Championship of Champions

The Championship of Champions is a televised knock-out tournament held every 2-3 years on the show between a selection of contestants who reached the final rounds of their series. Typically, only contestants who have appeared since the previous Championship of Champions are eligible to enter, however Darryl Francis was entered into Championship of Champions III rather than Championship of Champions II, and Jon Corby will be permitted into Championship of Champions XIII rather than Championship of Champions XII as the line-up of XII was determined before he made his debut on the show.

Format

the first eight championships of champions were contested between eight people, from Championship of Champions IX onwards it has been contested between 16, with the exception of Championship of Champions X which was shortened so as to fit into one week, rather than the seven days an 8-person tournament would have taken, or the three weeks a 16-person tournament would have taken. Each round is played in succession- the eighth-finals (Championship of Champions IX onwards only), followed by the quarter-finals, then the semi-finals, and finally the grand final itself. The final for Championship of Champions I was a 9 round game, however from then until the changeover to the 15 round format, it was a 14 round game, same as the series grand final.

Individual Championships of Champions

1. Championship of Champions I
2. Championship of Champions II
3. Championship of Champions III
4. Championship of Champions IV
5. Championship of Champions V
6. Championship of Champions VI
7. Championship of Champions VII
8. Championship of Champions VIII
9. Championship of Champions IX
10. Championship of Champions X
11. Championship of Champions XI
12. Championship of Champions XII