National Rugby League) competed for their favorite charity. Each family could remain for up to five nights.įrom 28 July to 1 September 2006, two teams of sports stars (Australian Football League vs. If both players scored over 200 points together, the family won the jackpot. The second player must then answer the same five questions within 25 seconds. Each top answer from the first player increased the potential jackpot which started at $5,000, but could be worth $10,000 for one top answer, $15,000 for two, $25,000 for three, $50,000 for four, or $100,000 if only the first player named all five top answers.
One member of the winning family would answer five questions in 20 seconds. All departing families received a $1,000 gift voucher. Starting on 3 April 2006, any one of the first three rounds hid a $500 bonus behind any one answer. If neither family reached 200 points after the third question, a sudden-death face-off would feature the top two answers on the board, each worth triple points. Unlike previous versions, a family who stole the points would also be credited with the "stealing" answer. The first two questions of each game were worth regular point values with the third question being worth double points. The Family Feud format was revived in 2014 by Channel 10, hosted by Grant Denyer. Despite low ratings, 'the best-of' episodes continued to air on Mondays to fulfill the show's commercial obligations. 274 episodes were recorded, with the Castricum family being the final contestants, winning $85,000 in total. The final episode was taped on in the GTV studios in Melbourne and aired on 1 June 2007.
The show was debuted 13 February 2006 until it was then cancelled in 2007. Network executives are hoping that Friends reruns will reignite the timeslot and allow Bert's Family Feud to premiere. Leading up to the program's February 2006 launch there was speculation that the network may delay the program until mid-year and instead show reruns of Friends in the 5:30pm timeslot. This is not only due to Seven's increasing ratings for its news programming, but also due to their highly successful game show Deal or No Deal which airs in the 5:30pm timeslot, leading into the news. The title refers to host Bert Newton as the show intended to feature celebrities and their families as contestants.Ī principal motivation for establishing the show was that the Nine Network had the highest-rating Australian television news service for many years, but has seen its viewing audience abandon the network in favour of the Seven Network's Seven News and Today Tonight. It was broadcast on the Nine Network and hosted by Bert Newton.
The series was produced by Grundy Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia. Bert's Family Feud was an Australian game show remake based on the American show of the same name.