Come Dine with Me Australia

Come Dine with me Australia is an Australian television reality series, which is based on the format of the UK show, "Come Dine with Me". The show premiered on 18 January 2010 on The Lifestyle Channel. The show is narrated by both Aimee Reid and James Valentine.
Four seasons of the show were broadcast in Australia and the UK. Each season consists of 20 episodes where contestants host each other as guests, competing for a $2000 cash prize.
Format.
Each five-episode block of Come Dine with me Australia follows a new set of five participants, as each episode features one of these contestants hosting the other four for dinner. After each dinner, the four guests rate their experience. Each contestants’ points are added after the five-episode block and the overall winner wins a $2000 cash prize.
Show structure.
The structure of the show is consistent across all four seasons (including the two celebrity seasons). Each episode begins with the introduction of the contestant who is hosting for that episode. Then, the narrator talks through what food the host will be serving. As each course is described, a new participant is shown reading the menu the host has provided. During these breaks where new participants are shown, a small introduction is given for every individual. Once all courses of the meal have been described and all participants have been introduced, the dinner party begins. This either involves introductory interactions between the participants, or an activity provided by the host. After this concludes, the guests begin eating. At this point the show switches between the host cooking and the guests eating/talking. After the entrees are served, the guests begin looking around the hosts' house. This acts as a comedic break from the cooking, as the narrator comments on what is found, and how the guests act. The meal continues from then on, with different episodes taking different forms ranging from activities to games to drama. Once the meal and subsequent activities finish, the guests leave. Each guest is then shown in the back of a car. The guests individually discuss their thoughts about the night and rate their experience out of ten. The episode then ends with the narrator explaining the standings of the participants.
Franchise.
Come Dine with me Australia was not an original concept. The rights for both the name ‘Come Dine with me’ and the concept of the show were already owned by ITV studios, who brought the Australian reboot to the Lifestyle Channel.
"Celebrity Come Dine With Me Australia".
A variation of the show which has four contestants who are all Australian celebrities. The first episode of "Celebrity Come Dine with Me Australia" was initially released as a Christmas special in between the release of the third and fourth season of "Come Dine with Me Australia" in December 2012. Another episode of the Celebrity variant of the show was released a year later in December 2013 after the conclusion of the fourth and final season of the original show. Then, during January 2014, four episodes of "Celebrity Come Dine with Me Australia" were broadcast on The Lifestyle Channel.
International broadcasts.
In July 2010, the show began broadcasting in the UK under the title "Come Dine with Me Down Under" before reverting to its original "Come Dine with Me Australia" title and changing again in the third series.
International renditions.
"Come Dine with Me Australia" was not the only international rendition of the initial "Come Dine with Me UK" show. Other English versions are; "Come Dine with Me Canada", "Come Dine with Me Ireland, Come Dine with Me New Zealand, Come Dine with Me South Africa, Come Dine with Me, Dinner Takes All (United States)."
Production.
The Lifestyle Channel used Granada Media, now known as ITV Studios, to produce the show and gain rights to the shows’ concept and name. Potentially due to the shows success overseas in the UK, the second season of the show was approved by The Lifestyle Channel before production of the first season even began.
The only consistent character within the show is the narrator. This narrator switches between James Valentine and Aimee Reid. The narrator appears on all seasons of "Come Dine with Me Australia" and all episodes of "Celebrity Come Dine with Me Australia".