Take the Cake
| Take the Cake | |
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| Starring |
Joe Clair Gary Sturgis (substitute) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 85 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BET |
| Original release | July 9 – November 2, 2007 |
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| Website | |
Take the Cake was a live, interactive game show on BET. The one-hour program featured interactive games where the viewers could win cash prizes. The show aired from 12 midnight - 1 a.m. Eastern every Monday night through Friday night. The program was produced by Endemol, who produced Midnight Money Madness for TBS in 2006.
The show aired its finale on November 2, airing a total of 85 live shows.
The jocular phrase "take the cake" means "win the prize".
The contestants on Take the Cake were home viewers. United States residents 18 or older could have entered the program by text messaging a request or using the network's website. BET charged a fee for each text message entry, in addition to standard text messaging rates charged by the wireless provider. Entries on the website were free. Regardless of the method of entry, each entry had an equal chance of being selected. An entry did not necessarily guarantee an opportunity to appear on the show. Residents of certain states may have been ineligible to play various entry methods.
Take the Cake featured various minigames that were played throughout the program. The rewards for the games were usually cash prizes ranging from $100 – $2,000 in cash.
To speed up the games at certain points, various methods were employed:
These games were featured on Take the Cake.
These games were featured in separate segments outside of the normal rotation.
Guess the Celebrity: Ten clues are hidden on a board, each with a riddle-style clue describing a celebrity. The caller picks one of the hints to reveal and may use that clue along with any other previously revealed information to identify the celebrity.
Memory: Names of celebrities are hidden behind ten panels on the board, three of which are identical. The hosts will identify which name is hidden three times. In order to win the jackpot, the caller must identify the three panels, in secession, the name is hidden behind.
The Jackpot starts at a $1,000 base. For each unsuccessful attempt, the jackpot will raise $100 per clue or in the Memory game, per episode. If guessed correctly, a new Jackpot game is started on the next episode.
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