The second series started on 31 July 2006, the day of the Big Brother Australia 2006 finale,[2] with Deering returning as host.
From August 2006, Hotdogs was joined by co-hosts Big Brother 2006 housemate Rob Rigley and singer Chrissy Bray.
On 11 August 2006 satirical comedy series The Chaser's War on Everything featured a segment on the influx of late night phone-in quiz shows.
Accusing this style of programming of making money by "hardly ever letting callers through", therefore limiting the chances for people to win prizes.
To add further to this Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello claimed to have been calling the Up-late Game Show hundreds of times during this segment.