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The Floor is a game show franchise that originated in the Netherlands in 2023. Versions have been developed in other countries. The game is based around a floor divided into a grid of squares initially each representing a different contestant with expertise in a different trivia category. The contestants compete with neighbouring contestants in head to-head trivia "duels" with the winner's "territory" expanding into the square(s) of the floor that were controlled by the losing player.
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The game progresses over the course of a season with the grand prize awarded to the player who ultimately controls the entire floor, with secondary prizes awarded throughout the season to the player with the most territory at the end of each episode.
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In the original Dutch version, 100 contestants compete over the course of an entire season, standing in separate spaces of a 10x10 LED grid displayed on the studio floor. Each contestant has a nominated specialist subject. One contestant is chosen at random and shown the topics for all adjacent opponents. The contestant chooses one opponent to play against, and the two step out of the grid to participate in a duel on the opponent’s topic.
In the duel, the contestants are given separate 45-second clocks, with only one running at any given time. The contestant is shown a text prompt or a picture of something associated with the challenged opponent's topic and must identify it. Multiple guesses are allowed, and the contestant must give a correct answer in order to stop their own clock and turn the next question over to the opponent whose clock then starts. Contestants may pass on a picture if desired, but incur a three-second penalty before the next one is shown to them.
The first contestant whose clock runs out is eliminated from the game with no winnings, and the victorious opponent claims all territory held by that person in addition to their own. Their allocated topic is now whichever topic was not played in the duel. They may then either challenge another adjacent opponent with a duel on that opponent’s topic, or return to the floor; in the latter case, a new contestant is chosen at random.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who has claimed the most territory wins a cash prize. The last contestant standing at the end of the season takes the entire floor and wins the grand prize.
The American version featured 81 contestants on a 9x9 floor grid in its first season, an episode prize of $20,000, and a grand prize of $250,000 for the season winner. Players who have already duelled are excluded from the random selection. Season 2 featured 100 contestants on a 10x10 floor grid, and added a 5-second time bonus for any contestant winning 3 duels in a row. Season 2 featured a best of 3 match for the final duel, allowing all assigned topics to play.
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