Genre Game show Directed by Ron de Moraes | Created by Keshet Presented by Tom Papa | |
Developed by Screenz Cross Media LTD Written by Bob Boden
Chip Dornell
Eric Levy
Anna Lotto
Arnie Meissner | ||
Boom! is an American television game show that premiered on the Fox network on June 25, 2015. An adaptation of an Israeli series with the same title, Boom! is a general-knowledge quiz show where three players must correctly answer questions in order to defuse bombs. The program's stage utilizes 3D projection mapping featuring more than one million LEDs. Boom! is produced by Jeff Apploff and Bob Boden.
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On August 21, 2016, FOX has cancelled Boom! after one season.
Main game
A team of three players has to answer six questions that have multiple correct answers but only one incorrect answer. One player from the team is chosen to cut the wires on a bomb that correspond to the correct answers. There is a time limit for every question; the clock stops whenever a wire is cut; after which a three-second countdown commences. If a wire corresponds to a correct answer, play continues until all correct wires are cut. Once all the correct wires are cut, the bomb is successfully defused and the team banks the money for that particular question. If a contestant cuts the wire that corresponds to an incorrect answer, or if time runs out before all correct wires are cut, the bomb "explodes" (i.e. the substance inside the bomb will spray on the contestant). This will result in the contestant's elimination from the game, and no money will be banked by the team for that particular question. Because of the messiness of the blasts, everyone on stage, including the host, is required to wear goggles when a bomb is being played. Plus all audience members sitting in the front rows, referred to by the host as "the splatter zone" are required to wear goggles and rain ponchos.
Each contestant is required to attempt at least one bomb. Since there are three players in the game, if two players are eliminated from the game and only one remains, he or she must face the remaining questions. If the third player cuts the wire that corresponds to an incorrect answer at any point in the game, the game is over and the team leaves empty-handed. If at least one contestant is still alive after all six questions are answered, the team can either take the money that they have or risk half of their winnings for the Mega Money Bomb question, which would offer contestants the opportunity to quadruple the money they have. To help the team decide if they want to take the risk, the host will show them the category for the Mega Money Bomb question.
Mega Money Bomb question
The rules change slightly for the Mega Money Bomb question, where the bomb has ten wires (adding pink, gold, and platinum wires to the previous seven): seven which correspond to the correct answers, and three which correspond to the incorrect answers. The whole team plays, with one contestant cutting the wires, and the other two contestants helping the teammate cutting the wires decide on an answer. The bomb contains two sets of ejectors: one set contains the mystery substance and the other set contains cash. The team has 90 seconds to cut all seven correct wires. If a contestant manages to cut all seven of the correct wires, the bomb is defused, ejecting a shower of money out of the bomb, and the team wins four times the money that they banked over the first six questions. However, if any of the three incorrect wires are cut, the bomb "explodes" covering them in a mystery substance and the team's bank is halved. The maximum amount of money a team can win in any episode is $500,000, but never won.