The Floor is a game show franchise that originated in the Netherlands in 2023. Versions have been developed in other countries. The game is based around a floor divided into a grid of squares initially each representing a different contestant with expertise in a different trivia category. The contestants compete with neighbouring contestants in head to-head trivia "duels" with the winner's "territory" expanding into the square(s) of the floor that were controlled by the losing player.
The game progresses over the course of a season with the grand prize awarded to the player who ultimately controls the entire floor, with secondary prizes awarded throughout the season to the player with the most territory at the end of each episode.
Format
In the original Dutch version, 100 contestants compete over the course of an entire season, standing in separate spaces of a 10x10 LED grid displayed on the studio floor. Each contestant has a nominated specialist subject. One contestant is chosen at random and shown the topics for all adjacent opponents. The contestant chooses one opponent to play against, and the two step out of the grid to participate in a duel on the opponent’s topic.
In the duel, the contestants are given separate 45-second clocks, with only one running at any given time. The contestant is shown a text prompt or a picture of something associated with the challenged opponent’s topic and must identify it. Multiple guesses are allowed, and the contestant must give a correct answer in order to stop their own clock and turn the next question over to the opponent whose clock then starts. Contestants may pass on a picture if desired, but incur a three-second penalty before the next one is shown to them.
The first contestant whose clock runs out is eliminated from the game with no winnings, and the victorious opponent claims all territory held by that person in addition to their own. Their allocated topic is now whichever topic was not played in the duel. They may then either challenge another adjacent opponent with a duel on that opponent’s topic, or return to the floor; in the latter case, a new contestant is chosen at random.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who has claimed the most territory wins a cash prize. The last contestant standing at the end of the season takes the entire floor and wins the grand prize.
The American version featured 81 contestants on a 9x9 floor grid in its first season, an episode prize of $20,000, and a grand prize of $250,000 for the season winner. Players who have already dueled are excluded from the random selection, unless all remaining players have already won a duel. All seasons since season 2 featured 100 contestants on a 10x10 floor grid, and added a 5-second time bonus for any contestant winning 3 duels in a row. All seasons since season 2 feature a best of 3 match for the final duel, allowing all assigned topics to play. In Season 4, contestants who achieve three consecutive duel victories will be able to choose to steal a category from another player or receive a time boost. In addition, one space will be secretly designated as the "Golden Square", which will reward a $10,000 bonus to whoever wins a duel after the category from that square is challenged. In Season 5 the "Territory Freeze" was introduced for the player who won the most duels by the middle of the season. From this point, no one can challenge this player; the territory will be unfrozen after all players have dueled at least once.
International versions Country Title Premiere date Series Season Year(s) aired Winner(s) Presenter(s) Broadcaster The Floor 28 October 2026 1 2026 Upcoming season Mustafa Agha MBC1 19 August 2024 1 2024-25 Cycle 1: IvoCycle 2: EnriqueCycle 3: JonathanCycle 4: LautaroCycle 5: AgustínCycle 6: AgostinaCycle 7: HernánCycle 8: AmparoCycle 9: BrendaCycle 10: EzequielCycle 11: MirandaCycle 12: LaraCycle 13: TomásCycle 14: SofíaCycle 15: MónicaCycle 16: RodrigoCycle 17: BárbaraCycle 18: FranciscoCycle 19: JuanCycle 20: ElizabethCycle 21: NicolásCycle 22: SebastiánCycle 23: GonzaloCycle 24: Hernán Guido Kaczka El Trece The Floor 28 April 2025 1 2025 Patrick Neasey Rodger Corser Nine Network 2 2026 Alex PalmerThe Floor 2026 Finale Winner: The Floor rivals to start a family together after $200k win in ultimate twist of fate | Season 2 Exclusive 3 TBA Upcoming season () The Floor 5 October 2024 1 2024 Jelle VTM 2 2026 Abdel The Floor: Превземи играта 21 February 2026 1 2026 Diana Blazheva Julian Kostov NOVA The Floor Chile 16 March 2025 1 2025 Cycle 1: AndrésCycle 2: KarinaCycle 3: FabiánCycle 4: BenjamínCycle 5: CristóbalCycle 6: RicardoCycle 7: FranciscoCycle 8: Jaime LynchCycle 9: Jaime GonzálezCycle 10: ValentinaCycle 11: José LuisCycle 12: IvánCycle 13: Camila Adad TVN The Floor 1 2027 Upcoming season TV Nova 15 March 2025 1 Spring 2025 Jens Vestergaard Lise Rønne TV 2 Charlie 2 Autumn 2025 Mads 3(celebrity edition) Jakob Fauerby 4 2026 Jens The Floor — valluta võidupõrand 8 September 2025 1 2025 Cycle 1: Silver JõffertCycle 2: Madleen VapperCycle 3: Riivo LehisteCycle 4: Jaagup TreppCycle 5: Holger SirelCycle 6: Karl Hendrik KõivaCycle 7: Elerile Kang Cycle 8: Siret TuulaCycle 9: Marit ElvastCycle 10: Aarne ToomCycle 11: Arnold VeltmannCycle 12: Georg-Mihkel Kodi Roald Johannson TV3 5 March 2025 1 2025 Ossi Hentunen Janne Kataja MTV3 2 TBA Upcoming season The Floor, à la conquête du sol 30 December 2023 1 2023-24 Angélique Luders Cyril Féraud France 2 2 2024-25 Nicolas 3 2025-26 Christophe4 2026 Sara 5 TBA Upcoming season The Floor 29 February 2024 1 2024 Jan Matthias Opdenhövel Sat.1 2 2025 Leslie The Floor 17 October 2025 1 2025 Andreas Tsemperlidis Giorgos Lianos Skai TV 2 Winter 2026 Stefanos Limnaios 3 Spring 2026 Vicky Spyropoulou 6 May 2024 1 2024 RTL 2025Tisztára, mint a Kincsvadászok: már a The Floor is ismétlésekkel jelentkezik Cycle 6: Gergő Meszlényi 2 2026Emlékeztető: The Floor – Csak egy maradhat 2. évad (folytatás) - Sorozatjunkie 3 2027 Upcoming season 13 April 2025 1 Spring 2025 Lavi Miednik Reshef Levi KAN 11 2 Summer 2025 Benjamin Eliash 3 Autumn 2025 Maya Motola 4 2026 Current season 2 January 2024 1 Winter 2024 Remo Sciutto Ciro Priello and Fabio Balsamo Rai 2 2 Autumn 2024 Paolo Casa 3 2026 Agnese PrimoThe Floor, il Salento fa festa: Agnese Primo vince 100mila euro Paola Perego and The Floor 28 March 2026 Special edition Spring 2026Shinya Kote Junichi OkadaNippon TV1 Autumn 2026 Upcoming season The Floor — Pārņem laukumu 21 February 2026 1 2026 Cycle 1: Beāte LielmaneCycle 2: Toms AkmensCycle 3: Jānis RomanovskisEmīls Balceris TV3 Užvaldyk aikštelę. The Floor 1 March 2026 1 2026 Cycle 1: Audrius StrabulisCycle 2: Audrius Cycle 3: Paulius Ke. Marijonas Mikutavičius TV3 8 January 2023 1 2023 Robin RTL 4 2 2024 Rachel 3 Winter 2025 HildeCelebrity edition: Thomas van Luyn 4 Summer 2025 Lars Carlo Boszhard 5 2026 Gwen 20 May 2025 1 Spring 2025 Jakub Dominiak TVN 2 Autumn 2025 Cycle 1: Karolina Ziółkowska-BagdzińskaCycle 2: Natalia WychowaniakCycle 3: Monika Bańdurska 3 Spring 2026 Cycle 1: Michał KupisCelebrity edition: Maria JeleniewskaCycle 2: Jacek PietruszkiewiczCycle 3: Kamila Sitarska 4 Autumn 2026 Cycle 1: Current seriesCycle 2: Upcoming series The Floor 14 September 2024 1 2024 João Grilo Vasco Palmeirim RTP1 2 2025 Pedro Silva 3 2026 Current season 14 September 2024 1 2024 Cycle 1: AlexCycle 2: EduardCycle 3: OliverCycle 4: Ilinca Dan Negru Kanal D 2 2025 Denis 3 Spring 2026 Cycle 1: FranciscCycle 2: Diana 4 Autumn 2026 Cycle 1: Current series The Floor 6 September 2023 1 2023 Mireia Gil Antena 3 2 2025 Mercedes Evangelista Chenoa La 1 3 2026 Geraldine Pérez 4 TBA Upcoming season 4 September 2024 1 2024 Ulf Ödesjö Anders Jansson and Erik Ekstrand Kanal 5Max Alan 13 June 2024 1 2024 Cycle 1: Begüm RabiaCycle 2: Berkin Oktay Kaynarca ATV ПолеPole 7 March 2024 1 Spring 2024 Anna Monastyrova Novyi Kanal 2 Autumn 2024 Cycle 1: Anastasiia Malieieva Cycle 2: Vitaliia Pohrebniak Cycle 3: Vasyl Polishchuk 3 2025 Cycle 1: Viktoriia KostCycle 2: Mykhailo OsadchyiCycle 3: Olha Popova The Floor 4 January 2026 1 2026 Stephen Stanley Rob Brydon ITV 2 2027 Upcoming series The Floor 2 January 2024 1 Winter 2024 Jacquelyn Kenny Rob Lowe Fox 2 Autumn 2024 Keelan von Ehrenkrook 3 Spring 2025 Steven Havens 4 Autumn 2025 Ashley Washburn 5 Spring 2026 Lauren Wise Samet6Autumn 2026Current season The Floor, la conquista 12 March 2025 1 2025 Cycle 1: Verónica PennaCycle 2: Javier GutiérrezCycle 3: Florencia BálsamoCycle 4: Eduardo Espinosa Aldo Cauteruccio Teledoce
Unlicensed versions Country Title Premiere date Series Season Year(s) aired Winner(s) Presenter(s) Broadcaster Один на один 1 2026 Upcoming season Pavel Filimonov ONT مسابقه صدThe 100 10 September 2025 1 2025-26 Cycle 1: Reza AhmadiCycle 2: Mohammad Reza PanahlouCycle 3: Forough NaderiCycle 4: Aliasghar RezaeiCycle 5: Mohammad AhmadbeikiCycle 6: Ahmadreza Siyahi Hadi Hejazifar IRIB TV3
See also List of television game show franchises
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