Win the Week

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Win the Week
GenreGame show
Created by
Presented by Alex Lee
Starring Craig Reucassel
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes14
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMartin Robertson
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ABC
Release23 June 2021 (2021-06-23) –
present

Win the Week is an Australian television comedy quiz show, which premiered on the ABC on 23 June 2021. [1] The series is presented by Alex Lee, who quizzes three teams of paired celebrities and everyday Australian captains on the week's top news stories. [2] [3] At the end of each round, the team captains had the opportunity to "Stay" with their celebrity teammate or "Betray" them by swapping them with a celebrity from another team. [2] In the first series, the winner of each show won a framed themed calendar with the week they had won coloured in gold. From the second series, the winner of each show won a golden "Betray" buzzer trophy.

Contents

It was revealed in February 2022 that Win The Week would be returning for a second series, which premiered on 3 August 2022. [4] [5] [6]

in February 2023, the ABC announced that Win The Week would not be returning in 2023. [7]

Format

Segments

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 623 June 2021 (2021-06-23)11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
2 83 August 2022 (2022-08-03)21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

Note: Winners are listed in bold

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
11Episode 123 June 2021 (2021-06-23)517,000 [lower-alpha 1] [8]

Original teams:

22Episode 230 June 2021 (2021-06-30)419,000 [lower-alpha 1] [9]

Original teams:

  • Catherine partnered with Annabel Crabb
  • Peter partnered with Mark Humphries
  • Alice partnered with Craig Reucassel
33Episode 37 July 2021 (2021-07-07)357,000 [lower-alpha 1] [10]

Original teams:

  • Maddie partnered with Ellen Fanning
  • Narelle partnered with Ben Jenkins
  • Romaan partnered with Craig Reucassel
44Episode 414 July 2021 (2021-07-14)366,000 [lower-alpha 1] [11]

Original teams:

  • Luke partnered with Jennifer Byrne
  • Brigid partnered with Michael Hing
  • Peta partnered with Craig Reucassel
55Episode 54 August 2021 (2021-08-04)280,000 [lower-alpha 2] [12]

Original teams:

66Episode 611 August 2021 (2021-08-11)367,000 [lower-alpha 2] [13]

Original teams:

  • Helen partnered with Costa Georgiadis
  • Tim partnered with Zoe Norton Lodge
  • Gary partnered with Craig Reucassel

Series 2 (2022)

The second series of the show premiered on 3 August 2022. [5] [6]

Note: Winners are listed in bold

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
71Episode 13 August 2022 (2022-08-03)324,000 [lower-alpha 2] [14]

Original teams:

82Episode 210 August 2022 (2022-08-10)266,000 [lower-alpha 2] [15]

Original teams:

93Episode 317 August 2022 (2022-08-17)147,000 [lower-alpha 2] [16]

Original teams:

  • Danielle partnered with Michael Hing
  • Miles partnered with Craig Reucassel
  • Nikki partnered with Susie Youssef
104Episode 424 August 2022 (2022-08-24)130,000 [lower-alpha 2] [17]

Original teams:

  • Maddie partnered with Nazeem Hussain
  • Jason partnered with Craig Reucassel
  • Liana partnered with Zoe Norton Lodge
115Episode 531 August 2022 (2022-08-31)163,000 [lower-alpha 2] [18]

Original teams:

126Episode 67 September 2022 (2022-09-07)171,000 [lower-alpha 2] [19]

Original teams:

137Episode 714 September 2022 (2022-09-14)180,000 [lower-alpha 2] [20]

Original teams:

  • Indi partnered with Steph Tisdell
  • Kru partnered with Tony Armstrong
  • Wil partnered with Craig Reucassel
148Episode 821 September 2022 (2022-09-21)196,000 [lower-alpha 2] [21]

Original teams:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Consolidated ratings figure
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Overnight ratings figure

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