With just four weeks go to, those involved in the 11 three-round bouts in front of a 1200-strong crowd at the Queenstown Events Centre have been hard at work, training for what is expected to be the knock-out event of this year's festival.
TV2 Lotto presenter Russell Harrison will fight former Kiwi rugby league player Tawera Nikau for the second time - Nikau went one up following the pair's Rotorua bout last year.
In the second celebrity match-up, TV3 Sports Tonight presenter Howard Dobson will take on TimesFM radio presenter Clint Brown.
Festival director Simon Green said excitement was also building for the local bouts, which would see representatives from various Queenstown business industries put their pride on the line for charity.
"These guys have worked really hard for the past four months to be match-ready and its been quite a life-changing experience for them.
"They've had huge support from the community and the atmosphere on the night is going to be electric.
"It'll be a great night out and it's all for a good cause," he said.
Those with tickets to Thriller in the Chiller were advised to bring "plenty of money" with them, to bid for "some amazing items" at the charity auction.
All proceeds would go to the festival's official charity, the Wakatipu-based Bruce Grant Youth Trust, helping local youth achieve their dreams.
The 2010 Winter Festival Special Achiever Award grant recipient, administered by the Bruce Grant Youth Trust grant is Arrowtown snowboarder Hamish Bagley (14).
Thriller in the Chiller boxing bouts will be under the tight control of the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association and include:Harcourts Richie "The Assassin" Anderson and Albert "The Velvet Sledgehammer" Voschezang from Bayleys.
Real estate agents by day, the usually mild-mannered pair are vowing to put their best fist forward for their companies.
The knives will be out when the Bathhouse's Dugi "Duganaught" Anderson and Sombrero's Mexican Cantinas Drew "Hot Jalapeno" Harmer duke it out on behalf of their restaurants.
The two heavyweights are fairly evenly matched, so expect plenty of guts and glory.
The battle of the bars - longtime Chicos owner Grant "The Brain Eraser" Murphy will take on Revolver's Jono "The Stampeding Southpaw" Stapleton.
Both have been training hard and are raring to go.
Local sparky Lee "Lights Out" Exell and stonemason Scott "The Golden Bear" Winter will test each other's mettle in the Trade Off.
There'll be swinging and swirling as golf enthusiast Ben "Bandy The Basher" O'Malley, from Millbrook Resort, takes on wine buff Tom `Tommy Tiger" Macaulay from Amisfield Winery.
Entertainers Shaun "The Mantis" Vining and Shay "The Muss" Muddle will show the crowd a good time.
It'll be a mighty matchup between Queenstown's media men Richard "Ginga Stinger" Thomas, from Mountain Scene and local Radioworks boss Tim "The Rock" Lockhart.
Will money talk when it comes to the blue collar versus white collar bout? ANZ Bank's Elliot "The Money Shot" Daniel takes on Stewart Motors mechanic Luke "The Smasher" Smeets.
It's all about Girlpower as new recruit Justine "Quick Draw" McCall from SkyCity Casino takes on AJ Hackett Bungy's Vicky "Pow Pow" Zadrozny, after her original opponent retired through injury.
While Ms McCall is at a training -and height - disadvantage, she's more than happy to take it on the chin for charity.
