The Einstein Factor
| The Einstein Factor | |
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| Written by |
Darren Chau Vin Hedger |
| Directed by | Peter Ots (2004) Jon Olb (2005-2006) |
| Presented by | Peter Berner |
| Composer(s) | Michael Lira |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 244 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ian Duncan Shaun Levin Bruce Kane |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC1 |
| Picture format |
576i (PAL) 16:9 DTV 4:3 Analogue |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 8 February 2004 – 22 November 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Einstein Factor was an Australian television quiz show that was broadcast on ABC1. The show's host is comedian and broadcaster Peter Berner. It was first broadcast in 2004 and in 2009 the show commenced its sixth and final season, with the ABC announcing the program would not be renewed in 2010. The final episode aired on 22 November 2009. It was broadcast on Sunday nights at 6:30 pm from 2004 until 2009 & now on Tuesdays at 1:30pm on ABC. The Einstein Factor was created by Australian television producer, Barry O'Brien, and was produced by Sparkz with Ian Duncan and Shaun Levin as Executive Producers.
The show's self-styled goal is to find the person who "knows everything about something and something about everything". To that end, contestants with specially nominated subjects appear each week. The show is also noted for Berner's offbeat manner and humorous approach to being a quizmaster. The program has proved quite popular with a wide audience, unusually so for a program broadcast on the ABC.
The key to the program's uniqueness is the use of a Brains Trust, a panel of three "experts", usually celebrities, who compete alongside the contestants. Regular Brains Trustees have included Barry Jones, Berner's radio colleagues Tony Moclair and Matt Parkinson, comedians Tim Ferguson and Michael Veitch, musician Red Symons and scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. Actor, historian and musician Alice Garner is an occasional member of the Brains Trust.
A season of The Einstein Factor can be divided into three parts of 13 episodes each plus the series grand final, bringing the total number of episodes in a season to 40. The winners of each programme's heats compete at the end of the series in a series of "Play-Offs", the winners of which compete in a "Series Final". The three winners of the "Series Finals" compete in "The Einstein Factor Grand Final" to determine the series overall winner. Specialised subjects remain the same throughout. The following list is the typical structure of the last third of every season, usually commencing in early to mid-August:
These are the winners of the grand finals:
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