Nada más que la verdad (Nothing but the Truth) is a game show created by Howard Schultz, an American television producer and owner of Lighthearted Entertainment. It was first aired in Colombia. The hosts asks the contestants a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions for a huge jackpot. The format has been exported to 47 countries, and appears in most countries as The Moment of Truth.
Format Prior to the show, a contestant is hooked up to a polygraph and asked between 50 and 80 questions. Without knowing the results of the polygraph test, he or she is asked 21 of those same questions again on the program, each becoming more personal in nature. If the contestant answers honestly as confirmed by the polygraph, he or she moves on to the next question. A person may stop at any time before any question is asked and collect the money they have won. Honestly answering all 21 questions wins the jackpot. If the participant is found to be lying, he or she loses everything and the game is over.
International versions Country Name Host Channel Premiere JackpotJackpot in USD(converted with the rate from the premiere year) Arab World لحظة الحقيقةLahzat Elhaqiqa Abbas El Nouri MBC1 April 15, 2011SR500,000Nada Além da Verdade Silvio SantosSBT January 20, 2008R$100,000 Carlos Massa 2009–2010 Цената на истинатаCenata na istinata Vitomir Saraivanov Nova TV September 9, 2009 200,000 лвBig Brother: ИстинатаBig Brother: Istinata (Special season only for the Big Brother Family participants)April 3, 201050,000 лв El momento de la verdad Sergio Lagos Canal 13 July 20, 2017 CLP$$50,000,000 Nada más que la verdad Jorge Alfredo Vargas Canal Caracol May 23, 2007 CO$100,000,000 Trenutak istine Jasna Nanut Nova TV September 2008 500,000 kn Nic než pravda Petr Šiška TV Prima September 25, 2008 5,000,000 KčSandhedens Time Lars Hjortshøj TV3 September 17, 2008 Kr. 500,000 Tõehetk Hannes Võrno Kanal 2 September 1, 2008 1,000,000 EEK Totuuden hetki Ilari Johansson MTV3 Spring 2009 €50,000 სიმართლის დროSimartlis Dro Nanka Kalatozishvili Imedi TV Winter 2009 100,000 ლ Die Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit Christoph Bauer RTL2 Late 2008 €25,000 Η Στιγμή της ΑλήθειαςI Stigmi Tis Alithias Eugenia Manolidou ANT1 October 10, 2008 €200,000Chen shih huang yen Johnson Lee TVB Jade Canceled before airing N/A Az Igazság Ára Gabriella Jakupcsek TV2 March 5, 2008 20,000,000 Ft Sacch Ka Saamna Rajeev Khandelwal Star Plus July 15, 2009₹10,000,000 הפוליגרףHapoligraf Gadi Sukenik Channel 2 July 9, 2008 ₪1,000,000 Il momento della verità Paola Perego Italia 1 June 12, 2008 €250,000Het Moment Van De Waarheid Robert ten Brink RTL 4 September 6, 2008 €100,000 Момент на вистинатаMoment na vistinata Aneta Kociski А1 February 2009 3,000,000 MKD Sannhetens øyeblikk Stein Johnsen TVNORGE2008 500,000 KrLakhon Ka Suchh Adil MuradA-Plus TVDecember 28, 2010₨.1,000,000 (₨.2,000,000 in Season 2)11,656.63 El valor de la verdad Beto Ortiz Latina July 7, 2012 S/ 50,000 Moment prawdy Zygmunt Chajzer Polsat March 5, 2009 250,000 zł O Momento da Verdade Teresa Guilherme SIC September 9, 2008 €250,000 Momentul Adevărului Teo va Prima TV March 3, 2008 150,000 leiДетектор лжиDetektor lži Andrey Malakhov 1TV July 24, 2010 ₽1,000,000 ДетекторDetectorMark BartonFriday!February 8, 2022 Trenutak IstineТренутак истине Tatjana Vojtehovski Stevanov RTV Pink February 4, 2009 5,000,000 RSD Trenutek Resnice Jonas Žnidaršič TV3 Slovenia April 6, 2009 €50,000 The Moment of Truth Korea Gura Kim QTV July 11, 2009 ₩100,000,000El juego de tu vida Emma García Telecinco April 2, 2008 €100,000 Sanningens Ögonblick Pontus Gårdinger Kanal 5 April 20, 2008 500,000 KrChen shih huang yen Li Jin NextTV July 4, 2011 NTD2,000,00069,671.85Детектор брехніDetektor brekhni Dmitry Karpachev SТB April 2, 2012 ₴150,000Nothing But the Truth Jerry Springer Sky One November 10, 2007 £50,000The Moment of Truth Mark L. Walberg FOX January 23, 2008 US$500,000500,000.00
Controversies The Colombian version was cancelled in October 2007 after a female contestant named Rosa Maria Solano was asked "¿Usted le pagó a un sicario para mandar matar a su marido?", meaning, "Did you pay a hit man to have your husband killed?" and she answered "Sí", meaning, "yes" to the question. (The person she hired tipped off her husband, who then fled.) She later walked away with 50 million Colombian pesos, or about US$25,000., International Herald-Tribune, (online version), 9 October 2007
During the premiere episode of the Peruvian version, hosted by Beto Ortiz in Lima, 19-year-old contestant Ruth Thalia Sayas Sanchez revealed to her family, including her boyfriend Bryan Romero Leiva, among other things, that she had participated in sex work. Following the appearance, Sayas disappeared two months later, and was eventually discovered in a well on Romero's uncle's property. Romero was later charged with the murder of Sayas, citing the admission on the show as the motive.
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