Temptation (game show)
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Temptation is an Australian game show which premiered on the Nine Network on 2005-05-30. Hosted by Ed Phillips and Livinia Nixon, the show is a remake of Sale of the Century, which aired on Nine in the same timeslot for more than twenty years (1980-2001). Temptation has the same general format of its predecessor, but with several new features and a de-emphasis on the "shopping" aspects of the endgame.
Current Format
The Main Game
As in Sale, the game is split into four rounds, and correct answers are worth $5, and incorrect responses are minus that amount.
Round One: After the first three questions, there is a 20 second "Fast Money" speed round. Immediately after this, the first Gift Shop of the night is offered to the leading player or players. The first gift shop item costs $6, and usually has a retail cost between $1500 and $2500 - this $6 price can be reduced at the discretion of producers, usually no lower than $4, or alternatively an additional cash incentive can be included into the prize, which is usually either $200 or $400. There are a few more questions, and then the first "Who Am I" question, now known as the Fame Game.
Round Two: After the first few questions, the second Gift Shop is offered. This item is offered for $10, and usually had a retail value of between $3000 and $7000; this can again be accompanied by a cash incentive, or the $10 price can be lowered, although it can decrease to $6 if two players are eligible for the gift shop. More questions are asked, and then the second Who Am I. After the Who Am I, three more questions are asked before another 20 second fast money round. This ends round two.
After round two, co-host Livinia Nixon gives the home viewer a question called "On This Day" where she tells the home viewer facts that happened on that day. Livinia gives them a question relating to the event on that day before the break and gives the answer after the break and then round three begins.
Round Three: After the first three questions, the leading player or players are offered a chance at opening the Temptation Vault, at the price of $15 - this price is never reduced from $15 unless there is more than one player eligible, in which case a Dutch auction is held. Whoever opens the vault receives a cash prize of random value between $1 and $10,000. After the Vault, there are three more standard questions followed by the final Who Am I.
Final Round: The final round consists of a single 60 second fast money speedround.
Famous Faces: Correct Who Am I answers choose one of nine boxes, identified by celebrities' faces. As before, most of the faces conceal small prizes, but there are cash values (also known as Money Cards) which are added directly to the player's score:
- $10 - present in all three rounds until chosen
- $15 - present in the second and third rounds
- $25 - added only in the third round
- Wild Card - added only in the third round; gives the contestant either a $2000 cash prize, or allows them to select from the remaining faces in the hope of finding the $25.
- Burglar - the player elects one opponent from whose score $5 is deducted and that $5 is added onto their score.
- Lock Out - the player elects one opponent to lock out; they will then be unable to answer any of the next three questions.
- Turbo - the next three questions are automatically worth $10 instead of $5, but only for the contestant who selected it. Furthermore, the penalty for an incorrect answer also increases to $10.
Bonus Game
A first-time winner is offered a major pize, worth about $10,000, and given the choice to take it and leave the show, or to return to play again. Gradually larger prizes are offered each night, leading up to a ~$60,000 car on night five, all five prizes (roughly $130,000) on night 6, a cash jackpot in night 7, and all the prizes and double the cash jackpot on night 8.The cash jackpot amount is determined as follows. Each champion has $50,000 placed in their cash jackpot if they choose to return after their first night. They are then given the chance to play "10 in 60 Seconds". If they correctly answer 10 of the questions asked of them in a 60 second segment at the end of each night, $50,000 more is added to the cash jackpot. The cash jackpot can only be claimed after night 7 or 8 (cf 2005 when a contestant could take their cash jackpot if they chose not to return the following night). Contestants may choose one of five sets of questions to be asked. Passes and incorrect answers don't reset the value at zero (cf 2005 below).
Theoretically, the highest cash jackpot a contestant can win is $800,000:
[800,000 = 2 \left( 50,000 \times 7 + 50,000 \right)]
2005 Format
When Temptation premiered on May 30, 2005, there were some slight differences to today's format:Main Game
- The Temptation Vault was offered in Round 1 for $10 (instead of the Gift Shop) with the value going up to a maximum $5000.
- The Burglar on the Fame Game only took away $5 from an opponent without it going onto the "burglar's" score.
- The Turbo on the Fame Game applied to all three contestants as opposed to the one contestant who selected it - this was not actually changed until April 17, 2006.
- The Gift Shop was offered in Round 3 for $15 (instead of the Temptation Vault).
- The Wild Card's value was half the value at $1000.
Bonus Round
In 2005, if a contestant won on night 7, then they would win all the prizes, the money in their cash account (which was not doubled), and $500,000 in gold bullion. In Ten In A Row, contestants had to answer these ten questions consecutively. The amount of cash won increased through a non-linear scale:
$100,000
$60,000
$30,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
($0)
Any incorrect, passed answer or fails to answer the question in three seconds resets the value to $0, and a contestant who doesn't reach $100K wins whatever value they have when time expires.
Theoretically, the highest cash jackpot a contestant could win was $600,000 ($1,100,000 including the gold bullion):
[1,100,000 = 100,000 \times 6 + 500,000 ]
Champions
In 2005 there were three grand champions: Brigid O'Connor (Episode 18, 22 June 2005, $663,738); Stephen Hall (Episode 63, 24 August 2005, $672,357); Rob O'Neill (Episode 75, 9 September 2005, $701,241).
On 8 March 2006, Yolanda Stopar became the first grand champion under the new format, winning prizes of $932,577 including the maximum possible $800,000 cash jackpot. Her winnings is the highest amount in the history of Temptation/Sale of the Century. On the 3 April 2006, Yolanda went into the Quizmaster final special, which she lost to Rob O'Neill.
Specials
Since its inception, Temptation has produced a number of special serials:Celebrity Family Ties: 14th - 21st November 2005. Nine television celebrities partnered up with a family member. They competed against each other in three heats. The two highest-scoring pairs proceeded to one of two semi-finals and the winners of each semi-final proceeded to the final. The prizes that were won were awarded to home viewers with the overall winner receiving a Volvo. Won by Red Symons and Elly Symons.
King of Comedy: 13th - 17th February 2006. Nine comedians contested each other in three heats with three comedians in each heat. The winners of each heat went through to a two-part final. The prizes that were won were awarded to home viewers with the overall winner receiving two Volvos. The series was won by Mikey Robbins.
Commonwealth Games Legends: 13th - 15th March 2006. Eight highly successful athletes who had competed in the Commonwealth Games contested each other in two heats with four athletes in each heat. Each winner of the heats were automatically awarded $10,000 to their chosen charity. The two-highest scoring contestants of each heat went through to the final, which was won by Liz Ellis. The prizes were awarded to the contestants' charity of their choice. Prizes on the Fame Game board were replaced with cash amounts ranging from $500 to $2000.
: March 27 to 3 April 2006. Featuring Temptation champs Brigid, Stephen, Rob & Yolanda as well as Who Wants to be a Millionaire contestants including Rob Fulton. Won by Rob O'Neill who received a Volvo and a holiday to New York.
Super Challenge: 1st - 5th May 2006. Two personalities from popular Australian television shows (including other networks) partnered up to compete against other shows for their chosen charities. There were four heats and each winning team were given the opportunity to compete in the final, however only the three highest-scoring teams proceeded. Each winner of the heats were automatically awarded $10,000 in cash to their chosen charity. The winners of the final were Trevor Marmalade and James Brayshaw from Nine Network's The Footy Show. They won over $82,000 (including a Volvo car) for their charity. The competitors received a glass trophy each presented by television stalwart Bert Newton (introduced with a Bert's Family Feud musical link). The series saw the show donate over $135,000 in cash and prizes to various charities.
Trivia
- On the November 2, 2005 episode of the show, a contestant, in response to the Fame Game question posed by Ed Phillips of "Who am I?", buzzed in and answered "Ed Phillips". To raucous laughter in the audience, the contestant got his share of the glory despite answering the question incorrectly. Unfortunately, he was not allowed to answer for the rest of the question
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