Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge
2006 Australian TV series or program
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Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge is an Australian celebrity game show produced by Foxtel, which premiered 5 January 2006 on Australian pay TV channel FOX8. The limited run, 10-part series consisted of 36 Australian celebrities, all playing No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker, for the chance to win up to $50,000 in prize money, and $50,000 for their nominated charity. The show was hosted by former Australian Wheel of Fortune hostess Sophie Falkiner, and was recorded at Melbourne's Crown Casino in front of a live studio audience.[1] Paul Khoury and Clinton Grybas provided the color commentary, with a running time of two hours per episode.[2]
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| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Sophie Falkiner |
| Narrated by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Crown Casino |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Original release | |
| Network | FOX8 |
| Release | 5 January – 9 March 2006 |
The grand final ended on 9 March 2006, with MTV Australia VJ Jason Dundas defeating The Weather Channel's Sally Bowrey to win the tournament and $100,000 total in prize money.
Celebrities
Featured celebrities for the 2006 season included:
- Bessie Bardot
- Natalie Blair
- Sally Bowrey[2]
- Beau Brady
- Paul Briggs[3]
- Simon Burke
- Tiffany Cherry
- Jason Dundas[2]
- Penne Dennison[1]
- Sarah Davies
- Nick Dal Santo[1][2]
- Benny Elias
- Rob Elliott
- Andrew Ettingshausen
- Candice Falzon
- Shane Heal[1]
- Melissa Hoyer
- Robby Ingham
- Cameron Knight[2]
- Cassie Lane[1]
- Daniel MacPherson[1]
- Colette Mann
- Simon Marshall
- David Mathew[2]
- Greg Mathew
- Molly Meldrum[1]
- Brendan Moar[1]
- Peter Morrissey[1]
- Rhys Muldoon[2]
- Lauren Newton
- Aaron Pedersen
- Wayne Pearce
- Heath Scotland
- Jon Stevens
- Peter Timbs
- Krista Vendy