Australia's Brainiest TV Star

Contestants squeeze out their introductions as host Sandra Sully makes with the niceties. Gary Sweet manages to trip her up with a longer than needed inflection midway through his reply. The game is even out from the start save for every one stumbling at Susie O'Neill's gold medal for Freestyle from the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Mark Holden, Axle Whitehead and Ann-Maree Biggar limp out of the first round, their points woefully behind the rest as they stink black the back. They themselves barely register on the stands, washing quietly away into the background of the side couches.

Moving the entire show with a quicker pace, the explanations of the mini games are gone. In their place, a few more commercial breaks and fewer chances at surveying the leader board in the middle of a round. Contestants thankfully ramble on far less than in previous outings, their conversations small for all intentions.

James Matheson and Paul Mecurio die pretty quick in the second round. Matheson's score is so low as to think that he missed out on a part of the section. Bouncing up and around, Andrew G blasts off the highest scores breaking down the TV and Music topics. Julia Zemiro nails on close with her robotic firing line. Gary Sweet barely edges out Kate Kendall to smooth his way into the final three.

Zemiro chooses William Shakespeare Plays for her topic as G has Prince and Sweet takes on Australian Test Cricket of 2005.

No contest for contest as Zemiro and Sweet annihilate the golden Prince squares from the memory board. Zemiro's red Shakespeare and Sweet's blue Cricket blocks lasting better though not without attack.

With the apparent ease of blinking, Zemiro leaps across the other two and collects the trophy to drop the prize money into the pockets of The Salvation Army.

Soon Van

Monday, 13 February 2006 - 17:39

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