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The Weakest Link
Created byFintan Coyle
Cathy Dunning
Original workWeakest Link (United Kingdom)
Years2000–present
Films and television
Television seriesWeakest Link (independent international versions, see below)
Games
Video game(s)Weakest Link (2001)
Miscellaneous
GenreGame show
First aired14 August 2000; 23 years ago (2000-08-14)
DistributorBBC Studios

Weakest Link (also known as The Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. The original British version of the show is still aired around the world on BBC Entertainment and domestically on Challenge. The game begins with a team of eight or nine contestants who take turns answering general knowledge questions within a time limit to create chains of correct answers in a row. At the end of each round, the players vote one contestant, "The Weakest Link", out of the game. Once two players are left, they play in a head-to-head contest, with five questions asked to each contestant in turn, to determine the winner.

The format has been licensed across the world, with many countries producing their own series of the programme and is the second most popular international franchise, behind only the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise, which also originated in the UK.[1]

Format

The programme sees a group of contestants ranging from five to nine players who will need to work as a team to try to win as much as possible of a maximum cash jackpot by correctly answering general-knowledge questions in a series of rapid-fire rounds.

Each round features a money chain of anywhere from five to nine increasing cash values, with a maximum cash target that the team must attempt to reach within a time limit. Questions are asked of the team members sequentially. In the first round, play will typically start with the first player alphabetically or by a random-draw before the game starts. The team can most quickly achieve the target by stringing together a chain of consecutive correct answers, the minimum number of which depends on the number of "links" in the money chain, usually but not always the same as the number of contestants at the start of the show. A correct answer increases the value of the succeeding question, while an incorrect answer breaks the chain, losing all money accumulated in that chain. A contestant can secure the accumulated money in the chain by saying "Bank" before their question is asked, some versions require the contestant to wait to bank until their name is called; doing so however resets the chain to zero and the team must rebuild again. The round ends when the team has either run out of time or banked the target, in which case the round ends prematurely. The target amount is the maximum amount available in the round. If the team banks a total exceeding this amount, it is rounded down to the maximum amount. Only the money that has been banked is taken forward in the game, forming the total prize money available at the end. In the event the host is in the middle of a question when time runs out, the question is abandoned; however, if the question is completely asked before time runs out, the correct answer is announced, whether or not the contestant answered it correctly.

Each round ends with the team voting off one person from the game. Before the votes are revealed, a voice-over announcer reveals who statistically is the Strongest Link and Weakest Link, determined by how many questions were answered correctly and incorrectly, the amount of money banked and lost, and the total monetary value of the questions asked. The votes are then revealed, followed by inquiry by the host for the reasoning behind the vote, along with berating of the contestants. The person with the most votes is named the Weakest Link regardless of the statistics, is eliminated from the game, and wins nothing. In the event of a tie, the Strongest Link is immediately deemed immune from the vote and must break the tie.

This process repeats, with each successive round beginning with the Strongest Link from the last round, or the second-Strongest Link, if the Strongest Link was voted off, and the time limit available to them decreasing usually by 10 or 15 seconds. Once there are two players remaining, they play one final round, where the money banked is multiplied by a certain amount. In some versions, however, the game has gone straight to the head-to-head finale after the final elimination.

The final two contestants then compete in a head-to-head round to determine the winner, with the Strongest Link from the last round determining who begins the round. The contestants are alternately asked a series of five questions each. The player who correctly answers the most wins the money accumulated in the game. If there is a draw, the game continues to sudden death, where the first to answer a question correctly over their opponent's incorrect answer wins. The loser, like all other contestants prior, goes home with nothing.

Game rule and format variations

Compared with the original format, the others have some changes, making them not the same as the original.

Host

In the UK original series, the host is Anne Robinson. Producers chose her with the intention of being both firm to the contestants yet understanding when a contestant gets voted off.[2] However, in producing the show, Robinson began to act cold, harsh and nasty to the contestants. Some international hosts like Chazia Mourali [nl], Montserrat Ontiveros [es], Andrei Gheorghe [ro], Neena Gupta, Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, Fiona Coyne, Goedele Liekens, Laurence Boccolini, and Trine Gregorius [da] went to the BBC Studio for instruction and training purpose (meeting the UK production team and Anne Robinson) to replicate the presenting style.

However, the format distributor BBC Worldwide changed the rules and this is not required anymore. As a result, some international hosts are nicer and more relaxed to the contestants. This has changed the whole program style compared with the original BBC series. The first notable example of this change was seen during George Gray's tenure as host in the 2002–03 syndicated version of the American edition; other times where this has happened were in France (2014–15), Turkey (2015, 2019), Finland (2017–18), Cyprus (2017–21), the Netherlands (2019–20), Greece (2019–23), the United States (2020–, although the hosting attitude of Jane Lynch was more so that of sarcasm, and snarky – reminiscent of her noted Sue Sylvester character from Glee[3]), Australia (2021–22), and the United Kingdom (2021–).

The new Dutch host Bridget Maasland is also the first host worldwide not to wear black clothing on every episode. Although she does wear dark and black suits on about half of the shows, she often wears bright colored outfits in the other episodes. Her style of hosting resembles the style Anne Robinson adapted in the later UK shows, asking contestants more about their private lives, let them sing and dance during the voting and talk about more than just the mistakes made. Maria Kiseleva was the second host to wear bright (she would wear light-blue or white on the 2020-23 revival and in the 2023 unlicensed <i>Na vykhod!</i> [ru].

US version

Syndicated

In the second syndicated version of the American version, after the second to last round, the last two contestants do not face the clock and the money tree. Instead, the remaining two contestants go straight into the head-to-head round. In the event the Strongest Link is voted off, the Second-Strongest Link makes the decision as to who goes first.

2020 revival

Unlike the original version, the top prize money available increases after each round. The top prize money starts at $25,000 in round 1 d increases by $25,000 per round until round 4. The top prize money in rounds 5 and 6 is set at $250,000 and $500,000, respectively.

A minor addition to the game is that of a buzzer added to each contestant's podium. This is used both to bank money (with contestants not only having to say the word "bank" before being asked the question but must also press the buzzer), as well as to reveal the contestant's vote.

Some non-gameplay variations were also adapted to the revived series: the contestants no longer handwrite their votes, rather they vote via a touch screen panel, tapping the button of the player they wish to vote off. This screen is also used to present visual information for visual questions – where the host will ask the contestants to identify items that appear on the screen. Additionally, the host will discuss the contestants' mistakes before the vote reveals – with the weakest link being eliminated immediately after the vote reveal. Like season 2 of the syndicated version, once only two contestants remain the game goes straight to the head-to-head round.

Changes from this version were featured in the 2021 Australian version – with the top prize being $250,000 and the prize increases for each round being as follows ($10,000, $15,000, $20,000, $30,000, $75,000, $100,000).

French version

The latest French version (aired from 2014 to 2015) also does not use the clock and money tree for the final round, and in the penultimate round is the 3-player triple stake round for 15,000 and lasts 90 seconds.

Dutch version

In the Dutch version that started in May 2019, just like on the latest French version, round 8 was cut from the format after they aired the show for two weeks. Instead, in round 7, the money triples, and one last player is eliminated after that round. Making the top prize money no longer €10,000, but €9,000. After that, the remaining two contestants go straight into the head-to-head round. However, in the 2nd series, the number of contestants dropped to 7. The top prize money decreased to €8,000, and the 90-second round returned.

International versions

Countries that have produced their own version

The format is currently distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, following their merger with BBC Worldwide and also is produced by different production companies. Australia was the 1st country to adapt the format; not all the international versions share the same title as UK.

As with the original British version, all of the hosts wear black clothing (or sometimes dark colours with black). Most versions also have disciplinarian female hosts, again similar to the British original—with exceptions being Fausto Silva (Brazil), Tasos Tryfonos (Cyprus and Greece), Julien Courbet (France), Riku Nieminen (Finland), Nikolai Fomenko (Russia), Eamon Dunphy (Ireland), Edu Manzano, Allan K. (both Philippines), Shirō Itō (Japan), Pedro Granger (Portugal), Enrico Papi (Italy), Tseng Yang Qing (Taiwan), Baybars Altuntaş (Turkey), George Gray (United States) and Romesh Ranganathan (United Kingdom). Gray, Courbet and Ranganathan are comedians, and those versions were designed to play off comedy.

In Croatia, in May 2010, the quiz reached its 1,008th episode, and with the British original is the only version to have reached as many episodes.

Legend:

  Currently airing     No longer airing     Unsold pilot     Future version

Country Local title Host TV station Top prize Catchphrase Catchphrase Translation First episode Last episode
Arab world الحلقة الأضعف
Elhalka Eladaaf
Rita Khoury Future Television $16,000 أنت الحلقة الأضعف ، الله معك You are the Weakest Link. God is with you. 14 October 2001 April 2003
Australia The Weakest Link Cornelia Frances Seven Network $100,000 You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 5 February 2001 22 April 2002
Magda Szubanski[4] Nine Network $250,000 25 May 2021 1 February 2022
Azerbaijan Zəif bənd Kamila Babayeva Lider TV 45,000,000m (2004–05)
9,000 (2006–07)
Ən zəif bənd sizsiniz.Xudahafiz! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! May 2004 April 2007[5]
Solmaz Süleymanlı 9,000 3 March 2012 2014
Belgium
(Flanders)
De zwakste schakel Goedele Liekens VTM fr. 2,000,000 Jij bent de zwakste schakel. Salut! You are the weakest link. Goodbye! 29 August 2001 December 2001
Brazil Ponto fraco Fausto Silva TV Globo R$1,000,000 2001 (Pilots rejected by BBC)
Chile El rival más débil Catalina Pulido Canal 13 $40,000,000 Tú eres el rival más débil. ¡Adiós! You are the weakest rival. Goodbye! 31 March 2004 August 2004
China 汰弱留强·智者为王
Tài ruò liú qiáng·zhìzhě wéi wáng
Chen Luyu Syndicated ¥200,000 你被淘汰啦,再见! You are eliminated, goodbye! 9 February 2002 2004
智者为王
Zhìzhě wéi wáng
Shen Bing Nanjing TV
Xia Qing
Croatia Najslabija karika Nina Violić HRT 1 kn 90,000 Vi ste najslabija karika. Doviđenja! You are the weakest link. Goodbye! 26 April 2004 31 May 2010
Daniela Trbović Vi ste najslabija karika. Zbogom!
Mirko Fodor[6]
Cyprus Ο Πιο Αδύναμος Κρίκος
O Pio Adynamos Krikos
Tasos Tryfonos[7] RIK 1[7] 5,000 Είστε ο πιο αδύναμος κρίκος, Λυπάμαι πολύ! You are the Weakest Link! and I'm sorry for you! 18 September 2017[7] 6 March 2021
Czech Republic Nejslabší! Máte padáka! Zuzana Slavíková TV Nova 1,000,000 Jste Nejslabší, a máte padáka! You are the weakest, and you're fired! 15 February 2002 1 July 2004
Denmark Det svageste led Trine Gregorius DR1 kr. 200,000 Du er det svageste led, farvel! You are the weakest link, goodbye! 2001 2003
Estonia Nõrgim lüli Tuuli Roosma Kanal 2 kr 80,000 Sina oled nõrgim lüli, head aega! You are the Weakest Link, goodbye! 5 September 2004 18 July 2005
Finland Heikoin lenkki Kirsi Salo MTV3 15,000
16,000
18,000
Sinä olet heikoin lenkki, hyvästi! You are the weakest link, goodbye! 6 September 2002 18 February 2005
Riku Nieminen Nelonen 20,000 20 March 2017 21 May 2018
France Le maillon faible Laurence Boccolini TF1 F 150,000 (2001)
20,000 (2002–03)
50,000 (2003–07)
Vous êtes le maillon faible, au revoir! You are the weak link, goodbye! 9 July 2001 12 August 2007
Julien Courbet D8 45,000 8 September 2014 22 July 2015
Georgia სუსტი რგოლი
Susti rgoli
Nino Burduli Rustavi 2 8,000 თქვენ სუსტი რგოლი ხართ, და ამიტომ ტოვებთ პროექტს! You are the Weakest Link, that why you are leaving now! 17 January 2005 2005
Germany Der Schwächste fliegt! Sonja Zietlow RTL Television DM50,000 (2001) Du bist der Schwächste, du fliegst, und tschüss! You are the weakest, you're kicked off, and goodbye! 19 March 2001 23 February 2002
50,000 (2002)
Greece Ο Πιο Αδύναμος Κρίκος
O Pio Adynamos Krikos
Elena Akrita[7] MEGA[7] 5,000,000 Είστε ο πιο αδύναμος κρίκος, Λυπάμαι πολύ! You are the weakest link. I'm sorry for you! 27 October 2001 15 February 2003
15,000
Tasos Tryfonos Skai TV 10,000 21 September 2019 24 July 2022
ERT1 12 September 2022 12 May 2023
Hong Kong 一筆OUT消
Jat1 bat1 OUT siu1
Carol Cheng TVB Jade HK$3,000,000 你係眾望所歸,無得留低,你要一筆OUT消, Goodbye! You had been eliminated and leave as expected. You are the Weakest Link, Goodbye! 20 August 2001 18 January 2002
Hungary A leggyengébb láncszem Krisztina Máté TV2 Ft 3,000,000 Ön a leggyengébb láncszem, viszlát! You are the weakest link, goodbye! 12 August 2001 May 2002
Nincs kegyelem[8] Ft 6,000,000
India Kamzor Kadii Kaun Neena Gupta Star Plus Rs. 25,00,000/- Aap is round ke kamzor kadii hain. Aap jaa sakte hain. Namaste! You are the weakest link in this round, you can leave now, goodbye! 25 December 2001 21 May 2002
Ireland The Weakest Link Eamon Dunphy TV3 10,000 You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 17 September 2001 July 2002
Israel החוליה החלשה
HaChulia HaChalasha
Pnina Dvorin Channel 10 100,000 !אתה החוליה החלשה, שלום You are the weakest link, goodbye! 31 January 2002 2004
Hana Laszlo 80,000
Italy Anello debole Enrico Papi Italia 1 15,000 Lei è l'Anello Debole, se ne vada! You are the weakest link, you are gone! 29 October 2001 17 November 2001
Japan The Weakest Link
ウィーケストリンク☆一人勝ちの法則
Uikesutorinku: Hitori-gachi no Hosoku
Shirō Itō Fuji Television ¥16,000,000 ウィーケストリンクと決定しました。__君、退場! You have been voted as the Weakest Link. __, Leave! 8 April 2002 16 September 2002
Mexico El rival más débil Montserrat Ontiveros Azteca Trece $200,000 Tú eres el rival más débil. ¡Adiós! You are the weakest rival. Goodbye! 2 August 2003 October 2009
Lolita Cortés Tú eres el rival más débil, te vas. You are the weakest rival. You Leave! 27 July 2013 27 December 2014
Netherlands De zwakste schakel Chazia Mourali RTL 4 10,000 Je bent de zwakste schakel, tot ziens! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 6 May 2001 28 August 2004
Bridget Maasland 10,000 (2019)
8,000 (2020)
Je bent de zwakste schakel, dag! You are the Weakest Link. Bye! 6 May 2019 March 2020
New Zealand The Weakest Link Louise Wallace TVNZ 1 $20,000 You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 17 July 2001 March 2002
North Macedonia Најслаба алка
Najslaba alka
Zivkica Kalenikova Alfa TV ден 320,000 Вие сте Најслабата алка, збогум! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 3 May 2010 July 2011
Norway Det svakeste ledd Anne Grosvold NRK1 kr. 200,000 Du er det svakeste ledd, adjø! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 30 August 2004 6 December 2004
Philippines The Weakest Link Edu Manzano IBC 1,000,000 You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 15 October 2001 October 2002
Allan K.
Poland Najsłabsze ogniwo Kazimiera Szczuka TVN 27,000 Jesteś najsłabszym ogniwem, do widzenia! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 1 March 2004 22 December 2005
Portugal O elo mais fraco Julia Pinheiro RTP1 10,000 Você é o elo mais fraco, adeus! You are the Weakest Link, goodbye! 11 June 2002 2003
Luisa Castel-Branco
Pedro Granger 19 September 2011 25 May 2012
Romania Lanțul slăbiciunilor Andrei Gheorghe Pro TV L500,000,000 Ești veriga cea mai slabă din lanțul slăbiciunilor. La revedere, Drum bun! You are the weakest link in Chain of Weakness. Goodbye and have a nice day! 13 October 2001 2002
Russia Слабое звено
Slaboye zveno
Mariya Kiselyova
Leonid Yakubovich (25 December 2002)[9]
ORT/Channel One 300,000 (25 September – 30 October 2001)
400,000 (1 November 2001 – October 2004)
350,000 (October 2004 – 2 July 2005)
1,000,000 (celebrity editions, 2001–2004)
Вы самое слабое звено, прощайте! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 25 September 2001 2 July 2005
Nikolai Fomenko Channel 5 350,000 2 December 2007 28 December 2008
Mariya Kiselyova Mir 320,000 (14 February – 5 November 2020)
400,000 (13 November 2020 – 13 January 2023)
14 February 2020 13 January 2023
Serbia Najslabija karika Sandra Lalatović BKTV din 5,000,000 Vi ste najslabija karika. Doviđenja! You are the weakest link. Goodbye! September 2003 April 2006
Nikola Kojo Prva TV[10] 21 March 2023 TBA
Singapore 智者生存
Zhizhe Shengcun
Yvette Cui (Cui Lixin) Mediacorp Channel 8 S$100,000 你是最弱一環,再見! You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 19 May 2002 2003
The Weakest Link Asha Gill Mediacorp Channel 5 S$1,000,000 You have been voted the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 27 October 2002 2003
Slovenia Najšibkejši člen Violeta Tomič SLO 1 SIT 2,400,000 Vi ste Najšibkejši člen! Adijo! You are the Weakest Link, Goodbye! 3 October 2003 25 November 2005[11]
South Africa The Weakest Link Fiona Coyne SABC3 R 50,000 (2003–04) You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 3 September 2003 27 October 2007
R 100,000 (2005–07)
Spain El rival más débil Nuria González TVE1 7,200 Eres el rival más débil, ¡adiós! You are the weakest rival, goodbye! 15 May 2002 1 October 2004
Karmele Aranburu TVE1
TVE2
Luján Argüelles [12] Mediaset España TBA TBA TBA 2024[13]
Sweden Svagaste länken Kajsa Ingemarsson Sjuan kr 100,000 Du är den svagaste länken, hejdå! You are the weakest link. Goodbye! 31 October 2011 2012
Taiwan The Weakest Link 智者生存
The Weakest Link zhizhe shengcun
Belle Yu STAR Chinese Channel NT$320,000 你是本回合被淘汰的參賽者, goodbye! You are person eliminated at this round, goodbye! 22 October 2001 11 February 2002
Tseng Yang Qing 第_回合被淘汰的是_,再見!
Thailand The Weakest Link กำจัดจุดอ่อน
The Weakest Link Kamchat Chut On
Kritika Kongsompong ThaiTV 3 ฿1,000,000 คุณคือจุดอ่อนของทีม เชิญค่ะ You are the weakest link of the team. Leave! 7 February 2002 26 December 2002
Turkey En zayıf halka Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver Show TV TL 50,000,000,000
TL100,000,000,000
En zayıf halka siz oldunuz, güle güle! You are the weakest link, goodbye! 9 September 2001 14 June 2002
Baybars Altuntaş TV8[14] 20,000 21 September 2015 15 November 2015
İpek Altınbaşak-Farina ATV 80,000 24 July 2019[15] 21 September 2019
United Kingdom The Weakest Link Anne Robinson BBC Two (Daytime)
BBC One (Primetime)
£10,000 (Daytime)
£20,000 (Primetime)[16]
£50,000 (Primetime)
You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! 14 August 2000 31 March 2012
BBC Two £15,000 17 November 2017[17]
Romesh Ranganathan[18] BBC One (Primetime) £50,000 (Primetime) 18 December 2021
BBC Two £10,000 18 November 2022[19]
United States The Weakest Link Anne Robinson NBC $1,000,000 16 April 2001 14 July 2002
George Gray Syndicated $75,000 7 January 2002 20 May 2003
$100,000
Jane Lynch[20] NBC $1,000,000 29 September 2020

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  8. ^ Nincs kegyelem was the alternative name of this show, but both show used same identity A leggyengébb láncszem.
  9. ^ A special Christmas and New Year celebrity edition.
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