''Australia's Brainiest'' is a

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series produced in Australia by Crackerjack Productions, a

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company. It originally aired on the

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before moving to

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. The format was taken from the British series '' Britain's Brainiest Kid''. The first season of ''Australia's Brainiest Kid'' was produced in May 2004, airing on the

on Sundays, starting 28 November 2004. It was hosted by

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. It was publicised through Australian

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s, with children sitting an online test, followed by a selection of them taking a supervised written test. Of those that scored highly on these written tests, some of the highest scoring children appeared on the show as contestants. A second season was produced in 2005, and was broadcast on

at 6:30 pm on Sundays, starting 25 September 2005. It was hosted by

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newsreader Sandra Sully and co-hosted by Samuel Shaed. The second season of ''Australia's Brainiest Kid'' was followed by a series of specials on Network Ten featuring celebrities, reality TV contestants and sports stars, under the ''Australia's Brainiest Specials'' title. After the broadcast of the specials no further series have been commissioned.

''Australia's Brainiest Kid''

The format of ''Australia's Brainiest Kid'' went unchanged during its transition from

, except for the number of rounds and contestants. In

's version, there were 4 heats and a final, and 12 children per show; in

's version, there were 7 heats and a final, and 9 children per show.

Season 1

The first season aired on the Seven Network in 2004. Over 5000 children sat the online test, 800 were selected to sit the supervised test. All of them won copies of the 2004 CD-ROM edition of ''

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''. Everybody in the third round went on to the final; they were competing for an

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. The winner of the first series final, Aaron Chong, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and A$20,000 to be held in trust until he turns 18.

Season 2

The second season aired on Network Ten in 2005. 12,000 children sat the online test for the second season of ''Australia's Brainiest Kid'', aired on

. Some of them were selected to sit the supervised test. The seven winners of the heats, plus two others who made it into the final rounds of the heats played in the final. This series had considerably more children participating, mainly due to the popularity of the first series. All contestants received a Mathemagic computer tutor from the Australian Institute of Mathematics as a "participation" prize. The heat winners received ASUS laptops. The winner of the second series final, William Xi, won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Kid" and a

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worth A$20,000 that he cannot touch before his 18th birthday. Commentators noted that children of Asian descent dominated the preliminary televised rounds during this series. ''

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'' parodied the series with an advertisement for "Australia's Brainiest Non-Asian Kid," in which a Caucasian contestant is unable to answer "What's two plus three?" correctly. The parody ended with promos for dozens of supposed upcoming ''Australia's Brainiest'' episodes featuring numerous animals, inanimate objects, and three subliminal messages.

''Australia's Brainiest Specials''

's specials pitted celebrities, sports stars and reality TV contestants from Ten's shows against each other with the winner given the opportunity to donate money to a charity of their choice. Episodes of ''Australia's Brainiest'' were normally rated G.

''Australia's Brainiest Comedian''

''Australia's Brainiest Comedian'' aired on 24 November 2005, and was repeated on 16 April 2006. This episode of ''Australia's Brainiest'' was given the television rating of PG, for mild coarse language. Contestants *

Mikey Robins Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best known for the satirical game show '' Good News Week'', which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and return ...

(Winner) *

Red Symons Redmond Symons (born 13 June 1949) is an English-born Australian musician, and television and radio personality. He was the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, the snide judge of 'Red Faces' (a segment of the long-running variety show '' Hey ...

(Runner-up) * Bob Downe (Runner-up) *

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* Greg Fleet *

Libbi Gorr Lisbeth Joanne "Libbi" Gorr (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio. Gorr is also an author, voice artist, writer and performer. She first came to prominence with the satirical television character that sh ...

* Colin Lane * Andy Lee

''Australia's Brainiest TV Star''

Aired on 12 February 2006. It was repeated on 28 December 2006. Contestants *

Julia Zemiro Julia Zemiro () (born 14 April 1967) is a French-born Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show '' RocKwiz''. Zemiro is a fluent ...

(Winner) *

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(Runner-up) *

Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in ''Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), '' Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), '' Cody'' (as Cody), '' Big Sky'' (as Chris Manning), '' B ...

(Runner-up) * James Mathison *

Axel Whitehead Axle Whitehead (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian TV host, singer, musician, and actor. He was a host on '' Video Hits''. In 2008, he released his first studio album '' Losing Sleep'' which debuted outside the ARIA top 50. He also played Li ...

Kate Kendall Kate Kendall (born 27 July 1973) is an Australian actress and director. She played Angie Piper in the long-running Nine Network Australian drama '' Stingers'' from 1998 to 2004. Kendall has appeared in television series '' The Librarians'' (20 ...

Paul Mercurio Paul Joseph Mercurio (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, dancer, TV presenter and politician. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in '' Strictly Ballroom'' 1992 and his role as a judge on TV series ''Dancing with the Stars''. H ...

Mark Holden Mark Ronald Holden (born 27 April 1954) is an Australian singer, actor, TV personality, record producer, songwriter, and barrister. He was a pop star in the 1970s and had four top 20 hit singles, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (May 1976 ...

* Ann-Maree Biggar

''Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master''

''Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master'' aired on 19 February 2006, and featured winners from

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's ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. It was repeated on 21 December 2006. Contestants * Stephen Hall (Winner) * Rob Fulton (Runner-up) *William Laing (Runner-up) *

Martin Flood Martin Flood is an Australian quiz show contestant who competed and won on the show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', and participated in the short-lived program '' The Master''. Flood was an I.T. analyst for Westpac bank at the time of winning ...

*Maria McCabe *Virginia Noel *Brigid O'Connor *Trevor Sauer *Cary Young

''Australia's Brainiest Housemate''

''Australia's Brainiest Housemate'' aired on 26 February 2006, and featured ''Big Brother Australia'' housemates from the first five seasons. Contestants *Jemma Gawned (Winner) *

Chrissie Swan Christina Swan (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian television and radio presenter and media personality. Swan co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown. In 2022, she served as a judge on '' The Mask ...

(Runner-up) * Tim Brunero (Runner-up) *

Bree Amer Bree Amer (born 17 August 1982 ) is an Australian television personality. Biography Amer was a contestant on ''Big Brother Australia 2004'' from the Gold Coast, in Queensland, and the first housemate of ''Big Brother Australia'' to re-enter th ...

* Trevor Butler *Jess Hardy *Saxon Small *Pete Timbs * Greg Mathew

''Australia's Brainiest Radio Star''

''Australia's Brainiest Radio Star'' aired on 5 March 2006, and the contestants were radio announcers from major FM networks such as

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, and

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. It was repeated on 7 December 2006. Contestants *

Tom Gleeson Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson formerly co-hosted '' The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy and currently hosts '' Hard Quiz'', b ...

(Winner) * Jo Stanley (Runner-up) *Barry Bissell (Runner-up) *

John Blackman John Blackman (born 14 July 1947) is an Australian radio and television presenter, voice-artist and comedy writer and author. He is most widely known for his voice-over work for the long-running Nine Network comedy variety show ''Hey Hey It's ...

Brigitte Duclos Brigitte Duclos (born 13 December 1964) is an Australian television and radio presenter. Personal life Duclos, one of three sisters, was educated at Shelford Girls' Grammar. In December 2007, Duclos announced that she had split with husband ...

*Bianca Dye *

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''Australia's Brainiest Olympian''

''Australia's Brainiest Olympian'' aired on 12 March 2006. The winner's prize money was donated t
K.I.D.S. Foundation
a children's charity. Contestants *

Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti, (born 26 September 1962), is an Australian long-distance runner and physical health consultant, represented Australia on many occasions. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in edu ...

(Winner) * Neil Brooks (Runner-up) *

Matt Welsh Matthew James Welsh (born 18 November 1976) is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. He took two golds in 50-meter butterfly and 50-meter backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships ...

(Runner-up) *

Steven Bradbury Steven John Bradbury Order of Australia, OAM (born 14 October 1973) is an Australian former Short track speed skating, short track speed skater and four-time Olympian. He won the 1,000 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his o ...

Elka Graham Elka Graham (born 20 October 1981), now known by her married name Elka Whalan, is an Australian former competition swimmer who swam in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200-metre and 400-metre freesty ...

Shane Kelly Shane John Kelly OAM (born 7 January 1972) is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition a ...

* Tamsyn Lewis * Nova Peris-Kneebone * Kerri Pottharst

''Australia's Brainiest Musician''

''Australia's Brainiest Musician'' aired on 19 March 2006. The winner's prize money was donated to ''Club Friday''. Contestants *

Phil Burton Phillip Andrew Burton (born 13 March 1974) is a member of the Australian pop vocal band Human Nature with Toby Allen, Andrew Tierney and his brother Michael Tierney since 1989. With Human Nature, he has won an ARIA Music Award for ''Reach O ...

(Winner) * Toby Allen (Runner-up) *

Dave Graney Dave Graney is an Australian rock musician, singer-songwriter and author from Melbourne. Since 1978, Graney has collaborated with drummer-multi instrumentalist Clare Moore. The pair have fronted or been involved with numerous bands including The ...

(Runner-up) *

Angry Anderson Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson (born 5 August 1947) is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He has been the lead vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976. As a solo artist, he is best known f ...

* James Blundell *

Cosima De Vito Cosima De Vito (born 1 November 1976), also known as Cosima, is an Australian pop and R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, she is best known for her cover of the classic Australian hit " When the War Is Over" (20 ...

Leo Sayer Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...

* Melissa Tkautz *

Katie Underwood Katie Underwood (born 23 December 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter and meditation teacher. She is best known for being a member of Bardot, winners of the first Australian series of ''Popstars'' in 2000. Since departing the group in ...

''Australia's Brainiest Neighbour''

''Australia's Brainiest Neighbour'' aired on 26 March 2006. The contestants were actors whose characters were in

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'' Neighbours'' at the time of its broadcast. The winner's prize money was donated to Open Family Australia. Contestants *

Stephen Lovatt Stephen Lovatt (born 27 May 1964) is a New Zealand actor, best known internationally for his portrayal of character Max Hoyland on the Australian soap '' Neighbours''. Career Since training as an actor at Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama S ...

(Winner) *

Nell Feeney Nell Feeney is an Australian actress who played Janelle Timmins on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from November 2004 to July 2007, returning briefly in 2015. She had also appeared in the soap the previous year as Joanne Blair. She was ...

(Runner-up) *

Caitlin Stasey Caitlin Jean Stasey (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Rachel Kinski in '' Neighbours''. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in '' The Sleepover Club'', although her breakthrough movie role c ...

(Runner-up) *

Stefan Dennis Stefan Dennis (born 30 October 1958) is an Australian actor and singer best known for playing the role of cold-hearted and ruthless businessman Paul Robinson in the soap opera '' Neighbours'' from its first episode on March 18, 1985. He departe ...

* Patrick Harvey *

Blair McDonough Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981), is an Australian actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera '' Neighbours''. He first shot to fame the age of 19 in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the ...

* Ben Nicholas * Brett Swain * Eliza Taylor-Cotter

''Australia's Brainiest Footballer''

Aired on 2 April 2006, featuring players from the various codes of football such as soccer, AFL,

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and

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. The winner's prize money was donated to th
McGuinness McDermott Foundation
Contestants *

Adam Kingsley Adam Kingsley (born 20 August 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer and senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Kingsley was a premiership player for , before spending time as an assist ...

(Winner) *

Nathan Buckley Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972) is a former professional Australian rules football coach, player and commentator. He is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the top 50 players of all time. Buckley won the inaugural Rising ...

(Runner-up) *

Michael Crocker Michael "Croc" Crocker (born 21 June 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played his clu ...

(Runner-up) *

Andrew Ettinghausen Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen (born 29 October 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. He played his first grade Australian club football for the Cronulla-Sutherland Shark ...

Peter Everitt Peter "Spida" Everitt (born 3 May 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for St Kilda from 1993 to 2002 ...

* Josh Hannay * Jeremy Paul *

Jade Rawlings Jade Rawlings (born 9 October 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Football Clubs. He served as the caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club for 11 ga ...

''Australia's Brainiest Cricketer''

''Australia's Brainiest Cricketer'' aired on 9 April 2006, and contestants were Australian

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s. Contestants *

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(Winner) * Greg Blewett *

Ray Bright Raymond James Bright (born 13 July 1954) is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer from Victoria. He was a left arm spin bowler and lower order batsman who captained Victoria for a number of seasons. He was also an Australi ...

Damien Fleming Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 an ...

Rodney Hogg Rodney Malcolm Hogg (born 5 March 1951) is a former Victorian, South Australian and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets a ...

Kim Hughes Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour o ...

* Geoff Lawson *

Greg Matthews Gregory Richard John Matthews (born 15 December 1959) is a New South Wales and Australian former cricket all rounder ( off-spin bowler and left-handed batsman) who is now a television cricket commentator. When Australian cricket was in the ...

* Colin Miller

''Australia's Brainiest Loser''

Aired on 6 August 2006, it featured all of the contestants from the first Australian season of ''The Biggest Loser''. The winner's prize money was donated to the

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. Contestants *Jo Cowling (Winner) *Kristie Dignam (Runner-up) *Shane Giles (Runner-up) *Ruth Almeida De Campos *Fiona Falkiner *David Hilyander *Harry Kantzidis *Tracy Moores *Vladimir "Big Wal" Milberg *Adriano Sarnelli *Artie Rocke *Cat White

''Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate''

''Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate'' aired on 13 August 2006, and featured nine housemates from ''Big Brother 2006''.

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donated his prize money to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. This episode was classified PG without consumer advice. It was repeated on Thursday 14 December 2006. Contestants *David Graham (Winner) *Dino Delic (Runner-up) *Jamie Brooksby (Runner-up) *Claire Madden *Gaelan Walker *Katie Hastings *Camilla Severi *Anna Lind-Hansen *Michael McCoy

''Australia's Brainiest Comedian 2''

''Australia's Brainiest Comedian 2'' aired on 17 August 2006, and featured an all new batch of Australian comedians. The winner's prize money was donated to Anaphylaxis Australia. This episode was classified PG without consumer advice. Contestants *

Peter Helliar Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, television, radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work on television as a former regular co-host of '' The Project'' on Networ ...

(Winner) * Cal Wilson (Runner-up) *

Dave Hughes David William Hughes (born 26 November 1970) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter. He is known for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent, and deadpan comedic delivery. Hughes co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...

(Runner-up) *

Dave O'Neil David O'Neil (born 8 May 1965) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, bass guitarist, writer, television and radio presenter with unusually large thumbs. Early career Dave was a Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover. His late father Kevin was t ...

Russell Gilbert Russell Gilbert (born 17 October 1959) is an Australian comedian and actor from Footscray, Victoria, best known for his radio and television appearances, on programs such as ''The Comedy Company'', ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and ''Thank God You're ...

*Jodie Hill *

Corinne Grant Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian lawyer, comedian and television presenter. Career After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, Grant started her career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduatin ...

* Frank Woodley *

Richard Stubbs Richard Stubbs (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian radio and television presenter, writer and comedian. Career Stubbs was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was school captain. He then completed a Bachelor of Economics degree ...

''Australia's Brainiest Idol''

''Australia's Brainiest Idol'' aired on 20 August 2006, and featured former contestants from the reality-TV series, ''

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''. It was repeated on 25 November 2006 on the eve of the

fourth-season finale. Contestants * Marty Worrall (Winner) * Dan O'Connor (Runner-up) * Amali Ward (Runner-up) * Kate DeAraugo * Casey Donovan * Dan England * Lee Harding * Hayley Jensen *

Em Rusciano Emelia Rachel Rusciano is an Australian comedian, writer, singer, radio, television presenter and podcaster. Early life Rusciano was born and raised in Greensborough, Victoria, and grew up in Diamond Creek and Warrandyte. She attended Fore ...

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