Power of 10 (Australian game show)

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Power of 10

Format	Game show
Created by	Michael Davies
Presented by	Steven Jacobs
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	2 (6 unaired)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (Including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nine Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original run	March 31, 2008 – April 7, 2008

Power of 10 was an Australian game show which is based on the original American version created by Michael Davies. The game featured contestants guessing the correct percentage range of answers to polls which have been taken from surveys, for a chance to win a million dollars.

The Australian version of the show premiered on Monday March 31, 2008 at 7:30 pm on the Nine Network and is recorded in Melbourne's GTV-9 studios. The show was hosted by Today weatherman Steven Jacobs. This version followed the basic rules of the American version of the show, except with different safe levels, which are $100, $1000, $10,000 $100,000 and $1,000,000. There was no ten million dollar question as per the U.S. version.

Despite eight episodes being filmed and six episodes remaining to air, the series was axed on April 8, 2008 after the second episode only pulled 521,000 people across all five main capital cities, losing viewers to Channel Seven.^[1]

[edit] Format

Each game comprised of two rounds. The first round featured two contestants, who try to guess the percentages of people that said "yes" to a national poll. The person who guessed closest to the actual percentage earns a point and three points to a player guarantees them to the next round. The other player wins nothing. The winning contestant, on the other hand, also features as the sole player of the second round, when they have the chance to win one million Australian dollars. They are asked five questions similar to those in Round One. In questions 1-4 the contestant does not have to guess the exact percentage; they have to specify a percentage range in which the correct percentage must fall. The first question's range is 40 and decreases by 10 in each question. However on the fifth question they must guess the exact percentage to win $1,000,000.00. With every correct answer, the player's winnings increase 10x and when the percentage does not fall into the range, the game ends and they go home with one tenth of the cash that they had before their last question. To avoid this happening, the player, ONLY between questions, is allowed to quit the game with the winnings they have.

In any question except the million dollar question, if a contestant guessed the actual percentage, they won an instant $1000.