) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
Post by Gagamillionaire on Dec 27, 2012 18:23:29 GMT -5
As we all know, the Millionaire-hype around the world led the way to the creation of many more or less successful game shows. In 2001, ITV broadcast a new quiz called "Britain's Brainiest" where a bunch of kids, celebrities, sportsmen, etc. to pitted their wits against each other. For a while, the show was hosted by the former "Countdown" Numbers Lady Carol Vorderman. Brainiest wasn't the success ITV had hoped for, so it was canceled in 2002. In some countries, however, the format is still successful, for example in Russia (under the name Ñàìûé Óìíûé, "Cleverest") or France (Le Grand Concours).
The game is played in three rounds. In the first round, all contestants (20 to 24 , differs from version to version) are seperated into two teams. At first, team number 1 will face 12 general knowledge questions with four answer choices. After that, the three contestants with the most correct answers go through to the next round. If there's a tie, more questions will be asked until there are three clear winners. Then the procedure is repeated with the second team.
Before the second round, the remaining six contestants have to solve a Codebreaker puzzle, in which a sequence of numbers must be decoded into a word using a cell phone keyboard. As a hint, they are told the category of the word (Example: 5459 and the category Flower. Answer: Lily). The order of contestants is determined by how fast they solve the puzzle.
In round 2, the competitors are offered a board of 12 categories, from which each contestant has to choose one subject. The fastest person from the Codebreaker has the right to choose first. Then, they alone have a set amount of time (30-120 seconds, depending on the country) to answer as many questions on the subject as possible. They have no answer choices in this round. After the first contestant has completed their first category, the second person must pick their category and play, followed by the third and so on. After the sixth person has played, the first one may pick one subject from the remaining six, then the second, etc. The three people with the most correct answers for both categories combined go through to round three.
Before round 3, another Codebreaker is played. Then each finalist declares their "specialist subject", which they have chosen before the show. After that, a board labeled with the numbers 1-36. Behind 18 of these questions corresponding to the three specialist subjects are hidden, 6 per person. The other 18 numbers hide random trivia questions. The contestants have some time to memorize under which numbers their subjects are, after which everything will be hidden. Then the contestants take turns choosing a number, starting with the winner of the second Codebreaker. Behind each number is one question of the corresponding subject. They have 10 seconds to answer their question. If it's a general knowledge question and they get it right, they get 1 point, if it's one of their special subject, they get 2 points and if the question is about another finalist's special subject, they get 3 points for giving a correct answer.
After a bunch of rounds, the person with the most point wins the game. If a tie occurs, more round will be played untl there's a clear winner or the tying contestants are both announced the winner of the game.
The set was created by Andy Walmsley who, incidentally, also created the Millionaire set and the music was composed by Matthew Strachan who, incidentally, also composed the Millionaire music with his father.
I'm not a fan of the format. It's repetitive and gets boring really quickly and the studio just looks plain weird. There are only two things about the show that fascinate me. Firstly, I find it extremely impressive how fast some of the international hosts can read out the questions. Any machine gun would bow before the Russian host. Secondly, the music is really good. It's dramatic and catchy. The Strachans are simply amazing composers. Too bad the cues are extremely difficult to get, at least the high quality ones. I think the guys from gameshows.ru have them but don't want to give them out publicly (which is understandable, given the problems us here have had recently) and my Russian just isn't good enough to PM the guy who has them and my pride forbids me to use a Translator (I'm studying Linguistics). If anyone of you happens to have the soundtrack, I'd appreciate it a lot if you PM'ed them to me.
Here are some extracts from a couple of international versions:
France:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIDX5jb6F0
Russia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGjOrz1xvM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAjHbIsxrM
Australia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv04AcfwhJw
So what do you think about the show? Has anyone of you ever seen the original British version?
The game is played in three rounds. In the first round, all contestants (20 to 24 , differs from version to version) are seperated into two teams. At first, team number 1 will face 12 general knowledge questions with four answer choices. After that, the three contestants with the most correct answers go through to the next round. If there's a tie, more questions will be asked until there are three clear winners. Then the procedure is repeated with the second team.
Before the second round, the remaining six contestants have to solve a Codebreaker puzzle, in which a sequence of numbers must be decoded into a word using a cell phone keyboard. As a hint, they are told the category of the word (Example: 5459 and the category Flower. Answer: Lily). The order of contestants is determined by how fast they solve the puzzle.
In round 2, the competitors are offered a board of 12 categories, from which each contestant has to choose one subject. The fastest person from the Codebreaker has the right to choose first. Then, they alone have a set amount of time (30-120 seconds, depending on the country) to answer as many questions on the subject as possible. They have no answer choices in this round. After the first contestant has completed their first category, the second person must pick their category and play, followed by the third and so on. After the sixth person has played, the first one may pick one subject from the remaining six, then the second, etc. The three people with the most correct answers for both categories combined go through to round three.
Before round 3, another Codebreaker is played. Then each finalist declares their "specialist subject", which they have chosen before the show. After that, a board labeled with the numbers 1-36. Behind 18 of these questions corresponding to the three specialist subjects are hidden, 6 per person. The other 18 numbers hide random trivia questions. The contestants have some time to memorize under which numbers their subjects are, after which everything will be hidden. Then the contestants take turns choosing a number, starting with the winner of the second Codebreaker. Behind each number is one question of the corresponding subject. They have 10 seconds to answer their question. If it's a general knowledge question and they get it right, they get 1 point, if it's one of their special subject, they get 2 points and if the question is about another finalist's special subject, they get 3 points for giving a correct answer.
After a bunch of rounds, the person with the most point wins the game. If a tie occurs, more round will be played untl there's a clear winner or the tying contestants are both announced the winner of the game.
The set was created by Andy Walmsley who, incidentally, also created the Millionaire set and the music was composed by Matthew Strachan who, incidentally, also composed the Millionaire music with his father.
I'm not a fan of the format. It's repetitive and gets boring really quickly and the studio just looks plain weird. There are only two things about the show that fascinate me. Firstly, I find it extremely impressive how fast some of the international hosts can read out the questions. Any machine gun would bow before the Russian host. Secondly, the music is really good. It's dramatic and catchy. The Strachans are simply amazing composers. Too bad the cues are extremely difficult to get, at least the high quality ones. I think the guys from gameshows.ru have them but don't want to give them out publicly (which is understandable, given the problems us here have had recently) and my Russian just isn't good enough to PM the guy who has them and my pride forbids me to use a Translator (I'm studying Linguistics). If anyone of you happens to have the soundtrack, I'd appreciate it a lot if you PM'ed them to me.
Here are some extracts from a couple of international versions:
France:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIDX5jb6F0
Russia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGjOrz1xvM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pAjHbIsxrM
Australia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv04AcfwhJw
So what do you think about the show? Has anyone of you ever seen the original British version?
