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Australia's Brainiest is a television game show series produced in Australia by Crackerjack Productions, a FremantleMedia company; and currently airing on Network Ten. The format was taken from the British series entitled Britain's Brainiest Kid.

The first series was titled Australia's Brainiest Kid, and was produced in May 2004, airing on the Seven Network on Sundays, starting 28 November 2004. It was hosted by Anna Coren. It was publicised through Australian primary schools, with children sitting an online test, followed by a selection of them taking a supervised written test. Of those that scored highly on these written tests, some of the highest scoring children appeared on the show as contestants.

The second series, also called Australia's Brainiest Kid, was produced in 2005, and was broadcast on Network Ten at 6:30 pm on Sundays, starting September 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ten News newsreader Sandra Sully. Network Ten now air special shows as part of a series named Australia's Brainiest with Sully continuing as host.

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Kid

The format of Australia's Brainiest Kid went unchanged during its transition from Seven Network to Network Ten, except for the number of rounds and contestants - in Seven Network's version, there were 4 heats and a final, and 12 children per show; in Network Ten's version, there were 7 heats and a final, and 9 children per show.

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Over 5000 children sat the online test, some of whom were selected to sit the supervised test. All of them won copies of the 2004 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Everybody in the third round went on to the final; they were competing for an Apple Computer iBook.

The winner of the first series final, Aaron Chong, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and A$20 000 to be held in trust until he turns 18.

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12,000 children sat the online test for the second season of Australia's Brainiest Kid, aired on Network Ten. Some of them were selected to sit the supervised test. The seven winners of the heats, plus two others who made it into the final rounds of the heats played in the final.

This series had considerably more children participating, mainly due to the popularity of the first series.

All contestants received a Mathemagic computer tutor from the Australian Mathematics and Literacy Institute as a "participation" prize. The heat winners received ASUS laptops. The winner won a AU$20 000 trust fund.

The winner of the second series final, William Xi, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and a trust fund worth $20,000 AUD that he cannot touch before his 18th birthday. (Interestingly, in addition to both winners being of Chinese descent, 5 of the final 6 contestants remaining in Series 2 were of East Asian extraction, and 6 of the final 9 contestants were of Asian descent.)

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Specials

Network Ten's specials include celebrities that often know each other from the work they do, often actors or people from another Network Ten programme, playing against each other; with the winner given the opportunity to donate money to a charity of their choice. Episodes of Australia's Brainiest are normally rated G.

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Comedian

Australia's Brainiest Comedian aired on November 24, 2005, and was repeated on April 16, 2006. This episode of Australia's Brainiest was given the television rating of PG, for mild coarse language.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest TV Star

Aired on February 12, 2006. It will be repeated on December 28, 2006.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master

Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master aired on February 19, 2006, and featured winners from Nine Network's Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Sale of the Century and Temptation. It will be repeated on December 21, 2006.

Contestants

  • Stephen Hall (Winner)
  • Rob Fulton (Runner-up)
  • William Laing (Runner-up)
  • Martin Flood
  • Maria McCabe
  • Virginia Noel
  • Brigid O'Connor
  • Trevor Sauer
  • Cary Young

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Housemate

Australia's Brainiest Housemate aired on February 26, 2006, and featured Big Brother Australia housemates from the first five seasons.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Radio Star

Australia's Brainiest Radio Star aired on March 5, 2006, and the contestants were radio announcers from major FM networks such as DMG, Macquarie Radio Network, and Austereo. It was repeated on December 7, 2006.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Olympian

Australia's Brainiest Olympian aired on March 12, 2006. The winner's prize money was donated to K.I.D.S Foundation, a children's charity.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Musician

Australia's Brainiest Musician aired on March 19, 2006. The winner's prize money was donated to Club Friday.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Neighbour

Australia's Brainiest Neighbour aired on March 26, 2006. The contestants were actors whose characters were in soap opera Neighbours at the time of its broadcast. The winner's prize money was donated to Open Family, Australia.

Contestants

This episode was filmed late at night from 10:30pm to 1:30am due to all the actors having to finish filming on set before coming to the studio.[citation needed]

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Footballer

Aired on April 2, 2006

Featuring players from the various codes of football such as soccer, AFL, Rugby Union and Rugby League. The winner's prize money was donated to the McGuiness McDermott Foundation.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Cricketer

Australia's Brainiest Cricketer aired on April 9, 2006, and contestants were Australian cricketers.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Loser

Aired on August 6, 2006

Featured all of the contestants from the first Australian season of The Biggest Loser. The winner's prize money was donated to the Australian Red Cross.

Contestants

  • Jo Cowling (Winner)
  • Kristie Dignam (Runner-up)
  • Shane Giles (Runner-up)
  • Fiona Falkiner
  • David Hilyander
  • Harry Kantzidis
  • Tracy Moores
  • Vladimir "Big Wal" Milberg
  • Adriano Sarnelli
  • Artie Rocke
  • Cat White

[edit] Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate

Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate aired on August 13, 2006, and featured nine housemates from Big Brother 2006. David donated his prize money to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. This episode was classified PG without consumer advice. It was repeated on Thursday December 14, 2006.

Contestants

  • David Graham (Winner)
  • Dino Delic (Runner-up)
  • Jamie Brooksby (Runner-up)
  • Claire Madden
  • Gaelan Walker
  • Katie Hastings
  • Camilla Severi
  • Anna Lind-Hansen
  • Michael McCoy

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Comedian 2

Australia's Brainiest Comedian 2 aired on August 17, 2006, and featured an all new batch of Australian comedians. The winner's prize money was donated to Anaphylaxis Australia. This episode was classified PG without consumer advice.

Contestants

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Idol

Australia's Brainiest Idol aired on August 20, 2006, and featured former contestants from the reality-TV series, Australian Idol. It was repeated on November 25, 2006 on the eve of the Australian Idol fourth season finale.

Contestants

[edit] External links

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