Ton of Cash
| Ton of Cash | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by |
Cris Abrego Mark Cronin |
| Presented by | Dhani Jones |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production company(s) | 51 Minds Entertainment |
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| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | August 17 – October 26, 2011 |
| External links | |
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Ton of Cash was a show on VH1 that premiered on August 17, 2011. It was hosted by Dhani Jones. The show centered on a group of contestants trying to haul $1,000,000 from L.A. to Las Vegas. It premiered on prime time but was moved to Thursday mornings at 2AM Eastern timeslot after the premiere due to low ratings.
Each week the contestants faced challenges on their way to Las Vegas that involved moving money from one point to another in a certain amount of time. A person, the financial adviser, was supposed to lead the team in a challenge. A new financial adviser was chosen every challenge. The financial adviser had the responsibility to press a button to stop the challenge when either all the money has been moved or they believed they already have enough money. If the financial adviser pressed the button before time is out they were safe from elimination and have to nominate three other people for elimination. If the financial adviser pressed the button when it went into overtime they were nominated for elimination but still had to nominate two others. If time went into overtime the contestants lost $1,000 a minute in the first half-hour, $5,000 a minute in the second half-hour, and then $50,000 a minute after that. Plus any money that was left on the course will be gone. Besides the three people nominated for elimination everyone else voted to keep someone safe. The two people with the least votes then faced off in an elimination challenge, properly called Prove Your Worth, and one of them was eliminated. At the end of each episode, viewers participated in a poll via text message and decide if the eliminated contestant should receive $1,000 to help them get back on their feet.
In 2012, contestant Vanessa appeared as a contestant on episodes of Fox's Take Me Out, a dating television show.
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