Shaun Micallef's Brain Eisteddfod premiere sees teams of Year 11 students from western Sydney's Prairiewood High School go head to head with Barker College for their place in the grand final!

This episode sees Year 11 students from Balwyn High School in Melbourne and Sydney's Emanuel School locked in a head-to-head battle of the brainiest.

Brisbane's Villanova College, armed with the mental equivalent of a net and trident, are in combat with shield-wielding Toorak College from Victoria in the gladiatorial arena that is Brain Eisteddfod.

The Geelong College and Newcastle's Merewether High engage in an epic battle using the power of their combined brains, forged over years in their school's mighty foundry of excellent academic records.

NSW's Central Coast Grammar and The Lakes College from Brisbane will this week battle it out for their chance to compete in the series Grand Final and the title of Australia's cleverest school.

Only the pure of brain will emerge victorious as the Gold Coast's Trinity Lutheran College take on Killarney Heights High School from Sydney in a blood feud that stretches back three generations.

We see competitive pupils from Caringbah High School and Penrith Anglican College battle it out with their brains.

Students from Melbourne’s Suzanne Cory High School go head-to-head with Newtown High School of the Performing Arts for their chance to secure a place in the series grand final.

Brisbane's Cavendish Road State High face off against Our Lady of Mercy, Parramatta. Which eggheads will survive and continue on their trajectory for their chance to win the Grand Final?

It's The Grand Final and the glittering prize awaits tonight's champions: an autographed publicity picture of Shaun Micallef from when he hosted Talkin' 'bout Your Generation!