| 10 Ka Dum | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Created by | Big Synergy |
| Presented by | Salman Khan |
| Opening theme | "10 Ka Dum" by Sajid-Wajid |
| Country of origin | India |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Siddharth Basu |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 43 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sony Entertainment Television (India) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | June 6, 2008 – October 17, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
10 Ka Dum (Hindi for "Power of 10") is an Indian version of the popular international reality game show Power of 10, and airs on Sony Entertainment Television (India). The show is hosted by popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan. According to reports, the show helped Sony TV regain its third position in the Indian television ratings.[1]
Contents |
The Game consists of two different rounds:
1st Round: in the first round, 2 Contestants compete against each other in a best three-out-of-five format in which they are asked a 'Poll Question' and asked to provide a whole percentage number that most closely approximates the exact survey poll answer for the question. The contestant whose answers' are closest to the poll results for 3 out of 5 national survey questions wins the 'First-Round'. The Contestant who loses is then eliminated from the game.
2nd Round: the Contestant who wins the first-round plays the game to win up to Rs. 10,00,00,000/- (10 Crore Rupees) by trying to correctly approximate the survey's results within a narrowing percentage range for up to 4 poll questions. In this round, the contestant was given similar questions, and placed a range on a scale from 0% to 100% that included the correct answer (for example, if the answer was 53%, then the contestant's range must have included 53%). The size of the range decreased as the money values increased:
For the first 3 poll questions, the correct answer to the question was revealed once the contestant locked-in an answer by pulling down a lever. For the 4th question of Rs.1,00,00,000, the correct answer was revealed only-if the contestant's range missed the question. And if the question was answered correctly, the contestant was then given the chance to win Rs.10,00,00,000 by picking the exact percentage (rounded to the nearest 1%) out of that 10% range (11 choices in all). In addition, the Contestant has the opportunity to consult with his/her designated supporter before deciding whether to Lock-In a response at the Rs.10,00,00,000 prize level. Also, as with the lower prize levels, the Contestant may elect to take the walk-away prize for the Rs.10,00,00,000 (Ten Crore Rupees) prize level i.e. Rs. 10,00,000 (Ten Lakhs Rupees) and terminate the game prior to locking in a response. However, if the contestant decides to lock in a response, the response cannot be changed, and the Contestant no longer has the option of taking the walk-away prize of Rs.1,00,00,000 (One Crore Rupees). If the contestant locks in a response, the survey result for the poll question is than revealed. If the survey's result is exactly the same as the Contestant’s response, the Contestant is than awarded Rs.10,00,00,000 (Ten Crore Rupees). But, if the survey's result is not exactly the same as the Contestant’s response, the Contestant will be awarded Rs.10,00,000 (Ten Lakhs Rupees).
| Question # | Prize Level (in Rupees) | Range (in %) | Walk-Away Prize | Prize If Wrong |
| 1 | 10,000 | 40 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 2 | 1,00,000 | 30 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 3 | 10,00,000 | 20 | 1,00,000 | 10,000 |
| 4 | 1,00,00,000 | 10 | 10,00,000 | 1,00,000 |
| 5 | 10,00,00,000 | 1 | 1,00,00,000 | 10,00,000 |
| Celebrity Contestants | Contestants who won 1 crore or 10 crores | Contestants who won 1 crore or 10 crores and are celebrity |
| Contestant Name | Episode # | Date Premiered (2008) |
Winning Amount | Eliminated Contestant (in 1st Round) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akshata Tiwarekar | 1 | June 6 | Rs.1,00,000 | Wamika Ghai |
| Nandini Biswas | 2 | June 7 | Rs.1,00,000 | Utkarsh Marwah |
| Bawbin Kumar | 2/3 | June 7/June 13 | Rs.10,00,000 | Kamal Asif |
| Zeeba Khan | 3 | June 13 | Rs.10,000 | Pooja Shah |
| Yuvraj Singh | 4 | June 14 | Rs.1,00,00,000 | Harbhajan Singh |
| Hiren Ambegaokar | 5 | June 20 | Rs.1,00,000 | Habib Mithiborwala |
| Navin Rao | 5/6 | June 20/June 21 | Rs.10,00,000 | Saif Ullah |
| Aditya Prabhu | 6/7 | June 21/June 27 | Rs.1,00,000 | Sourangsu Ghosh |
| Manpreet Singh | 7/8 | June 27/July 28 | Rs.1,00,000 | Laxmi Narayan Tripathi |
| Prerna Gandhi | 8 | June 28 | Rs.10,00,000 | Lalita Narayan |
| Aamir Khan | 9 | July 4 | Rs.1,00,00,000 | Imran Khan |
| Karishma Mehta | 10 | July 5 | Rs.10,00,000 | Monika Dutta |
| Manish Bharadwaj | 10/11 | July 5/July 11 | Rs.1,000 | Rosy Singh |
| Susanta Raut | 11 | July 11 | Rs.1,000 | Ronita Sharma |
| Sonia | 12 | July 12 | Rs.10,00,000 | |
| Manpreet Chadda | 12/13 | July 12/July 18 | Rs.10,000 | Gopikishan Mishra |
| Subrata Kar | 13/14 | July 18/July 19 | Rs.10,00,000 | Ghanshyam Baman |
| Jagjeet Singh | 14 | July 19 | Rs.10,00,000 | Bushra Shaikh |
| Govinda | 15 | July 25 | Rs.10,00,000 | David Dhawan |
| Ashish Pandey | 16 | July 26 | Rs.10,00,000 | Nusrat Patel |
| Neetu Singh | 16/17 | July 26/August 1 | Rs.100 | Preeti Sharma |
| Sanjay Ghatak | 17 | August 1 | Rs.100 | Priyanka Dey |
| Kumud Bajaj | 17/18 | August 1/August 2 | Rs.1,000 | Neha Saxena |
| Vishal Netke | 18 | August 2 | Rs.10,00,000 | Siddharth Tiwari |
| Afsana Khan | 19 | August 8 | Rs.10,000 | Anoop Thakur |
| Anita Kumari | 19/20 | August 8/August 9 | Rs.10,00,000 | Paresh Dhakaani |
| Vipula Raina | 20 | August 9 | Rs.1,00,00,000 | Poonam Sharma |
| Ranbir Kapoor | 21 | August 15 | Rs.1,00,000 | Deepika Padukone; also Minissha Lamba (Helper) |
| Akshay Kumar | 22 | August 16 | Rs.1,00,000 | Katrina Kaif |
| Bobby Deol | 23 | August 22 | Rs.1,00,000 | Priyanka Chopra |
| Raj Devi | 24 | August 23 | Rs.1,00,000 | Jaya Reddy |
| Nikhil Vora | 24/25 | August 23/August 29 | Rs.10,00,000 | Chinta Mani Mishra |
| Chirag Shah | 25 | August 29 | Rs.10,000 | Tumal Shinde |
| Jeetendra | 26 | August 30 | Rs.10,00,000 | Tusshar Kapoor |
| Piya Sharma | 27 | September 5 | Rs.10,00,000 | Tarunpreet Bedi |
| Arbaaz Khan | 28 | September 6 | Rs.1,00,000 | Sohail Khan |
| Maya Mehta | 29 | September 12 | Rs.10,00,000 | Atul Solanki |
| Kailash Kher | 30 | September 13 | None | Anu Malik |
| Shakeel Siddiqui | 31 (Finale) |
September 14 | Rs.10,000 | Rakhi Sawant |
| Rani Mukherji | 31 (Finale) |
September 14 | Rs.10,00,000 | Lara Dutta |
Note:
Aamir Khan appeared on the July 4th episode. The 1 Crore question he was asked was: What percentage of Indian men think they are more intelligent than women? He dialed in a range between 91% and 100%. The correct answer was in the range, thus he won 1 Crore. He quit the show and didn't gamble for 10 Crore, but dialed in a guess of 57%. The exact percentage to the question was indeed 57%, so he would've won the jackpot of 10 Crore had he played on.
| Celebrity Contestants | Contestants who won 1 crore or 10 crores | Contestants who won 1 crore or 10 crores and are celebrity |
| Contestant Name | Episode # | Date Premiered (2009) |
Winning Amount | Eliminated Contestant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareena Kapoor | 1 | May 30 | Rs.10,00,000 | Karishma Kapoor |
| Daler Mehndi | 2 | June 6 | Rs.10,00,000 | Mika Singh |
| Darsheel Safary | 3 | June 13 | Rs.1,00,000 | Tanay Chheda |
| Katrina Kaif | 4 | June 20 | Rs.10,00,000 | Neil Nitin Mukesh |
| Vijendra Kumar | 5 | June 27 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Malika Sherawat |
| Sunny Deol | 6 | July 4 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Dharmendra |
| Kangana Ranaut | 7 | July 11 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Pandit Janardan |
| Shilpa Shetty | 8 | July 18 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Irfan Pathan |
| Sunil Mishra | 9 | July 25 | Rs. 10,000 | Priyanka Shukla |
| Farah Khan | 10 | August 1 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Deepika Padukone |
| Sanjay Dutt | 11 | August 8 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Jackie Shroff |
| Dutta Pangare (Dabba Wala) | 12 | August 15 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Meena Bhoir(Macchi Wali) |
| Kapil Dev | 13 | August 22 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
| Ragini Khanna & Ratan Rajput | 14 | August 29 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Sara Khan & Tina Dutta |
| Sunil Shetty | 15 | September 5 | Rs.10,00,000 | Javed Jaffrey & Aftab Shivdasani |
| Rani Mukerjee | 16 | September 12 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Shahid Kapoor |
| Boney Kapoor & Sri Devi | 17 | September 19 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Prabhu Deva & Ayesha Takia Azmi |
| Ritesh Deshmukh | 18 | September 26 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Govinda & David Dhawan |
| Shatrughan Sinha | 19 | October 3 | Rs. 10,000 | Hema Malini |
| Himesh Reshammiya | 20 | October 10 | Rs. 1,00,000 | Sonal Sehgal & Shenaz Treasurywala |
| Ajay Devgan | 21 - Grand Finale | October 17 | Rs. 10,00,000 | Fardeen Khan |
Note:The 'Grand Finale' of 10 Ka Dum Season 2 aired on October 17, 2009. Guests were Ajay Devgan and Fardeen Khan, promoting their upcoming film All The Best: Fun Begins; other guests were from Sony TV's popular shows: Indian Idol 1's winner Abhijeet Sawant, popular comedians Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lahiri from Comedy Circus, & cast of Sony Entertainment Television series C.I.D.
The show was extremely popular and was at number one spot in ratings in India. It garnered an average TVR of 2.81 and a peak rating of 4.5, leaving behind Shahrukh Khan's Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tej hai? with an average rating of 1.37 TVR and a peak rating of 2.3 and Hrithik Roshan's Junoon — Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka on NDTV Imagine with an average TVR of 0.76 and a peak rating of 1.1[2]
This Show was an adapted version of:
| Country | Name | Host | Channel | Premiere | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Power of 10 | Drew Carey | CBS | August 7, 2007 | English |
Indian Telly Awards 2008 and 2009
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