The Crowd Goes Wild is a sports entertainment show broadcast on New Zealand nationwide television channel Sky Open.
[2] Created by former SportsCafe host and veteran journalist Ric Salizzo (who had served as executive producer and occasional presenter), The Crowd Goes Wild is presented by Andrew Mulligan (also one of the home team commentators for New Zealand Breakers), Storm Purvis, Taylor Curtis, Wairangi Koopu and Brook Ruscoe with producer Ra Pomare.
The programme covers the sporting events of the moment in a lighthearted format and is broadcast live from the studios of Sky Television, combined with pre-recorded field items and clips.
It airs Monday and Thursday nights across Sky Open and Sky Sport;[3] prior to that, it aired five nights a week, Monday to Friday, at 7pm with Andrew Mulligan and Mark Richardson as co-presenters.
Field reporters include James McOnie, former All Black Josh Kronfeld, Rugby Union player Taylor Curtis, Rugby League star Wairangi Koopu, Winter Olympic athlete Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, and former Silver Fern Storm Purvis .