Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge

Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge is an Australian celebrity game show produced by Foxtel, which premiered 5 January 2006 on Australian pay TV channel FOX8. The limited run, 10-part series consisted of 36 Australian celebrities, all playing No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker, for the chance to win up to $50,000 in prize money, and $50,000 for their nominated charity. The show was hosted by former Australian Wheel of Fortune hostess Sophie Falkiner, and was recorded at Melbourne's Crown Casino in front of a live studio audience. Paul Khoury and Clinton Grybas provided the color commentary, with a running time of two hours per episode.

The grand final ended on 9 March 2006, with MTV Australia VJ Jason Dundas defeating The Weather Channel's Sally Bowrey to win the tournament and $100,000 total in prize money.

Celebrities
Featured celebrities for the 2006 season included: • Bessie Bardot

• Natalie Blair

• Sally Bowrey

• Beau Brady

• Paul Briggs

• Simon Burke

• Tiffany Cherry

• Jason Dundas

• Penne Dennison

• Sarah Davies

• Nick Dal Santo

• Benny Elias

• Rob Elliott

• Andrew Ettingshausen

• Candice Falzon

• Shane Heal

• Melissa Hoyer

• Robby Ingham

• Cameron Knight

• Cassie Lane

• Daniel MacPherson

• Colette Mann

• Simon Marshall

• David Mathew

• Greg Mathew

• Molly Meldrum

• Brendan Moar

• Peter Morrissey

• Rhys Muldoon

• Lauren Newton

• Aaron Pedersen

• Wayne Pearce

• Heath Scotland

• Jon Stevens

• Peter Timbs

• Krista Vendy