The Trump Card
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The Trump Card is an Irish game show, broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday nights during the summer months of June, July and August. It was launched in 2007 and is the successor to Fame & Fortune. Like Winning Streak, The Trump Card is funded by the Irish National Lottery, and entry is based on scratchcards.
Each week, 52 players are invited to the Gameshow. Some of these players will be chosen from three-star entries from The Trump Card Scratchcards; some players will be chosen from entries received via a telephone and text entry mechanism printed on each scratchcard, called the Wild Card Entry; and some TV Gameshow players will have won the right to remain in the game from the previous week's TV Gameshow.[1]
The show is a luck-based game that centres around a deck of 52 cards. Each player is represented by a single card from the deck and contestants are selected via random computer selections and multiple questions. As of 2007, contestants can win up to €250,000 in prizes. It is hosted by Laura Woods.
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[edit] Format
[edit] Round One
The show begins with Laura Woods welcoming the viewers and players, then Laura asks "THE COMPUTER", to randomly pick a card. Then one player who is represented by that card is brought on stage to play the game, then another player is chosen to play the game, who will go head to head with the first player. A question is asked to the second player which refers to player one, and player two is given three options to choose from. If player two answers the question correctly, player one is put off the stage and another card is chosen by player two. If however player two answers the question wrong, then another player is selected to compete against player one, and this continues until the two wrong answers are chosen. Then player one is through Round Two, this continues until five players are selected to go to Round Two. Then some of next week's players are selected from the scratchcards sent to the National Lottery during that week.
[edit] Round Two
In Round Two, the remaining players for next week are drawn from the scratchcard sent to the National Lottery during that week. Then the five players of the present show are asked to bid on a number of individual items, such as holidays, cars, entertainment systems, etc. The highest bidder wins the prize. Then the players' remaining funds are revealed and put in order of amount. Then the player with the highest or lowest amount will be eliminated via random computer selections. This continues until the last two players are selected. Then another player is randomly selected from the audience by computer. This player is called "THE JOKER". He/she is brought on stage to compete against the remaining two players.
Then the Joker automatically wins the amount of the player who was last eliminated, and then plays against the last two players to bid for more prizes. Again the highest bidder wins the prize. Then the player with the highest, lowest or middle amount, will be eliminated, this is again chosen by computer. The remaining two players go head to head to have a chance of winning €250,000. The remaining two players are allocated colours, one is black and one is red.
Laura then spins "THE WHEEL", which is a round wheel shaped board with cash amounts, and are either black or red. The ball on the wheel will then land on an amount on the board once spun and the amount is chosen using this process. The colour on the amount reveals the winning player, who receives this amount, plus cash and prizes won before hand.
Then Laura announces the total amount won in cash. Then she ends the show by saying goodbye to the viewers.
[edit] Criticism
The Trump Card has been very negatively received by the public. Although television ratings initially showed that the programme had entered the top 10, it has now failed to enter the top 20.[2] Critics believe that the show's repetitive and complicated format is responsible for its huge drop in viewership. The fact that The Trump Card replaced the hugely popular show, Fame & Fortune, has been criticised by fans of the latter.[3]It has been vertified that The Trump Card will not be returning for a second series.
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