Zumbo's Just Desserts | |
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Genre | |
Presented by | Adriano Zumbo Rachel Khoo |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Production | |
Running time | 60-75 mins (including commercials) |
Production company | Seven Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 22 August 2016 – 5 December 2019 |
Zumbo's Just Desserts is an Australian baking reality competition television program on the Seven Network. The program was developed by the creators of My Kitchen Rules , [1] and is hosted by Adriano Zumbo and Rachel Khoo, with Gigi Falanga as assistant. [2]
A second season was commissioned in August 2018 with Netflix joining as a co-producer. [3] The second season premiered on 17 November 2019. [4] In May 2019, it was announced that Falanga was not returning for season two.
In February 2016, the title of the program was revealed along with naming Zumbo as host. [5] Khoo was named as co-host in April 2016. [6] [7] In June 2016, Falanga was announced as joining the program as assistant and timekeeper [2] and promos were released, advising the show would air after the 2016 Summer Olympics. [8]
Despite poor ratings for the first season, an international release through streaming service Netflix led to a second season being commissioned as a co-production between Netflix and Seven Studios. [3]
Age | Job | Outcome | |
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Kate | 32 | No-nonsense Mum | Winner |
Ali | 28 | Insurance broker | Runner-up |
Brogen | 22 | Stay-At-Home Mum | 3rd place |
Daniel | 25 | Bouncer | 4th place |
Irene | 34 | Finance Analyst | 5th place |
Amie | 24 | Admin Assistant | 6th place |
Ashley | 28 | Airline Crewing Officer | 7th place |
Michael | 51 | Bricklayer | 8th place |
Vicki | 44 | Technical Writer | 9th place |
Patricia | 33 | Social Media Manager | 10th place |
Peter | 57 | Car salesman | 11th place |
Wendy | 39 | Art Lover | 12th place |
Name | Age | Job | Outcome |
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Catherine | 19 | Student | Winner |
Simon | 36 | Concreter | Runner-Up |
Jeff | 50 | Competitive Dad | 3rd place |
Kylie | 45 | Sugarcane Farmer | 4th place |
Rachel | 32 | Playgroup Leader | 5th place |
Kristie | 35 | Cake Pop Decorator | 6th place |
Zak | 39 | Account Manager | 7th place |
Megan | 32 | Perfectionist Mum | 8th place |
Pearly | 30 | Flight Attendant | 9th place |
Kimberley | 46 | Office Worker | 10th place |
The series aired after the Seven Network's coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games [8] on 22 August 2016. [9] As of April 2018, the series is streaming on Netflix. [10]
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
Wk | No. | Airdate | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | 1 | 22 August 2016 | 1,081,000 | 3 | 153,000 | 3 | 1,235,000 | [11] [12] |
2 | 23 August 2016 | 830,000 | 8 | 105,000 | 8 | 935,000 | [13] [14] | |
3 | 24 August 2016 | 734,000 | 12 | 104,000 | 13 | 838,000 | [15] [16] | |
2 | 4 | 29 August 2016 | 769,000 | 13 | 91,000 | 10 | 860,000 | [17] [18] |
5 | 30 August 2016 | 880,000 | 5 | 82,000 | 5 | 963,000 | [19] [20] | |
3 | 6 | 5 September 2016 | 657,000 | 18 | 71,000 | 15 | 728,000 | [21] [22] |
7 | 6 September 2016 | 794,000 | 10 | 65,000 | 8 | 859,000 | [23] [24] | |
4 | 8 | 12 September 2016 | 681,000 | 14 | 57,000 | 15 | 738,000 | [25] [26] |
9 | 13 September 2016 | 646,000 | 13 | 60,000 | 12 | 706,000 | [27] [28] | |
5 | 10 | 19 September 2016 | 647,000 | 14 | 59,000 | 14 | 706,000 | [29] [30] |
11 | 20 September 2016 | 688,000 | 11 | 64,000 | 12 | 751,000 | [31] [32] | |
6 | 12 | 27 September 2016 | 762,000 | 9 | 83,000 | 8 | 845,000 | [33] [34] |
Wk | No. | Airdate | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | 1 | 17 November 2019 | 446,000 | 7 | 31,000 | 7 | 477,000 | [35] [36] |
2 | 18 November 2019 | 393,000 | 17 | 45,000 | 17 | 438,000 | [37] [38] | |
3 | 19 November 2019 | 359,000 | 15 | 42,000 | 16 | 401,000 | [39] [40] | |
4 | 20 November 2019 | 385,000 | 16 | 35,000 | 16 | 420,000 | [41] [42] | |
2 | 5 | 24 November 2019 | 405,000 | 11 | 41,000 | 11 | 446,000 | [43] [44] |
6 | 25 November 2019 | 356,000 | 21 | 35,000 | 20 | 391,000 | [45] [46] | |
7 | 26 November 2019 | 341,000 | 20 | 33,000 | 19 | 375,000 | [47] [48] | |
3 | 8 | 4 December 2019 | 341,000 | 15 | 24,000 | 13 | 365,000 | [49] [50] |
9 | 5 December 2019 | 288,000 | 18 | 22,000 | 17 | 310,000 | [51] [52] | |
10 | 5 December 2019 | 299,000 | 16 | 36,000 | 15 | 335,000 | [51] [52] | |
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