Fata Morgana was a

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which ran for five

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between 2004 and 2008. It could be classified as a

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, though there were no

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s to be won. Each episode, a local

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would issue a series of five themed challenges to a particular

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, usually tasks which required a great deal of

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and

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. The inhabitants of the competing town or city had roughly six days to complete these task, ending in an event on Saturday afternoon where their efforts were

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d, and symbolic "gold stars" were awarded for each task successfully completed. Both this event and the

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during the week were taped and broadcast the following Sunday evening, with the next challenge presented at the end of the programme. Challenges included breaking

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s, assembling masses in a particular style of

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, building scale

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s of

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s, and retrieving items from foreign countries or outer space. The first series was presented by Geena Lisa and Sergio. The latter left the program in 2007 and was replaced by Steph Goossens for the final two series.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fata Morgana (Television Program) Flemish television shows 2004 Belgian television series debuts 2008 Belgian television series endings Belgian game shows 2000s game shows VRT 1 original programming