| Host | |
| Patton Oswalt (2024) Joel McHale (2025–present) | |
| Broadcast | |
 FOX: June 3, 2024 – present | |
| Packagers | |
| Amazon MGM Studios BBC Studios Magnum Media | |
The 1% Club is the U.S. adaptation of the UK game show of the same name where 100 contestants competed for the chance to win $100,000. It's not about what is learned in school or one's ability to memorize facts. It's a chance to test how their brain works through a series of questions that often lead to entertaining answers.
In January 2025, it was announced that the show will be renewed for season 2 on FOX and Joel McHale taking over as host.[1]
Premise[]
The game starts with a hundred (100) contestants, each of whom is staked with $1,000.
The contestants are asked fifteen (15) increasingly difficult brain teaser questions, all of which have been answered by a group of people chosen from throughout the United States. The questions are classified by the percentage of the group of people who answered them correctly, with lower percentages indicating higher difficulty levels. The percentages that the questions are classified by are as follows:
| Question | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 1 | 90% |
| 2 | 80% |
| 3 | 70% |
| 4 | 60% |
| 5 | 50% |
| 6 | 45% |
| 7 | 40% |
| 8 | 35% |
| 9 | 30% |
| 10 | 25% |
| 11 | 20% |
| 12 | 15% |
| 13 | 10% |
| 14 | 5% |
| 15 | 1% |
After a question is asked, the contestants may lock in their answers using their own devices. A correct answer that is submitted in time deems a player safe. All players must submit their answers within 30 seconds (0:30), or be locked out, which will automatically result in a failure. Any contestant who locks in with either a wrong answer or nothing at all is dropped from the game with $0 - their money goes into a cash jackpot, called the "prize pot," which will be used to determine how much money a contestant could win for answering the final 1% question correctly.
After the fourth question, each of the remaining contestants is given a pass, which they can use to skip any one question at a cost of their $1,000 stake, which is then added to the prize pot. Once the eighth question has been completed, each of the remaining contestants who have not used their pass will be given the option to take their $1,000 as a walk-away offer and leave the game, or continue playing the game. However, those that have already used their pass are not given that option and will, by default, be required to continue playing until the 1% question to be eligible for winning money. If only one contestant remains after any question, they will automatically be advanced to the final 1% question.
Before the final 1% question, each contestant that is still in the game is given another walk-away offer of $10,000 divided by the number of players remaining. They then have the option to leave the game with that money, or attempt the final question, which is one that only 1% of all the surveyed people could answer correctly. A correct answer to this question earns the contestant the money in the prize pot, split between all other contestants who answered correctly. A contestant who misses this question leaves with nothing, unless they have not used their pass at all; in that case, their $1,000 is guaranteed. No passes can be used on the final 1% question.
The highest possible jackpot for this game is $100,000. This can be achieved by having 99 players put their $1,000 into the prize pot as a result of passing on or missing a question, and then one player getting the final 1% question right without having used a pass during the main game.
International Versions[]
Countries that have previously aired their versions of The 1% Club includes:
Australia
France
Germany
Hungary
Israel
Mexico
The Netherlands
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom (Country that originated the program)
Merchandise[]
A Quiz Book was released by BBC Studios America in November 2024.
Trivia[]
- This was the first game show that a network borrowed from a streaming service.
Links[]
Amazon Prime Video site
FOX site