Next Episode of Mastermind Australia is
Season 7 / Episode 48 and airs on May 28, 2025 08:00
Famous for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and pervading air of tense expectation, Mastermind is a legendary tournament quiz show beloved around the world, from the UK to Russia – and soon, Australia, when it returns to our screens after 34 years, weeknights on SBS from April.With highly respected TV host, journalist and self-confessed quiz junkie Jennifer Byrne (ABC's First Tuesday Book Club, Sunday, 60 Minutes, Foreign Correspondent) at the helm, the program places contenders in the iconic Mastermind chair and gives them two tense minutes to answer as many questions as possible on their chosen specialist subject.Specialist subjects will include everything from Australian Parrots to The Harry Potter Series; John Cusack to The Whitlam Government Dismissal; Wicked: The Musical to Women in Australia Rallysport – and everything in between.The contenders will advance to a general knowledge round, and the person with the highest combined score for both rounds is declared the winner. Each Friday the weekly finals will see one person advance to the semi-finals and eventually compete against other winners at the end of the season for the prestigious title of Australia's Mastermind.
Generation wars kick-off the first heat. Generation Z, millennial, generation X and baby boomer go head to head in the ultimate battle for knowledge.
Heat two begins as generations choose their speciality subjects including Transformer toys, the history of Android, the life of Melivil Dewey and the Bridget Jones films.
Heat three begins and the specialty subjects include Harry Styles after One Direction, the life and works of Harry Seidler, West Wing and Buddy Holly.
The last heat begins and the specialty subjects include the journey of the winner on US Survivor, System of a Down, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and Leonardo da Vinci.
The weekly final begins as Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X and Boomers compete to be the smartest. Slow burn topics are a TV Show, a book, a landmark, and a sportsperson.
The contestants are quizzed on their specialty topics: controversial personality Belle Gibson, the band Weezer, 65 years of Barbie and musician Fiona Apple.
Contestants test their knowledge of specialty topics, including The Stooges, Mariah Carey, the works of Charlotte Bronte, and the career of basketballer Steph Curry.
Get set to be bowled over by specialist knowledge of The Deccan Charger IPL cricket team, the Gaelic language revival movement, the history of Wimbledon, and the B-52s.
Contestants test their knowledge of specialty topics, including Sweet Valley High books, the history of classic pinball machines, fundamental particles, and American hip-hop in the 90s.
The winners of the week return to compete for a spot in the semifinals. They face two minutes of general knowledge in the slow burn round, which features a musician, a scientist, food and a year as topics.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including TV series 24, the music of Janet Jackson, dingoes and Civilization III.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including the life and works of Lisa Kudrow, 1990s Hollywood hits, the Deadpool trilogy and A Song of Ice and Fire.
Contenders test their knowledge on special topics, featuring the East India Company, the great Ingrid Bergman, the band Paramore and Ramin Djawadi's Game of Thrones soundtracks.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including Gone Girl, jazz music theory, the rock band Evanescence and Lego.
The best four are back to vie for a place in the semi-finals. The slow burn topics are an animal, a band, a film and an invention.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including The Mission Impossible films, Ready Player One, wine making in South Africa and the state of New Jersey.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including what US country music, the female heroes of MCU, Man United's Jose and Ole and The Elephant Man have in common.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including Veronica Mars, Outkast, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and 18th Dynasty Egypt.
Contenders are quizzed on their great entertainment specialty subjects: Superstore, Ed Sheeran, Cass Elliot and Disneyland.
The top contenders face off to secure their place in the semifinals. The slow burn topics are a performer, a city, a game and a historical event.
Contenders test their knowledge of specialty topics, including Olympic marathon winners, photographer Frank Hurley, duplicate bridge, and Aussie marsupials.
Contenders test their knowledge of specialty topics, including Peter Brock and the Bathurst 1000, the Old Kingdom novels, Operation Sea Lion, and the puppet-based kids' show, Sesame Street.
Contenders test their knowledge of specialty topics, including Disney villains, Dimension 20: Fantasy High, and Dark Castle's horror films.
The quiz show that's not for the faint-hearted: vital human organs, the TV series Daisy Jones and the Six, the Jack Parlabane novels and mycology.
To keep up the winning momentum, contenders must stay focused, especially with the semi-finals in sight. Topics include a character, an artist, a word, and a film director.
It's a flurry of facts on Mastermind with Candide by Voltaire, Chef Julia Child, British sitcom 'People Just Do Nothing' and the 80s films of Harrison Ford.
Get ready for a crash course on the TV Show The Wire, New Zealand in the 2nd World War, the venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Garage Rock in the 2000s.
Massage your mind with facts about The Walking Dead, The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, the 2018 AFL season and the best animated feature in the Academy Awards.
Keep that brain ticking over with four fascinating subjects like the Impressionism Art Movement, the dismissal of the Whitlam government, The Office US and Taylor Swift's Discography.
Contenders will face two minutes of general knowledge, followed by the dreaded slow burn round. Slow burn topics are an animal, a film, an invention and a band.
Get set for four fascinating subjects to kick a new episode: 90s Australian Cinema, American Division 1 Colleges, Smashing Pumpkins and the food of Ancient Rome.
On offer is four minds, full of facts about Top Gun and their aircrafts, Russian Imperial History, the Australia Union Movement and Ancient Sparta.
Contenders show their knowledge of Steffi Graf, the White House Plumbers, TV's Euphoria and The Mighty Handful.
It's a specialist subject smorgasbord with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, The Last of Us video game, John Ford Westerns and the Roger Moore Bond era.
Contenders face two minutes of general knowledge, followed by the unpredictable slow burn round. Slow burn topics are an actor, a city, a historical event and a song.
Contestants test their knowledge of specialty topics, including Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ted Lasso, Bruce Lee, and Demon Slayer.
Contenders show off their knowledge of Hannah Montana, some Middle Eastern cuisine, traditional Scottish dancing and the history of antibiotics: sounds like the perfect date night.
Contestants test their knowledge of specialty topics, including the UK version of Big Brother, video game Black Myth, Saint Longinus, and the musical Epic.
Get bowled over with international cricket, classic 20th century boardgames, Billy Joel and the Handmaid's Tale.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Hull City FC, Martin Luther King and Bridgerton.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including the Booker Prize shortlist and winners, the music of Pharrell, the life and works of Carl Gauss and The Martian.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including AC/DC, MCU's Bucky Barnes, the life and times of Joe Strummer, and Robert A. Heinlein's novels for juveniles.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including Sabrina Carpenter, Bill Clinton's presidency, Heart of Darkness to Apocalypse Now, and the films and music of `Weird Al' Yankovic.
The four heat winners are back, but who will win to secure a place in the semi-finals? The topics include a character, a game, an artwork, and a musician.
Contenders test their knowledge of speciality topics, including the causes of the French Revolution, the video game God of War, Friday Night Dinner, and the films of Marilyn Monroe.
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