''The Celebrity Game'' is an Australian

game show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed b ...

that aired in two different formats. The original series, based on an American game show of the same name, was hosted by

Bert Newton Albert Watson Newton (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie award-winning entertainer and radio, theatre and television personality and presenter. Newt ...

on the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

in 1969 as ''Australia's Celebrity Game''. The later series, based on the game of

charades Charades (, ). is a parlor game, parlor or party game, party word game, word guessing game. Originally, the game was a dramatic form of literary charades: a single person would act out each syllable of a word or phrase in order, followed by the w ...

, involving two teams of celebrities, was hosted by

Mike Preston Michael Preston (born Jack Davies; 14 May 1938) is an English international film and television actor, and singer, sometimes credited as Mike Preston. Life and career Preston was born in Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, Hackney, London, Engla ...

Network Ten 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 ...

ran from 1976 to 1977.

Gameplay

In the original 1969 version, similar to the 1964 American version, a panel of nine celebrities were asked a question on a popular topic, and three contestants were then asked to choose a celebrity and to tell how that contestant voted. After every three turns, if all three contestants correctly guessed the celebrity's answers, they each won $10; if two contestants were successful, they received $20; if one contestant was successful, that contestant received $30. In the 1976–77 version, two teams of two celebrities and a contestant competed in the game of charades, where each player acted out words or phrases for two minutes, often by pantomiming similar-sounding words, while one player guessed the words or phrases. The celebrity regulars included

Joy Chambers Joy Chambers (born 1947) is an Australian actress, author, and businesswoman. Career Chambers is known for such television soap opera roles as Rita Merrick in ''The Restless Years'', Dr Robyn Porter in ''The Young Doctors'', and Rosemary Daniel ...

, Joe Martin, Johnny Pace, Harriet,

Stuart Wagstaff Stuart Wagstaff (13 February 192510 March 2015) was an English-born Australian entertainer who was active in all genres of the industry including theatre, television and film and music and stage management. Wagstaff was born in Great Durnfor ...

and

Barry Creyton Barry Creyton (born 1939, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian actor and playwright. Creyton began his professional career in radio and revue in Melbourne, Australia and became well known in Sydney starring in and writing popular comedy-melod ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celebrity Game 1960s Australian game shows 1970s Australian game shows Network 10 original programming Nine Network original programming 1969 Australian television series debuts 1969 Australian television series endings 1976 Australian television series debuts 1977 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows

Gameplay

See also

References

External links