The Big Adventure
| The Big Adventure | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by | Jason Dundas |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Running time | 50–65 minutes |
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| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | (HDTV) |
| Original release | 19 October – 25 November 2014 |
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The Big Adventure is an Australian reality television series that premiered on the Seven Network on 19 October 2014, and is hosted by Jason Dundas.
Set on a tropical island, a cast of twelve contestants competed for A$1,000,000. A grid of 25 squares was set up, 12 of which contained keys. Contestants competed in a series of tasks for the right to dig for a key. Each episode one contestant would dig and one would (usually) be eliminated. In the last episode, four remaining contestants used their keys to open chests, one of which contained the prize money.
The show premiered on Sunday, 19 October, at 6:30pm, and then filled the timeslots vacated by the recently concluded season of The X Factor Australia for two weeks before disappointing ratings saw the show revert to airing once a week, taking effect on 9 November 2014.
The prize money offered was equal to the highest single prize ever given away on Australian television (having been twice awarded on the Nine Network's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and once as the grand prize on Network Ten's Big Brother Australia for its 2004 edition). This was later beaten by Million Dollar Minute contestant Andrew Skarbek, who won $1,016,000.
Key:
Island Race: The team of twelve were to split into two teams (orange and blue) and were asked to row to an island not far from their starting destination. Before starting, each team had to build their boats using materials found on the beach nearby. Upon arriving on the island, each team would then be required to carry their barrels inland, and ultimately, to the centre of the island where the 5 x 5 grid was located. Whichever team arrived first would win the challenge and thus move further to having the right to dig within the 5 x 5 square grid the following night. That team was the orange team, who were later informed that they would have to compete in an individual challenge against one another for the right to dig in the treasure grid.
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