Hosted by Ed Phillips and Livinia Nixon, the show was a remake of Sale of the Century, which aired on Nine in the same timeslot for more than twenty years between 1980 and 2001.

Temptation had the same general format of its predecessor, but with several new features and a de-emphasis on the "shopping" aspects of the endgame.

The show ran until 30 November 2007, when it was placed on hiatus by the network following strong competition from game show Deal or No Deal on the rival Seven Network; during the hiatus, Nine filled the timeslot with episodes of the American sitcom Two and a Half Men.

This statement was accurate, as Temptation returned for a shortened fourth series from 1 December 2008 with unaired episodes which were recorded during 2008.

During that time, Ed Phillips was dumped by the Nine Network after his contract expired in November, and Temptation never returned to the schedule.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] After 23 January 2009, when the show's final episode aired, all Temptation websites were removed, and Two and a Half Men returned to Channel Nine's 7:00pm schedule.

In any Gift Shop, if two or more players were tied in the lead, Ed would conduct a Dutch auction.

This item was offered for $10, and usually had a retail value of between $3,000 and $7,000; this could again be accompanied by a cash incentive, or the $10 price could be lowered.

In most cases these celebrities were playing for home viewers, where the normal prizes and money cards were present.

A first-time winner was offered a major prize, worth about $10,000, and given the choice to take it and leave the show, or to return to play again.

If they correctly answered ten of the questions asked of them in a 60-second segment at the end of each night, $50,000 more was added to the cash jackpot.

The amount of cash won increased through a non-linear scale: Any incorrect, passed answer or questions that were not answered in three seconds reset the value to $0, and a contestant who didn't reach $100,000 won whatever value they had when time expired.

If a contestant won on night seven, then they would win all the prizes, the money in their cash account (which was not doubled), and $500,000 in gold bullion.

Theoretically, the highest cash jackpot a contestant could win was $600,000 ($1,100,000 including the gold bullion, i.e.

Quizmaster aired from 27 March to 3 April 2006, featuring nine of the most successful contestants from Temptation, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

and Temptation's predecessor, Sale of the Century, competing to win more money for themselves (the format is similar to the Jeopardy!

Prizes for these specials were either donated to a charity of the celebrity's choice, or awarded to randomly chosen home viewers.