''Making It Australia'' is a

reality competition Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

television series co-hosted by comedians

Susie Youssef Susan Kathryn Youssef (born 1984) is a writer and actor who works in television, on radio and stage in Australia and the United Kingdom. Youssef performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fest ...

and Harley Breen and based on the American series of the same name. The series premiered on Wednesday, 15 September 2021 on

Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

. The show features craftspeople skilled in different media competing to be named the "Master Maker" and win A$100,000. Each week, competitors participate in two or three challenges – a "Faster Craft", a "Together Craft" and a "Master Craft." The winner of each challenge earns a patch. For the Faster Craft, makers have three hours to create an item. For the Together Craft, they a split into teams and work together to create a themed item. For the Master Craft, makers have eight hours to create a more elaborate themed collection. At the end of every episode, one person is sent home based on their performance in the Master Craft.

Production

In October 2020,

announced that they had commissioned a local version of the show at their annual upfronts. In March 2021, it was announced that Susie Youssef and Harley Breen would be co-hosting the series and that it would be judged by production designer and art director Deborah Riley and paper engineer Benja Harney. Due to low viewership, the series was bumped from its primetime slot of Wednesday and Thursday nights and began airing on Saturday nights from its seventh episode. At the Network 10 upfronts in October 2021, it was announced that the series had been cancelled.

Cast

Hosts

*Harley Breen

Judges

*Deborah Riley *Benja Harney

Contestants

Contestant progress

: (FAST) The Contestant won that episode's Faster Craft Challenge. : (TOGT) The Contestant's team won that episode's Together Craft Challenge. : (WIN) The Contestant won that episode's Master Craft Challenge. : (MEGA) The Contestant won that episode's Mega Craft Challenge. : (BOTH) The Contestant won both that episode's Faster Craft Challenge and Master Craft Challenge. : (OUT) The Contestant won that episode’s Faster Craft or Together Craft Challenge but was eliminated from the competition during the Master Craft Challenge. : (OUT) The Contestant was eliminated from the competition. : (WITH) The Contestant withdrew from the competition. : (SAFE) The Contestant won neither the Faster Craft Challenge nor Master Craft Challenge, and they were not eliminated. : (WINNER) The Contestant was named Master Maker. : (WINNER) The Contestant won the Faster Craft Challenge and was then named Master Maker. : (RUNNER UP) The contestant was runner-up.

Special guests

Tonia Todman Tonia Todman (born 1948) is an Australian television personality and author, who has appeared on '' Good Morning Australia'', and also appeared on ''Rove Live ''Rove'', also titled ''Rove Live'', was an Australian television variety show tha ...

– Episode 9

Season synopsis

References

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* * * {{IMDb title, 13442172 Network 10 original programming 2020s Australian reality television series 2021 Australian television series debuts 2021 Australian television series endings Arts and crafts television series English-language television shows Television shows set in Sydney Australian television series based on American television series Television series by Matchbox Pictures Television series by Eureka