Giant numbers in red neon lights. Desks with first names, lined up as in The big animator competition. A bright decor, facing a giant screen… The set of 10 out of 10, how much do you put it’s a real eye-catcher.
A rare occurrence on television, the new game of TF1 produced and presented by Arthur, is an original creation, adapted from the French board game How much do you wear? sold more than 500,000 copies. “I didn’t know the game a few months ago but I immediately loved the concept of self-assessmentthe television man explains to us. We bought the rights from the creators but we adapted the rest. »
In How much do you put on?participants earn points by answering questions on topics as varied as socks, threads or potatoes. Judging their own knowledge of the subject, players rate themselves from 1 to 10 and answer a question at the level of the given number. 1 corresponding to CP level questions and 10, to university level.
The two worst participants are eliminated at the end of each of the three rounds of play, which also include visual or timed tests. The two finalists then compete in a points auction system. The key for the celebrities who participate? A simple trophy and a lot of frustration. “As the game progresses, they no longer laugh, continue Arthur. This game is the temple of regrets. They spend the evening regretting not having taken the level above or having found the answers of others without correctly answering their own. Some left very angry, they are all in. »
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Celebrities at the heart of the quiz
And the viewer is too, since he can try to respond behind his screen to this game which does not require much general knowledge. So much so that we would have loved to see the quiz be adapted into a daily version, with anonymous people. Unfortunately, the only downside of this version is to once again find well-known faces of the channel behind the desks. “The concept lends itself to the moodArthur justifies. So when we know a personality, we react more if they screw up, if they make jokes or if they are bad players for example. »
During this first evening of terribly effective and addictive gaming, Michel Boujenah, Anne Roumanoff, Isabelle Ithurburu, Christophe Beaugrand, Camille Cerf, Philippe Lellouche, Mathieu Madénian, Karima Charni, Alex Vizorek and Booder will compete on the board. In the second issue, already shot, we will find Valérie Damidot, Frank Leboeuf, Jean-Luc Lemoine, Eli Semoun, Chris Marques, Bruno Guillon, Laurie Perret, Sandrine Quetier, Florent Peyre and a hilarious Chantal Ladesou, still as lost as ever. his habit in the rules of the game.
As for Arthur, will we soon see him at the helm of another entertainment? The host smiles: “I would have loved to relaunch Take it or leave it (which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year) but the rights no longer belong to me. Otherwise, I don’t know if it would work today, but I would love to do a special event around The fury… »
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