Australian Idol returned for its 2024 season on Channel 7 and 7plus, premiering Monday 29 January 2024. Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Tweedie were back as hosts, with judges Kyle Sandilands, Amy Shark and returning original judge Marcia Hines.
Mediaweek previews Australian Idol 2024 as the show’s “toughest season yet,” with a tighter format that cuts the audition golden tickets to a Top 30 (down from Top 50) — making it harder to progress. The judging panel also shifts to three judges: Kyle Sandilands, Amy Shark, and original Idol judge Marcia Hines, as the series gears up for an early-2024 return on Seven.
FOX’s trivia-conquest competition The Floor, hosted by Rob Lowe, locked in a January 2 premiere (9pm ET/PT). The series sees contestants battle in fast head-to-head trivia duels on a giant game-floor grid, with winners taking over an opponent’s territory as the field narrows to one champion.
Eureka Productions has promoted David Tibballs to Executive Vice President, Programming & Development, expanding his remit across the company’s U.S. slate. In the newly created role, Tibballs will oversee production of Eureka’s U.S. shows and help grow the U.S. development pipeline, reporting to co-CEOs Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin.
Eureka Productions is set to adapt Talpa’s Dutch hit format The Quiz With Balls for the US market. The show is a high-energy trivia gameshow where contestants answer general knowledge questions for cash—but if they get too many wrong, a giant ball sends them flying into a pool. Eureka and Talpa have previously collaborated on formats including The Floor (FOX) and Million Dollar Island (Seven).
Rob Lowe signed on to host and executive produce FOX’s quiz competition The Floor, a John de Mol (Talpa) format billed as a high-energy “trivia conquest” game. Contestants battle in head-to-head trivia duels on a giant LED floor of categories, with winners taking over territory until one player conquers the entire floor for the top prize.
Eureka Productions is teaming up with John de Mol’s Talpa Studios to bring Dutch hit format The Quiz With Balls to the U.S. market. The game show blends fast-paced trivia with big physical stakes—contestants answer questions to stay in the game, but too many wrong answers can see them knocked off the platform by a giant ball and into the pool.
Luxe Listings Sydney made its free-to-air debut on Channel 9, bringing the high-end Sydney property world to prime time. The series follows elite agents as they chase prestige listings, navigate big personalities, and battle it out for headline-making sales across some of the city’s most exclusive suburbs. Season 1 premiered Wednesday 30 August 2023 at 8:45pm, airing after The Block.
Eureka Productions is set to produce The Floor for FOX, adapting John de Mol’s hit quiz format where contestants battle it out in head-to-head trivia duels on a giant LED floor of categories. With every win, players expand their territory by taking over an opponent’s square—until one champion controls the entire floor.
FOX has picked up The Floor, a large-scale quiz format created by John de Mol / Talpa Studios. The show puts 100 contestants on a giant interactive LED floor split into 100 squares, each tied to a trivia category. Players face off in head-to-head quiz duels, and winners take over territory as the floor shrinks to one final champion.
