À prendre ou à laisser (English: Take it or leave it) is the French version of Deal or No Deal. It was premièred in January 2004 on TF1. It is hosted by "Arthur", the vice-president of Endemol-France and popular radio presenter.
The 22 boxes represent the 22 régions of France, with each contestant coming from that region. The prizes range from € 0.01 to €500,000; and include (normally) three "joke" prizes (e.g. a cup or a coathanger) and a "joker", containing an amount determined by the number of contestants who answer the "selection-question" correctly. The "joker" is €10,000 multiplied (sometimes €30,000) by the number of correct answers.
There has been at least one winner of the €500,000 prize, by Sabrina on 29 November 2005. However, a contestant won €620,000: a contestant eliminated all the boxes without the €1,000,000 box and a box which contains the CD. The contestant sold his box for €620,000, and he had the CD in his box. It is always considered by "l'affaire du siècle" (deal of the century).
Other factors particular to the French version is that the prize is shared with a viewer who has phoned in to enter the competition; and offers of an "échange" (change of box) are fairly frequent.
In 2006, the graphics were changed to be more similar to the American version. The top prize was raised to €1,000,000, and the number of boxes was raised to 24. The number of French régions stated on the opening titles was also 24, two more people representing an overseas department (départements d'outre-mer) and an ex-pat. Alongside revised graphics, the set was also heavily revamped.
After being axed in late 2006, it was re-commissioned on 5 January 2009 and the prize was lowered back to €500,000, with a new graphics and music being similar to the United States syndicated version and the set being similar to the UK version. It now has a 45 minute slot at 6:30 pm (French hour) every weekday. the show still has 24 boxes keeping some of the larger prize boxes. Since his come back, "A prendre ou A laisser" has known only one €500,000 winner. On 23 January 2009, Marie-Ange had a €500,000 box and she refused all banker's offers (until €210,000).
The new season of the show has started on 12 April 2010.
| €0.01 |
| €1 |
| Thing X (or €5) |
| €10 |
| Thing Y (or €15) |
| €20 |
| Thing Z (or €50) |
| €100 |
| €250 |
| €500 |
| €1,000 |
| €5,000 |
| €10,000 |
| €15,000 |
| €20,000 |
| €25,000 |
| €30,000 |
| €50,000 |
| €75,000 |
| €100,000 |
| €150,000 |
| €200,000 |
| €250,000 |
| €500,000 |
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