Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge

Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge is an Australian celebrity game show produced by Foxtel, which premiered 5 January 2006 on Australian pay TV channel FOX8. The limited run, 10-part series consisted of 36 Australian celebrities, all playing No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker, for the chance to win up to $50,000 in prize money, and $50,000 for their nominated charity. The show was hosted by former Australian Wheel of Fortune hostess Sophie Falkiner, and was recorded at Melbourne's Crown Casino in front of a live studio audience. Paul Khoury and Clinton Grybas provided the color commentary, with a running time of two hours per episode.

Celebrities

Featured celebrities for the 2006 season included:

• Bessie Bardot
• Natalie Blair
• Sally Bowrey
• Beau Brady
• Paul Briggs
• Simon Burke
• Tiffany Cherry
• Jason Dundas
• Penne Dennison

• Sarah Davies
• Nick Dal Santo
• Benny Elias
• Rob Elliott
• Andrew Ettingshausen
• Candice Falzon
• Shane Heal
• Melissa Hoyer
• Robby Ingham

• Cameron Knight
• Cassie Lane
• Daniel MacPherson
• Colette Mann
• Simon Marshall
• David Mathew
• Greg Mathew
• Molly Meldrum
• Brendan Moar

• Peter Morrissey
• Rhys Muldoon
• Lauren Newton
• Aaron Pedersen
• Wayne Pearce
• Heath Scotland
• Jon Stevens
• Peter Timbs
• Krista Vendy

Grand Final Winners

Season 1 ended on 9 March 2006, with MTV Australia VJ Jason Dundas defeating The Weather Channel's Sally Bowrey in the first Grand Final to win the tournament and $100,000 total in prize money.

External links

• Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge at IMDb