50–50 (game show)

For other uses, see Fifty-Fifty.
50:50 (Fifty-Fifty)

Fifty Fifty Logo
Created by 2waytraffic and Intellygents
Country of origin United Kingdom
Production
Running time 30–120 minutes
Release
Original release ??? – present

50:50 is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of randomized multiple-choice questions of varying difficulty. The format is a spin-off of the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The format was created by 2waytraffic and aired in many countries around the world.

Rules

In Round 1, the playing couple must answer ten questions. Each question is worth a different random amount, and all the money they win goes into their jackpot. If at any point they get an answer wrong, the value of the jackpot is halved. The couple plays together but must answer each question separately and can therefore change each other's answers. After the tenth question, the playing couple take their jackpot amount into the final, where they have a chance to multiply that amount by ten.

Only one player in the couple sees the question and its two answers, and they have just ten seconds to pick one. The host turns to the second player and shows them the question and the answer that the first player chose. They are not shown the answer that their partner turned down. Player 2 must now decide whether to agree with Player 1's answer, or to choose the other answer, whatever it may be.

The host plays all five questions in the final in exactly the same way. Player 1, then Player 2 has to decide, and Player 2 would have only seen one of the two choices. There are now five locked-in answers. Now Player 2 has to look at all five answers and make a crucial decision. How many questions do they think they have got right between them? The more they have correct, the higher the amount they can win, but they have got to be exact, too high or too low and the couple win nothing.

International versions

Country Name Host Channel Year aired Prize
 Albania  Kosovo Fifty Fifty Enkel Demi RTSH & Klan Kosova April 14, 2013 – present €25.000
 Egypt Fifty-Fifty Ashraf Riyad ERT 1 5 November 2010 – present ج.م250,000
 Greece Fifty-Fifty George Liagkas Mega TV 2008-2009 €30,000
 Italy Fifty-Fifty Gerry Scotti Canale 5 21 April 2008 - 25 May 2008 €300,000
 Japan クイズ 50:50
Quiz Fifty-Fifty		 Toshihiro Itō BS Fuji 7 May 2008 ¥3,000,000
 Macedonia Педесет-Педесет
Pedeset-Pedeset		 Predrag Pavlovski
Žarko Dimitrioski		 A1 30 June 2008 – present 300,000 ден
   Nepal Fifty-Fifty Madan Krishna Shrestha NTV unknown Rs.500,000
 Spain Fifty-Fifty Silvia Jato Cuatro 1 July 2008 - 6 September 2008 €50,000
 Sweden Postkodlotteriets 50-50 Sofia Rågenklint TV4 22 September 2008 - 23 April 2009 55,000 kr
 Thailand 50:50 Ṭhnạth tạn xnuchit ti kul TV3 2 November 2009 - 12 October 2010 5,000 baht
 Turkey Birimiz İkimiz İçin İlker Aksum TRT 1 October 10, 2010 – present 100,000 TL

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