Divided (Tamil game show)

Divided is an Indian Tamil game show which currently airs on Star Vijay from 21 July 2018 onwards. It is hosted by the popular TV personality Gobinath Chandran simply as Gopinath who is also nicknamed as Neeya Naana Gopinath for his popularity in hosting the channel's main talk show Neeya Naana.^[1] The game show is conducted according to the international format which follows the principles of the British version. The first season of the reality show launched on 21 July 2018.^[2][3]

The 5th episode of the reality show (on 12 August 2018) featured the former Bigg Boss contestants Snehan, Gayathri Raguram who were part of the first season of the Bigg Boss Tamil alongside Mamathi Chari who earlier participated in the second season of Bigg Boss Tamil before her eviction in the second week of the show also took part as contestants of the Divided game show.^[4]

Format

A team of three complete strangers attempts to answer up to 14 questions as they will have to answer uniformly to one question asked by the host over the course of five rounds and accumulate as much money in a prize pot as possible. In the game, each question is either multiple-choice with one correct answer to be chosen from three options, or a list of three items to be placed in a specified order.^[5]

The team has 100 seconds to arrive at a unanimous decision on each question, and the money at stake decreases by 1% for each second that elapses before they lock in their choice. A correct answer adds the remaining money to a prize pot, while an incorrect answer cuts the pot in 10%,20% and 30% to the consequent rounds. If the team misses a total of three questions, the game ends immediately and the team forfeits all winnings. The motive of the game begins when the prize money won by the contestants cannot be shared equally rather have to share themselves amicably.^[6]

International versions

Country	Title	Host	Network	Top Prize	First airdate
United Kingdom	Divided	Andrew Castle & Charlotte Hudson	ITV		18 May 2009
Afghanistan	ثانیه‎ 100 100 Sanya	Hafiz Mohammadi	Tolo TV	Af.1,000,000	8 June 2013
Arab World	من الأحق؟ Men El Ahaq?	Amira El Fadl	Abu Dhabi TV	د.إ‎ 1,000,000	5 October 2008
Chile	Divididos	Álvaro Escobar	TVN	CL$75,000,000	March 2012
Denmark	Splittet	Camilla Ottesen	TV3	250,000 Danish kroner	8 April 2015
Estonia	100 sekundit (Mondays)	Madis Milling	TV3	NA	30 August 2010
				NA	3 January 2011
	60 sekundit (weekdays)			120,000 krooni	4 October 2010
Hungary	Cápák	Unknown (heard from speakers only)	TV2	26,250,000 Forint	25 August 2008
India (in Marathi)	Divided	Aadesh Bandekar	ETV Marathi	₹650,000	30 July 2012
India (in Kannada)	Divided	Rohit	Zee Kannada[7]	₹1,000,000	3 January 2014
Malta	Divided	Mariella Scerri	TVM	€80,000	1 October 2009
Netherlands	De Gemene Deler	Rinie van den Elzen	RTL4	€250,000	6 July 2008
Slovenia	Vse ali nič	Milan Gačanovič	TV 3	€10,000	4 October 2010
Turkey	Anlaşma	Ansi Elagöz	Türkmax	100,000 TL	20 September 2010
Ukraine	Хто вартий більшого? Khto vartyi bilshogo?	Andriy Dzhedzhula	Ukrayina	225,000 ₴	15 September 2013
United States	Divided	Mike Richards	GSN	$85,000	25 November 2016 ("Sneak Peek" episode) 19 January 2017 (series premiere)

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