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television program on the

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. The program was developed by the creators of ''

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'', and is hosted by

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and

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, with Gigi Falanga as assistant. A second season was commissioned in August 2018 with

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joining as a co-producer. The second season premiered on 17 November 2019. In May 2019, it was announced that Falanga was not returning for season two.

Background

In February 2016, the title of the program was revealed along with naming Zumbo as host. Khoo was named as co-host in April 2016. In June 2016, Falanga was announced as joining the program as assistant and timekeeper and promos were released, advising the show would air after the

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. Despite poor ratings for the first season, an international release through streaming service

led to a second season being commissioned as a co-production between Netflix and Seven Studios.

Contestants

Season 1

Season 2

Series details

Broadcast

The series aired after the Seven Network's coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games on 22 August 2016. As of April 2018, the series is streaming on Netflix.

Ratings

Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).

Season 1

Season 2

References

External links

* {{Netflix original continuation series 2016 Australian television series debuts 2019 Australian television series endings Australian cooking television series 2010s Australian reality television series Australian television series revived after cancellation Australian English-language television shows Netflix original programming Seven Network original programming Reality cooking competition television series Television series by Seven Productions