Weakest link
Weakest Link is a game show for television . The format was developed by BBC Entertainment and first aired in the UK on August 14, 2000 on BBC Two . With 98 broadcast countries, the show is the second most successful internationally after Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Gameplay
Nine candidates are asked a question one after the other that they have to answer. Candidates receive points for each correctly answered question. Before being asked the question, they can say "Bank" to earn points. After each round all candidates have to write the name of their worst opponent on a sign. Whoever is named most often has to leave the game. In the end, there are two candidates left who fight against each other for the points in the final.
history
The format was developed by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning on behalf of BBC Entertainment. Weakest Link was licensed to television networks in 98 countries, but only the Croatian version was as successful as the British original.
In Germany, the format was broadcast on RTL under the title The weakest flies , moderated by Sonja Zietlow .
International editions
Legend: Currently on broadcast Broadcast ends Broadcast planned
| country | Surname | Moderator | TV channel | Prize money | First broadcast | Last broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab world |
الحلقة الأضعف al-ḥalqa al-aḍʿaf |
Rita Khoury | Future Television | US $ 16,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
 Australia
|
The Weakest Link | Cornelia Frances | Seven Network | A $ 100,000 | February 2001 | April 2002 |
 Azerbaijan
|
Zəif vol | Kamila Babayeva | Lider TV | AZN 9,000 (Formerly AZM 45,000,000) | 2004 | 2006 |
| Solmaz Suleymanli | 2012 | 2014 | ||||
 Belgium
|
De Zwakste Schakel | Goedele Liekens | VTM | 2,000,000 BEF | 2001 | |
 Brazil
|
Ponto Fraco | Fausto Silva | TV Globo | R $ 1,000,000 | 2001 | |
 Chile
|
El Rival Más Débil | Catalina Pulido | Canal 13 | CL $ 40,000,000 | 2004 | |
 People's Republic of China
|
汰 弱 留 强 · 智者 为 王 Tài ruò liú qiáng · zhìzhě wéi wáng |
Chen Lu Yu | Nanjing TV | CN200,000 | 2002 | 2004 |
|
智者 为 王 Zhìzhě wéi wáng |
Shen Bing | |||||
| Xia Qing | ||||||
 Czech Republic
|
Nejslabší! Máte padáka! | Zuzana Slaviková | TV Nova | Kč1,000,000 | 2002 | 2004 |
 Croatia
|
Najslabija karika | Nina Violic | HRT1 | kn 90,000 | 2004 | 2010 |
| Daniela Trbović | ||||||
 Denmark
|
Det Svageste Led | Trine Gregorius | DR1 | KR200,000 | 2001 | 2002 |
 Estonia
|
Nõrgim lüli | Tuuli Roosma | Channel 2 | 500,000 kr | 2004 | |
 Finland
|
Heikoin Lenkki | Kirsi Salo | MTV3 | € 15,000 | 2002 | 2005 |
| Riku Nieminen | Cloves | € 16,000 | 2017 | |||
 France
|
Le Maillon weakness | Laurence Boccolini | TF1 | 150,000F € 20,000 € 50,000 |
July 9, 2001 | August 12, 2007 |
| Julien Courbet | D8 | € 45,000 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
 Georgia
|
სუსტი რგოლი Susti Rgoli |
Nino Burduli | Rustavi 2 | ლ 10,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
 Germany
|
The weakest flies | Sonja Zietlow | RTL Television | DM 50,000 | March 19, 2001 | March 2002 |
| € 50,000 | ||||||
 Greece
|
Ο Πιο Αδύναμος Κρίκος O Pio Adynamos Krikos |
Elena Akrita | MEGA | ₯ 5,000,000 | 2001 | 2003 |
| € 15,000 | ||||||
 Hong Kong
|
一筆 OUT 消 Jatl batl OUT siu1 |
Carol Cheng | TVB Jade | HK $ 3,000,000 | August 20, 2001 | January 18, 2002 |
 Hungary
|
A Leggyengébb Láncszem | Krisztina Máté | TV2 | 3,000,000 HUF | 2001 | 2004 |
| Nincs Kegyelem | 6,000,000 HUF | |||||
 India
|
Kamzor Kadii Kaun | Neena Gupta | Star Plus | Rs. 2,500,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
 Ireland
|
The Weakest Link | Eamon Dunphy | TV3 | € 10,000 | 2001 | 2002 |
 Israel
|
החוליה החלשה HaChulia HaChalasha |
Pnina Dvorin | Channel 10 | ₪ 100,000 | 2002 | 2004 |
| Hana Laszlo | ₪ 90,000 | |||||
 Italy
|
Anello Debole | Enrico Papi | Italia 1 | € 15,000 | 2001 | |
 Japan
|
ウ ィ ー ケ ス ト リ ン ク ☆ 一 人 勝 ち の 法則 Uikesutorinku hitori-gachi no hosoku |
Shiro Ito | Fuji TV | JP ¥ 16,000,000 | 2002 | |
 North Macedonia
|
Најслаба алка Najslaba Alka |
Zivkica Gjurcinovska | Alfa TV | 420,000 MKD | 2010 | 2011 |
 Malaysia
|
Weakest link | Sekilara Kiramila | RTM | RM80,000 | 2003 | 2009 |
 Mexico
|
El Rival Más Debil | Montserrat Ontiveros | Azteca Trece | MX $ 200,000 | 2003 | 2008 |
| Lolita Cortés | July 27, 2013 | September 7, 2013 | ||||
| May 26, 2014 | ||||||
 Moldova
|
Veriga Slaba | Andrei Gheorghe | Channel 1 | 1,000,000 MDL | 200? | 2009 |
 Netherlands
|
De Zwakste Schakel | Chazia Mourali | RTL 4 | € 10,000 | 2001 | 2004 |
 New Zealand
|
The Weakest Link | Louise Wallace | TV One | NZ $ 20,000 | July 2001 | March 2002 |
 Norway
|
Det Svakeste Ledd | Anne Grosvold | NRK | KR200,000 | 2004 | |
 Philippines
|
Weakest link | Edu Manzano | IBC | PHP 1,000,000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Allan K. | ||||||
 Poland
|
Najsłabsze Ogniwo | Kazimiera Szczuka | TVN | 27,000 zł | 2004 | 2006 |
 Portugal
|
O Elo Mais Fraco | Julia Pinheiro | RTP1 | € 10,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Luisa Castel-Branco | ||||||
| Pedro Granger | 2011 | 2012 | ||||
 Romania
|
Lanţul Slăbiciunilor | Andrei Gheorghe | Pro TV | lei 50,000 | 2001 | |
 Russia
|
Слабое Звено | Maria Kisseljowa | PLACE | RUB300,000 RUB400,000 RUB350,000 RUB1,000,000 |
2001 | 2005 |
| Nikolai Fomenko | Channel 5 | RUB350,000 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
 Serbia
|
Najslabija Karika | Sandra Lalatović | BKTV | RSD 5,000,000 | 2002 | 2006 |
 Singapore
|
智者 生存 Zhizhe shengcun |
Yvette Cui (Cui Lixin) | MediaCorp TV Channel 8 | S $ 100,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Weakest link | Asha Gill | MediaCorp TV Channel 5 | S $ 1,000,000 | |||
 Slovenia
|
Najšibkejši Člen | Violeta Tomič | SLO 1 | 2,400,000 SIT | 2003 | 2005 |
 South Africa
|
Weakest link | Fiona Coyne | SABC3 | R 50,000 | 2003 | 2008 |
| R 100,000 | ||||||
 Spain
|
El Rival Más Débil | Nuria González | TVE1 | € 7,200 | 2002 | 2004 |
| Carmel Aranburu | TVE2 | |||||
 Sweden
|
Svagaste Länken | Kajsa Ingemarsson | TV4 | 100,000 kr | 2011 | 2013 |
 Taiwan
|
Weakest Link 智者 生存 Weakest Link zhizhe shengcun |
Belle Yu | STAR Chinese Channel | NT $ 400,000 | 2001 | 2003 |
| Tseng Yang Qing | ||||||
 Thailand
|
Weakest Link กำจัด จุดอ่อน Weakest Link Kacad cudxxn |
Krittika Kongsompong | ThaiTV 3 | ฿ 1,000,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
 Turkey
|
En Zayif Halka | Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver | Show TV | 100 billion TL | 2001 | 2002 |
| TBA [obsolete] | Channel D | TBA [obsolete] | 2014 | |||
 United Kingdom
|
The Weakest Link | Anne Robinson | BBC | £ 10,000 | August 14, 2000 | March 31, 2012 |
| £ 50,000 | ||||||
 United States
|
Weakest link | Anne Robinson | NBC | US $ 1,000,000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| George Gray | Syndication | US $ 75,000 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
| US $ 100,000 | ||||||