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Shafted

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	Shafted	comment	Short-lived ITV Game Show, hosted by former Labour Party MP Robert Kilroy-Silk, and seemingly trying to cash in on the "grim, elimination-based quiz show with an antagonizing host" genre popularized by The Weakest Link.The game begins with six contestants, who may start with a bank of their choice of up to Â£25,000. Except that the greediest of the contestants is eliminated on the spot, so it actually starts with five. The contestants are then asked to wager on a question, and whoever makes the largest bid has to answer it in 10 seconds. However, only half of the question is revealed at first. After each round (which consists of as many questions as there are contestants remaining), the leader gets to eliminate one other contestant of their choice, and everyone else's bank is evened out to that of the leader. In the second round, each contestant also gets a "Shift" they can use to pass the question onto someone else.When it gets to the final two, they are asked but one question: whether to share, or to shaft. Or in other words, it's the Prisoner's Dilemma.Shafted only lasted four episodes before it got the shaft itself; ratings nosedived after the premiere, plus there were many complaints about the backstab-driven mechanics of the game itself. Despite this, they did manage to sell the format to Australia's Nine Network — which added a few elements, such as quick-fire toss-up questions and a returning champion system where contestants who won via shafting could secretly return for the next episode as a "Master Shafter" to win more. This series provides examples of:
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