on january 11, 2013, degeneres announced that she was going to australia in march with her wife, australian actress portia de rossi, after having wanted to go for many years, being unable to visit in summer (which she preferred) due to taping conflicts of her show. toward the end of the episode, which featured nicole kidman as a guest, she announced to the audience that they will also be going on a holiday to australia in a giveaway special.