It's Academic (Australian game show)

It's Academic
It's Academic logo
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Local Hosts Dan Webb (HSV-7) Andrew Harwood (ATN-7 & HSV-7) Sandy Roberts Alec McAskill (ADS-7) Jeff Newman (TVW-7) Revived Version Simon Reeve (2005-present)
Starring	Revived Version Lizzy Lovette (2005-2006) Sally Stanton (2007-present)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	19
No. of episodes	1,235
Production
Location(s)	Various (1968-1978) Perth, Western Australia (2001-2004) Sydney, New South Wales (2005–present)
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Ten (1968-1969) Seven Network (1970-1978, 2001–2004 Perth only, 2005-2012) 7Two (2013-present)
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	1968–1978 2001–2004 (Perth Only) 17 October 2005 – present
Chronology
Related shows	It's Academic

It's Academic is an Australian children's game show currently airing on 7Two. The show is based on the long-running American version of It's Academic, and pits students from different schools against each other in a test of knowledge covering a number of diverse subjects including English, mathematics, science, geography, sport, music and popular culture.

History

The show originally aired on Network Ten from 1968 and 1969 and then on the Seven Network from 1970 to 1978. In the years 2001 to 2004, Seven Perth revived the show, where it was broadcast locally, leading to a national relaunch on 17 October 2005.

The early incarnation of It's Academic was the basis for a series of sketches from The Late Show in which Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner, who all claimed to have gone to the same school, competed on the program with incredible but humorous incompetence. Coincidentally their sometime collaborator, actor/comedian Magda Szubanski had actually captained a team while a Year 10 student at Siena College in Melbourne, in 1976.

Hosts in the 1970s included Danny Webb (HSV-7),Trevor Sutton (Television Host) BTQ-7 Andrew Harwood (ATN-7 and HSV-7), Sandy Roberts (ADS-7), Alec McAskill (ADS-7), Jeff Newman (TVW-7) and John Bailey. In recent years, Jeff Newman once again hosted Perth's version of It's Academic while Simon Reeve fronts the national version.

The current version features primary school children in Grade 6 aged around 12 years old.

Format

Original format

The 1960s-70s version of It's Academic was conducted on an each state basis with episodes featuring teams of three on air contestants with an official fourth as reserve, from each of three different high schools from that state. Contestants were aged around 16 years, in Year Ten at High School. Winning teams would progress through to state semi-finals and finals. In many years, state champion teams met in a national grand finals with competition via 'co-axial cable'. Shows were recorded with large live audiences on Saturdays with school staff representatives supervising the contest.

In early rounds, team captains would 'pick a packet' (a numbered pack of ten questions) from a board of numbered options. Teams could answer these questions with no penalties for incorrect answers but each round was time limited and teams would 'pass' difficult questions to attempt remaining questions before returning to passed questions. All team members could respond to questions; in cases where two answers were given at the same time, the host would ask the captain to confirm the team's response. A 'beat the buzzer' segment and later a video-clip round completed the contest. In 'beat the buzzer', penalties applied for incorrectly anwered questions. In cases of ties, captains would pick tie-breaker packets for their team to answer.

State contestants usually received Schaeffer or Parker pen sets as mementos, with additional prizes (often dictionaries or encyclopedias) awarded to the winning school. In the original series, cash prizes of $500 to each team member were awarded to the state team final winners. National prizes differed but were of a similar financial value.

The first two years of the Australian series was recorded by Network Ten at the North Ryde studios in Sydney NSW and also in Victoria. The first two NSW seasons 1968 and 1969 were both won by Marist Brothers Eastwood, who also made it to the 1970 series final but were defeated. The show moved to the Seven Network in 1970 and was recorded at the Mobbs Lane studios at Epping NSW.

In 1970 an "Its Academic Challenge" round, being an interstate contest of the best teams that did not win the State Finals, was also recorded with team scores dictating and interstate 'Challenge' final.

Revived format

The 2008 version features six new schools every week, the winning schools to reappear later in the season for semi-finals and Grand Finals. Each individual episode features five teams (green, red, blue, yellow and purple), each made up of six members from each school. There is a new feature called the "Clean Sweep" it only occurs when a team answers all questions correct in the first round. The correct answer will award the team with 20 points.

The question rounds consist of a series of 5 aimed at one team only. Players are given five seconds to answer, or longer for a spelling question, and may confer amongst themselves before giving an answer. If two students answer differently at once, the team captain is asked to select one answer.

The Random Spotlight selects a member of the team at 'random'. They are then asked a question about their chosen topic, which can be absolutely anything ranging from academic subjects such as spelling or history, to more specific topics such as capital cities or outer space, to pop culture themed topics.

Unlike the question rounds, Beat the Buzzer is open for all teams to answer. Simon Reeve reads out questions to all contestants, who buzz in to answer. This is the most competitive segment of the show as teams attempt to buzz in before other teams in order to score points (10 per correct question). Beat the Buzzer is a speed round lasting for 45 seconds. If the team answers a question after time is up, the team would not gain or lose 10 points regardless if it's right or wrong.

The information segment was introduced in Season 2. It consists of Lizzy Lovette and later Sally Stanton giving a brief report on a particular topic. Teams are asked a 10-point buzz-in question on the topic to make sure they were listening. Initially the team who correctly answered the question also won the right to be the first team to get their question round, but was later dropped. No points are lost if a team answers the question incorrectly, but will be locked out in the next question. Should this happen, another question would be asked by Reeve for the remaining teams.

In Watch This Space, contestants are shown a one-minute video clip on a certain subject, about which they are then asked three to five questions. All teams compete on the buzzer for the right to answer the questions: 10 points for a correct answer, 10 points off for a wrong answer. In later seasons, after each question, a screen shot from the video clip is shown to the audience that answers the question.

In Unscramble this Picture Puzzle, a 3 by 3 or a 4 by 4 sliding puzzle is shown on the screens, later it became a 5 by 5 sliding puzzle. The puzzle can be a person, a place or an object. When a team buzzes in, the puzzle freezes. The first team to identify the puzzle gets 10 points for their team and the puzzle is instantly revealed to the audience. If they get it wrong, no points are deducted but they get locked out allowing the other teams to answer it. If all three teams fail to identify the puzzle (scrambled or not), no points are given out and the answer is revealed.

The team who answers the Unscramble this Picture Puzzle question on the buzzer has the right to choose one of three topics for Fact or Fiction, a new round in 2006 and get five seconds to make that decision. Reeve then reads five statements about the topic for which schools buzz in to answer. These questions are simply true or false questions, however in this round for some reason they are labeled fact or fiction instead, and answering with "true" or "false" is accepted.

Scoring

Each team begins with 100 points. (When the show first returned in 2005, it was impossible to lose points at any time during the show; this made these 100 points rather useless.)
In the individual team question rounds, 10 points are awarded for a correct answer; no points are deducted for a wrong answer.
If a contestant correctly answers his or her Random Spotlight question, 20 points are awarded instead of 10; once again, no points are deducted for a wrong answer.
In any buzzer rounds, 10 points are awarded for a correct answer, and 10 points are deducted for a wrong answer. When the show was introduced in 2005, no penalties were given for incorrect answers.

The school with the most aggregate points at the end of the week is the winner, progressing to the semi-finals and then the Grand Final. The winning school on any one day does not compete for more points or prizes, and should there be a tie it need not be broken. However, should there be a tie after the week, a tie breaker would be given out for the Friday's teams. The team that gives the correct answer gets 10 points for their team and go through to the next round. An incorrect answer would lose them 10 points and the opposing team go through instead.

Episodes

The following is an incomplete list of episodes broadcast, participating schools and winning schools from the show. At the end of each season, winning schools from prior episodes are invited back to play in the finals.

Season 1

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Sadleir 1990	Our Lady Queen of Peace 1010	St Michael's 840
Heat 2	Holy Spirit 1630	Birchgrove 1530	Seven Hills 1190
Heat 4	Denistone East 1520	Bert Oldfield Public 1470	Telopea 1260
Heat 5	Carlingford unknown	St Therese Primary unknown	Epping North unknown
Heat 6	St Ambrose 1500	Dundas 1460	Maronite College of the Holy Family 1440
Semi-Final 1	Castle Hill 1st Place	St Gerard's unknown	St Mark's unknown
Semi-Final 2	Denistone East 1600	St Ambrose 1520	Carlingford 1410
Semi-Final 3	Sadleir 1760	Balmain 1190	OLH 980
Grand Final	Sadleir 1870	Castle Hill 1210	Denistone East 890

Season 2

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Matthew Pearce 1480	St Madeleine's 1410	Castle Cove 1160
Heat 2	Chatswood Public School 1460	MLC Burwood 1450	North Ryde 1360
Heat 3	Quakers Hill East* 1450	Bexley North 1440	St Mary's 1220
Heat 4	Artarmon Public 1570	Rouse Hill 1340	Ramsgate Public 1180
Heat 5	Colyton 1510	St Michael's Lane Cove 1440	Loreta Kirribilli 1370
Heat 6	Putney 1490	Blacktown South 1440	Gordon West 1400
Heat 7	Knox Grammar 1490	Forestville 1390	International 1350
Heat 8	Dural Public 1630	Westmead 1370	St Martha's 1340
Heat 9	Mount Colah 1460	St Patrick's 1390	Sacred Heart 1290
Semi-Final 1	Matthew Pearce 1600	Artarmon Public 1520	Chatswood Public School 1300
Semi-Final 2	Knox Grammar 1630	Colyton Public 1550	Putney Public 1340
Semi-Final 3	Dural Public 1520	Quakers Hill East 1400	Mount Colah 1300
Grand Final	Harrington Street Public School (first place)	Fairfield West Public School (second place)	St Johns Park Public School (third place)

Season 3

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Truscott Street 1390	St Patrick's 1350	Santa Sabina 1300
Heat 4	Redfield 1330	Lynwood Park 1300	Taren Point 1180
Heat 5	*Patrician 1440	Kings Langley 1440	Arden 1330
Heat 7	St Therese 1330	Masada 1320	St Peter's 1220
Grand Final	Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield unknown	[Good Shepherd]	Kellyville Public unknown

Season 4

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	St Euphemia 1400	Mowbray Public 1310	Coogee Boys 1280
Heat 2	Pennant Hills 1680	Holsworthy 1260	Caves Beach 1240
Heat 3	Star of The Sea 1420	Castle Hill 1380	Pacific Hills 1310
Heat 4	Winston Hills 1280	Sadleir 1270	Sule College 1250
Heat 5	Blakehurst 1370	Beresford Road 1360	Warrawee 1340
Heat 6	Waverley College 1510	Northern Beaches 1280	OLR ST Mary 1270
Heat 7	St Gertrude's 1380	Oxford Falls Grammar 1350	Meriden Junior 1300
Heat 8	Sacred Heart Mosman 1290	Parramatta 1280	Athelstane 1070
Heat 9	Cranbrook School 1470	Roseville College 1430	St Aloysius Cronulla 1200
Semi-Final 1	St Euphemia 1300	Winston Hills 1280	Cranbrook 1250
Semi-Final 2	Pennant Hills 1410	Waverley College 1290	St Gertrude's 1240
Semi-Final 3	Our Lady Star of the Sea 1400	Blakehurst 1260	Sacred Heart Mosman 1200
Grand Final	Pennant Hills Public School 1430	Our Lady Star of the Sea 1420	St Euphemia College School 1180

Season 5

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Narellan Public 1410	Bethel Christian Academy 1220	Holy Family Primary 1210
Heat 2	St Spyridon College 1520	St Mels Primary 1310	St Marys 1280
Heat 3	Al Zahra 1350	Camden South 1240	Maitland Public 1190
Heat 4	Alexandria Park 1380	O.L.M.C 1340	Covenant 1280
Heat 5	SCECGS Redlands 1440	Ryde East 1330	Barnier Public 1270
Heat 6	West Pennant Hills 1450	Ellison Public 1240	Al Noori 1210
Heat 7	Kensington 1490	Berowra 1400	Eastwood 1360
Heat 8	Marsden Road 1430	St Pauls Apostle 1370	St Pius X 1360
Heat 9	Strathfield South 1430	Widemere 1300	St Kevins 1280
Semi-Final 2	Alexandria Park 1480	St Spyridon 1330	Narellan Public 1190
Semi-Final 3	Strathfield South 1430	Kensington 1270	Marsden Road 1230
Grand Final	Strathfield South 1480	West Pennant Hills 1390	Alexandria Park 1200

Season 6

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Rockdale* 1330	St Marks 1320	Riverview 1250
Heat 2	St Josephs 1270	Mascot Public 1150	Ruse Public 1150
Heat 3	Wattle Grove 1210	Cambletown East 1070	Crown Street 1050
Heat 4	Jannali Public 1270	Leura Public 1210	Parklea Public 1180
Heat 5	Hazelbrook* 1280	Winston Heights 1270	Clemton Park 1230
Heat 6	Sutherland Shire 1360	Narrabeen Lakes 1290	Glenmore Road 1190
Heat 7	Narellan Vale 1340	Bilgola Plateau 1250	Penrith Christian 1140
Heat 8	Burnside 1290	William Stimson 1280	AIA 1130
Heat 9	St Luke's Grammar 1290	Beaumont Hills 1230	Maitland Christian 1120
Semi-Final 2	Jannali Public 1280	Burnside Public 1160	Narellan Vale Public 1140
Semi-Final 3	Hazelbrook 1390	Sutherland Shire 1360	St Josephs 1330
Grand Final	Hazelbrook Public 1330	St Luke's Grammar 1280	Jannali Public 1220

Season 7

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Woollahra 1540	Avalon 1350	Bexley North 1260
Heat 2	St Joseph's 1340	Soldiers Point 1230	St Felix 1220
Heat 3	St Andrews 1350	Mater Dai 1340	Shelly Public 1260
Heat 4	Hunter Christian 1420	Narrabeen North 1210	Liverpool Public 1330
Heat 5	Mona Vale 1420	CCAS 1340	Bonnet Bay 1230
Heat 6	Wentworth Falls 1360	Loreto Kirribilli 1340	William Clarke 1240
Heat 7	Wilkins Public 1540	Oakhill Drive 1370	John Warby 970
Heat 8	Blaxland East 1280	Double Bay 1180	Maria Regina 1170
Heat 9	St Mary St Mina 1440	Maronite College of the Holy Family 1230	TWPS 1140
Semi Final 1	St Mary St Mina 1410	Blaxland 1400	Mona Vale 1380
Semi Final 2	Woollahra 1460	St Joseph's 1420	Hunter Christian 1320

Season 8

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Yagoona Public 1400	Prouille 1360	Panania Public 1190
Heat 2	Georges Hall 1490	Blaxcell Street 1460	Ermington West 1140
Heat 3	OLOR 1420	Cecil Hills 1180	St Francis 1030
Heat 4	Scots College 1440	Macquarie Fields 1360	Norwest 1180
Heat 5	Pymble Ladies College 1450	Quakers Hill 1420	Busby West 1030
Heat 6	Cammaray 1500	Northcross 1320	Cobbity 1130
Grand Final	Pymble Ladies College 1390	Georges Hall Public 1350	Ironbark Ridge Public 1220

Season 9

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Oatley West Public 1470	Gwynneville Public 1280	Blaxland Public 1190
Heat 2	Normanhurst Public 1390	Rosehill Public 1350	Bald Face Public 1240
Heat 3	Malek Fahd Islamic 1480	Birrong Public 1240	Unity Grammar 1100
Heat 4	Caddies Creek Public 1320	Glenwood Public 1260	Windsor Public 1170
Heat 5	Manly West Public 1410	St Francis of Assisi 1320	Revesby Public 1170
Heat 6	Penrith Anglican College 1310	Turramurra North Public 1300	Hannans Road Public 1020
Heat 7	Toongabbie Public 1480	Neutral Bay Public 1440	Matraville Soldiers Settlement Public 1150
Heat 8	Connells Point Public 1450	Tyndale Christian 1290	Briar Road Public 1070
Heat 9	Loftus Public 1230	Killara Public 1200	Oakville Public 1150
Semifinal 1	Malek Fahd Islamic 1410	Caddies Creek Public 1320	Manly West Public 1270
Semifinal 2	Toongabbie Public 1360	Normanhurst Public 1270	Loftus Public 1140
Semifinal 3	Connells Point Public 1420	Oatley West Public 1370	Penrith Anglican College 1240
Grand Final	Connells Point Public 1350	Malek Fahd Islamic 1260	Toongabbie Public 1250

Season 10 (Summer Series)

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Oatley West Public 250	Gwynneville Public 230	Blaxland Public 210
Heat 2	Bald Face Public 260	Rosehill Public 250	Normanhurst Public 240
Heat 3	Birrong Public 290	Malek Fahd Islamic School 230	Unity Grammar 190
Heat 4	Glenwood Public 330	Windsor Public 210	Caddies Creek Public 180
Heat 5	St Francis of Assisi 290	Manly West Public 270	Revesby Public 180
Heat 7	Toongabbie Public 290	Neutral Bay Public 260	Matraville Soldiers Settlement Public 230
Heat 8	Briar Road Public 280	Connells Point Public 270	Tyndale Christian 190
Heat 9	Killara Public 230	Loftus Public 220	Oakville Public 210
Semifinal 1	Glenwood Public 240	Toongabbie Public 220	Penrith Anglican College 220
Semifinal 2	Gwynneville Public 230	Briar Road Public 210	St Francis of Assisi 210
Semifinal 3	Bald Face Public 310	Birrong Public 260	Killara Public 260
Grand Final	Gwynneville Public 440	Bald Face Public 430	Glenwood Public 360

Season 11

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Lane Cove Public 1420	Berala Public 1250	Bangor Public 1170
Heat 2	All Saints Grammar 1290	Balgowlah Heights Public 1170	Willoughby Public 1170
Heat 3	North Rocks Public 1380	Greenwich Public 1300	Newtown North Public 1230
Heat 4	Burwood Public* 1300	Sadleir Public 1300	Baulkham Hills North Public 1260
Heat 5	Mosman Church of England Prep 1510	Lindfield East Public 1280	Botany Public 1040
Heat 6	Gymea Bay Public 1280	Five Dock Public 1210	Green Valley Public 1070
Heat 7	Erskineville Public 1280	Harrington Park Public 1190	St Joachims Primary 1120
Heat 8	Tharawal Public 1240	Burraneer Bay Public 1220	Forest Lodge Public 1130
Heat 9	Bankstown Public Alex Mac 1430	Kent Road Public 1270	Kirrawee Public 1220
Semifinal 1	North Rocks Public 1470	Mosman Church Of England Prep 1350	All Saints Grammar 1200
Semifinal 2	Erskineville Public 1340	Lane Cove Public 1300	Burwood Public 1290
Semifinal 3	Gymea Bay Public 1400	Bankstown Public 1360	Tharawal Public 1140
Grand Final	North Rocks Public 1320	Erskineville Public 1270	Gymea Bay Public 1270

Series 12

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Hornsby Heights Public 1510	Prairievale Public 1450	St. Bernadette's Primary 1190
Heat 2	St. Andrew's 1280	Belmore North Public 1260	Sydney Adventist College 1240
Heat 3	Harrington St. Public ?	Liverpool Public ?	Sadleir Public ?
Heat 4	St. Patrick's of Sutherland Primary 1510	Glenfield Public 1400	Terrey Hills Public 1180
Heat 5	Casula Public 1430	St. Monica's Primary 1290	Wentworthville Public 1210
Heat 6	Calare Public 1390	Galilee Primary 1360	Mary Immaculate Primary 1260
Heat 7	Berowra Public 1600	St. Aloysius Primary 1310	Turramurra Public 1280
Heat 8	Earlwood Public 1430	South Coogee Public 1310	Iqra Grammar 1120
Heat 9	Hurstville Public 1420	Murray Farm Public 1390	Lansvale Public 1350
Semi-Final 1	Calare Public 1420	St. Andrew's 1320	Hornsby Heights Public 1200
Semi-Final 2	Casula Public 1480	Harrington St. Public 1370	Berowra Public <?small>
Semi-Final 3	Hurstville Public 1500	Earlwood Public 1370	St. Patrick's of Sutherland Primary 1300
Grand Final	Casula Public 1460	Hurstville Public 1340	Calare Public 1210

Season 13

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 6	Crestwood Public 1460	Woolooware Public 1250	Hunters Hill Public 1170
Heat 7	West Ryde Public 1430	St. Bernard's Primary 1240	Bonnyrigg Heights Public 1100
Heat 8	St. Charbel's College 1240	Sylvania Heights Public 1110	Leppington Public 1110
Heat 9	St. Finbar's Primary 1360	York Public 1330	Mar Narsai Assyrian College 1070
Semi-Final 1	Crestwood Public 1310	Cessnock West Public 1240	St. Agatha's Primary 1130
Semi-Final 2	St Johns Park Public 1310	Hurstville South Public 1300	St. Charbel's College 1260
Semi-Final 3	West Ryde Public 1330	Beverly Hills North Public 1260	St. Finbar's Primary 1240
Grand Final	Crestwood Public 1440	St Johns Park Public 1390	West Ryde Public 1170

Season 14

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 2	Haberfield Public	Croydon Public	Hebersham Public
Heat 4	Pymble Public
Heat 5	St. Michael's Primary 1390	Brighton Le Sands Public 1310	Glendenning Public 1190
Heat 6	Kingsgrove Public 1520	Caringbah North Public 1510	Hassal Grove Public 1350
Heat 8	Sutherland Public 1530	Our Lady Help of Christians 1320	Coogee Public 1210
Heat 9	Stanmore Public 1370	Balgowlah North Public 1320	Carlton South Public 1230
Semi-Final 1	St. Michael's Primary 1460	Sutherland Public 1410	St. Patrick's College 1370
Semi-Final 2	Leumeah Public 1450	Bellevue Hill Public 1410	Stanmore Public 1190
Semi-Final 3	Kingsgrove Public 1380	Haberfield Public 1300	Pymble Public 1290
Grand Final	Leumeah Public 1530	St. Michael's Primary 1330	Kingsgrove Public 1260

Season 15

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Northmead Public 1300	St. Francis of Assisi Primary 1240	Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary 1210
Heat 2	Peakhurst Public 1410	Ashbury Public 1280	Warragamba Public 1130
Heat 3	Minchinbury Public 1240	St. Anthony's Primary 1230	Ilawong Public 1210
Heat 4	Chisholm Catholic Primary 1230	Eastern Creek Public 1200	Gordon East Public 1130
Heat 5	Samuel Gilbert Public 1510	Windsor Park Public 1140	Yarrawarrah Public 990
Heat 6	Newington College 1380	Cronulla South Public 1350	Como West Public 1140
Heat 8	Marayong South Public 1370	Hornsby South Public 1250	Curl Curl North Public 1190
Heat 9	Hornsby North Public 1290	Rydalemere East Public 1230	William Carey Christian 1180
Semi-Final 1	Hornsby North Public 1400	Marayong South Public 1380	Samuel Gilbert Public 1020
Semi-Final 3	Newington College 1370	Northmead Public 1320	Chisholm Catholic Primary 1100
Grand Final	Hornsby North Public 1470	Newington College 1400	Wideview Public 1060

Season 16

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 1	Chester Hill Public 1430	Bargo Public 1230	Hillsborough Public 1170
Heat 2	Penshurst West Public 1390	Padstow Park Public 1290	Kurrajong Public 1200
Heat 3	Clairgate Public 1300	St. Christopher's Primary 1260	Henry Fulton Public 1190
Heat 4	Mosman Public 1540	Cabramatta Public 1330	Camden Public 1080
Heat 5	Peakhurst West Public 1340	Noumea Public 1190	Kenthurst Public 1170
Heat 6	Campbelltown Public 1230	St. Thomas Catholic Primary 1200	Austral Public 1110
Heat 7	St. Mary's Primary 1350	Dalmeny Public 1320	Rutherford Public 1240
Heat 8	Thornton Public 1360	St. Brendan's Catholic Primary 1200	St. Joseph's Primary 1080
Heat 9	Fairfield West Public 1460	Broughton Anglican College 1250	St. Jerome's Primary 1210
Semi-Final 1	Mosman Public 1290	Thornton Public 1230	Clairgate Public 1150
Semi-Final 2	Peakhurst West Public 1430	St. Mary's Primary 1390	Chester Hill Public 1130
Semi-Final 3	Penshurst West Public 1310	Fairfield West Public 1250	Campbelltown Public 1240
Grand Final	Penshurst West Public 1350	Peakhurst West Public 1330	Mosman Public 1230

Season 18

Episode	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Heat 5	Holy Family Primary 1260	Fairvale Public 1220	Plumpton Public 1220
Heat 6	Lucas Heights Community 1230	Banksmeadow Public 1160	Lethbridge Park Public 1140
Heat 7	Dubbo Public 1250	Dapto Public 1220	Tighes Hill Public 1160
Heat 8	New Lambton Public 1470	Robert Townson Public 1220	St. Mary's Primary 1100
Heat 9	Beecroft Public 1560	St. Joseph's Primary 1260	Werrington County Public 1210
Semi-Final 1	Beecroft Public 1450	Smithfield Public 1320	Lucas Heights Community 1130
Semi-Final 2	Greystanes Public 1550	Holy Family Primary 1100	Mount Druitt Public 1080
Semi-Final 3	New Lambton Public 1490	Lindfield Public 1280	Dubbo Public 1220
Grand Final	Greystanes Public 1510	Beecroft Public 1380	New Lambton Public 1350