The Mint (Australia)

The Mint
Genre	Live phone-in game show
Presented by	Rob Mills Natalie Garonzi Angela Johnson Lyall Brooks Lucy Holmes Katrina Conder
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	GTV in Richmond, Victoria
Running time	180 minutes Mondays - Thursdays 240 minutes Fridays and Saturdays (including commercials)
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	31 July 2007 – 29 March 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Quizmania
External links
Website

The Mint was an Australian phone-in quiz show based on the British program of the same name, and broadcast on the Nine Network in selected areas in the late night time slot (post-midnight).

The show was filmed live at Nine's GTV Richmond studios in Melbourne. It replaced Quizmania and was produced entirely by the Nine Network, unlike Quizmania which was produced by Fremantle Media. Like Quizmania, the program received its revenue from phone charges rather than advertisements.

Only contestants aged 18 or over were allowed to participate. Each entry cost a flat 55c charge to a premium-rate 1902 number when calling from a landline.

On 18 March 2008, it was announced that The Mint would be axed. The final episode aired on 29 March 2008.

The Mint began on 31 July 2007 after the 2007 Big Brother series on Network Ten had ended, with its UpLate late-night show a similar phone-in quiz show.

The Mint was broadcast live on Nine Network stations GTV, TCN and QTQ, and affiliates TVT and NBN. The Mint was seen tape-delayed on NTD in the Northern Territory, with NTD relaying the complete TCN broadcast with Sydney ads, accompanied by a disclaimer stating that "The Mint is not telecast live in the Northern Territory. Northern Territory residents are not able to participate live." This is unlike Quizmania, in which that series was broadcast live in all regions where it was broadcast, including NTD.

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