The Floor (game show)

The Floor
Created by	John de Mol
Years	2023–present
Films and television
Television series	The Floor (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
Genre	Game show
First aired	8 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-08)

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.

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.

Format

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 is assigned a different topic. 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.

The contestants are given separate 45-second clocks, with only one running at any given time. That contestant is shown a picture of something associated with the challenged opponent's own topic and must identify it. Multiple guesses are allowed, and the contestant in control must give a correct answer in order to stop their own clock and turn control over to the opponent. Contestants may pass on a picture if desired, but incur a three-second penalty before the next one is shown.

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. They may then either challenge another adjacent opponent or return to the grid; in the latter case, a new contestant is chosen at random. It is possible for the same contestant to be chosen immediately after ending their turn.

At the end of each episode, the contestant who has claimed the most territory wins a cash prize of €5,000. The last contestant standing at the end of the season takes the entire floor and wins the grand prize of €100,000. This winner's assigned topic will be the only one that was not played during the season.

The American version featured 81 contestants on a 9x9 floor grid in its first seaason, 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 features 100 contestants on a 10x10 floor grid, and added a 5-second time bonus for any contestant winning 3 duels in a row.

International versions

Country	Title	Premiere date	Series
			Season	Year(s) aired	Winner(s)	Presenter(s)	Broadcaster
Argentina[1][2]	The Floor La Conquista	19 August 2024	1	2024–25	Cycle 1: Ivo[3] Cycle 2: Enrique[4] Cycle 3: Jonathan[5] Cycle 4: Lautaro[6] Cycle 5: Agustín[7] Cycle 6: Agostina[8] Cycle 7: Hernán[9] Cycle 8: Amparo[10] Cycle 9: Brenda[11] Cycle 10: Ezequiel[12] Cycle 11: Miranda[13] Cycle 12: Lara[14] Cycle 13: Tomás[15] Cycle 14: Sofía[16] Cycle 15: Mónica[17] Cycle 16: Rodrigo[18] Cycle 17: Bárbara[19] Cycle 18: Current series	Guido Kaczka	El Trece
Australia[20][21]	The Floor	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	Rodger Corser	Nine Network
Belgium ( Flanders)[22][23]	The Floor	5 October 2024	1	2024	Jelle[24]	Bruno Wyndaele [nl]	VTM
Chile[25][26][27]	The Floor Chile	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	Eduardo Fuentes	TVN
Denmark[25]	The Floor	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	TBA	TV2
Finland[25][28]	The Floor Suomi	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	Janne Kataja	MTV3
France[29]	The Floor, à la conquête du sol	30 December 2023	1	2023–24	Angélique Luders	Cyril Féraud	France 2
			2	2024–25	Current season[30]
Germany[31]	The Floor	29 February 2024	1	2024	Jan[32]	Matthias Opdenhövel	Sat.1
			2	2025	Upcoming season[33]
Greece[34][35]	The Floor	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	TBA	Skai TV
Hungary[36][37]	The Floor – Csak egy maradhat[38]	6 May 2024	1	2024	Week 1: Zoltán Navarra[39] Week 2: Gergely Salavecz[40] Drága Örökösök special edition: Balázs Varga[41] Week 3: Andrea Bíró[42] Week 4: Csaba Csillik[43] Week 5: András Mező[44]	Zoltán Szujó	RTL
			2	2025	Upcoming season[45]
Israel[46][47]	הזירה Arena	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	Reshef Levi	Kan 11
Italy[48][49]	The Floor – Ne rimarrà solo uno	2 January 2024	1	Winter 2024	Remo Sciutto	Ciro Priello and Fabio Balsamo	Rai 2
			2	Autumn 2024	Paolo Casa[33]
Netherlands (original format)	The Floor	8 January 2023	1	2023	Robin[50]	Edson da Graça [nl]	RTL 4
			2	2024	Rachel[51]
			3	2025	Current season[52]
Portugal[46]	The Floor	14 September 2024	1	2024	João Grilo	Vasco Palmeirim	RTP1
Romania[53]	The Floor	14 September 2024	1	2024	Cycle 1: Alex[54] Cycle 2: Eduard Cycle 3: Oliver[55] Cycle 4: Ilinca	Dan Negru	Kanal D
Spain[56][57][58]	The Floor	6 September 2023	1	2023	Mireia Gil	Manel Fuentes [es]	Antena 3
			2	2025	Upcoming season[59]	Chenoa[60]	La 1
Sweden[61][62][63]	The Floor Sverige	4 September 2024	1	2024	Ulf Ödesjö[64]	Anders Jansson and Erik Ekstrand	Kanal 5 Max
Turkey[65][66]	Alan	13 June 2024	1	2024	Cycle 1: Begüm Rabia Cycle 2: Berkin	Oktay Kaynarca	ATV
Ukraine[67]	Поле Pole	7 March 2024	1	Spring 2024	Anna Monastyrova[68]	Yefym Konstantynovskyi	Novyi Kanal
			2	Autumn 2024[69]	Cycle 1: Anastasiia Malieieva[70] Cycle 2: Vitaliia Pohrebniak[71] Cycle 3: Vasyl Polishchuk[72]
			3	2025	Upcoming season[73]
United States[74]	The Floor	2 January 2024	1	Winter 2024	Jacquelyn Kenny	Rob Lowe	Fox
			2	Autumn 2024	Keelan von Ehrenkrook[75]
			3	Spring 2025[76]	Upcoming season[77]
Uruguay[25][78]	The Floor La Conquista	TBA	1	2025	Upcoming season	Aldo Cauteruccio	Teledoce

See also

• List of television game show franchises

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