It's A Knockout (Australian Game Show)
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''It's a Knockout'' was an Australian game show that was adapted from the original British version, which in turn was adapted from the French show, ''
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''. It originally ran from 17 April 1985 to 11 September 1987. It was later briefly revived albeit less successfully on 27 November 2011 on
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and hosted by HG Nelson and
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with
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.


History

An Australian version of ''
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'' ran on
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. Channel 7 Perth aired the series prior to Channel 10 arriving in Perth. The teams were divided by Australian states (
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and
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) with each team being represented by members of an Apex Club in their home state or territory. Prize money was donated back to the club to fund projects in their local community. The show was hosted by Queensland-based personalities, including Billy J. Smith (1946–2019) and
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s,
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), with Max Rowley as announcer, for the duration that it aired in Australia. They would arrive to the show in a golf buggy with the show's mascot Combat the Dog (an Old English Sheepdog), and introduce the teams to compete in various athletic timed tasks. The show was filmed in a field in Dural, New South Wales, however due to numerous noise complaints from local residents the show was dropped in 1987. This version also aired in Mexico on the TV cable network
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and was a success during 1992, as well as the United States on
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in New York in 1990–91. It was also adapted and shown in Argentina, where it was known as '' Supermatch''. This version was heavily edited, and the
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s were replaced by off-screen commentators. In
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it was aired by La Red in the summer of 1992, known as ''Esto es Supermatch'', and was based on the Argentinian version. In the original series, an individual game win was awarded 4 points and second place 2 points (any ties were split between all tying teams). A nightly winner gave a team 6 points for the individual state ladder and $1,000 (first runners-up win 4 points and second runners-up win 2 points). After each team in each division played three times, the leading team in each state qualified for the semi-final worth $5,000. After each of the three semi-finals were conducted, the champions of each state qualified for the preliminary final worth $10,000. The same process was conducted again in pursuit of the teams for the grand final worth $20,000. A famous feature of this run was called the "Joker" which was used by a team to double any points they could get in only one individual game. The use of the Joker was self-contained to the individual episode.


2011/12 return

On 17 October 2011, it was announced that Channel 10 Australia was re-launching a new version of ''It's a Knockout'' for its 2011/12 Summer programming lineup hosted by HG Nelson,
Charli Robinson Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson (born 8 March 1981), known professionally as Charli Robinson previously as Charli Delaney, is an Australian television and radio presenter, most famously known as an original member of children's musical group Hi-5 ...
and
Brad McEwan Brad McEwan (born 28 April 1971) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist. McEwan has previously been a sport presenter on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne editions of ''10 News First'' and is best known for his hosting du ...
. In each episode, Nelson and McEwan arrived on-set in a golf buggy and announced each team and the points tally, in addition to commentating each match whilst Charli introduced each game and explained the rules. Due to insurance costs however the show was recorded offshore in
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, and it ran for eight 1-hour episodes and featured teams of 15 from each state of Australia. The teams competed for the Billy J. Smith cup as the grand prize. It premiered on 27 November 2011.


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* {{Jeux sans frontières 1980s Australian game shows 2010s Australian game shows Network 10 original programming 1985 Australian television series debuts 1987 Australian television series endings 2011 Australian television series debuts 2012 Australian television series endings Australian English-language television shows Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows set in New South Wales Australian television series revived after cancellation