Shark Tank (Australian TV series)

Shark Tank is an Australian reality competition television series that premiered 9 February 2015, on Network Ten. Based on the international Dragons' Den and Shark Tank format, it has aspiring entrepreneur-contestants make business presentations to a panel of "shark" investors.

Overview

The show is hosted by Sarah Harris and features a panel of potential investors, (the "sharks" of the title), who listen to entrepreneurs pitch ideas for a business or product they wish to develop. The sharks do receive money for their participation, but they invest their own money. These self-made multi-millionaires judge the business concepts and products pitched and then decide whether to invest their own money to help market and mentor each contestant.[1]

The potential exists, if one of the sharks is interested, for a deal to be made right there on the show. However, if all of the sharks decline, the contestant leaves with nothing. Shark Tank has been described as demonstrating "the drama of pitch meetings and the interaction between the entrepreneurs and tycoons."[2]

Sharks

Ratings

Episode Air date Viewers
(in millions)		 Nightly
rank		 Source
"Episode 1" 8 February 2015 0.616 #11 [3]
"Episode 2" 15 February 2015 0.688 #11 [4]
"Episode 3" 22 February 2015 0.739 #10 [5]
"Episode 4" 1 March 2015 0.724 #10 [6]
"Episode 5" 8 March 2015 0.710 #9 [7]
"Episode 6" 15 March 2015 0.973 #10 [8]
"Episode 7" 22 March 2015 0.638 #10 [9]
"Episode 8" 29 March 2015 0.587 #7 [10]
"Episode 9" 12 April 2015 0.527 #12 [11]
"Episode 10" 19 April 2015 0.548 #12 [12]
"Episode 11" 26 April 2015 0.480 #13 [13]

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