Australian millionaires verbally eviscerate your business dreams for entertainment.
49 minSeason 6 • Episode 8
LatestDr JJ's pitch starts with "Smell my armpit," and ends with the Sharks making an offer; a mum presents her solution for easily untangling kids' hair; a doctor puts forth his invention for men's health.
A panel of five of Australia’s most successful and credible business people are ready to judge the products and concepts pitched to them by ordinary Australians. Smart, shrewd and unapologetically direct, these multi-millionaire titans of industry will decide whether they are willing to put their own dollars on the line to invest in the products and ideas presented to them in the Shark Tank.
Acting
Steve Baxter's withering silences are Oscar-worthy for reality TV.
Production
That tank set design makes failure look cinematic and brutal.
Writing
Contestants' pitches range from genius to 'did you rehearse this?'
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Aussie version deliberately tones down US Shark Tank's theatrical cruelty, substituting dry wit and 'fair go' rhetoric that somehow stings worse.
Many 'deals' shown on screen collapse in due diligence — the handshake is theatre, the real negotiation happens later, often ending in nothing.
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