Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee revive Cup Fever for SBS on Demand, YouTube and VICELAND.

Entertainment series Cup Fever! is returning to SBS for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever! first featured on SBS in 2010 and reincarnated as Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports Fever! in 2012 before Santo, Sam and Ed’s Total Football in 2013 for Foxtel.

It will now return with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee, sans Sam Pang, every night of the World Cup at SBS On Demand and in a first for SBS, on YouTube each night. It will be repeated at SBS VICELAND.

Produced by Working Dog (Have You Been Paying Attention?, Thank God You’re Here, The Cheap Seats), and recorded in front of a live studio audience, the nightly half hour show will see Santo and Ed joined by a host of well-known football identities, beloved comedians and fresh talent.

Joseph Maxwell, SBS Head of Unscripted, said: “Cup Fever! continues SBS’s tradition of delivering football coverage that is smart, funny and informed. Ed and Santo match genuine knowledge with sharp comedy and will be the perfect guides through the ups and downs of the world’s most anticipated sporting event.”

Ken Shipp, SBS Director of Sport said: “SBS is the spiritual home of football in Australia, and Cup Fever! sits at the centre of its nightly FIFA World Cup offering. The series brings Australians together each night to share the drama and emotion of the tournament, combining sharp insight and humour with a perspective that reflects the diversity of the game in this country. Streaming on SBS On Demand and, for the first time, on SBS Sport’s YouTube channel, Cup Fever! gives Australians more ways to be part of the FIFA World Cup conversation.”

Hosts Santo Cilauro & Ed Kavalee said: “It’s so great to again be part of the official FIFA World Cup broadcaster. In-depth analysis; VAR deep dives and AI-driven match data are all things we won’t be covering. However, we can’t wait to provide some entertaining coverage around the FIFA World Cup. We will not be voting each other out, not marrying strangers and not living Alone in the wilderness… but we will be starting the show with a vivacious foxtrot.”