| Hosts | |
| Guy Fieri (2010-2011) Apolo Anton Ohno (2013-2014) | |
| Announcers | |
| Tom Kane Jonathan Lipow | |
| Broadcast | |
     (Sneak Peek): 5/23/2013 (Series): 6/25/2013 – 4/29/2014 | |
| Packagers (NBC) | |
| Friday TV Smart Dog Media Universal Media Studios | |
| Packager (GSN) | |
| Shine America | |
Minute to Win It was a game show where people would compete in stunts to win $1,000,000 ($250,000 in the GSN version). They could include pulling all the tissues out of a box with one hand, stacking golf balls, but they all featured household items.
Minute To Win It was originally created in 2003 by Derek Banner and his Copenhagen based production company BUMP Productions - Banner Universal Motion Pictures LLC, with the original title of Minute Winner - You got one minute to win it. The draft format of the game show was then in November 2005 presented to the Swedish format company Friday TV, who further developed it in 2007 and licensed it to NBC in 2009.
Gameplay[]
The contestant would be presented with the blueprint (via monitor with a female announcer) for the first level and had to successfully complete the game presented within one minute/60 seconds to win $1,000 and advance to the next level. The contestant would play inside the so-called "60-second circle" during all challenges. After successfully completing the first, fifth, eighth, and most recently, ninth level games, the contestant would be guaranteed to leave with no less than the cash award for those levels. Completing all 10 levels awarded $1,000,000 to the contestant(s) ($250,000 in the GSN version). In the GSN version, the milestones are the first, fifth and seventh levels. If the contestant is a celebrity playing for charity, all levels are milestones.
The difficulty of the games progressively and exponentially increased throughout the current game. If time expired or the conditions of the game couldn't be fulfilled (such as by the contestant exhausting any allotted attempts, breaking the rules of a game, having stacked items fall... etc.), the contestant would lose a "life." If the contestant lost all three of their "lives," the game would end and the contestant's winnings would drop to the previous milestone they passed.
After successfully completing a game, the contestant could leave with the amount of money already won before seeing the blueprint for the next game. However, once the contestant elected for the game, the contestant couldn't leave the show until that game was complete or they exhausted all three of their "lives." The show also featured a money tree.
Head-to-Head[]
Usually played with teams of two, two groups go head-to-head in a best of 7 challenge face-off. As the intro for these episodes state, "they are turning off the clock." As such, it was a simple race to see which contestant(there were no team games here) could complete the challenge first. The challenges played here are often from the earlier levels of the show. However, certain games were unique to this format. The first team to win four games automatically sent the other team home with $1,000. The winning team played for the million starting at level 6 with a banked $50,000 from level 5 with three lives for winning the head-to-head challenge.
Note: This format was also played solo with 2 contestants. There is also a best of 3 format that has the main game intertwine with the head-to-head. The winner keeps playing solo and banks the amount of money they won after winning the second game of the head-to-head. The loser goes home with the amount of money(based on the corresponding level) if they won a game, but if not, they go home empty-handed.
Last Man Standing[]
At the beginning of the game, 10 contestants are shown in the studio along with the host. After each blueprint is shown, the last contestant to successfully complete that challenge is eliminated. This continues until there is only one contestant left who wins $100,000 and plays Supercoin for a chance at winning $1,000,000. The challenges do still get progressively more difficult. No game above level 7 in the main game is ever featured due to the steep difficulty curve. Level 9 is the final level where the contestants face-off and play Ping Tac Toe in a head-to-head version just like the original game except they play using ping-pong balls and water-filled glasses.
Million Dollar Mission
During 6 summer episodes in season 1, audience members were selected to try a game for one-million dollars (Supercoin) with only one life. None of these contestants were successful.
NBC Run[]
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 |
| 2 | $2,500 |
| 3 | $5,000 |
| 4 | $10,000 |
| 5 | $50,000 |
| 6 | $75,000 |
| 7 | $125,000 |
| 8 | $250,000 |
| 9 | $500,000 |
| 10 | $1,000,000 |
In the first part of season one, $50,000 was the only milestone; players who were eliminated from the game before completing the Level 5 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(when the blueprint bonuses were added), a milestone at $500,000 was added.
In episodes featuring celebrity contestants competing for charities, all levels were milestones, so they won all the money up to their last successful level.[1]
In episodes featuring teams of two contestants, some games were played by both players, while others were played solo. A player could only make three consecutive attempts at solo games (including re-attempts following losing a life; an intervening team game did not reset this count but it also did not add to it). After a player made three attempts, the other player will be forced to attempt the next solo game.
In Christmas episodes, 2 extra games were added for "the 12 games of Minute to Win It": the 11th game was worth $2,000,000 and the 12th was worth $3,000,000. Both were milestones. The games for these episodes were almost identical to the regular show, just changed with a christmas theme to challenges (eating gingerbread cookies, shaking jingle bells out of a box, etc.) In Christmas episodes, some games contained a "Holiday Bonus" which was known to be a bonus before the blueprint. If the contestant completes the Holiday Bonus game, one of Santa's helpers would walk over and give the prize to the contestants/host. They would then open the gift and reveal their bonus. These bonuses could appear as early as level 2, or as late as level 8 (although this only happened once) However, they are often given when a contestant performs extremely well in the previous challenge. A visual representation of the gift was placed inside of a box, which would be opened if and when the level was completed. The gifts included:
- An extra life – Contestants who received this "gift" would have one more life added to their current amount.
- Extra 10 seconds – Contestants who received this "gift" could add an extra 10 seconds (or, in the case of a survival game, subtract 10 seconds) to a game once, including after a re-attempt following a failure.
- Prize – Contestants who received this gift won a bonus prize(Only used in christmas episodes).
Some Season 2 episodes(dark set only) featured similar bonuses known as a "Blueprint Bonus." The only bonuses won by contestants were the extra life and extra ten seconds. Unlike the holiday bonus, the bonus was shown on the blueprint monitor and was shown before the blueprint game. The same bonus could not be won twice and the bonus only appeared in levels 2-6. When a contestant decided to use the extra ten seconds, a special 70 second clock was used, or if the contestant was playing a survival game (like Keep it Up, Defying Gravity, High as a Kite, Uphill Battle, etc.) the clock was reduced to 50 seconds. In addition, the outer floor lights of the 60-second circle didn't turn red for the first ten seconds. For the survival games, the first ten lights were already red.
GSN Run[]
A year after the original ended, GSN revived the series with Apolo Anton Ohno. The top prize for GSN’s version was $250,000. The milestones were $1,000, $10,000 and $25,000. This version had a total of 40 episodes. GSN also aired reruns of the NBC version during late 2011, 2012, and early to mid 2013.
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 |
| 2 | $2,000 |
| 3 | $3,000 |
| 4 | $5,000 |
| 5 | $10,000 |
| 6 | $15,000 |
| 7 | $25,000 |
| 8 | $50,000 |
| 9 | $100,000 |
| 10 | $250,000 |
Games[]
To see information on all the games seen on the show, visit the Minute to Win It Fandom Site.
Trivia[]
The show was once accused of being similar to another stunt & dare show The Cube.
The GSN run retained nearly all the elements of the NBC run, barring the theme song, reduced money amounts, host, additional formats and the fact it now taped in New York City, NY as well as the fact that only teams play from now on.
The NBC run had a few special NFL themed shows, celebrity themed shows, as well as 3 Christmas themed episodes.
Apolo Anton Ohno's catchphrase "You got a minute to Win It! Every…Second…Counts!" is a reference to the short-lived 1984-1985 Bill Rafferty hosted syndicated game show of the same name.
This was the second short-lived revival for GSN that was based on a former NBC primetime game show, the first was 1 vs. 100 hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba from 2010 until 2011.
Sometimes the contestant is given an option before a challenge begins if they would like the audience to cheer or just clap quietly, or even can choose for silence. However, this is either rarely an option or sometimes the decision the contestant makes is cut out from the show.
A contestant by the name of Matt Marr was also on Show Me the Money, while another named Blake Duplant appeared on The Price is Right that same year.
To see more Minute to Win It(NBC), see the photo galleries,
To see more Minute to Win It(GSN), watch Game Show Central.
Set Pics[]
NBC Version[]
GSN Version[]
Rating[]
May be rated TV-PG L on rare occasions for some minor coarse language.
Music[]
"Get Up" by Eve Nelson (NBC)
"Pop Fiction" by Come On, Come On(Level Complete theme for GSN)
"U Can't Stop Me" courtesy of Audio Network(Level Complete theme for GSN)
"Going For Gold" courtesy of Audio Network(GSN)
"It's Like Summer"(NBC Midway-Season 2 theme)
"Lattice of Thorns"(Videohelper Album 36)
"Millions Of Me"(Videohelper)
Spin-Offs[]
Minuto Para Ganar - Spanish version airing on MundoFox in 2012 and now revived in 2020-2021.
International Versions[]
Here is a list of countries that have Minute to Win It in their countries:
| Country | Title | Host | Network | Top Prize | First Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Kape Kohën | Gentian Hazizaj | Top Channel | Unknown | October 7, 2012 |
| Arab World[2] | للزمن ثمن lezaman Thaman |
Abdallah El Tuleihi | MBC 1 | SR1,000,000 | April 5, 2011 |
| Argentina | Minuto para ganar | Marley | Telefe | AR$1,000,000 | July 17, 2011 |
| Armenia[4] | Հաղթեք Րոպեում Haxteq Ropeum |
Hovhannes Azoyan | Armenia TV | ֏10,000,000 | May 27, 2012 |
| Australia[5] | Minute to Win It | Darren McMullen | Seven Network | A$1,000,000 | June 22, 2010 |
| Belgium | Binnen De Minuut (Dutch)[6] | Staf Coppens | vtm | €100,000 | January 8, 2011 |
| 60 secondes chrono (French)[7] | Jean-Michel Zecca | RTL TVI | €100,000 | September 5, 2011 | |
| Brazil[8] | Nada Além de um Minuto[9] | Silvio Santos | SBT | R$1,000,000 | April 17, 2010 |
| Cambodia | ១នាទីដើម្បីឈ្នះ 1 Neati daembi chhneah |
? | CTN | 40,000,000៛ | January 19, 2014 |
| Canada | 60 secondes chrono (in French) | ? | V | C$100,000 | 2010s |
| Chile[10] | Un minuto para ganar | Julián Elfenbein | TVN | CL$30.000.000 | May 21, 2011 |
| China | 步步惊心 Minute To Win It China |
Chen Liqing ＆ Yuan Chengjie | Dragon TV | ¥100,000 | September 18, 2013 |
| Colombia[11] | Un minuto para ganar | Silvestre Dangond | Caracol TV | CO$300.000.000 | November 1, 2010 |
| Costa Rica[12] | Minuto Para Ganar | Mauricio Astorga | Teletica | ₡25,000,000.00 | March 8, 2011 |
| Czech Republic[13] | Máš minutu | Richard Genzer & Michal Suchánek | TV Prima | Kč 1,000,000 | April 10, 2011 |
| Denmark[14] | Det perfekte minut | Robert Hansen | TV3 | 250,000Kr | August 17, 2011 |
| Ecuador[15] | Minuto Para Ganar | Yuly Maiocchi | Gama TV | US$50,000 | August 7, 2011 |
| Finland[16] | Minuuttipeliä | Marko Keränen | MTV3 | €30,000 | March 21, 2011 |
| France[17] | 60 secondes chrono | Alex Goude | M6 | €100,000 | July 12, 2012 |
| Germany[18] | Die perfekte Minute | Ulla Kock am Brink | Sat.1 | €250,000 | April 30, 2010 |
| Greece[19] | Minute to Win It | Dimitris Hungarezos | Mega TV | €50,000 | March 3, 2012 |
| Hong Kong | 決戰一分鐘 Minute to Win It |
Hacken Lee | TVB | HK$1,000,000 | November 25, 2012 |
| Hungary[20] | 1 perc és nyersz! | Sebestyén Balázs | RTL Klub | 10,000,000 Ft | February 27, 2012 |
| India | India's Minute To Win It (Hindi)[21] | Gaurav Kapoor | AXN | ₹10 Crore | January 12, 2011 |
| Home Sweet Home (Tamil)[22] | Divyadarshini (D.D) and Deepak | STAR Vijay | A home worth ₹2 Crore[23] | March 4, 2011[23] | |
| Israel[24] | אליפות ישראל בדקה Alifut Israel be Dakah |
Ido Rosenblum | Channel 2 (Keshet) | ₪1,000,000 | October 26, 2011 |
|
Italy[25] |
Un Minuto per Vincere | Max Giusti (Season 1) | Rai Uno | €500,000 | September 4, 2011 |
| Nicola Savino (Season 2) | Rai Due | November 22, 2012 | |||
| Kazakhstan[26] | Минута на победу Minuta na pobedu |
Rinat Safargulov | NTK | ₸1,000,000 | May 19, 2012 |
| Malaysia | Anda Ada 60 Saat[27] (Malay) | Ahmad Nabil | Astro Warna – New Episode Astro Ria – Repeat |
RM500,000 | December 25, 2010 |
| Oru nimiṭam (Tamil) | Anandha | Astro Vaanavil | RM500,000 | December 2010 | |
| Mexico[28] | Un minuto para ganar | Penélope Menchaca | Televisa | TBA | 2012 |
| Netherlands[29] | Minute to Win It | Gordon Heuckeroth | RTL 4 | €100,000 | January 8, 2011 |
| Norway[30] | Vinn på minuttet | Carsten Skjelbreid | TV2 | 1,000,000Kr | March 20, 2011 |
| Peru[31] | Minuto para ganar | Johanna San Miguel (Season 1) | América Televisión | S/.100,000 | January 15, 2011 |
| Magdyel Ugaz (Season 2) | |||||
| Philippines | Minute to Win It | Luis Manzano | ABS-CBN | ₱1,000,000 | January 14, 2013 |
| Poland[32] | Milion w minutę | Marcin Prokop | TVN | 1,000,000 zł | September 5, 2011 |
| Portugal[33] | Ganha num Minuto | Marco Horácio | SIC | €20,000 | January 8, 2012 |
| Romania[34] | Câștigi în 60 de secunde | Dan Negru | Antena 1 | 50,000Lei | April 5, 2011 |
| Russia[35] | Минутное дело Minutnoe delo |
Timur Rodrigez | Russia 1 | 1,000,000руб | November 17, 2012 |
| Serbia[36] | Savršen minut | Srđan Karanović | Prva | дин1,000,000 | March 17, 2012 |
| Slovenia[37] | Minuta do zmage | Bojan Emeršič | POP TV | €100,000 | March 18, 2011 |
| South Korea[38] | 사소한 도전 60초 Sasohan Dojeon 60-cho |
Oh Sang-jin (오상진) | MBC | ₩20,000,000 | June 12, 2011 |
| Spain[39] | Uno para ganar | Jesús Vázquez | Cuatro | €500,000 | July 4, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka[40] | Home Game in 60 second | Niroshan Wijesinghe | Sirasa TV | Rs.1.000.000 | October 26, 2010 |
| Sweden[41] | Minuten | Peter Settman (Season 1) | SVT | 250,000kr | December 26, 2010 |
| Malin Olsson (Season 2) | February 24, 2012 | ||||
| Turkey[42] | Kazanmak için 1 Dakika | Ertem Şener (Season 1) | Kanal D | ₺500,000 | January 6, 2012 |
| Zuhal Topal (Season 2) | November 20, 2012 | ||||
| United Kingdom | Minute to Win It | Darren McMullen | ITV2 | £30,000 | August 30, 2011 |
| United States | Minute to Win It (English) | Guy Fieri | NBC | US$1,000,000 | March 14, 2010 |
| Minute to Win It (English) | Apolo Anton Ohno | GSN | US$250,000 | June 25, 2013 | |
| Minuto para ganar (Spanish) | Marco Antonio Regil | MundoFox
Telemundo |
US$100,000 | August 13, 2012
March 23, 2020 | |
| Ukraine | Хвилина для перемоги Chvylyna dlya peremogy |
Maksim Averin | Ukrayina | ₴500,000 | October 16, 2011 |
| Uruguay[43] | Minuto para ganar | Álvaro Navia Eunice Castro Juanchi Hounie |
Teledoce | UY$250,000 | September 5, 2010 |
| Venezuela[44] | Un Minuto para ganar | Nelson Bustamante | Televen | Bs.100,000 | July 12, 2012 |
| Vietnam | Một phút để chiến thắng | Nguyen Vu | HTV7 | 1,000,000,000₫ | May 27, 2012 |
Additional Pages[]
References[]
- ↑ (episodes 110, 125, and 126)
- ↑ MBC.net. MBC.net.
- ↑ Telefe propone un minuto para ganar un millón de pesos con Marley. Extremista.com.ar.
- ↑ USArmenia TV. USArmenia TV (September 21, 2012).
- ↑ Minute to win It – Official Site Yahoo!7 TV. Yahoo!7 TV. Retrieved 21 November 2010. Au.tv.yahoo.com.
- ↑ De Minuut – vtmTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ 60 Secondes Chrono – RTL TVI. Rtltvi.be.
- ↑ Programa Silvio Santos. SBT.
- ↑ Part of a Sunday night variety show.
- ↑ TVN – Un Minuto para Ganar – ¡Última guapa en pie!. Tvn.cl.
- ↑ Un Minuto para Ganar CaracolTV.com
- ↑ [1]Template:Dead link
- ↑ iprima.cz
- ↑ TV-Invitation til campister "Det Perfekte Minut" – DCU.dk – Dansk Camping Union – Campingferie i Danmark. DCU.dk (July 16, 2011).
- ↑ The Leading Minuto Para Ganar Ecuador Site on the Net. minutoparaganarecuador.com.
- ↑ MTV3 – Minuuttipeliä. Mtv3.fi.
- ↑ TF1 mise sur de nouveaux jeux|France Soir. Francesoir.fr.
- ↑ Template:De icon Die perfekte Minute mit Ulla Kock am Brink. Sat1. Retrieved 21 November 2010. Sat1.de.
- ↑ Time – Έρχεται το "Minute to Win It". Real.gr (July 16, 2011).
- ↑ Egy perc és nyersz! – és tényleg csak ennyi kell. Retrieved 21 June 2011. Rtlklub.hu.
- ↑ India's Minute To Win It|India AXN. Axn-india.com.
- ↑ Home Sweet Home. YouTube.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 indya.com - STAR - VIJAY - Home Sweet Home. Vijay.indya.com.
- ↑ טלויזיה – אליפות ישראל בדקה
- ↑ http://www.unminutopervincere.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-babea67f-49c0-479a-9389-08cb981ecf11.html?homepage
- ↑ http://minuta.ntk.kz/
- ↑ Anda Ada 60 Sat. Astro. Retrieved 24 November 2010.Template:Dead link
- ↑ "Un Minuto para ganar", nuevo programa de Penélope Menchaca con Televisa|starMedia. Entretenimiento.starmedia.com (March 9, 2012).
- ↑ http://www.rtl.nl/%28/service/rtlnederland/%29/service/rtlnederland/components/pressroom/persberichten/2010/12_december/minute_to_win_it.xml Nieuwe spelsensatie 'Minute To Win It' met Gordon op zaterdagavond]
- ↑ Millionær på ett minutt – Programguide for alle kanaler – TV 2, NRK, TV3, TVN. Tv2.no (March 18, 2011).
- ↑ Johanna San Miguel conducirá nuevo programa concurso|America TelevisiónTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ http://www.milionwminute.tvn.pl
- ↑ Ganha Num Minuto. Sic.sapo.pt.
- ↑ Castigi in 60 de secunde
- ↑ http://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/21725
- ↑ Prva Srpska Televizija :: Savršen minut. Prva.rs.
- ↑ Minuta do zmage – Naslovnica. Minutadozmage.24ur.com.
- ↑ 사소한 도전 60초. Imbc.com.
- ↑ Uno para ganar
- ↑ Dailymirror.lk Print Edition. Print.dailymirror.lk (October 3, 2012).
- ↑ Minuten
- ↑ Kazanmak İçin 1 Dakika / Program / Kanal D / İzle. Kanald.com.tr.
- ↑ Minuto Para Ganar | La Tele
- ↑ Un Minuto para Ganar. Facebook.