| TV Slagalica ТВ Слагалица |
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The opening screen showing the mascot, Skočko |
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| Format | Quiz show |
| Created by | RTS |
| Presented by | Danijela Pantić and Marija Veljković |
| Country of origin | Serbia |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Original channel | RTS1 |
| Original run | 22 November 1993 – Present |
TV Slagalica (Serbian Cyrillic: ТВ Слагалица; English: TV Puzzle) or simply Slagalica is Serbia’s longest-running quiz show produced by RTS and airs on RTS1. It's based on Countdown a UK game show. It first aired on November 22, 1993. It comprises 5 simple mind games (word, number and knowledge games). Contestants play for a spot in the quarter finals, semi finals and then the finals. Contestants win prizes as they progress.
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TV Slagalica is the longest-running quiz show which has survived competition from internationally created quiz shows with local production in Serbia (such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link).
The first show aired on November 22, 1993 under the name of Muzička Slagalica (English: Musical Puzzle). The producers changed over time, there have been a total of 20 hosts, 20 different games, 5.000 contestants, the air time has changed numerous times, the studio design has changed as well as the sponsors, prizes and the name (to TV Slagalica).
On April 7, 2006 the quiz aired its 3000th episode. Since May 2007 the show has started airing daily at 7.00PM Central European Time[1]. It has two female hosts: Danijela Pantić and Marija Veljković
The 70th season of TV Slagalica began airing in September 2011.
TV Slagalica is aired according to seasons. Each season has 61 episodes and in each show there are 2 contestants. The contestants are chosen by a test conducted before the quiz is filmed. Out of the total 61 episodes in each season, 40 are qualifier shows for the quarter finals and 21 episodes are for those that have won in the previous forty episodes competing for a spot in the top 8. Each contestant gets an award even if they are defeated by their opponent. Each episode starts with the host announcing the episode number and current season and introducing the game supervisor Milka Canić.
Even though the quiz show is not as high tech as others, TV Slagalica has managed to bring in a high ratings for its network averaging approximately 1.5 million viewers on work days.
A computer flashes letters of the Serbian alphabet. The first contestant says “stop” 12 times and therefore twelve letters are displayed. The two contestants try and work out the longest Serbian word they can make from the 12 letters. Each letter is worth 2 points. The person with a word with the more letter wins. The game is played twice (each contestant chooses the letters once).
The players randomly (by saying "stop", like in the first game) pick a three digit number and six more numbers (four single-digit numbers, one which is one of 10, 15 or 20 and one is 25, 50, 75 or 100). The players must use the six numbers and basic mathematical operations to get a result as close to the given number as possible. A 90 second time limit is imposed. After the time limit, the players report their results and the one with the closer result presents the equation. If the equation is wrong, the other player presents his equation. The game is played twice, each time one of the contestants picks the numbers.
10 words are displayed on the right hand and 10 on the left hand side of the screen. The contestants must connect the words and associate them with the other column. Each contestant gets their own turn to connect the 10 pairs.
The players play mastermind game. Each player plays once and has 6 attempts to guess the four symbol combination. If the player fails to do so, the other player has one attempt to guess his opponents combination. Skočko refers to the mascot of the show, which is also one of the 6 images that can form the combination. Other are playing card suits (hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades) and a star.
Ten general knowledge questions are asked. Each question is worth 10 points. If the first contestant does not know the answer the second contestant gets a chance to answer and vice versa. However, if the contestant answer incorrectly, he loses 5 points. This game brings the most points to the player.
Contestant must solve 8 associations. They have 5 minutes to do so.
The players have been offered a set of questions to which the answers are 50:50 or 3:1 chance to answer correctly (most usually yes/no questions), and then the players bid which one will have more correct answers. If the highest bidder answers the exact number of questions he bidded for or more, he wins, otherwise, the other player takes points.
The players have been told about mysterious person or object and they must guess who the person/object is.
The players choose 5 numbers from the randomly chosen set of numbers. Then the player randomly choses a target number, which contestants must reach by using their chosen numbers. Whoever reaches the target number, or closest to it, is the winner.
The players must guess the names of books, movies etc. by the title with antonym words (for example: "A Midwinter Day's Reality" for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Each player has 5 titles to guess and has 5 seconds for each. After that, the other player tries to guess the ones the first player missed.
Current crew of Slagalica: