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television show filmed in

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that aired on TV2 on Sunday evenings in 2002. The show was hosted by Evie Ashton. There were around two thousand applicants nationwide for the show.

Format

Four contestants were locked in an underground bunker in a secret location with no timepieces. The contestants were required to have to learn a series of challenges, which included mind, body and dexterity types. They faced off against the others until one of them won and went on to a final. The ultimate prize of the show was a

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. There was also an element of strategising and bluffing, as contestants attempted to gain psychological advantage.TV game to go underground – Fiona Rae – NZ Herald News
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References

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