Yet another version of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” a Fox TV show is being replicated with the name of “Kya aap panchvi pass se tez hain” in India. Originally started from United States the show has been a great hit and been replicated in many foreign countries with same or modified titles. With a simple format of asking grade school level questions to adults the show is a great hit with a prize money of 5 crore for Indian public. The indian version known as “Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hain” is not been started yet but the enthusiasm and excitement is piling up for the Indian audiences.Talking of the Game structure for “Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hain” is pretty unclear in the entertainment arena the darken air will clear only when show goes on air. But being hosted by king shahruk khan the game is a must hit and will record all the TRP’s in India.
Will “Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hain” format be same as “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader”!
Talking of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” game format in United states is like a game played by a single contestant who earns money by answering simple trivial question and go up the money ladder. The contestant is presented and entered in textbook for the grade level for the particular question. The question formats are some true/false or some questions to be answered without any options. Moving up the money ladder with each question a final question at each level moves them to the next level of the game show.
At any point of time contestant can quit the game show by seeing the question. But for final question the contestant have to quit after seeing the subject, if they agree to see the question then they have to answer it. Adding excitement to the game show are five “classmates” who secretly writes there answer for each question and some times the host of the show creates tension in the mind of contestant by mismatching the answers of classmate and contestant. But classmates are there for the help of contestant. Contestant can choose one class mate to answer any two question for him as a help. And then a new classmate has to be selected.
Two “cheats” are provided by the selected classmate and each can be used onlye once. The contestant can also “peek” at the classmate paper and can see the answer of selected classmate before they give their own (once contestant peek then they must have to answer). Also contestant have the facility to “copy” the classmate answer, once he copies the answer is automatically locked.
In addition to these a “save” option is provided to the contestant which is in the play once contestant give their first wrong answer. If classmate of the contestant have written the right answer then he can save the contestant otherwise contestant loses the game and wins nothing. Nothing means if they havent answered the first five questions correctly and reaches a safe first zone in money ladder.
The cheat is not allowed for the final question of every level. once all the three cheats are used the classmate goes back to the group and contestant is left with no option of selecting another classmate. But to create tension in the environment classmates continue to write the answers. And before leaving the game show by quitting or answering incorrectly the contestant have to profess to the camera “I am not smarter than a fifth grader.”
This was the format of the famouns game show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” and everyone is guessing what will be the format of Indian version “Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hain”.
The various version of show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” all over the globe is :
Country
Name
Host
Channel
Premiere
Language
Argentina
¿Sabés más que un chico de 5to grado?
Andrea Frigerio and Pablo Granados
América (Channel 2)
July 9, 2007
Spanish
Australia
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?[2]
Rove McManus
Network Ten
September 26, 2007
English
Austria
Dreizehn
Christian Clerici
ORF1
September 27, 2007
German
Belgium
Slimmer Dan Een Kind Van 10?
Goedele Liekens
VT4
September 6, 2007
Dutch
Êtes-vous plus malin qu’un enfant de primaire ?
Alain Simons
RTL-TVI
September 6, 2007
French
Bulgaria
Това го знае всяко хлапе![3]
Ivan & Andrei
bTV
September 15, 2007
Bulgarian
Brazil
Você é Mais Esperto Que um Aluno da Quinta Série?[4]
Silvio Santos
SBT
September 23, 2007
Portuguese
CanadaQuebec
Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?[5]
Colin Mochrie
Global
October 25, 2007
English
(Unknown title: in production)[6]
Charles Lafortune
TVA
Fall 2008
French
Colombia
¿Sabes más que un niño de primaria?
Jose Gabriel Ortiz
Caracol TV
February 20, 2008
Spanish
Czech Republic
Jsi chytřejší než páťák?
Michal Suchánek & Richard Genzer
TV Nova
2007
Czech
Denmark
Er Du Klogere End En 10-Årig?
Jan Gintberg
TV3
September 22, 2007
Danish
France
Êtes vous plus fort qu’un élève de 10 ans?
Roland Magdane
M6
September 3, 2007
French
Germany
Das weiß doch jedes Kind![7]
Cordula Stratmann
Sat.1
July 6, 2007
German
Greece
Είσαι πιο έξυπνος από ένα δεκάχρονο;[8]
Sofia Aliberti
ANT1
January 19, 2008
Greek
Hong Kong
係咪小兒科
TBA
TVB
2008
Cantonese
India
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
Shahrukh Khan
STAR Plus
2008
Hindi
Hungary
Okosabb vagy, mint egy 5.-es?[9]
Attila Till
TV2
August 24, 2007
Hungarian
Iceland
Ertu skarpari en skólakrakki?
Gunnar Hansson
Skjár 1
October 21, 2007
Icelandic
Israel
?’האם אתה חכם יותר מתלמיד כיתה ו
Eyal Kitzis
Channel 2
July 2007
Hebrew
Italy
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Latvia
Vai tu esi gudrāks par piektklasnieku?
Māris Olte
TV3
September 8, 2007
Latvian
Lithuania
Penktokų iššūkis
Andrius Rožickas
TV3
September 2, 2007
Lithuanian
Netherlands
Ben je slimmer dan een kind?
Erik van der Hoff
Net 5
September 2, 2007
Dutch
New Zealand
Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?[10]
Dominic Bowden
TV2
September 9, 2007
English
Philippines
Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?
Janno Gibbs
GMA Network
October 27, 2007
Filipino and English
Poland
Czy jesteś mądrzejszy od 5-klasisty?
Robert Korólczyk
TV Puls/FOX Polska
October 29, 2007
Polish
Portugal
Sabe Mais Do Que Um Miúdo De 10 Anos?
Jorge Gabriel
RTP1
September 17, 2007
Portuguese
Romania
Te crezi mai destept decat un copil de clasa a 5-a?
Virgil Iantu
Prima TV
Unknown
Romanian
Russia
Кто умнее 5-классника?
Alexandr Pushnoy
STS
December 9, 2007
Russian
Serbia
Da li ste pametniji od đaka petaka?
Voja Nedeljković
Fox
September 2007
Serbian
Slovakia
Ste chytrejší ako piatak?
Peter Marcin
TV Markiza
2007
Slovak
South Africa
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?[11]
Soli Philander
M-Net
January 27, 2008
English
Spain
¿Sabes más que un niño de primaria?
Ramón García
Antena 3
July 2007
Spanish
Thailand
ถ้าคุณแน่? อย่าแพ้ ป.4!
Kanit Sarasin
Thai TV 3
October 1, 2007
Thai
Turkey
5′e Gidenden Akilli Misin?
Tolga Gariboğlu
STAR TV
June 2007
Turkish
United Kingdom
Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?[12]
Noel Edmonds
(primetime)
Dick & Dom
(daytime)
Sky One
October 7, 2007
(primetime)
November 12, 2007
(daytime)
Star Plus decided not to have Shahrukh khan at the press confernece of “Kya Aap PaanchviPaas Se Tez Hain?” at ITC, Parel. This was decided to keep the actor away from the hassle which was created in the Mumbai India after the arrest of MNS leader Raj Thackeray.Although Shahrukh khan absense was filled by Siddhart Basu director of the show. Conference had the unvieling of Logo for Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain? and Siddhart talked about
the show. Star Plus team apolosized from the Press team and promised thegreater moments of Interaction with king Khan.