# Celebrity Name Game (Australian game show)

Celebrity Name Game was an Australian game show based on the American show of the same name and the board game Identity Crisis (created by Laura Robinson and Richard Gerrits) hosted by Grant Denyer and aired on Network 10 from 13 May 2019 until 16 March 2020.

## Gameplay
### Main game

The game involves two teams, each consisting of two contestants who are related or know each other. They are joined by two guest celebrities who assist the teams for all but the third segment of the show, attempting to identify the names of popular culture subjects like celebrities, fictional characters, place names, or film and television titles.
In the first two rounds, each team is assigned one of the celebrities, who then will switch teams for the second round. Each of the three-member teams are presented with a category containing ten names. One person will give clues, trying to get the other two to guess the names. Successful guesses earn money. An illegal clue (saying the name or part of the name, spelling the name, or rhyming the name) voids that name. Each turn lasts for 45 seconds. In the first round, one team is chosen to play first, and chooses one of two categories presented, leaving the second team to play the remaining category. In the second round, the second team plays first and chooses the first category.
In round one, the celebrity gives the clues while turning back and forth to alternately face each contestant, and each correct answer is worth $100, up to $1,000 total. In round two, one of the two contestants gives clues while alternately facing either the remaining partner or the assigned celebrity, and each answer is worth $200, up to $2,000 total.
In the third round, the contestants go head to head while Denyer gives the clues to names under a specific category. The contestants buzz in to make a guess. If neither contestant buzzes in after a while, Denyer can start giving out clues that are normally illegal, all the way up to simply saying the name. A right answer earns money for the team that answered, but a wrong answer grants the money to the opponent. The first answer is worth $100 and each successive answer increases in value by $100. Winnings in this round are added to the money accumulated in the first two rounds, and whichever team reaches $3,000 or more first is the winner, keeps the cash, and goes on to the bonus round to play for the prize of $10,000. If no team reaches $3,000 before time is called, the team in the lead at the end of the round wins the game. If the game ends in a tie, one final name is given; a team who buzzes in with a correct answer wins the game, but a wrong answer results in an automatic loss.

### Bonus round

In the bonus round, there is no particular category. The names of people, characters, places, shows or things are hidden behind ten numbered squares. The contestants take turns giving the clues to both celebrities. One contestant is placed in a soundproof booth while the other gives clues. The current giver starts describing when a name or picture is exposed. If the celebrity receivers get it right, the name stays revealed. Passing on a name re-conceals it. This round lasts for a total of 75 seconds, the first contestant has 45 seconds, and the second has 30 seconds. If the first clue giver provides an illegal clue to a name, that name is replaced by a different one for the second clue giver. Any illegal clue by the second clue giver, however, ends the round immediately. Getting all ten increases the team's total winnings to $10,000. If the first contestant correctly guesses all ten names within 45 seconds or less, the second portion of the round is not played. Otherwise, the team takes home only the amount they had earned by the end of Round 3.

## Production and broadcast

Celebrity Name Game aired in a 6:00 pm timeslot and was broadcast five nights a week from Mondays to Fridays, with repeats aired at 8:00 am the following morning (Friday shows airing on Monday mornings). The show was filmed at Network 10's studios in Pyrmont, Sydney.

## Merchandise

A board game featuring Denyer on the cover was released by Imagination Gaming in 2019.

## Episodes

| No. | Celebrities | Timeslot | Original air date | Viewers |
| 1 | Tommy Little & Lisa Wilkinson | 6pm Monday | 13 May 2019 (2019-05-13) | 314,000 |
| 2 | Beau Ryan & Sam Simmons | 6pm Tuesday | 14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) | 248,000 |
| 3 | Yvie Jones & Angie Kent | 6pm Wednesday | 15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) | 248,000 |
| 4 | Lawrence Leung & Scott Tweedie | 6pm Thursday | 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) | 258,000 |
| 5 | Sharna Burgess & Tristan MacManus | 6pm Friday | 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) | 227,000 |
| 6 | Courtney Act & Tahir Bilgiç | 6pm Monday | 20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) | 246,000 |
| 7 | Susie Youssef & Jane Hall | 6pm Tuesday | 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) | 231,000 |
| 8 | Ed Kavalee & Ash London | 6pm Wednesday | 22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) | 235,000 |
| 9 | Olympia Valance & Merrick Watts | 6pm Thursday | 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) | 243,000 |
| 10 | Peter Rowsthorn & Matty Johnson | 6pm Friday | 24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) | 200,000 |
| 11 | Tom Ballard & Lucy Durack | 6pm Monday | 27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) | 275,000 |
| 12 | Yvie Jones & Gina Liano | 6pm Tuesday | 28 May 2019 (2019-05-28) | 266,000 |
| 13 | Brendan Jones & Casey Donovan | 6pm Wednesday | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 240,000 |
| 14 | Denise Drysdale & Jessica Rowe | 6pm Thursday | 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) | 232,000 |
| 15 | Johnny Ruffo & Rhonda Burchmore | 6pm Friday | 31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) | 214,000 |
| 16 | Sam Simmons & Jay Pharoah | 6pm Monday | 3 June 2019 (2019-06-03) | 298,000 |
| 17 | Courtney Act & Beau Ryan | 6pm Tuesday | 4 June 2019 (2019-06-04) | 298,000 |
| 18 | Sarah Harris & Angela Bishop | 6pm Wednesday | 5 June 2019 (2019-06-05) | 292,000 |
| 19 | Annie Maynard & Olympia Valance | 6pm Thursday | 6 June 2019 (2019-06-06) | 234,000 |
| 20 | Tommy Little & Stephanie Rice | 6pm Friday | 7 June 2019 (2019-06-07) | TBC |
| 21 | The Umbilical Brothers | 6pm Monday | 10 June 2019 (2019-06-10) | 276,000 |
| 22 | Tim Blackwell & Michelle Bridges | 6pm Tuesday | 11 June 2019 (2019-06-11) | 274,000 |
| 23 | Nazeem Hussain & Nikki Osborne | 6pm Wednesday | 12 June 2019 (2019-06-12) | 251,000 |
| 24 | Paul Fenech & Harley Breen | 6pm Thursday | 13 June 2019 (2019-06-13) | 224,000 |
| 25 | Rhonda Burchmore & Cal Wilson | 6pm Friday | 14 June 2019 (2019-06-14) | TBC |
| 26 | Ed Kavalee & Ash London | 6pm Monday | 17 June 2019 (2019-06-17) | 258,000 |
| 27 | Natarsha Belling & Peter Rowsthorn | 6pm Tuesday | 18 June 2019 (2019-06-18) | 245,000 |
| 28 | Susie Youssef & Brendan Jones | 6pm Wednesday | 19 June 2019 (2019-06-19) | 240,000 |
| 29 | Merv Hughes & Tom Ballard | 6pm Thursday | 20 June 2019 (2019-06-20) | 246,000 |
| 30 | Casey Donovan & Amos Gill | 6pm Friday | 21 June 2019 (2019-06-21) | TBC |
| 31 | Beau Ryan & Tahir Bilgiç | 6pm Monday | 24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) | 275,000 |
| 32 | Alan Fletcher & Ryan Moloney | 6pm Tuesday | 25 June 2019 (2019-06-25) | 242,000 |
| 33 | Hans & Dave Thornton | 6pm Wednesday | 26 June 2019 (2019-06-26) | 246,000 |
| 34 | Nath Valvo & Lisa Curry | 6pm Thursday | 27 June 2019 (2019-06-27) | 238,000 |
| 35 | Tristan MacManus & Sharna Burgess | 6pm Friday | 28 June 2019 (2019-06-28) | TBC |
| 36 | Michelle Bridges & Steve Willis | 6pm Monday | 1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) | 234,000 |
| 37 | Cal Wilson & Johnny Ruffo | 6pm Tuesday | 2 July 2019 (2019-07-02) | 260,000 |
| 38 | Gyton Grantley & Tanya Hennessy | 6pm Wednesday | 3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) | 243,000 |
| 39 | Gary Mehigan & Matt Sinclair | 6pm Thursday | 4 July 2019 (2019-07-04) | 229,000 |
| 40 | The Umbilical Brothers | 6pm Friday | 5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) | N/A |
| 41 | Gary Mehigan & Julie Goodwin | 6pm Monday | 8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) | 260,000 |
| 42 | Lucy Durack & Merv Hughes | 6pm Tuesday | 9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) | 247,000 |
| 43 | Damian Walshe-Howling & Ivan Aristeguieta | 6pm Wednesday | 10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) | 238,000 |
| 44 | George Calombaris & Anna Polyviou | 6pm Thursday | 11 July 2019 (2019-07-11) | 235,000 |
| 45 | Angie Kent & Yvie Jones | 6pm Friday | 12 July 2019 (2019-07-12) | N/A |
| 46 | Rove McManus & Peter Helliar | 6pm Monday | 15 July 2019 (2019-07-15) | 259,000 |
| 47 | Gina Liano & Lawrence Leung | 6pm Tuesday | 16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) | 219,000 |
| 48 | Gary Mehigan & George Calombaris | 6pm Wednesday | 17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) | 253,000 |
| 49 | Casey Donovan & Susie Youssef | 6pm Thursday | 18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) | 260,000 |
| 50 | Tim Blackwell & Georgie Carroll | 6pm Friday | 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) | 201,000 |
| 51 | Melody Thornton & Justin Lacko | 6pm Monday | 22 July 2019 (2019-07-22) | 230,000 |
| 52 | Julie Goodwin & George Calombaris | 6pm Tuesday | 23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) | 237,000 |
| 53 | Tim Blackwell & Steve Willis | 6pm Wednesday | 24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) | 242,000 |
| 54 | Tom Ballard & Scott Tweedie | 6pm Thursday | 25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) | 247,000 |
| 55 | Denise Drysdale & Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 6pm Friday | 26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) | N/A |
| 56 | Jay Pharoah & Nikki Osborne | 6pm Monday | 29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) | 193,000 |
| 57 | Will McMahon & Woody Whitelaw | 6pm Tuesday | 30 July 2019 (2019-07-30) | 227,000 |
| 58 | John Edward & Osher Günsberg | 6pm Wednesday | 31 July 2019 (2019-07-31) | 227,000 |
| 59 | Dave O'Neil & Joe Hildebrand | 6pm Thursday | 1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) | |
| 60 | Anthony Callea & James Mathison | 6pm Friday | 2 August 2019 (2019-08-02) | |
| 61 | Vicky Pattison & Shannon Noll | 6pm Monday | 5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) | |
| 62 | Harley Breen & Denise Drysdale | 6pm Tuesday | 6 August 2019 (2019-08-06) | |
| 63 | Bernard Curry & Ebony Vagulans | 6pm Wednesday | 7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) | |
| 64 | James Mathison & Tim Campbell | 6pm Thursday | 8 August 2019 (2019-08-08) | |
| 65 | Veronica Milsom & Lewis Hobba | 6pm Friday | 9 August 2019 (2019-08-09) | N/A |
| 66 | Celia Pacquola & Sam Simmons | 6pm Monday | 12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) | |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 67 | Dave Thornton & Steven Bradbury | 6pm Tuesday | 13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) | |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 68 | Georgia Love & Lee Elliot | 6pm Wednesday | 14 August 2019 (2019-08-14) | |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 69 | Dylan Lewis & Kent Small | 6pm Thursday | 15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) | |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 70 | Ash Pollard & Steen Raskopoulos | 6pm Friday | 16 August 2019 (2019-08-16) | N/A |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 71 | Matt Farrelly & Steven Bradbury | 6pm Monday | 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) | 206,000 |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 72 | Janine Allis & Andrew Ettingshausen | 6pm Tuesday | 20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) | 235,000 |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 73 | Nazeem Hussain & Ash Pollard | 6pm Wednesday | 21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) | 214,000 |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 74 | Dave Thornton & Bonnie Lythgoe | 6pm Thursday | 22 August 2019 (2019-08-22) | 202,000 |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 75 | Alexandra Jae & Alex Lee | 6pm Friday | 23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) | |
| Note: Rove McManus replaced Grant Denyer as host. |||||
| 76 | Vicky Pattison & Ian "Dicko" Dickson | 6pm Monday | 26 August 2019 (2019-08-26) | 232,000 |
| 77 | The Umbilical Brothers | 6pm Tuesday | 27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) | 224,000 |
| 78 | Mel Buttle & Bernard Curry | 6pm Wednesday | 28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) | 237,000 |
| 79 | Alan Fletcher & Bonnie Anderson | 6pm Thursday | 29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) | 193,000 |
| 80 | Matt Burke & David Campese | 6pm Friday | 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30) | |
| 81 | Woody Whitelaw & Will McMahon | 6pm Monday | 2 September 2019 (2019-09-02) | 220,000 |
| 82 | Jimeoin & Damian Walshe-Howling | 6pm Tuesday | 3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) | 231,000 |
| 83 | Liz Ellis & Catherine Cox | 6pm Wednesday | 4 September 2019 (2019-09-04) | 214,000 |
| 84 | Yvie Jones & Scott Tweedie | 6pm Thursday | 5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) | 217,000 |
| 85 | Merrick Watts & Annie Maynard | 6pm Friday | 6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) | |
| 86 | Erika Heynatz & David Collins | 6pm Monday | 9 September 2019 (2019-09-09) | 231,000 |
| 87 | Nicola Parry & Heidi Arena | 6pm Tuesday | 10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) | 220,000 |
| 88 | Roxy Jacenko & Wippa | 6pm Wednesday | 11 September 2019 (2019-09-11) | 190,000 |
| 89 | Sarah Harris & Stephanie Rice | 6pm Thursday | 12 September 2019 (2019-09-12) | 212,000 |
| 90 | Richard Reid & Angela Bishop | 6pm Friday | 13 September 2019 (2019-09-13) | |
| 91 | Rove McManus & Stacey Thomson | 6pm Monday | 16 September 2019 (2019-09-16) | 193,000 |
| 92 | Sam Simmons & Tahir Bilgiç | 6pm Tuesday | 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) | 210,000 |
| 93 | John Foreman & Christie Whelan Browne | 6pm Wednesday | 18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) | 209,000 |
| 94 | Jett Kenny & Tanya Hennesy | 6pm Thursday | 19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) | 199,000 |
| 95 | Gyton Grantley & Nath Valvo | 6pm Friday | 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) | |
| 96 | Dave Hughes & Charlie Pickering | 6pm Monday | 23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) | 199,000 |
| 97 | Dannii Minogue & Osher Günsberg | 6pm Tuesday | 24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) | 211,000 |
| 98 | Luke McGregor & Chris Brown | 6pm Wednesday | 25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) | 195,000 |
| 99 | Nazeem Hussain & Nikki Britton | 6pm Thursday | 26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) | 172,000 |
| 100 | Gretel Killeen & Joe Hildebrand | 6pm Friday | 27 September 2019 (2019-09-27) | |
| 101 | Kate McCartney & Kate McLennan | 6pm Monday | 30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) | 234,000 |
| 102 | Lawrence Leung & Steen Raskopoulos | 6pm Tuesday | 1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) | 202,000 |
| 103 | Rob Mills & Ryan Moloney | 6pm Wednesday | 2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) | 193,000 |
| 104 | Hans & Melissa Tkautz | 6pm Thursday | 3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) | 174,000 |
| 105 | Anthony "Harries" Carroll & Bruce "Hoppo" Hopkins | 6pm Friday | 4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) | |
| 106 | Harley Breen & Patrick Abboud | 6pm Monday | 7 October 2019 (2019-10-07) | 173,000 |
| 107 | Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann & Nikki Britton | 6pm Tuesday | 8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) | 178,000 |
| 108 | Catherine Cox & Liz Ellis | 6pm Wednesday | 9 October 2019 (2019-10-09) | 174,000 |
| 109 | Scott McLaughlin & David Reynolds | 6pm Thursday | 10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) | 160,000 |
| 110 | Tim Campbell & Anthony Callea | 6pm Friday | 11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) | |
| 111 | Susie Youssef & Gen Fricker | 6pm Monday | 14 October 2019 (2019-10-14) | 199,000 |
| 112 | Shannon Noll & Ian "Dicko" Dickson | 6pm Tuesday | 15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) | 182,000 |
| 113 | Colin Lane & Melinda Schneider | 6pm Wednesday | 16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) | 189,000 |
| 114 | Yvie Jones & Angie Kent | 6pm Thursday | 17 October 2019 (2019-10-17) | 166,000 |
| 115 | Sandra Sully & Matt Burke | 6pm Friday | 18 October 2019 (2019-10-18) | |
| 116 | Osher Günsberg & Melody Thornton | 6pm Monday | 21 October 2019 (2019-10-21) | 193,000 |
| 117 | Mel Buttle & Stacey Thomson | 6pm Tuesday | 22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) | 176,000 |
| 118 | Peter Helliar & Rove McManus | 6pm Wednesday | 23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) | 166,000 |
| 119 | Anne Edmonds & Jimeoin | 6pm Thursday | 24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) | 152,000 |
| 120 | Scott McLaughlin & Rick Kelly | 6pm Friday | 25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) | |
| 121 | Beau Ryan & Nina Oyama | 6pm Monday | 28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) | 209,000 |
| 122 | Joel Creasey & Claire Hooper | 6pm Tuesday | 29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) | 183,000 |
| 123 | Dave O'Neil & Emily Taheny | 6pm Wednesday | 30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) | 163,000 |
| 124 | Tanya Hennessy & Liv Phyland | 6pm Thursday | 31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) | 172,000 |
| 125 | Ben Harvey & Liam Stapleton | 6pm Friday | 1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) | |
| 126 | Scott Tweedie & Kate Peck | 6pm Monday | 4 November 2019 (2019-11-04) | 178,000 |
| 127 | Matt White & Roz Kelly | 6pm Wednesday | 6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) | 141,000 |
| 128 | Ian "Dicko" Dickson & Lydia Lassila | 6pm Friday | 8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) | |
| 129 | Amanda Keller & Brendan Jones | 6pm Monday | 11 November 2019 (2019-11-11) | 171,000 |
| 130 | Luke McGregor & Jess Harris | 6pm Tuesday | 12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) | 128,000 |
| 131 | Angie Kent & Susie Youssef | 6pm Wednesday | 13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) | 158,000 |
| 132 | The Umbilical Brothers | 6pm Thursday | 14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) | 193,000 |
| 133 | Harley Breen & Heath Franklin | 6pm Friday | 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) | |
| 134 | Mel Buttle & Matt Moran | 6pm Monday | 18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) | 174,000 |
| 135 | Kerri-Anne Kennerly & Jan Fran | 6pm Tuesday | 19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) | 179,000 |
| 136 | Costa Georgiadis & Gen Fricker | 6pm Wednesday | 20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) | 188,000 |
| 137 | Emmylou MacCarthy & Christian Hull | 6pm Thursday | 21 November 2019 (2019-11-21) | 168,000 |
| 138 | David Reynolds & Garth Tander | 6pm Friday | 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22) | |
| 139 | Beau Ryan & Rob Shehadie | 6pm Monday | 25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) | 199,000 |
| 140 | Angela Bishop & Dave Thornton | 6pm Tuesday | 26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) | 170,000 |
| 141 | Dilruk Jayasinha & Annie Maynard | 6pm Wednesday | 27 November 2019 (2019-11-27) | 177,000 |
| 142 | Anthony Mundine & Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann | 6pm Thursday | 28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) | 152,000 |
| 143 | Kate McCartney & Jane Hall | 6pm Friday | 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) | |
| 144 | Neighbours 35th Anniversary Ryan Moloney, April Rose Pengilly, Ben Hall & Stefan Dennis | 6pm Monday | 16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) | TBC |