A group of 16 well-loved Australian celebrities will be grilled as part of the second season of ‘Celebrity Mastermind’ set to premiere this month on SBS.
Quizmaster Marc Fennell will quiz the celebrities over five weeks, as they battle it out for the winning title.
This season’s speciality topics include Brad Pitt, Frida Kahlo, Donald Trump’s presidency, the film ‘Primal Fear’, Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Hamlet’, TV show ‘Friends’ and the history of surfing in Australia.
And the celebrities facing the black chair this season are Gold Logie-winner John Wood, Human Nature band member Phil Burton, comedian Dilruk Jayasinha, former ‘Australian Idol’ judge Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson, musician/actor Ben Lee, property developer/author Pettifleur Berenger, original red Wiggle Murray Cook, renowned chef Mark Olive, Olympic medal winner Shane Gould, comedian/actor Zoe Coombs Marr, entertainment reporter Richard Reid, TV presenter James Mathison, radio/TV journalist Patricia Karvelas, international superstar accordionist Hans, comedian/TV presenter Tanya Hennessy, and musical theatre star Prinnie Stevens.
“Look, I’m not gonna lie. There is a perverse joy in watching objectively talented people – ARIA winning musicians, brilliant journalists, and Logie-winning actors – all face the spotlight,” Quizmaster Marc Fennell says.
“The squirming is real. But what’s even more fun is watching them truly embrace their favourite nerdy subjects. I’ve said all along that Mastermind is a celebration of Australia’s nerds. And I love watching some of Australia’s best-known faces revel in that nerdiness.”
Each of the episodes will see four celebs facing each other for a chance to compete in the Celebrity Grand Final (25 September).
’Celebrity Mastermind’ hits SBS on 28 August at 8:30pm.
