Excess Baggage (Australian TV series)
| Excess Baggage | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Kate Ceberano |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production company(s) | FremantleMedia Australia |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nine Network (ep. 1-6) GO! (ep. 7 onwards) |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 30 January – 29 March 2012 |
Excess Baggage is an Australian television reality show that first aired on the Nine Network on 30 January 2012. Due to dismal ratings it was moved to digital channel GO! on 13 February 2012. The basic premise involves eight celebrities teamed with eight contestants in a weight loss competition. It features three experts: psychologist Dr. Timothy Sharp (AKA Dr. Happy), nutritionist Dr. Joanna McMillan and personal trainer Christian Marchegiani.
Each week, the teams travel to different locations across Australia.
Week 1 – The Kimberly, WA
Week 2 – The Whitsundays, QLD
Week 3 – Tasmania
Week 4 – Hunter Valley, NSW
Week 5 – Gold coast, QLD
Week 6 – Sydney, NSW
Week 7 – Kangaroo Island, SA
Week 8 – Southern Highlands, NSW
Week 9 – Melbourne, VIC
A spirit challenge is a physical challenge which highlights the location that they are visiting. Points are usually on offer to the top teams in this challenge.
Week 1 – Spirit walk: They met Christian and teams started to walk in different directions. On their walk, teams found presents from home. Darryn gave Lisa some tough love after she started to cry. The walk made each team find out more about their team members and some of their emotional baggage. As this was the first day, no points were on offer.
Week 2 – Swimming and sailing: Teams had to start by jumping off a speed boat and swim to daydream island. There they collect their team flag and one of four keys to a sailboat. Then the four teams race along an ocean course to the finish line. The blue team were the first to get a boat, followed by orange, yellow and green. The green teams boat went off course, and the orange teams stopped completely. The blue team won and got 5 points then the yellow team getting 3 points. The green team got back on track on got third and 2 points with the orange team coming fourth and one point. Everyone else got no points.
Week 3 – Catch of the day
Week 4 - Wine making
Week 5 - Lifeguard training
Week 6 - AFL extraviganza
Week 7 - Carrying history
Week 8 – Farmer's wife
Week 9 – Carrying the excess baggage
A endurance challenge is a physical and mental challenge which is designed to test the teams trust and communication skills. Usually all the teams can earn points.
Week 1 – The blind leading the blind: Kevin and Renee did not compete as Kevin collapsed the previous day and taken to hospital. In today's challenge, one team member had to guide the other team member through an obstacle course while blindfolded. The winning team also gets $10,000 for that teams celebrity charity. Heat 1 was Christine and Nathan, Gabby and Ben, Brant and Johnny. Brant and Johnny won and went into the final round. Heat 2 was Ajay and Matt, Kate and Sarah, Darryn and Lisa, Dipper and Lana. Kate and Sarah won heat 2. Before the final round, Lisa was upset from Darryn and was consoled by Ajay. Matt and Darryn had an argument. The final round was Brant and John and Kate and Sarah. This was a new course over rough terrain ending in jumping into a tank of water. Brant and Johnny, got $10,000 for Brant's charity and 8 points. Kate and Sarah got 6 points. Everyone else got 2 points except for Kevin and Renee who got 0.
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