Challenger (game show)
| Challenger | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game Show |
| Directed by | Greg Harper |
| Presented by |
Diarmid Heidenreich (1997) Adrian DeVito (1998) Zoe Sheridan (1998) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 265 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Simon Phillips |
| Producer(s) | Rani Stainton |
| Location(s) | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Camera setup | Tom Volmer Steve Atkinson Jonathan Hastings Andrew Bergh Leslie R. Hicks |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format | 4:3 PAL |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 10 February 1997 – 1998 |
Challenger was an Australian children's game show that aired on the Nine Network in 1997 and 1998. The first host was Diarmid Heidenreich famous for playing Dougie the pizza delivery guy in the Pizza Hut commercials in the mid-1990s. After he left the show in early 1998 he was replaced by hosts Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan. Adrian DeVito and Zoe Sheridan continued to film 265 episodes before the show was superseded with a return of Now You See It.
The format of the show had two teams (Alpha & Omega) with three children a side. The teams consisted of a captain and two other members.
First Round: The highest scoring team dictating which team would undertake the challenges first. During Diarmid's run, the questions were divided into six different categories, spanning a range of different genres and the first round did not have a name. With Adrian and Zoe's run, the questions were grouped into three categories and the segment was named Mind Zone. At the end of each round, the winning team were allowed to decide who would undertake the physical challenges first. The categories for Diarmid's run were: Cosmix (random), Entertainment, Geography, Language, Nature and Sport. The categories were randomly selected for each contestant, however 20 bonus points were awarded if the categories were the same for each contestant. There were three questions per team. The categories for Adrian/Zoe's run were: It's a What?, Pick Your Face and Position Yourself. These all consisted of "what/who/where am I" questions and there was only one question per round.
Second Round: The second part of the show involved each team member attempting a separate challenge to earn points. In the original run, some of the challenges involved getting a certain number of a particular object, or reaching a certain goal to earn points through questions. When Adrian and Zoe took over, some of the challenges remained, but the focus was now on getting discs in order to get the questions and the discs were random questions rather than specific categories. For the challenges, see List Of Challenges. For each correct question, there were 10 points. If you had all 6 discs/pieces, you received 20 bonus points if you got them all right. Throughout the entire show's run, the teams (or contestants) had 40 seconds per challenge. This is repeated with another team.
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