Power of 10

Power of 10 is a game show which was first broadcast on CBS. The first episode ran on 7 August 2007, was hosted a total of 16 shipments comprehensive first season of Drew Carey. The first prize was 10 million U.S. $.

The rights for the show were sold in 26 other countries. In Germany they ran on VOX and was moderated by Dirk Bach. The original won the 2008 Rose d'Or in category "Game Show."

The concept in the German edition

The candidates can win up to a million euros when assessing the results of surveys correctly. For this, the Forsa Institute interviewed each thousand randomly selected people in Germany. In many cases, it comes to the issues around a dilemma and social desirability, for example, "Would you go along with a man in a swimming pool, from which you certainly know that he is HIV -positive? "

First, two candidates are in a duel against each other. You need to assess as accurately as possible, as the Germans have responded to a particular question. Who is closer to the correct percentage, gets a point. The first player to three points wins the duel (best- of-five ) and qualifies for the game to the million.

To the main profit of the candidate must survive five rounds. The first question is about € 100, then the profit (hence the name of the show ) ten times each. At the same time the margin is lower. For the first question, the candidate can specify a range of forty percentage points, must be within the correct value. The next questions are thirty, twenty and ten percentage points. The million dollar question the result of the previous question within the 10% margin should be taken exactly. As a consultant, the candidate may bring a relative or friend. There is also a "permanent public Joker" (Dirk Bach); the studio audience agrees with every question with ab and the result is displayed in a column chart. Moderator Dirk Bach does not know the correct answer before the dissolution and speculated themselves with. If a wrong answer the candidate falls back to the previous profit level and eliminated. However, he may at any time terminate the game voluntarily and take the up to that amount earned.

Broadcast in Germany

Power of 10 was aired from April 21 to May 13, 2008 for private channel VOX. The show was hosted by Dirk Bach. In the first week there were from Monday to Friday at 22.15 clock a consequence. Subsequently, the program was broadcast on Tuesdays at 20.15 clock. After only eight issues of the first season the show was canceled due to low ratings.

Broadcast in France

In France, the format is running as " Jouer pour 5 fois plus " on TF1. The name means something like "Play by five times ." This is also reflected in the fact that it here is another winning system are as in Germany, namely, 1,600, 8,000, 40,000, 200,000 and 1 million euro, ie the amount quintupled.