What’s your favorite version of 1 vs 100, and why? Which should come back?
Love this show to death, reminiscent of childhood.
For the uninformed, 1 vs 100 was a mid/late 2000s game show where 1 contestant (The One) battled 100 others (The Mob) in a multiple choice quiz to earn money. Wrong answered marked elimination for both sides. The show originated in the Netherlands in 2000 and spread around the world, with only Switzerland and the Netherlands being the only countries to produce it today.
The format took on different rules and game changes as more countries bought it, most notably in the USA.
To my knowledge, there are 4 different versions of the game show 1 vs 100, and I want to ask which version is your favorite:
1) US s1:
The One battles the Mob with a top prize of $1 million. The One can choose to leave at any time in the game, meaning that the contestant does not have to eliminate all contestants to win money.
The One earns money per eliminated contestant, with values ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Wrong answers caused elimination for both sides, and if the One gets a question wrong, their winnings were split among the remaining contestants in the Mob. At any time, elimination of all contestants resulted in an automatic million-dollar win.
2) US s2:
Similar to US s1, the One can win up to $1 million. Yet, the payout follows a ten-step money ladder where contestants are awarded fixed prizes per 10 mob members eliminated. In all other metrics, the format remains intact.
3) Netherlands:
In this version (and many European adaptations), in order for the One to receive any money, they must eliminate ALL 100 contestants in the Mob. No exceptions. Every question was worth €50,000 to the One, and the One was awarded the amount relative to the proportion of the mob eliminated on that particular question.
So, for example, the first question has 100 contestants in the mob, each one is worth €500. If a question is asked on 1 vs 20, each mob member is worth €2,500. And on 1 vs 1, the singular mob member is worth €50,000.
Wrong answers meant elimination for the One, and a new One is selected from the remaining contestants in the Mob. The One has no lifelines other than three skips, which take away 25%, 50%, and 75% of the winnings. Once again, the One wins the money only when all 100 contestants are eliminated.
4) UK/Switzerland:
This is a simplified version of the Dutch version. No matter the stage of the game, every contestant in the mob is worth £1,000. Successfully eliminating ALL 100 contestants resulted in winning all money + a bonus of £50,000. The skips take 50% each time.
A chance at bailout is offered when the One is revealed to eliminate all contestants, but right before announcement of the correct answer. In this case, the One can choose to bail with the winnings without the bonus, or risk their money to gamble for the bonus.
Which version is your favorite and why? Which should come back?
Edit: Reddit screwed my post up posting online.
Also, my favorite out of the four is Switzerland’s version.