Minute to Win It

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Hosts

Guy Fieri (2010-2011) Apolo Anton Ohno (2013-2014)

Announcers

Tom Kane Jonathan Lipow

Broadcast

NBC: 3/14/2010 – 9/7/2011 GSN: (Sneak Peek): 5/23/2013 (Series): 6/25/2013 – 4/29/2014

Packagers (NBC)

Friday TV Smart Dog Media Universal Media Studios

Packagers (GSN)

Friday TV Revelle Entertainment Shine Media

Minute to Win It was a game show where people would compete in seemingly easy 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 annoucer) 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. 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. Compelteing 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.

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 loses 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.

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, 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.

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 the count). After a player made three attempts, the other player would 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 indectial 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," in which a contestant won a gift if the level was passed. 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" could have more than the basic three lives.
• 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 any game, including after a re-attempt following a failure.
• Prize – Contestants who received this gift won a bonus prize.

Some Season 2 episodes featured similar bonuses known as a "Blueprint Bonus." However, the bonus was shown on a large monitor, and it was shown before the blueprint, and before the game was played. The only bonuses won by contestants were the extra life and extra ten seconds. 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.

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

Games used in the US version. Bold indicates the challenge was a team challenge. Italics indicate the challenge had multiple levels/versions. Challenges with parentheses"()" indicate additional information about the challenge. Underlined challenges indicate that the challenge was a timed challenge that was either an endurance challenge(requiring the host to check something, i.e. Pedometer clicks) or a survival challenge requiring the contestant to outlast a challenge for 60 seconds(keeping ballons up in the air, having a kite not touch the ground...Etc.) A Strikethrough indicates the challenge is unoffical or never used. If the results aren't clear or there is a amazing feat during a challenge, this is viewed on the "Power Cam".

Level 1

• Hanky Panky
• Tilt-a-Cup(6 balls needed)
• Nice Build
• Stick To It
• This Blows(15 cups needed)
• Bucket Head(2 Each)
• Chocolate Unicorn(6 needed)
• Spare Me(12 Markers)
• Octopus(3 out of 12)
• Movin On' Up(Solo)
• Tilt-A-Cup(6 balls needed)
• Hoop De Loop(Team)
• Hoop De Loop(Solo)
• Temper Tantrum(400 Clicks, Endurance)
• Office Maximus
• Nervous Nelly(Endurance)
• Floatacious
• Wet Ball
• Candelier
• Fish Head
• Sticky Balls
• Dizzy Mummy
• Baby Rattle
• Roll With It
• Nose Dive
• Mad Dog
• Drop Zone(Solo)
• Drop Zone(Team)
• Wreath Relay(Christmas)
• Reindeer Nosedive(Christmas)
• Bobblehead(200 Clicks, Endurance)

Level 2

• Face The Cookie(2 needed)
• Extreme Hanky Panky
• Chocolate Chip Flip
• Ball Cap(3 out of 10)
• Movin' on Up(Team)
• Face The Cookie(1 Each)
• Chocolate Unicorn(6 Each)
• Glass Road Trucker
• Card Ninja
• Stay on Key(2 keys needed)
• Clipper
• Bouncer(9 Each)
• Drop,Sink & Clink
• Ker-Plink Or Plunk!(3 balls needed)
• Wheel of A Deal(The host may check)
• Whipper Snapper(1 Ball)
• Noodling Around
• Movin' On Up(Team)
• Ball Cap
• High as a Kite(Survival)
• Worm Diving
• Egg Dance
• Ping Tac Toe(Same Color)
• Back Flip(14 Pencils)
• Give it a Whirl
• Bobblehead(125 Clicks, Endurance)
• Flying Gumball Saucers
• Whack Attack
• Stop Your Whining
• Disco Drop
• Knock It Off
• Worm Diving
• Spin Doctor
• Puddle Jumper
• Jingle in the Trunk(Christmas)
• Holiday Hustle(Christmas)

Level 3

• Office Dominoes
• Snap, Crackle & Topple
• Stay on Key(3 keys needed)
• Junk in the Trunk(8 balls needed, If the results aren't clear the host will check)
• Blow Ball
• Don't Blow The Kings
• Bite Me
• High Strung
• Baby' Blockin
• Rapid Fire(6 needed)
• Hang Over(7 Hangers)
• By a Thread
• Whack Job(9 out of 12)
• Blind Ball(2 out of 4 Balls)
• Well Done
• A Bit Dicey
• Hut, Hut, Hike!(NFL)
• Keep The Change(1 out of 5 cups)
• Ruler of the World
• Play it By Ear(7 Cans, Endurance)
• Field Goal
• Magic Carpet Ride(Solo)
• Bottoms Up(4 Total)
• Cappuccino
• Yank Me(Contestant must only use one hand when removing index cards)
• Kick Off(NFL)
• Maze Craze
• Ready Spaghetti
• Elephant March
• Tweeze Me
• Snowball Fight(Christmas)
• Face the Gingerbread Man(Christmas)

Level 4

• Matchmaker(16 Candies)
• Paper' Scraper
• Spoon Frog(3 needed)
• Cantenna
• How It's Hangin
• Junk in the Trunk(7 each, If the results aren't clear the host will check)
• Got Your Back
• Booby Trap
• Whipper Snapper(2 balls needed)
• Tilt-A-Cup(8 needed)
• Drop Ball
• Office Fling
• Play it By Ear(8 Cans, Endurance)
• Speed Eraser(13 Total)
• This Blows(15 Each)
• Hangnails
• Scary Cherry
• Back Flip(16 Pencils)
• Nimble Thimble
• Splitter
• Johnny Applestack
• Sticky Situation(2 Peanut Butter, 1 Jelly)
• The Nutstacker(4 Each, 8 Nuts)
• Suck It Up(4 needed)
• Suck It Up(2 candies Each)
• Spoon Tune(Old McDonald Had a Farm)
• Marbles Grande
• Tipsy
• Loner(20 Marbles)
• Loner(10 Marbles Each)
• Flip Off
• Magic Carpet Ride(Team)
• On The Rebound
• Brush With Danger
• Bulb Balance
• Egg Roll(2 Eggs)
• Christmas Ball Conveyor(Christmas)

Level 5

• Stack Attack
• Egg Tower
• Office Tennis
• On The Hook
• Tuna Roll
• Raisin The Bar(3 out of 10 bottles needed)
• Candy Elevator
• Spare Me(5 Chalk)
• Bouncer(12 balls each)
• Punch Your Lights Out(6 Lights)
• Sticker Picker Upper
• Flip Your Lid(Solo)
• Flip Your Lid(Team)
• Blind Ball(3 out of 4 Balls)
• Blind Ball(4 out of 4 Balls)
• Walrus
• Just Hang On
• The Nutstacker(5 Each, 10 Nuts Total)
• The Nutstacker(8 needed)
• Gettin Juggy' With It
• Spoon Tune(Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
• Bucket Head(10 Balls)
• Egg Roll(3 Eggs)
• Triple Pong Plop(4 needed)
• Triple Pong Plop(3 needed)
• Rapid Fire(Team, 6 Each)
• Merry Fishmas(Christmas)
• Do You Hear What I Hear?(Christmas, Endurance)
• Christmas Jingle(Christmas)

Level 6

• Beach Tennis
• Raisin The Bar(4 out of 10 bottles needed)
• Coffee Topper
• Mega Bubble
• Stick The Landing(1 out of 10 attempts)
• Ker-Plink or Plunk!(Sink Container, If the results of the challenge aren't clear the host will wait and check)
• Penny Hose
• Split The Uprights(NFL)
• Pong⁵(Pong to the Fifth Power)
• Iron Board Man
• Egg Zone(NFL)
• Ka-Broom(4 Marshmallows)
• Whipper Snapper(2 needed)
• Speed Eraser(8 Each)
• Keep It Up(Surivival)
• Defying Gravity(Survival)
• The Nutstacker(10 Nuts)
• Layin' Track
• Sticker Picker Upper
• Bridge The Gap
• Pop Top
• Mouth to Mouth
• Dangerous Curves
• Spoon Frog(2 Each)
• Christmas Ball(Christmas)
• Switcheroo
• Keep It Up
• Deck the Balls(Christmas)
• Christmas in the Balance(Christmas)

Level 7

• Don't Blow the Joker(5 decks)
• Breakfast Scramble(Team, The host will explain certain rules about leaning pieces and the red square in this challenge)
• Breakfast Scramble(Solo, The host will explain certain rules about leaning pieces and the red square in this challenge)
• CD Dominoes
• Tortilla Head
• Matchmaker(20 candies)
• Shoe Fly Shoe(1 out of 12 Attempts)
• Propeller Head
• Spoon Frog(3 Spoons Each)
• What a Racquet
• Pink Elephant
• Broomski Ball
• Cyclone(If a marble falls out of the soda bottle, the game is over)
• Chop Stack
• Ball Cap(5 out of 10)
• Double Trouble
• Back Flip(20 Pencils)
• Caddy Stack
• Cantagious
• Extreme Mini Stack Attack
• Dental Cap
• High Roller
• Christmas Cliffhanger(Christmas)
• Extreme Christmas Nutstacker(Christmas)

Level 8

• Horseplay
• Oh Nuts!
• Keep The Change(2 out of 8 cups)
• Ping Tac Toe(Alternating Colors,Balls)
• Frankenstein
• Punch Your Lights Out(9 Lights)
• Hang Over(8 Hangers)
• Mag-Nutstacker
• Raise Your Glass(Christmas)
• Lollipop(Christmas)

Level 9

• Uphill Battle(Survival)
• Get Forked
• Extreme Nutstacker
• Don't Blow the Joker(3 Decks)
• Hung With Care(Christmas)

Level 10

• Supercoin
• Pitch Black(This challenge was originally going to be used in season 1 as level 10, but was then scrapped).

Level 11 & 12

Unknown/Not Reached on the show.

Head-to-Head Challenges

• Brew-Ha-Ha
• Whack Attack
• Tear It Up
• Bottle Neckin'
• Paddle Poppers
• Movin' On Up
• Ponginator
• Stack Attack
• Dangerous Curves

Last Man Standing Challenges

• Hanky Panky(Level 1)
• Bobblehead(Level 2, Surivival as the player with the least amount of clicks is eliminated)
• Temper Tantrum(Level 2, Surivival as the player with the least amount of clicks is eliminated)
• Face The Cookie(Level 3)
• Sticky Situation(Level3)
• Go The Distance(Level 4)
• Rapid Fire(Level 4)
• Spoon Frog(Level 5)
• Johnny Applestack(Level 5)
• Stack Attack(Level 6)
• Tipsy(Level 6)
• CD Dominoes(Level 7)
• Worm Diving(Level 7)
• Bulb Balance(Level 8)
• Paper Dragon(Level 8)
• Ping Tac Toe(Level 9, Head-to-Head version)
• Supercoin(Level 10)

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, and the fact it now taped in New York City, NY as well as the fact that teams play from now on.

The NBC run had special NFL 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 beigns 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.

Set Pics

GSN Version

Rating

Music

"Get Up" by Eve Nelson (NBC)

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	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	Հաղթեք Րոպեում Haxteq Ropeum	TBA	Armenia TV	֏10,000,000	May 27, 2012
Australia	Minute to Win It	Darren McMullen	Seven Network	A$1,000,000	June 22, 2010
Belgium	Binnen De Minuut (Dutch)	Staf Coppens	vtm	€100,000	January 8, 2011
	60 secondes chrono (French)	Jean-Michel Zecca	RTL TVI	€100,000	September 5, 2011
Brazil	Nada Além de um Minuto	Silvio Santos	SBT	R$1,000,000	April 17, 2010
Chile	Un minuto para ganar	Julián Elfenbein	TVN	CL$30.000.000	May 21, 2011
China	步步惊心 Minute To Win It China	TBA	Dragon TV	Unknown	2013
Colombia	Un minuto para ganar	Silvestre Dangond	Caracol TV	CO$300.000.000	November 1, 2010
Costa Rica	Minuto Para Ganar	Mauricio Astorga	Teletica	₡25,000,000.00	March 8, 2011
Czech Republic	Máš minutu	Richard Genzer & Michal Suchánek	TV Prima	Kč 1,000,000	April 10, 2011
Denmark	Det perfekte minut	Robert Hansen	TV3	250,000Kr	August 17, 2011
Ecuador	Minuto Para Ganar	Yuly Maiocchi	Gama TV	US$50,000	August 7, 2011
Finland	Minuuttipeliä	Marko Keränen	MTV3	€30,000	March 21, 2011
France	60 secondes chrono	Alex Goude	M6	€100,000	July 12, 2012
Germany	Die perfekte Minute	Ulla Kock am Brink	Sat.1	€250,000	April 30, 2010
Greece	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	1 perc és nyersz!	Sebestyén Balázs	RTL Klub	10,000,000 Ft	February 27, 2012
India	India's Minute To Win It (Hindi)	Gaurav Kapoor	AXN	₹10 Crore	January 12, 2011
	Home Sweet Home (Tamil)	Divyadarshini (D.D) and Deepak	STAR Vijay	A home worth ₹2 Crore	March 4, 2011
Israel	אליפות ישראל בדקה Alifut Israel be Dakah	Ido Rosenblum	Channel 2 (Keshet)	₪1,000,000	October 26, 2011
Italy	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	Минута на победу Minuta na pobedu	Rinat Safargulov	NTK	₸1,000,000	May 19, 2012
Malaysia	Anda Ada 60 Saat (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	Un minuto para ganar	Penélope Menchaca	Televisa	TBA	2012
Netherlands	Minute to Win It	Gordon Heuckeroth	RTL 4	€100,000	January 8, 2011
Norway	Vinn på minuttet	Carsten Skjelbreid	TV2	1,000,000Kr	March 20, 2011
Peru	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	Milion w minutę	Marcin Prokop	TVN	1,000,000 zł	September 5, 2011
Portugal	Ganha num Minuto	Marco Horácio	SIC	€20,000	January 8, 2012
Romania	Câștigi în 60 de secunde	Dan Negru	Antena 1	50,000Lei	April 5, 2011
Russia	Минутное дело Minutnoe delo	Timur Rodrigez	Russia 1	1,000,000руб	November 17, 2012
Serbia	Savršen minut	Srđan Karanović	Prva	дин1,000,000	March 17, 2012
Slovenia	Minuta do zmage	Bojan Emeršič	POP TV	€100,000	March 18, 2011
South Korea	사소한 도전 60초 Sasohan Dojeon 60-cho	Oh Sang-jin (오상진)	MBC	₩20,000,000	June 12, 2011
Spain	Uno para ganar	Jesús Vázquez	Cuatro	€500,000	July 4, 2011
Sri Lanka	Home Game in 60 second	Niroshan Wijesinghe	Sirasa TV	Rs.1.000.000	October 26, 2010
Sweden	Minuten	Peter Settman (Season 1)	SVT	250,000kr	December 26, 2010
		Malin Olsson (Season 2)			February 24, 2012
Turkey	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	US$100,000	August 13, 2012
Ukraine	Хвилина для перемоги Chvylyna dlya peremogy	Maksim Averin	Ukrayina	₴500,000	October 16, 2011
Uruguay	Minuto para ganar	Álvaro Navia Eunice Castro Juanchi Hounie	Teledoce	UY$250,000	September 5, 2010
Venezuela	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

Minute To Win It/Quotes & Catchphrases
Minute To Win It/Merchandise

Links

BUMP Productions Minute To Win It official site
Official Site
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Minute to Win It Games List For Learn More