Friday Night Games
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Friday Night Games | |
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Created by | Endemol Southern Star |
Starring | Mike Goldman Bree Amer Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 70 minutes without commercials |
Production company | Endemol Southern Star |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 17 February 21 April 2006 | –
Friday Night Games was a spin-off from Big Brother Australia's Friday Night Live, hosted by Mike Goldman (Blue Coordinator only in the Grand Final) with Bree Amer (Green Coordinator) and Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald (Yellow Coordinator) and was produced at Dreamworld, Gold Coast, Australia by Network Ten.
Two teams, each composed of three celebrities and one chosen contestant (dubbed the "celeb-to-be"), competed and tested their skills in a series of games and challenges. Each game had a different set of rules and difficulty rating.
The "celeb-to-be" was chosen out of hundreds of applicants, most being eliminated through challenges until a final challenge on the Friday Night Games set. Challenges included holding onto a balloon whilst riding "Wipeout", or holding a piece of paper above their head whilst riding on the Tower Of Terror, a roller coaster at Dreamworld, without ripping it.
During each Game there would be a referee (or ref for short) which the crowd booed at. At the grand final the ref was booed off stage and The ref Gave the crowd The Finger. However this was edited out.[citation needed]
Each episode was pre-recorded in front of a live audience at Dreamworld’s games arena and aired on Friday nights. The ultimate Friday Night Games Champion Team won a A$50,000 donation to the charity of their choice, courtesy of Supercheap Auto.
Competitors of the games[]
- WINNERS IN BOLD
Date | Green Team | Yellow Team | Blue Team |
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17 February 2006 | Big Brother | Australian Idol | |
24 February 2006 | Country Bumpkins | City Slickers | |
3 March 2006 | AFL | NRL | |
10 March 2006 | Stage | Screen | |
17 March 2006 | Blondes | Brunettes | |
24 March 2006 | Academics | Athletes | |
31 March 2006 - Pre Final #1 | Country Bumpkins | Australian Idol | |
7 April 2006 - Pre Final #2 | Stage | NRL | |
14 April 2006 - Pre Final #3 | Athletes | Brunettes | |
21 April 2006 - Grand Final | Country Bumpkins | Brunettes | Stage |
The Brunettes were the winners of the series.
The contestants of the team were Patrick Harvey, Craig Lowndes, team captain Ricki-Lee Coulter and Celeb-to-be Karyn.
They chose to give the $50,000 to Beyond Blue.
External links[]
- 2006 Australian television series debuts
- 2006 Australian television series endings
- Australian game shows
- 2000s Australian game shows
- Network 10 original programming
- Australian television spin-offs
- Television series by Endemol Australia
- Television series by Endemol