nerves.

The contestants and their charities are Raybon Kan (Plunket), Jim Mora (ChildFund NZ), Wendyl Nissen (Cot Death Association), Peter Elliott (Higher Ground Trust), Helen Medlyn (Aids Foundation), Rob Hamill (Hospice Waikato) and last week's politicians heat winner Peter Dunne (Wellington City Mission). May the best speller win.

10.40PM, TV ONE
ARTSVILLE
The award-winning documentary, Colin McCahon: I Am, follows the evolution of the New Zealand artist's work, from his early paintings to his final paintings which used words to spell out a message to his audience.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

9PM, TV2
SCARY MOVIE 3
Herald rating: * * *
Directed by David Zucker of Flying High fame, the third instalment of this comedy franchise created by the Wayans brothers features mysterious crop circles (Signs) and video tapes (The Ring). Corny laughs that just keep coming. Stars include Charlie Sheen and Pamela Anderson. (2003)

11.25PM, TV3
DRUMLINE
Herald rating: * * *
A Harlem hip-hop drummer gets a chance to lead a university marching band to glory, but not without a great deal of personal growth and sacrifice. (2002)

6PM, SKY MOVIES 2, 8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
SAHARA
Herald rating: * * *
African adventure romp, with Matthew McConaughey searching for a lost Civil War ship and Penelope Cruz playing a doctor searching for the source of a plague. They band together to fight an evil dictator who has a nuclear waste disposal plant. (2005)

8.30PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
ABOUT LAST NIGHT
Herald rating: * * * *
Underrated chick flick starring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore as a couple who start off with a one-night stand and slowly descend into the routine of a fully fledged relationship. Meanwhile, their respective best friends, played by Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds), try their darnedest to break up the relationship. Based on the play Sexual Perversity In Chicago, written by David Mamet, and directed by Ed Zwick (The Last Samurai). (1986)


SPORT

2PM, SKY 1 LIVE; 10.50PM, PRIME
NRL: WARRIORS V ROOSTERS
Both sides are out of finals' contention but that should not blunt the forward confrontation between two big and aggressive packs.

8.30PM, SKY SPORT 1
A-LEAGUE: NZ KNIGHTS V NEWCASTLE JETS
The Knights go into their first game of the season having struggled in pre-season to find the back of the net but at least their defence seems to have stopped leaking goals.

11.55PM, SKY SPORT 2 LIVE
MOTORSPORT: TURKISH GRAND PRIX
The scene is set for a dramatic end to the season as Renault's defending champion Fernando Alonso tries to hold off a challenge from the hard-charging Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari.