| Beauty and the Geek Australia | |
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| Created by | Ashton Kutcher |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 73 |
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| Executive producer | Shine Australia - Marty Benson |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
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| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 8 October 2009 – 27 November 2014 |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 11 July 2021 – 3 August 2022 |
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Beauty and the Geek Australia is an Australian reality television show that follows a group of "Beauties" (women who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) "Geeks" (men who rely on intellect but typically lack the social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to survive episodic elimination. The final pair remaining is declared as being "More than a Beauty and a Geek" and wins the grand prize of $100,000.
While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from their opposite teammate - both in what trait they lack and in understanding another perspective. During the competition, the contestants live in a mansion, with the beauties competing in challenges of intellect, with the assistance of their "geek", and the geeks competing in challenges regarding social ability, with the assistance of their "beauty".
The series first aired on the Seven Network for six seasons between 2009 and 2014, with Bernard Curry hosting the first four series and James Tobin hosting for the fifth and sixth seasons.[1] On 16 September 2020, the series was revived for a seventh season by Nine Network with Sophie Monk as the new host,[2][3] and the season premiered on 11 July 2021.[4] On 15 September 2021, the series was renewed for an eighth season with Monk returning as host.[5][6] No further seasons have been announced.
- ^ "Beauty and the Geek Australia - Yahoo!7 TV". Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Knox, David (16 September 2020). "Upfronts 2021: Nine". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Nine Upfronts: Major Tentpoles Return + Nine Revives Beauty and the Geek". TV Black Box. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Perry, Kevin (27 June 2021). "Nine confirms July premiere date for Beauty and the Geek reboot with Sophie Monk". TV Black Box. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Knox, David (15 September 2021). "Upfronts 2022: Nine". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Molk, Steve (15 September 2021). "Upfronts: Nine in 2022 #NineUpfront". TV Black Box. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.