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Beat the Star (2010)

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Australia
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How it feels

In this game show, a family competes against a celebrity by playing a series of minigames. They try to win a jackpot that starts at $50,000. Daniel MacPherson is the host.

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What happens

Beat the Star is an Australian game show, based on the British version, which in turn is based on the German game show Schlag den Raab (Beat Raab). The series is hosted by Daniel MacPherson and produced by Seven Media Group for the Seven Network. A family tries to beat a celebrity in a number of minigames in order to win a jackpot, starting at $50,000. On 10 September 2010, Seven Network announced that it was removing Beat the Star from its programming schedule after the airing of the second episode. The Seven Network eventually aired the remaining two episodes January 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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