The Hong Kong version of 1 vs. 100, called 以一敵百 (lit. "to oppose 100 people by 1 person"), was produced by Asia Television and it is the first Chinese language version of the show.Introduction from the official site It was first broadcast as a 1-hour special on September 24, 2006 where the contestants were winners of at least HK$30,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,Contestant recruitment of the special then it was aired every weeknight between September 25, 2006 and December 15, 2006. It was hosted by lyricist Wyman Wong (黃偉文).
Gameplay The format of the show is based on the original Dutch version, Eén tegen 100. At the beginning, The One (阿一) is randomly selected from a group of 101 players and the other 100 people will become The Hundred (阿百).
Before each question is shown, the category of the question is revealed first, and the One can choose between two difficulty levels, Normal (一般) and Difficult (困難). After the question and the three options are shown, The Hundred is given 6 seconds to lock in their answer, then The One is given the opportunity to answer the question. If The One is correct, all opponents that got the question wrong are eliminated. The prize gained in The One's bank is based on the following formula:
Where means integer part.
There is a ×2 doubler for The One which doubles the prize gained on a question. After The One has gained some money, three "escapes", 25, 50 and 75, which allows The One not to answer the question, can also be used in order. The opponents who got that wrong are still eliminated, but The One earns nothing on that question. Instead, 25%, 50% and 75% of the amount in The One's bank is deducted respectively. The One is not allowed to bail out at any point of the game.
If The One has eliminated all of The Hundred, The One wins the amount in the bank. If The One is incorrect, he or she is out of the game and loses the prize in the bank. But unlike other versions, a consolation prize is awarded, which depends on the number of opponents eliminated without using escapes: No. of opponents eliminatedwithout using escapesConsolation prize(HK$)1 to 202,00021 to 404,00041 to 606,00061 to 808,00081 to 9910,000 When The One has completed the game successfully, the next One is chosen from all of The Hundred. If The One failed, the next One is chosen from those who got the last question right. If there are no survivors, one of all 100 opponents plays next.
The biggest possible winnings for The One is HK$1,237,431 (about US$159,000), which can be reached when The One answers 100 questions correctly, eliminates only 1 opponent on each question without using any escapes and uses the doubler on the last question. However, the biggest winnings record of the show is HK$603,933 (about US$77,800) only, which is less than half of that amount.
List of winners Throughout the series, 11 people had eliminated all mob members, 9 of them are listed as follows: EpisodeAirdateNamePrize won (HK$)SourceSpecialSeptember 24, 2006Louis Hung (孔令慈)25,2253September 27, 2006Wong Ka-chun (黃家俊)132,821Leaderboard from the official site 6October 2, 2006Elvis Chan (陳劍豪)403,74621October 23, 2006Mabel Kwan (關佩玲)439,08827October 31, 2006April Fong (方心如)412,56229November 2, 2006So Chung-kwai (蘇宗葵)87,84035November 10, 2006Mandy Hon (韓燕雯)414,04938November 15, 2006Steven Ng (伍耀泉)603,93352December 5, 2006Lam Chun-yin (林俊言)408,311
Scheduling and ratings Episode viewing figures from CSM Media Research. EpisodeAirdateTimeslot (HKT)Averageratings pointsEquivalent numberof viewersSourceSpecialSeptember 24, 2006Sunday 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.6 (max. 7)385,560 (max. 449,820)Ratings comparison of TVB Jade and ATV Home: September 18 to 24, 2006 1–5September 25 to 29, 2006Mon – Fri 9:30 – 10:00 p.m.5321,300September 25 to October 1, 2006 6–10October 2 to 6, 20065321,300October 2 to 8, 2006 11–15 October 9 to 13, 2006Mon – Fri 8:30 – 9:00 p.m.5321,300October 9 to 15, 2006 16–20October 16 to 20, 20065321,300October 16 to 22, 2006 21–25October 23 to 27, 20065321,300October 23 to 29, 2006 26–30October 30 to November 3, 20065321,300October 30 to November 5, 2006 31–35November 6 to 10, 20065 (max. 6)321,300 (max. 385,560)November 6 to 12, 2006 36–40November 13 to 17, 20065321,300November 13 to 19, 2006 41–45November 20 to 24, 20064 (max. 5)257,040 (max. 321,300)November 20 to 26, 2006 46–50November 27 to December 1, 20064257,040November 27 to December 3, 2006 51–55December 4 to 8, 20064 (max. 5)257,040 (max. 321,300)December 4 to 10, 2006 56–60December 11 to 15, 20064257,040December 11 to 17, 2006
See also Deal or No Deal (Hong Kong), a game show produced by ATV's competitor TVB in the same year
References
External links Official site (via Internet archive)