The Challenge: Australia
Australian reality competition series
The Challenge: Australia is the Australian adaptation of the American reality competition series The Challenge. The first season featured twenty-two Australian reality television contestants and celebrities competing against one another in various challenges to avoid elimination.
The series, hosted by TV presenter and sports commentator Brihony Dawson, premiered on Network 10 on 14 November 2022. Due to low viewership, the series was moved to 10 Shake from episode 7.
Background
The Challenge: Australia features cast members from different reality shows, including: The Bachelor Australia, The Bachelorette Australia, Married at First Sight Australia, Love Island Australia, Big Brother Australia, Australian Survivor, MasterChef Australia, Australian Ninja Warrior, Australia's Got Talent and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia as well as various celebrities.
In February 2022, a new series of international seasons of The Challenge was announced to air later in the year. The series comprises four new editions of The Challenge, which includes The Challenge: USA, The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío and The Challenge UK. These local renditions were followed by a fifth series in which winners and select contestants of each series will compete again in Cape Town, South Africa on another season titled The Challenge: World Championship, which aired on Paramount+.
In addition to the opportunity to represent the Australian series in World Championship, cast members also competed to win an A$200,000 prize pool and the Australian inaugural title of "Challenge Champion".
Format
The Challenge: Australia consists of a main challenge, a winners' selection and an elimination round.
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