Ultimate Tag (Australian TV series)

Ultimate Tag is an upcoming Australian sports entertainment obstacle course competition based on the American series. Following the premise of the original version, The format is based on the game of tag, known as tips in Australia, and involves contestants running through various indoor obstacle courses while professional taggers attempt to catch them.

Ultimate Tag
Genre
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyEndemol Shine Australia
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release ()

Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington will host the series with Bill Woods as commentator.

Taggers so far announced from the trailer are Dominator, Eagle, Spitfire and Hollywood. A second trailer revealed twin Taggers; Razor and Rapid. Others videos have revealed Taggers Hammer and Supernova.

Production

In July 2020, it was announced that Seven Network had purchased the rights to the series and would will making their own version of the show for Australian audiences in 2021.[1][2][3] Auditions were open between July & August 2020.[4][5][6] The series was officially confirmed by Seven at their annual upfronts in October 2020, it will be hosted by Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington with Bill Woods as commentator and will be produced by Endemol Shine Australia.[7][8][9]

References
  1. Wilkinson, Zoe (24 July 2020). "Seven commissions US format Ultimate Tag for 2021". Mumbrella. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. Cheik-Hussein, Mariam (24 July 2020). "Seven to produce Australian season of US series Ultimate Tag for 2021". Adnews. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. "SEVEN SECURES AUSTRALIAN RIGHTS TO NEW ADVENTURE SERIES ULTIMATE TAG". TV BlackBox. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. Knox, David (24 July 2020). "Auditions: Ultimate Tag". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. "New TV show 'Ultimate Tag' comes to Channel Seven in 2021". 7news. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. "Apply: Ultimate Tag". My Casting Net. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  7. Knox, David (21 October 2020). "Upfronts 2021: Seven". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  8. "All the new shows coming to Seven in 2021". 7news. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. "Seven new in 2021: Holey Moley, The Voice, RFDS, Aust Now & Then". Mediaweek. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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