Bert's Family Feud


Aired
Nine Network (2006–2007)
Host
Bert Newton

Game Format[]

Two families of four competed for the right to play for up to $100,000. Only the third round scored double points. If neither family had reached 200 points after the third question, a fourth question would be played for triple points and feature only the top two answers on the board. Whichever player won said faceoff scored the points. Occasionally, a second sudden-death round would be required. Starting on 3 April (April 3), 2006 (similar to the British version called Family Fortunes), any one of the first three questions would feature the "Bert's Bonus" answer and any family who named that answer won $500. The first family to score over 200 points won the championship. The other family received a $1,000 gift voucher.

Major Round[]

In the bonus round (also called "Major Round" as it plays very similar to "Fast Money" in America), the first player must answer five survey questions within 20 seconds. Each top answer from only the first player increased the jackpot from the initial $5,000 to $10,000 for only one top answer, $15,000 for two, $25,000 for three, $50,000 for four, and $100,000 for all five top answers. The second member answer the same questions within 25 seconds. If both family members scored 200 points, the family won the jackpot. Champions could win up to five nights.

Friday Night All-Stars[]

On the one-hour "Friday Night All-Stars" from (28 July) July 28 to 1 September (September 1), 2006, each team consisted of four sports players (Australian Football League vs. National Rugby League on the first four specials). Each show started with the Bullseye round. Each team started with a $5,000 bank and the first members of each family faced off on the first question, the top answer to which added $500 to that team's bank. The second members of each team then faced off on the $1,000 question, the third members on the $1,500 question, and the last members on the $2,000 question. The first three standard rounds scored regular points and the fourth round scored triple points, except for the first and third All-Stars specials. The first show followed the same regular format and the third All-Stars show featured double points in the third and fourth round. After the fourth round, the higher-scoring team played the bonus round. The top answers named by the first player increased the team's bank to $15,000 for one top answer, $20,000 for two, $25,000 for three, $50,000 for four, and $100,000 for all five top answers.

Trivia[]

The title acts as a reference to host Bert Newton. Additionally, Newton passed away on 30 October (October 30), 2021 at the age of 83 due to complications of a toe infection where one of his legs was being amputated below the knee in May 2021.
This was the first and only version to feature two female models (i.e. Mandy Ritchie and Kathryn Trapani) mostly known as Mandy & Kandy which could've been inspired by the Mexican/Spanish-language versions of Feud such as 100 mexicanos dijeron, ¿Qué dice la gente? & 100 Latinos Dijeron.

Controversy[]

On a 30 June (June 30) 2006 episode of this show (and almost very quite similarly to the current Harvey version in America), it was spawned with many sexually-themed controversial answers to this leading question "Name a gift that is hard to return" as many featured references to sex and a vibrator as one contestant said "Look, this is a pretty filthy answer but it's all I can think of and there are some dirty people out there in the audience so I'm going to go with vibrator" another episode that aired on 27 June (June 27) 2006 has a question "Name an activity that is enjoyed in nudist colonies" in which a contestant responded to "sex". On 4 September (September 4), 2007^[1]The ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) founded that "The impact of the sexual references is very mild and can be accomplished within G (general) classification" they also found that the network (Nine) has failed to respond to the complaint within 30 days but had implemented new procedures to ensure it complied with complaints-handling obligations.