Raid the Cage

Raid the Cage
Genre	Game show
Created by	Shy Barmeli Ori Dror
Country of origin	Israel
Original language(s)	Hebrew
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	35
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Production company(s)	United Studios of Israel Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	Channel 2 (Reshet)
Original release	January 4, 2013 – June 23, 2014
External links
Website

Raid the Cage or Kluv Hazahav, (Hebrew: כלוב הזהב‎), is an Israeli game show, where couples complete trivia and physical challenges to haul prizes from a gigantic cage before the doors slam shut. The original version aired on Channel 2 (Reshet), and hosted by Avi Kushnir. The show is distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television International.

Format

Contestants in a pair face nine different rounds. One partner answers trivia questions on various topics, each question is worth a certain time in a cage with various prizes. The purpose of the challenger is to answer all nine questions and successfully complete the game, while providing maximum time to the partner each round to get as many prizes as possible.

Gameplay

Existing in a cage with various prizes in different price levels. One constestant answers the trivia questions and the other collects the prizes from the cage according to the time given for each correct answer. The host asks the player the trivia questions, each question has four answers. The player should choose what is the correct answer for the displayed question. If the player is correct, The prize space opens immediately (cage) and the second contestant can run in and start collecting the prizes. He can choose between prizes he can take immediately or those that require more complex challenge than collecting. The player has two options: to answer the question immediately, or use one of the lifelines.

There are two lifelines:

• Switch the Question: The question is replaced, and the answers remain the same. (some versions also change the answer)
• Switch Roles: swapping two contestants for one question only. The contestant who gets the cage prizes answers the question and if his answer is correct, the contestant that answers the trivia questions gets inside the cage to collect prizes. Both contestants then return the original roles.

In Certain stages, there is a strategic consultation between the couple, and they can consult the prize to be collected by them and advise the contestant which does a mission on which method to take, but the moment the question is asked, the contestants should not talk or hint each other, until the cage gate opens. To win and earn all the cage, the contestant must answer the nine questions, which will earn prizes, and answer the tenth question with the other contestant (Cage Question) and then win the entire contents of the cage.

From the sixth question the contestants can retire from the game. Both contestants have two options: retire from the game with all the prizes they have gotten to that point or continue the game and answer the next question. Both contestants can consult the option they choose.

There are two situations in which two contestants lose all prizes: one where the contestant answers trivia questions wrong response and the other where the winning contestant who collects the cage does not come out at the end of the time left to him out of the cage.

Tasks

For great prizes like a new car, tickets to Europe and appliances, the contestants have various tasks (in original version and some foreign versions):

• Electrical appliances: Star Task - the challenger on the cage must jump on the touch screen. On every star he steps on, he gets a star, and on every red square he steps on, he loses a star. When eight stars are collected, a stroller with Electrical appliances is freed, and the contestant can get it out of the cage.
• ATV: Hamster task - the challenger must run on a big hamster wheel to reveal a key to open the lock of the ATV and the contestant could get it out.
• Motorcycle: Safe task - the challenger to go to the strongboxes which have questions related to both team members. A correct answer opens the box and reveals the following question. which opened three safes safe third has a key to open the lock of the bike and the challenger can take it out (the same task can be performed With a diamond ring in the case of couples).
• Sailing a variety of destinations around the world: mission suitcases - the contenders to take a cart and assign it the bags and take them out that has cruise.
• Car task: Superhero Task - the challenger must face the screen and make flight movements. when he sees a car he/she should smash the glass three times so the car is released and he/she can take it. Normally there's a person sit inside to drive and turn the car to the right way.
• Bathroom task: bubble task - the contestant should look for a bubble with a key that can open the box between all the bubbles and get the bathroom.
• Living items: balloon task - The contestant must bounce on a seat to inflate the balloon to explode so he/she can take the key to open the box that awards the challenger the living room.
• Vacation abroad: Bicycle task - The constestant must ride on a bike simulator that its map simulates a section of Rome, so he/she can take a globe and win the vacation.

The tasks are varied among the broadcasting countries, for example, in the Chinese version, there is a real "Angry Birds" game in the center of the studio.

International versions

Country	Title	Network	Host	Date aired
Israel[1] (original version)	כלוב הזהב Kluv Hazahav	Channel 2	Avi Kushnir	January 4, 2013 – June 23, 2014
Argentina[2]	Escape perfecto	Telefe	Leandro Leunis and Ivana Nadal	June 4, 2014 – March 14, 2016
Brazil	A Fuga (part of Agora é com Datena)	Band	José Luiz Datena	April 22, 2018 – present
China[3]	芝麻开门 Zhima kaimen	Jiangzu TV	Zhang Chunye(On Mondays) Peng Yu(On Tuesdays)	January 22, 2013 – present
Colombia	Escape perfecto	RCN Televisión	Julian Román and Natalia Valenzuela	May 6, 2015 – present
Greece[4]	Raid the Cage	ANT1	Gregory Arnaoutoglou	2017
Hungary[5]	Bezár a bazár!	TV2	Attila Till and Majka	April 9, 2018 – present
Mexico[6]	Escape perfecto	Azteca TV	Rafael Mercadante and Adianez Hernández	March 2, 2015 – present
Paraguay	Escape perfecto	Telefuturo	Daniel Da Rosa and Lali González	June 14, 2016 – present
Peru[7]	Escape perfecto	América Televisión	Marco Zunino and Sully Sáenz	April 25, 2015 – present
Portugal	Apanha se Puderes	TVI	Cristina Ferreira and Pedro Teixeira	March 13, 2017 – present
Romania[8]	Deschide camera comorilor	Kanal D	Liviu Vârciu	March 12, 2014 – July 31, 2017
Russia[9]	Клетка Kletka	Russia 1	Dmitry Guberniev	August 16, 2014 – September 27, 2014
Turkey[10]	Kapanmadan Kazan	ATV	Murat Serezli	June 17, 2013 – July 26, 2013
Uruguay[11]	Escape perfecto Escape perfecto Famosos	Channel 10	Alberto Sonsol and Ana Sofía Facello Claudia Fernández and Ana Sofía Facello	August 27, 2014 – present
USA	Perfect Escape	NBC	Sarah Michelle Gellar and Leslie Mann	Spring 2016
Vietnam	Vừng ơi mở cửa Đào thoát	HTV7	Đại Nghĩa and Diệu Nhi	January 20, 2016 – July 13, 2016 April 10, 2018 – present

Note: In the Chinese edition since summer 2014, Zhang Chunye, a female 22-year-old presenter currently working for Jiangsu TV will be the host of the show's Monday edition. Zhang is also the franchise's first ever female host around the world.

In the Vietnamese edition, the show was first named Vừng ơi mở cửa, later in 2018, the show renamed Đào thoát.

Top Prize winners

Note: The table is currently not complete, and still refreshing.

Country	Winning contestant(s)	Date aired
Portugal	Dário Martins and Tiago Henriques	March 23, 2017
	Mário Gonçalves and Maria Amélia Gonçalves	June 8, 2017
China	Liu Wentian	March 21, 2014
	Liang Shuping (Annual champion for 2013)	December 31, 2013
	Nancy and Tian Jing	December 17, 2013
	Yang Pengfei	October 8, 2013
	Zheng Caiqian	July 2, 2013

References