Beauty and the Geek Australia

- Season 1

(2009)

Eight "beauties", women who rely primarily on their looks, are paired up with eight "geeks", men who rely on their intellect more than their social aptitude or looks. The beauties have to teach a Grade 5 class one of four subjects - Science, Mathematics, History or Geography. The geeks have to perform a rap song for a nightclub audience that includes judges Molly Meldrum and Jessica Mauboy.

The eight beauties have to study the anatomy of the body. The eight geeks have to practise relaxing massage techniques and develop their own signature move before putting them into practice on their beauty. The winners of the two challenges each nominate a team to send to the Elimination Room, where they participate in a quiz on subjects related to their challenges, in which the team with fewer correct answers is eliminated.

The seven remaining geeks go on a speed date, which was the first opportunity for many of them to embark on a date. The seven beauties become budding rocket scientists by attempting to build a rocket from scratch and launch it. The winners of the two challenges each nominate a team to send to the Elimination Room, where they participate in a quiz in which the team with fewer correct answers is eliminated.

The six remaining geeks have to create a race day dress for their beauties, including choosing a dress and making a fascinator from scratch to impress Kate Waterhouse and milliner Peter Jago. The six beauties have to brush up on their knowledge of current affairs when they present a speech on a newsworthy topic. The team that wins the challenges nominates two teams to send to the Elimination Room, with each person nominating a team. The nominated teams participate in a quiz in which the team with fewer correct answers is eliminated.

The five remaining geeks are given a makeover in the hope of boosting their confidence, before they team up with their beauties in a special soap opera challenge, with some help from Summer Bay (1988) stars Ada Nicodemou and Luke Jacobz.

The five beauties spend a night at the museum when they become tour guides. The geeks host a Love Hotline on radio. The team that wins the challenges nominates two teams to send to the Elimination Room, with each person nominating one team. The nominated teams participate in a quiz in which the team with fewer correct answers is eliminated.

The four remaining geeks must teach a fitness class. The four beauties have to build a billy-cart from scratch. The two teams who don't win either challenge are sent to the Elimination Room where they participate in a quiz in which the team with fewer correct answers is eliminated.

The final three teams receive clues as they pair up to track down three of the eliminated teams in a race around Sydney inspired by The Amazing Race (2001). The last team to return to the mansion is eliminated, and the two remaining teams participate in a final quiz in the Elimination Room, where the team with more correct answers wins the A$100,000 prize.