Clueless (game show)

Clueless (Polish: Gra w ciemno, "Game sight unseen") was a Polish game show hosted by Krzysztof Ibisz that ran from 2005 to 2007 on Polsat. This game show was known for showing amounts in the contestant's envelopes to the TV viewers (thanks to the on-screen graphics), while not showing those amounts to the contestant until the end of the game.

Clueless
Gra w ciemno
Created byATM Grupa
Directed byOkił Khamidow
StarringKrzysztof Ibisz
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes343
Release
Original networkPolsat
Picture format4:3
Original release13 April 2005 (2005-04-13) –
1 June 2007 (2007-06-01)

Gameplay

Envelopes

At the beginning of the game, the player picked several envelopes from 50. At first, it was 10, then changed to 8, and lastly, 5. Each envelope had a check with the smallest being -100%, which, if you took, would make you end with 0, and the highest 100,000 zl. These were the scattered amounts found in the 50 envelopes.

Questions

After picking the envelopes, the player was asked a question, in which after asked, he/she would pick an envelope to play for. Then, he/she would be shown 4 answers, one which was right. If the player answered correctly, the envelope would be his/hers. If not, he/she would have to ruin the envelope by shredding it in the "paper shredder", or in Polish, "niszczarka".

Bidding

After the questions, if the player won at least one envelope, the bidding would begin. The host would offer an amount for one or more envelopes. The player could disagree and post a higher amount, but the host had to approve in order for the player to receive that amount. If the player disagreed with the host and the host would not put a higher amount, then the player would take the envelope. Also, he could trade it for the envelopes that the host already bought from him/her. If the player got a -100%, he would lose the game and end with 0. If he/she got -50%, then the player would walk out with half of what he has.

Bankruptcy/game over

A player could leave with nothing if:

  • he/she kept an envelope with -100%
  • he/she took one envelope containing -50% or -100%
  • he/she took one envelope containing 0 or all envelopes containing 0
  • he/she does not answer any of the questions correctly

Memorable moments and statistics

A woman picked 5 envelopes with 100,000 zl in each one of them, but sold them all for 12,000 zl. The host gave her a reward for that, which was 20,000 zl. In all, she won 32,000 zl. This was the only time somebody picked these envelopes.

The most money ever won was 115,000 zl, win by Grasz czy nie grasz host Zygmunt Chajzer and journalist Agata Młynarska.

The least you could win is 6 zl and 25 gr, having 5 envelopes, a 100 and 4 -50%, and the highest is 500,000, each envelope containing 100,000.

International versions
Country Name Host Station Premiere Highest envelope value
 Czech Republic[1] Naslepo Marek Vašut ČT1 13 January 2008 150,000 Kč
 Greece ? ? Mega Channel ? ?
 Spain[2] El negociador Javier Capitán La 1 July 2007 €60,000
 Ukraine Гра на темно Pawel Szylko ? pilot UAH 100,000
 United Arab Emirates المفاوض ? DMI ? AED 100,000
 Vietnam[3] Thử tài thách trí Bình Minh HTV7 2 October 2011 – 1 February 2016 50,000,000₫

References
  1. Naslepo - Marek Vašut moderátorem nové zábavné soutěže České televize Archived 2013-04-12 at Archive.today, 12 January 2008 (in Czech)
  2. "El negociador", un concurso diario para gente valiente, arriesgada y con sangre fría, July 11, 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Bình Minh “thử tài thách trí” các nghệ sĩ, 22 September 2011 (in Vietnamese)
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