Friday Night Games

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{{Infobox television

| image = fridaynightgames.png

| runtime = approx. 70 minutes with commercials

| creator = Endemol Southern Star

| presenter = {{ubl|Mike Goldman|Bree Amer|Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald}}

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 10

| company = Endemol Southern Star

| network = Network Ten

| first_aired = {{start date|2006|2|17|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2006|4|21|df=y}}

}}

Friday Night Games was a spin-off from Big Brother Australia's Friday Night Live, hosted by Mike Goldman (Blue Coordinator only in the Grand Final) with Bree Amer (Green Coordinator) and Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald (Yellow Coordinator) and was produced at Dreamworld, Gold Coast, Australia by Network Ten.{{Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Sarah |date=2006-03-19 |title=The best viewing for the young at heart |work=Sunday Mail |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AUNB&req_dat=2FC64405CDC9450D8CE0F660AE4E730F&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F11075BEFF2A70A80 |access-date=2021-09-25 |via=Newsbank Australia}}

Two teams, each composed of three celebrities and one chosen contestant (dubbed the "celeb-to-be"), competed and tested their skills in a series of games and challenges.{{Cite news |last=Devlin |first=Rebekah |date=2006-02-15 |title=On with the games |work=The Advertiser |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AUNB&req_dat=2FC64405CDC9450D8CE0F660AE4E730F&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F10FC825EC67292E0 |access-date=2021-09-25 |via=Newsbank Australia}} Each game had a different set of rules and difficulty rating.

The "celeb-to-be" was chosen out of hundreds of applicants, most being eliminated through challenges until a final challenge on the Friday Night Games set. Challenges included holding onto a balloon whilst riding "Wipeout", or holding a piece of paper above their head whilst riding on the Tower Of Terror, a roller coaster at Dreamworld, without ripping it.

During each Game there would be a referee (or ref for short) which the crowd booed at. At the grand final the ref was booed off stage and The ref Gave the crowd The Finger.However this was edited out.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}

Each episode was pre-recorded in front of a live audience at Dreamworld's games arena and aired on Friday nights. The ultimate Friday Night Games Champion Team won a A$50,000 donation to the charity of their choice, courtesy of Supercheap Auto.

Slightly less than half of the show's episodes are still lost to this day. Episodes 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10 have been found in their entirety and Episode 8 has had 47 minutes of its 64 minutes run time discovered. A six-minute ending to Episode 9 also exists, however, everything else from the show still remains lost.