- Friday Night Games
infobox television
show_name = Friday Night Games
format =Game show
runtime = approx. 70 minutes without commercials
creator =Endemol Southern Star
starring =Mike Goldman Bree Amer
Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald
country =Australia
network =Network Ten
first_aired =17 February 2006
last_aired =21 April 2006
tv_com_id = 75991|"Friday Night Games" was a spin-off from "Big Brother Australia"'s Friday Night Live, hosted by
Mike Goldman withBree Amer and Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald and was produced atDreamworld ,Gold Coast, Australia byNetwork Ten .Two teams, each composed of three celebrities and one chosen contestant (dubbed the "celeb-to-be"), competed and tested their skills in a series of games and challenges. Each game had a different set of rules and difficulty rating.
The "celeb-to-be" was chosen out of hundreds of applicants, most being eliminated through challenges until a final challenge on the "Friday Night Games" set. Challenges included holding onto a balloon whilst riding "Wipeout", or holding a piece of paper above their head whilst riding on the Tower Of Terror, a roller coaster at Dreamworld, without ripping it.
During each Game there would be a referee (or ref for short) which the crowd booed at.At the grand final the ref was booed off stage and The ref Gave the crowd
The Finger .However this was edited out.Fact|date=July 2008Each episode was pre-recorded in front of a live audience at Dreamworld’s games arena and aired on Friday nights. The ultimate Friday Night Games Champion Team won a AUD $50,000 donation to the charity of their choice, courtesy of
Supercheap Auto .A third season returns in 2007, again hosted by former housemates Bree Amer, Ryan Fitzgerald and Mike Goldman.Competitors of the games
The Brunettes were the winners of the series.
The contestants of the team were
Patrick Harvey ,Craig Lowndes , team captainRicki-Lee Coulter and Celeb-to-be Karyn.They chose to give the $50,000 to
Beyond Blue .External links
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