Freeze Out (game show)
| Freeze Out | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Mark Durden-Smith |
| Starring | Uriah Rennie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Talkback |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 3 August – 14 August 2015 |
Freeze Out was an ITV game show presented by Mark Durden-Smith and refereed by Uriah Rennie. It was one of two 2015 summer replacements for The Chase, the other being Rebound.
Contestants took it in turns to fire sliders and answer questions. If there was a dispute, the so-called "Ice Judge" would rule.
In the first round, players take turns to clear seven blue sliders out of a circle of ice; Durden-Smith asks quick-fire questions, and each question gives the contestant an orange slider which they can use to shove the blue sliders out of the center circle. A correct answer and Durden-Smith says "Slide on", which allows the contestant to fire an orange slider at the blue sliders. They have 90 seconds to play with each. The contestant who does this in the slowest time is eliminated.
In the second round, players take it in turns to push a slider. There are six zones: 10 points; 20 points; 30 points; 40 points; 50 points; 100 points. Once they've all shoved, they answer a question for the number of points their slider has landed in. This process repeats itself four times, and at the end of the round the player with the fewest number of points goes home. If a slider lands in more than 1 zone, the zone which contains the majority of the slider will be the number of points that the contestant is playing for. The judge has been asked to rule in some close calls.
In the third round, the players sit opposite their third of the game board, and must slide into their third. Each third contains eight shards, and it is the quickest two contestants to clear all eight shards that go through. Wrong answers mean that every contestant except that contestant may fire a shard, and the sliders act in ignorance of whoever fired them - a slider fired by one contestant may clear any contestant's shard.
In the fourth round, Durden-Smith fires quick-fire questions, and the contestants endeavour to get counters in to the centre circle. Whichever contestant has the most counters in the center circle at the end of two minutes goes through. The counter must be completely inside the centre circle for it to count.
In the final round, Durden-Smith asks sixty seconds-worth of general knowledge questions. Correct answers win sliders. These are to be used once the 60 seconds is up. The table then shows prize zones: £500, £1,000, £2,000, £4,000 and £10,000. The contestant must fire their sliders in these in order, and must be entirely in the zone for it to qualify. If the slider doesn't end up in the correct zone, it is wasted; if it lands in the correct zone, it may be reused.
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