Turn It Up (game show)
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Turn it Up was a musical game show on the MTV network. It was the second game show to be produced & broadcast on MTV.
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[edit] Broadcast History
The show lasted for seven months, from June 30, 1990 - December 7, 1990.
[edit] Personnel
Turn it Up, was hosted by Jordan Brady, and was co-hosted & announced by Stuffy Shmitt, whom also provided music along with his band Zombo Combo.
[edit] Gameplay
Three contestants tested their musical knowledge in this short-lived game show.
[edit] Rounds 1 & 2
In each round, four categories each with three point values (10, 20 & 30 points) were displayed on a video wall. The player in control selected a category, then host Brady asked a question. The first player to ring-in had a chance to answer. A correct answer added the chosen points to the score, and chose another category & point value, but an incorrect answer gave the opposing player a chance to answer.
Round one was played with normal music questions, while round two was played with audio/video clips using the video wall.
At one point in the round, a horn would go off , indicating that there's one minute left in the round. The round ends when all 12 questions were asked or if time runs out (the band would play the theme song, signaling that the round was over).
The two high-scorers at the end of round two goes on to play the final round called "Add-A-Track".
[edit] Add-A-Track (Final Round)
In this final round called "Add-A-Track", the two surviving players listened to four songs for two minutes (30 seconds per song). On each song, only one musical instrument played the song, with a new one added every five seconds. As soon as he/she know what the song is, the player rings in. If correct, that player gets the points plus a prize, if wrong the opposing player got a shot.
Each song had a different point value:
- 1st song - 25 points
- 2nd song - 50 points
- 3rd song - 75 points
- 4th song - 100 points
The scores from the previous two rounds were not carried over until after the round was over. When the round does end, the scores from the Add-A-Track round gets added the scores from the other two rounds, and the player with a most points won the game and a prize. In addition, if a player got all four songs in the Add-A-Track round correctly, he/she won a grand prize.
