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Minute to Win It
GenreGame show
Created byFriday TV
Presented byGuy Fieri (2010–11)
Apolo Ohno (2013–14)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons4 (2 on NBC, 2 on GSN)
No. of episodesNBC: 68[1]
GSN: 40[2]
Production
Executive producer(s)NBC:
Craig Plestis
Tim Puntillo
Mattias Olsson
Jock Millgårdh
Estelle Bodén
GSN:
Michael Binkow
Running time42–44 minutes
Production company(s)Universal Media Studios (2010–11)
Universal Television (2011)
Friday TV
Smart Dog Media
Shine America (2013–14)
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC (2010–11)
GSN (2013–14)
Picture format480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
First shown inUnited States
Original releaseNBC:
March 14, 2010 – September 7, 2011
GSN:
June 25, 2013 –
April 29, 2014
External links
(GSN) Website

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Minute to Win It is an American television game show which features contestants playing simple games with common household items in an attempt to win a cash prize. The series originally ran on NBC with host Guy Fieri and was revived in 2013 on Game Show Network (GSN) with Apolo Ohno presenting the show.

The series premiered on NBC on March 14, 2010, airing the first two episodes back-to-back. A second season began on December 7, 2010. On May 13, 2012, NBC announced that the show would not be renewed for a third season. On February 4, 2013, GSN green-lit a revival of the series, and the first season began airing in June 25, 2013. A second season of the GSN version premiered on February 25, 2014.

  • 1Gameplay
  • 3Reception

Gameplay[edit]

Contestants are presented with a blueprint for the first challenge (level) and must successfully complete a game within 60 seconds to move past the first level and advance to the next level. The challenges are games that require contestants to perform tasks with various household items (such as releasing a balloon's air to blow a certain number of plastic cups off of a table, or rolling marbles at an upright-standing pencil in order to knock it over).[3] Contestants who can complete all ten challenges win the show's top prize[1] ($1,000,000 in the NBC version, $250,000 in the GSN version).

The difficulty of the games progressively increases throughout the show. If time expires or the conditions of the game cannot be fulfilled (such as exhausting any allotted attempts or breaking a rule within a challenge), the contestant loses a 'life', three of which are provided throughout the game. Contestants who lose all three of their lives have their game end and their winnings drop to the previous milestone they passed. After successfully completing a game, contestants can leave with the amount of money already won before seeing the blueprint for their next level.[1] If they elect to play the game, however, they cannot wal.auntil that level is complete or they have exhausted all three of their lives.

Episodes featuring celebrity contestants competing for charities and teams of two contestants tweak these rules slightly. In celebrity episodes, all levels are milestones,[4] while in episodes featuring teams of two contestants, some games are played by both, while others are played solo. A contestant can only make three consecutive attempts at solo games (including re-attempts following losing a life; an intervening team game does not reset this count). After a contestant makes three attempts, the other contestant is forced to attempt the next solo game.[5]

Special editions[edit]

Besides celebrity specials and editions featuring teams, other special editions have been conducted by the NBC version of the series. To begin the show's second season, three special Christmas-themed episodes were produced and aired in December 2010. For these specials, two extra games were added, with the 11th game worth $2,000,000 and the 12th game worth $3,000,000. In addition, some games contained a 'Holiday Bonus,' in which a contestant won a gift if the level is passed.[6] A visual representation of the gift was placed inside of a box, which was opened if and when the level was successfully completed. The gifts included an extra life, an extra ten seconds to be used during a challenge, and a bonus prize.

The series also featured other episodes that featured twists to the format. In 'Head to head' matches, two teams of two players compete against each other in a best-of-seven match. Winning a challenge earns the team a point; the first team to four points wins a guaranteed $50,000 and a chance to play for the million starting from Level 6 with three lives remaining.[7] In 'Last Man Standing' episodes, 10 contestants play against each other; the one with the worst result at the end of the challenge is eliminated. This continues until there is one contestant left. The winner wins $100,000 and plays a million-dollar game for a chance to win the top prize.[8] In addition, during a few summer episodes, one member of the audience would be selected to play a million-dollar game at the end of the episode.[9]

Payout structure[edit]

Successfully completing a stunt is worth a specific cash prize at each level. Contestants who successfully complete stunts on milestone levels (prize amounts in bold) are guaranteed to leave with no less than the cash award at that level should they fail any later stunts.

LevelValue
(NBC)[10]
Value
(GSN)[5][11]
1$1,000
2$2,500$2,000
3$5,000$3,000
4$10,000$5,000
5$50,000$10,000
6$75,000$15,000
7$125,000$25,000
8$250,000$50,000
9$500,000$100,000
10$1,000,000$250,000

Production[edit]

Guy Fieri, host of the original NBC version.
Apolo Ohno, host of the revived version on GSN.

About two years before the series premiered on NBC, Guy Fieri's agent, who had attended a meeting in France, contacted him, pitching to him the idea of hosting the show.[12] Fieri was eventually chosen to host the series, and the show premiered with two back-to-back episodes on March 14, 2010, airing 27 new episodes through September of that year.[13] The second season, which consisted of 41 episodes, began on December 7, 2010, with a Christmas special.[13] Executive producers for the NBC versions included Craig Plestis, Tim Puntillo, Mattias Olsson, Jock Millgårdh and Estelle Bodén.[14] On May 13, 2012, NBC canceled the series, electing not to renew it for a third season.[15]

Shortly after the NBC version's cancelation, reruns of Minute to Win It began airing on Game Show Network (GSN) July 24, 2012.[1] Citing the NBC version's ratings success in reruns, the network announced plans to produce a revival of the series on February 4, 2013.[2] The GSN version was hosted by American speed skating champion Apolo Ohno,[16][17] with Michael Binkow serving as executive producer.[18] The first season premiered on June 25, 2013,[18] although a full episode sneak preview was shown on May 23, 2013.[19] The series then went on a short hiatus, returning to air new episodes (advertised as a second season) February 25, 2014.[20]

Reception[edit]

In a pre-broadcast review, Cinema Blend's Kelly West praised Fieri's 'enthusiastic' performance and his ability to interact with contestants. In October 2010, Minute to Win It was awarded the C21/Frapa Award for best 'studio based game show' format at the MIPCOM Television Festival in France.[21]

Ratings[edit]

The NBC version's ratings were generally average, with episodes toward both the beginning and end of the series' run generally earning between five and six million viewers.[22][23] Ratings for the GSN version were slightly better than average for the network's standards. The May sneak preview earned 452,000 viewers,[24] while the first two new episodes debuted to a combined total of 875,000 viewers, with 525,000 at 8:00 and 350,000 at 9:00.[25] The GSN version would later climb to a series high of 596,000 viewers on August 6, 2013 while serving as a lead-in to the series premiere of The Chase.[26]

Merchandise[edit]

The first licensed merchandise for the series was a video game produced by Zoo Entertainment, which was released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Kinect for Xbox 360, and iOS devices on November 2, 2010.[27] In May 2011, NBCUniversal agreed to a deal with Wendy's allowing the restaurant to release kid's meal toys based on five challenges seen on the actual show.[28] Other home versions based on the series' format include a board game and card game format of the show, both released by Mattel in 2011 and 2012 respectively,[29][30] and an 'Ultimate Party Pack' released by Sportscraft featuring many of the game's challenges.[31]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcd'GSN Acquires Off-Network Rights to Minute to Win It' (Press release). GSN Corporate. July 17, 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  2. ^ ab'GSN Orders 40 Original Episodes of Popular Game Show Minute to Win It' (Press release). GSN Corporate. February 4, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. ^West, Kelly (March 13, 2010). 'Minute to Win It Review: Fieri Shines as Host'. Cinema Blend. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
  4. ^Minute to Win It. Season 1. Episode 11. May 12, 2010. NBC.
  5. ^ abMinute to Win It. Season 1. Episode 12. July 30, 2013. Game Show Network.
  6. ^Minute to Win It. Season 2. Episode 1. December 7, 2010. NBC.
  7. ^Minute to Win It. Season 2. Episode 13. February 16, 2011. NBC.
  8. ^Minute to Win It. Season 1. Episode 20. August 23, 2010. NBC.
  9. ^Minute to Win It. Season 1. Episode 13. July 7, 2010. NBC.
  10. ^Minute to Win It. Season 2. Episode 9. February 2, 2011. NBC.
  11. ^Grosvenor, Carrie. 'GSN Previews Their New Minute to Win It Game Show'. About Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  12. ^Nguyen, Hahn (March 12, 2010). 'Minute to Win It: Guy Fieri's got game at NBC'. Zap2it. Tribune Interactive. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  13. ^ ab'Minute to Win It: Episode Guide'. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011.
  14. ^End credits lists of appropriate Minute to Win It episodes.
  15. ^Seidman, Robert (May 13, 2012). 'Fear Factor, Minute to Win It, Who Do You Think You Are? and The Sing Off All Canceled by NBC'. TV By the Numbers. Zap2It. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  16. ^'GSN Announces Speed Skating Champion Apolo Anton Ohno as Host of Minute to Win It' (Press release). GSN Corporate. March 14, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  17. ^Lee, Luaine (July 20, 2013). 'Post-Olympics, Apolo Ohno finds himself skating faster than ever'. The Washington Post. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  18. ^ ab'GSN Announces Premiere of Minute to Win It on June 25 at 8:00 PM ET/PT' (Press release). GSN Corporate. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  19. ^'GSN Announces Sneak Peek of New Original Series Minute to Win It on May 23rd at 10:00 PM ET' (Press release). GSN Corporate. May 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  20. ^'GSN Premieres All-New Episodes of Minute to Win It Hosted by Speed-Skating Champion Apolo Anton Ohno' (Press release). GSN Corporate. January 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  21. ^'Minute to Win It scoops C21 Format Award for 'Best Studio Based Game Show''. NBC Universal. July 10, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  22. ^Armstrong, Jennifer (March 29, 2010). 'Ratings: NBC up with Minute to Win It and Celebrity Apprentice, while CBS wins with Amazing Race and Undercover Boss'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  23. ^Gorman, Bill (September 8, 2011). 'TV Ratings Wednesday: America's Got Talent Rises, Big Brother Falls, Buried Treasure Hits Series High, As CBS & NBC Tie For Adults 18-49 Lead'. TV By the Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  24. ^'Thursday's Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' Tops Demos, Viewers for History'. The Futon Critic. May 24, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  25. ^'Tuesday's Cable Ratings: Rizzoli & Isles, Catfish Returns Win Originals Race'. The Futon Critic. June 26, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  26. ^Bibel, Sara (August 7, 2013). 'GSN's New Series The Chase Delivers Ratings AND Cash Winnings on its August 6th Debut'. TV By the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  27. ^'Minute to Win It: Wii, iPhone, Xbox 360, NDS'. IGN. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  28. ^'NBCUniversal and Wendy's Ink Deal'. Global License. May 6, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  29. ^'Minute to Win It (2011)'. BoardGameGeek. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  30. ^'Minute to Win It Card Game (2012)'. BoardGameGeek. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  31. ^'Summer Family Games'. ABC 7 Chicago. June 12, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

External links[edit]

Minute To Win It Games
  • Official website (NBC, at the Wayback Machine)
  • Official website (GSN, at the Wayback Machine)
  • Minute to Win It on IMDb (NBC)
  • Minute to Win It on IMDb (GSN)
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minute_to_Win_It_(American_game_show)&oldid=903273336'
Minute To Win It
Created byCraig Plestis
Presented byGuy Fieri (2010-2011; US English)
Darren McMullen (2010, AUS; 2011–present, UK)
Marco Antonio Regil (US Spanish)
Apolo Ohno (2013-2014; US English)
Nyla Usha (2016-present ; India Malayalam)
Luis Manzano (2013-present; Filipino, English)
Balázs Sebestyén (2012-present, Hungary)
StarringJoe Swash
Caroline Flack (UK)
Country of originUnited States
Australia
United Kingdom
India
No. of seasonsEnglish language: 2
Spanish language: 1
Indian language : 4
No. of episodesEnglish: 70 (2 online specials) (Fieri)
40 (1 unaired) (Ohno)
Spanish: 60
Production
Executive producer(s)Craig Plestis
Tim Puntillo
Mattias Olsson
Jock Millgårdh
Estelle Bodén
Adam Zuvich (US ENG, ESP)
Rich Brown (US ENG, ESP)
Running time44 minutes without commercials (60 minutes with commercials)
Production company(s)Universal Media Studios (2010–2011)
Universal Television (2011)
Friday TV
Smart Dog Media
2waytraffic (Chile)
Shine Limited (2012–present)
Shine America (2013-2014)
DistributorEndemol Shine Group
NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC (US English, 2010–2011)
GSN (US English, 2013-2014)
MundoFox (US Spanish)
Seven Network (AUS)
ITV2 (UK)
Picture format480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV) (US)
576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV; AUS)
576i (SDTV; UK)
1080i (HDTV ; IND)
First shown inUnited States
Original releaseMarch 14, 2010–September 7, 2011 (English, first version) June 25, 2013–April 29, 2014 (English, second version)
August 13, 2012–2013 (Spanish)
External links
(UK) Website

Minute to Win It is an international game show franchise where contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house. The first version of Minute to Win It to air was the American primetime game show, which premiered on NBC on March 14, 2010 and ran till 2011 with host Guy Fieri. It was revived in 2013 on GSN with host Apolo Ohno. The second network to air a version of the concept was Brazil's SBT, on April 17, 2010. This series was called Nada Além de um Minuto (Portuguese for Nothing But a Minute) and was played as part of the pre-existing program Programa Silvio Santos, hosted by Silvio Santos. Then on April 30, 2010 Germany's Sat.1 aired Die perfekte Minute (The perfect Minute) and on June 22, 2010 Australia's Seven Network aired Minute to Win It. Currently over fifty countries worldwide have produced a version of Minute to Win It.

The first two episodes of the American version played back-to-back at 7:00 pm Eastern and Pacific. On October 6, 2010, Minute to Win It was awarded the C21/Frapa Award for Best studio based game show format at the MIPCOM Television Festival in France.[1] A card game, board game, and video game versions for the Wii, Kinect and Nintendo DS have been made for this show. The U.S. season two finale aired on September 7, 2011. On May 13, 2012, NBC announced that the English version of the show would not be renewed for a third season.[2]

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Minute to Win It aired new episodes on GSN Tuesday nights at 8/7c. The first season of GSN shows began in June 2013 and ended in October 2013; the second season premiered in February 2014 and ended in April 2014.

An American, Spanish language, nightly version of the game show, titled Minuto para Ganar (Minute To Win), debuted on MundoFox on the network's formal launch date of August 13, 2012, hosted by Marco Antonio Regil.

  • 1Gameplay
    • 1.1United States format
  • 3Broadcast history

Gameplay[edit]

United States format[edit]

Rules[edit]

The contestant is presented with the blueprint for the first game (level) and must successfully complete the game within 60 seconds to win the first level (was $1,000 in all versions) and advance to the next level. After successfully completing the first, fifth, seventh, eighth, and recently ninth level games, the contestant is guaranteed to leave with no less than the cash award for those levels. If the contestant can complete the final game, the contestant will earn $1,000,000 ($100,000 in the Spanish version and $250,000 in the GSN version).

The contestant is given three 'lives' at the beginning of the game. The difficulty of the games progressively increase throughout the show. If time expires or the conditions of the game cannot be fulfilled (such as by the contestant exhausting any allotted attempts or committing a foul), the contestant loses a 'life'. If the contestant loses all three of their 'lives', the game ends and the contestant's winnings drop to the previous milestone they passed.

After successfully completing a game, the contestant can leave with the amount of money already won before seeing the blueprint for the next game. However, once the contestant elects for the game, the contestant cannot leave the show until that game is complete or they have exhausted all three of their 'lives'.

In the first part of season one in the English version, $50,000 was the only milestone; players who were eliminated from the game before completing the level five game left with nothing. The milestones at $1,000 and $250,000 were added in the second part of that season. Then, partway through season two, a milestone at $500,000 was added. For the MundoFox version, $1,000, $5,000, $50,000 and $75,000 are the milestones. In the GSN edition, the milestones are $1,000, $10,000 and $25,000.

In episodes featuring celebrity contestants competing for charities, all levels are milestones, so they get all the money up to their last successful level.[3]

In episodes featuring teams of two contestants, some games are played by both players, while others are played solo. A player can only make three consecutive attempts at solo games (including re-attempts following losing a life; an intervening team game does not reset this count). After a player makes three attempts, the other player is forced to attempt the next solo game.

In Christmas episodes, two extra games were added for 'the 12 games of Minute to Win It': the 11th game is worth $2,000,000 and the 12th is worth $3,000,000. In the Spanish version, the 11th game would be worth $150,000 and the 12th would be worth $250,000. Both are milestones.

Also in Christmas episodes, some games contain a 'Holiday Bonus,' in which a contestant wins a gift if the level is passed. A visual representation of the gift is placed inside of a box, which is opened if and when the level is completed. The gifts include:

  • An extra life: Contestants who received this 'gift' can have four lives.
  • Extra 10 seconds: Contestants who received this 'gift' can add an extra 10 seconds (or, in the case of a survival game, subtract 10 seconds) to any game, including after a re-attempt following a failure.
  • Prize: Contestants who received this gift won a bonus prize.

Mundovideoshd la ley del corazon 2. Some season two episodes feature similar bonuses known as a 'Blueprint Bonus.' However, the bonus is shown on a large monitor, and it is shown before the blueprint and the game is played. So far, the only bonuses won by contestants have been the extra life and extra ten seconds. When a contestant decides to use the extra ten seconds, a special 70 second clock is used, or if the contestant is playing a survival game (like Keep it Up, Defying Gravity, High as a Kite, Uphill Battle, etc.) the clock is reduced to 50 seconds. In addition, the outer floor lights of the 60-second circle do not turn red for the first ten seconds. For the survival games, the first ten lights are already red.

Variations[edit]

Head to head: Two teams of two players compete against each other in a best-of-seven match. Winning a challenge wins a point and the first team to four points wins $50,000 (milestone) and a chance to play for the million starting from Level 6 with three lives remaining.

Last Man Standing: 10 players play against each other and the one with the worst result at the end of the challenge is eliminated. This continues until there is one player left. The winner wins $100,000 and plays Supercoin for a chance to win the million.

Summer Million-Dollar Mission (six episodes): One player from the audience is selected to play the million-dollar game Supercoin.

The first top prize was reached in Denmark. Only one contestant won $500,000 on the Australian Version; Grant Nelson walked away with $500,000 on 3 August 2010. Two teams won $500,000 on the U.S version; Kimberly Fox and Aaron Hendrick walked away with $500,000 on July 21, 2010. This was prior to the change in rule that allowed contestants to bank on levels 8 and 9, allowing them to play subsequent levels at no risk. After this rule was established, the Bishop family completed their level 9 challenge to bank $500,000 on February 2, 2011. The Bishops then went on to fail the Supercoin challenge. Their winnings are the biggest prizes in Minute to Win It franchise worldwide.

Prizes[edit]

Successfully completing a stunt is worth a specific cash prize at each level. Contestants who successfully complete stunts on levels with bolded amounts in the table below are guaranteed to leave with no less than the cash award at that level should they fail any later stunts.

Levels 11 and 12 were only played during Christmas episodes of the NBC and MundoFox version.

LevelValue
(NBC)
Value
(MundoFox)
Value
(GSN)
1$1,000
2$2,500$2,000
3$5,000$3,000
4$10,000$4,000$5,000
5$50,000$5,000$10,000
6$75,000$10,000$15,000
7$125,000$25,000$25,000
8$250,000$50,000$50,000
9$500,000$75,000$100,000
10$1,000,000$100,000$250,000
11$2,000,000$150,000
12$3,000,000$250,000

United Kingdom format[edit]

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The UK version of the series used a different format from the United States primetime version. Each team (consisting of a captain (either Joe Swash or Caroline Flack) and five contestants of the captain's gender) competed in six games – either head-to-head or solo-play against the clock – to win points. The highest-scoring team after 6 games goes through to two games which make up the cash prize round. The first of these games built up the prize fund for every point scored, and the second determined whether or not they won the money. The maximum winnings a team could earn was £30,000. The main reason for this different format was that the show's sponsor was Cadbury, and their famous Spots v. Stripes campaign was happening around the time of the premiere, which had the slogan: 'Let's play our way to London 2012.'

Host Darren McMullen emphasised that each player could only play once in the first six games except for the team captains, who appeared twice; once for a solo game and once for a two-player game. Although not said on camera, Swash's team were the Spots, and Flack's team were the Stripes.

Reception[edit]

In a pre-broadcast review, Cinema Blend's Kelly West praised Guy Fieri's 'enthusiastic' performance and his ability to interact well with contestants. West also noted that the show could do well with families and viewers who have a preference to non-intellectual game shows, although the challenges were criticized for needing little to no skill to accomplish.[4]

Broadcast history[edit]

United States[edit]

The show premiered on March 14, 2010 and continued with new episodes through May 25, 2010. NBC later announced Minute to Win It would air new episodes during the summer, from Wednesday July 7, 2010 to Tuesday September 14, 2010. The new episodes would be labeled 'The Summer of Minute to Win It'.[5]

On November 1, 2010, NBC announced that season two of Minute to Win It, would begin with three new holiday themed episodes starting on December 7, December 14, and December 21.[6] Then on November 15, 2010, NBC announced that the second season of Minute to Win It would resume airing on January 5.[7]

Those three shows featured older games, such as Defying Gravity and High Roller, newer games, like Floatacious and Hoop de Loop, never-before-seen games like A Bit Dicey and Mad Dog, and new twists on old games like Don't Blow the Kings, and Mag-Nutstacker. Season two also featured a summer run that began on June 8, 2011. NBC did not renew the show for a third season.

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The new MundoFox Spanish-language network announced the first season of a weekday Spanish-language version (entitled Minuto Para Ganar), which was chronologically the third season of the show, and debuted on August 13, 2012. Marco Antonio Regil, who has hosted Mexican versions of well-known game shows and made the short list for auditions of a well-known game show in English, hosted that version. Executive Producer Adam Zuvich returned to the same role on the Spanish version, and Rich Brown, who oversaw the games on the original English version, also returned to the same role, and was listed as Co-Executive Producer. In February 2013, the Spanish version moved production to New York.[8]

On July 24, 2012, reruns of Minute to Win It began airing on GSN, and on January 31, 2013, they announced a new series of the English-language version with Apolo Ohno as the host. The first season premiered on June 25, 2013 (a full episode sneak preview was shown on May 23) and ended on October 29, 2013. The second season premiered on February 25, 2014 and ended on April 29, 2014. 40 episodes were produced for the GSN version.

The first season featured individuals, teams, celebrities, last-man-standing competitions, individual head-to-head competitions (one or three games), and a million dollar mission. The second season features teams, families (Bishop family and Canter family), celebrities, individual and team head-to-head competitions (seven games), former contestants with a second chance (Mark Staniec and Heather Baker), and former contestant redemption head-to-head (Lynn and Bethany Gerber vs. Heidi Billington and Donna Speakman).

United Kingdom[edit]

The show first premiered on August 30, 2011 and aired on ITV2 for one eight-episode series.

Australia[edit]

The show first premiered on June 22, 2010 and aired on Seven Network for one ten-episode series, airing on a Tuesday Night timeslot.

International versions[edit]

Currently Minute to Win It has been distributed in more than 50 countries.[citation needed]

Note: There were pirated versions in China which had no production rights from Friday TV. The table shows versions with distribution rights.[citation needed]

CountryLocal nameHostNetworkPrizeDate premiered
Afghanistan
لحظه به لحظه
Lahzat bi lahzat
Mukhtar LashkariTolo TVAf. 1,000,000June 7, 2013
Qasim Ibrahimi
Albania
Kape KohënGentian HazizajTop Channel?October 7, 2012
Arab World[9]
للزمن ثمن
Lezaman Thaman
Abdallah El TuleihiMBC 1SR 1,000,000April 5, 2011
Argentina[10]
Minuto para GanarMarleyTelefeAR$1,000,000July 17, 2011
Armenia[11]
Հաղթեք Րոպեում
Haxteq Ropeum
Hovhannes AzoyanArmenia TV֏10,000,000May 27, 2012
Australia[12]
Minute to Win ItDarren McMullenSeven NetworkAU$1,000,000June 22, 2010 - early 2011
Belgium
Binnen De Minuut‹See Tfd›(in Dutch)[13]Staf Coppensvtm€100,000January 8, 2011
60 secondes chrono‹See Tfd›(in French)[14]Jean-Michel ZeccaRTL-TVI€100,000September 5, 2011
Brazil[15]
Nada Além de um Minuto
aired as a segment of Programa Silvio Santos
Silvio SantosSBTR$1,000,000April 17, 2010
Cambodia
១នាទីដើម្បីឈ្នះ
1 Neati daembi chhneah
?CTN40,000,000៛January 19, 2014
Canada
60 secondes chrono‹See Tfd›(in French)?VCA$100,0002010s
Chile[16]
Un minuto para ganarJulián ElfenbeinTVNCL$30,000,000May 21, 2011
China[17]
争分夺秒
Zheng Fen Duo Miao
Chen Liqing & Yuan ChengjieDragon TVCN¥100,000September 18, 2013
(1st Season Finished)
Colombia[18]
Un minuto para ganarSilvestre DangondCaracol TVCO$300,000,000November 1, 2010
Minuto para ganar [19]Karoll MárquezCitytv BogotáCO$20,000,000September 15, 2014
Costa Rica[20]
Minuto Para GanarMauricio AstorgaTeletica₡25,000,000March 8, 2011
Czech Republic[21]
Máš minutuRichard Genzer & Michal SuchánekTV Prima1,000,000KčApril 10, 2011
Denmark[22]
Det perfekte minutRobert HansenTV2DKK 250,000August 17, 2011
Ecuador[23]
Minuto Para GanarYuly MaiocchiGama TVUS$50,000August 7, 2011

Egypt & Lebanon
[24]
مينت تو وين إت - اتحدى الدقيقة
Ethada El Daqiqa
Wissam BreidyAl-Nahar TV
MTV
US$150,000May 1, 2014
Estonia
Sul minut?TV Prima€1,000,000April 10, 2011
Finland
MinuuttipeliäMarko KeränenMTV3€30,000March 21, 2011
France[25]
60 secondes chronoAlex GoudeM6€100,000July 12, 2012
Germany[26]
Die perfekte MinuteUlla Kock am Brink (Season 1-3)Sat.1€250,000April 30, 2010
Thore Schölermann (Season 4)€200,000September 5, 2014
Greece[27]
Minute to win itDimitris HungarezosMega TV€50,000March 3, 2012
Hong Kong
決戰一分鐘
Minute to Win It
Hacken LeeTVBHK$1,000,000November 25, 2012 – May 19, 2013
Hungary[28]
1 perc és nyersz!Balázs SebestyénRTL Klub10,000,000 FtFebruary 27, 2012
Iceland[29]
Minute to win it ÍslandIngó ÞórarinssonSkjárEinnPrizes worth 8,000,000 ISKSeptember 18, 2014
India
India's Minute To Win It(in Hindi)[30]Gaurav KapoorAXN1,00,00,000January 12, 2011
Home Sweet Home(in Tamil)[31]Divyadarshini (D.D) and DeepakSTAR VijayA home worth 20,00,000[32]March 4, 2011[32]
60 Nodi! Are You Ready?(in Tamil)[33]Star Vijay1,00,00,000September 29, 2013
Super Minute(in Kannada)GaneshETV Kannada10,00,000August 30, 2014
Super Minute(in Kannada)GaneshColors KannadaFebruary, 2016
Minute To Win It(in Malayalam)Nyla UshaMazhavil Manorama10,00,000April 9, 2016
Indonesia[34]
Minute to Win It IndonesiaAndhika PratamaMNCTVRp.100,000,000July 17, 2017
Israel[35]
אליפות ישראל בדקה
Alifut Israel be Dakah
Ido Rosenblum₪1,000,000October 26, 2011
Italy[36]
Un Minuto per VincereMax Giusti (Season 1)Rai Uno€500,000September 4, 2011
Nicola Savino (Season 2)Rai DueNovember 22, 2012
Kazakhstan[37]
Минута на победу
Minuta na pobedu
Rinat SafargulovNTK1,000,000₸May 19, 2012
Malaysia
Anda Ada 60 Saat[38](in Malay)Ahmad NabilAstro Warna – New Episode
Astro Ria – Repeat
RM500,000December 25, 2010
Oru nimiṭam(in Tamil)AnandhaAstro VaanavilDecember 2010
Mexico[39]
Minuto para ganar VIPMarco Antonio RegilCanal de las EstrellasMX$2,000,000July 14, 2013
Myanmar[40]
Minute to Win ItPhyo Zaw LinnMRTV-4K1,000,0002013
Hmu Thiha Thu
Netherlands[41]
Minute to Win ItGordon HeuckerothRTL 4€100,000January 8, 2011
New Zealand
Minute to Win ItMike HoskingTV ONENZ$1,000,0002013
Norway[42]
Vinn på minuttetCarsten SkjelbreidTV2NOK 1,000,000March 20, 2011
Peru[43]
Minuto para ganarJohanna San Miguel(Season 1)América TelevisiónS/.100,000January 15, 2011
Magdyel Ugaz(Season 2)
Minuto para ganar VIPMathias BrivioNovember 3, 2013
Philippines
Minute to Win ItLuis ManzanoABS-CBN₱1,000,000January 14, 2013 – 2014 (Season 1)
Junior Minute to Win It₱500,000April 29, 2013
Minute to Win It: Last Man Standing₱1,000,000July 18, 2016 - May 5, 2017 (Season 2)
₱2,000,000January 7, 2019 (Season 3)
Minute to Win It: Last Kid Standing₱1,000,000December 19, 2016
Minute to Win It: Last Duo Standing₱1,000,000February 6, 2017
Poland[44]
Milion w minutęMarcin ProkopTVN1,000,000 złSeptember 5, 2011
Portugal[45]
Ganha num MinutoMarco HorácioSIC€20,000January 8, 2012
Romania[46]
Câștigi în 60 de secundeDan NegruAntena 150,000 leiApril 5, 2011
Russia[47]
Минутное дело
Minutnoe delo
Timur RodrigezRussia 1₽1,000,000November 17, 2012
Serbia[48]
Savršen minutSrđan KaranovićPrva1,000,000 RSDMarch 17, 2012
Singapore[49]
Minute To Win It: SingaporeBryan WongMediaCorp Channel 5S$250,000August 9, 2014
Slovakia
Minúta hryTV JOJ€30,000March 21, 2011
Slovenia[50]
Minuta do zmageBojan EmeršičPOP TV€100,000March 18, 2011
South Korea[51]
사소한 도전 60초
Sasohan Dojeon 60-cho
Oh Sang-jinMBC₩20,000,000June 12, 2011
Spain[52]
Uno para ganarJesús VázquezCuatro€500,000July 4, 2011
Sri Lanka[53]
Home Game in 60 secondNiroshan WijesingheSirasa TVRs. 1,000,000October 26, 2010
Sweden[54]
MinutenPeter Settman (Season 1)SVT250,000 SEKDecember 26, 2010
Malin Olsson (Season 2)February 24, 2012
Thailand[55]
Junior Minute to Win It ThailandPK Piyawat KhempetchChannel 3฿1,000,000July 6, 2013
Turkey[56]
Kazanmak için 1 DakikaErtem Şener (Season 1)Kanal D₺500,000January 6, 2012
Zuhal Topal (Season 2)November 20, 2012
Ukraine
Хвилина для перемоги
Chvylyna dlya peremogy
Maksim AverinUkrayina₴500,000October 16, 2011
United Kingdom
Minute to Win ItDarren McMullenITV2£30,000August 30, 2011
United States
(original version)
Minute to Win ItGuy Fieri(2010)NBCUS$1,000,000March 14, 2010
Apolo Ohno(2013)GSNUS$250,000June 25, 2013 (Sneak Peek: May 23, 2013)
Minuto para ganar‹See Tfd›(in Spanish)Marco Antonio RegilMundoFoxUS$100,000August 13, 2012
Uruguay[57]
Minuto para ganarÁlvaro Navia
Eunice Castro
Juanchi Hounie
TeledoceUY$250,000September 5, 2010
Venezuela[58]
Un Minuto para ganarNelson BustamanteTelevenBs.100,000July 12, 2012
Vietnam[59]
Một phút để chiến thắngNguyên VũHTV71,000,000,000₫May 27, 2012

The old seasons of American version is also re-broadcasting in Indonesia by MNCTV and Indosiar, and Singapore by MediaCorp Channel 5.

Top prize winners[edit]

CountryContestantsPrizeFinal challengeDate
Afghanistan
AF1,000,000SupercoinJune 20, 2014
Denmark
Charlie[60]250,000KrDouble Trouble2011
Venezuela
Jesús Colón100,000 bolivaresSupercoin2013
France
Dumont family[61]€100,000LonerJuly 26, 2012
Philippines
Tristan Encarnacion & Nino Logarta[62]₱1,090,000Glass Road Trucker (2 times per person)February 4, 2014
Gerry & JC Peñalosa[63]₱1,050,000On the Rebound (4 baskets, 3 balls per basket)February 19, 2014
Meg Imperial[64]₱1,070,000Office Fling (3 times)July 22, 2016
Jodi Santamaria[65]₱1,070,000Mouth to Mouth (7 times)September 19, 2016
Negi & Long Mejia[66]₱1,070,000Pong5 (1 time per person)February 9, 2017
Zeus Collins[67]₱1,050,000Wheel of a Deal (5 tables, 4 solitaire cards per table by group)January 7, 2019
Eric Nicolas[68]₱1,050,000Double Up (5 times)February 19, 2019
Enchong Dee[69]₱1,145,000Don't Blow The Joker (1 time)April 12, 2019

See also[edit]

  • The Cube, a similar show airing in the United Kingdom

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External links[edit]

  • Official website (GSN US)
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