Minute to Win It is an international game show franchise where contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house.
The first version of Minute to Win It to air was the American primetime game show, which premiered on NBC on March 14, 2010, and ran till 2011 with host Guy Fieri.
The second network to air a version of the concept was Brazil's SBT, on April 17, 2010.
The first two episodes of the American version played back-to-back at 7:00 pm Eastern and Pacific.
An American, Spanish language, nightly version of the game show, titled Minuto para Ganar (Minute To Win), debuted on MundoFox on the network's formal launch date of August 13, 2012, hosted by Marco Antonio Regil.
Also in Christmas episodes, some games contain a "Holiday Bonus," in which a contestant wins a gift if the level is passed.
A visual representation of the gift is placed inside of a box, which is opened if and when the level is completed.
Last Man Standing: 10 players play against each other and the one with the worst result at the end of the challenge is eliminated.
Two teams won $500,000 on the U.S. version; Kimberly Fox and Aaron Hendrick walked away with $500,000 on July 21, 2010.
After this rule was established, the Bishop family completed their level 9 challenge to bank $500,000 on February 2, 2011.
The first of these games built up the prize fund for every point scored, and the second determined whether or not they won the money.
The main reason for this different format was that the show's sponsor was Cadbury, and their famous Spots v. Stripes campaign was happening around the time of the premiere, which had the slogan: "Let's play our way to London 2012."
In a pre-broadcast review, Cinema Blend's Kelly West praised Guy Fieri's "enthusiastic" performance and his ability to interact well with contestants.
NBC later announced Minute to Win It would air new episodes during the summer, from Wednesday July 7, 2010 to Tuesday September 14, 2010.
[8] Then on November 15, 2010, NBC announced that the second season of Minute to Win It would resume airing on January 5.
Marco Antonio Regil, who has hosted Mexican versions of well-known game shows and made the short list for auditions of a well-known game show in English, hosted that version.
Executive Producer Adam Zuvich returned to the same role on the Spanish version, and Rich Brown, who oversaw the games on the original English version, also returned to the same role, and was listed as Co-Executive Producer.
On July 24, 2012, reruns of Minute to Win It began airing on GSN, and on January 31, 2013, they announced a new series of the English-language version with Apolo Ohno as the host.
The first season premiered on June 25, 2013 (a full episode sneak preview was shown on May 23) and ended on October 29, 2013.
The second season features teams, families (Bishop family and Canter family), celebrities, individual and team head-to-head competitions (seven games), former contestants with a second chance (Mark Staniec and Heather Baker), and former contestant redemption head-to-head (Lynn and Bethany Gerber vs. Heidi Billington and Donna Speakman).
Across the show's versions, 14 known cases of completing the final level and walking away with the top prize exist.