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Cabezas de huevo
Eggheads titles.jpg
GéneroConcurso de televisión
Dirigido porSuzanne Pearse
Presentado por
Protagonizada
País de origenReino Unido
Idioma originalinglés
No. de serie
  • 20 (regular)
  • 8 (celebridad)
No. de episodios
  • 1870 (regular)
  • 92 (celebridad)
Producción
Productores ejecutivos
  • Andy Culpin
  • Rob Dean
Tiempo de ejecución30 minutos
Compañías de producción12 yardas
BBC Escocia (2010-2020)
DistribuidorEstudios ITV [1]
Lanzamiento
Red original
Formato de imagen16: 9
Lanzamiento original10 de noviembre de 2003  - presente (2003-11-10)
Cronología
Programas relacionados
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Cabezas de huevo
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Eggheads es un programa de preguntas británico producido por 12 Yard . Fue transmitido por primera vez en noviembre de 2003 bajo la presidencia de Dermot Murnaghan . En 2008, Jeremy Vine se convirtió en presidente conjunto y, posteriormente, en presidente único. El programa ha inspirado tres series derivadas: Are You an Egghead? (2008), Revenge of the Egghead (2014) y Make Me an Egghead (2016). También ha habido episodios de la serie regular con equipos de celebridades en sus propias series cortas, con su propio fondo de premios continuo.

Historia

El espectáculo comenzó en 2003 con Dermot Murnaghan como presentador. Desde 2008, Jeremy Vine presentó cuando Murnaghan presentaba la serie derivada. Después de que terminó el programa derivado, Murnaghan y Vine continuaron presentando la serie de forma rotatoria, con Murnaghan normalmente presentando la primera mitad de cada serie y Vine asumiendo el control de la segunda mitad. A partir de la serie 16 Vine se convirtió en el único presentador.

The series originally broadcast on BBC One on lunchtimes beginning in November 2003, and later moved to a primetime slot on BBC Two beginning in 2005 until 2020. After a year's hiatus on March 12, 2021, it was announced on Jeremy Vine's titular Channel 5 programme that the show would be returning for a new series on Channel 5 later in the year and that he would continue as presenter, alongside the current selection of Eggheads returning as well.[2]

Format

En cada episodio, un equipo de cinco campeones de concursos y programas de juegos (los Eggheads ) es desafiado por un equipo de cinco concursantes por un premio en metálico. Si los retadores pierden, entonces se añaden £ 1,000 al fondo del premio en metálico hasta que los Eggheads sean derrotados, cuando el premio volverá a £ 1,000. La mayor cantidad de premios en metálico que se han ganado son 75.000 libras esterlinas en 2007.

Algunos equipos se han reducido a un competidor para la ronda final, pero aún han vencido a cinco Eggheads. De vez en cuando, un Egghead restante vencerá a cinco retadores. Solo una vez los Eggheads perdieron cuatro juegos seguidos y solo cuatro veces un equipo de los cinco retadores ganó la ronda final.

Rondas

El espectáculo se juega en cinco rondas. Las primeras cuatro rondas se centran cada una en una categoría de materias (de nueve), mientras que la ronda final evalúa el conocimiento general . En las primeras cuatro rondas, los retadores eligen a un miembro de su propio equipo para jugar y un Egghead contra el que desean competir. Los jugadores de esa ronda abandonan el estudio para ir a la "Sala de preguntas". El retador tiene la opción de ir primero o segundo. A ambos jugadores se les hacen a su vez tres preguntas de opción múltiple. Si no hay un ganador, la ronda entra en muerte súbita sin opciones de respuesta.

El jugador que gana cada ronda gana un lugar en la ronda final, mientras que los jugadores perdedores son eliminados del juego.

La ronda de conocimientos generales se juega de la misma manera que las rondas anteriores, pero los retadores, si queda más de uno, pueden participar. Si ganan, se llevan el dinero del premio; si los Eggheads ganan, el premio en metálico se incrementa en £ 1,000 para el próximo cuestionario.

Asignaturas

Hay nueve (antes ocho) sujetos posibles para las primeras rondas. Ellos son:

  • Artes y libros (2003-presente)
  • Entretenimiento (2003-2008)
  • Cine y televisión (2008-presente)
  • Comida y bebida (2003-presente)
  • Geografía (2003-presente)
  • Historia (2003-presente)
  • Música (2008-presente)
  • Política (2003-presente)
  • Ciencia (2003-presente)
  • Deporte (2003-presente)

Música y Cine y Televisión se introdujeron en otoño de 2008 a través de una división de la categoría Entretenimiento. Los sujetos pueden aparecer en cualquier orden, aunque al menos uno de Deporte, Música o Cine y Televisión aparecerá en cada episodio.

"Cabezas de huevo"

En las primeras ocho series, el equipo estaba formado por solo cinco Eggheads, cada uno de los cuales apareció en cada episodio y no rotó. A finales de 2008, se agregó un sexto Egghead y las apariencias rotaron. De la serie 15, cinco de los ocho posibles Eggheads aparecen en cada episodio, y más tarde en 2016, dos Eggheads nuevos (un hombre y una mujer) se unieron al panel después de una serie derivada titulada Make Me an Egghead .

Cabezas de huevo actuales

  • Kevin Ashman (2003–present) is the eight-time winner of the British Quiz Championship, the winner of the third series of Fifteen to One in 1989, the 1995 Mastermind (including all-time record score), the 1996 Brain of Britain (including all-time record score), its 3-yearly Brain of Brains and 9-yearly Top Brain in 1998, the Fifteen to One: Millenium Edition in 1999, the thirteen time Brain of London winner, the twice Gold Medallist for quizzing at the Mind Sports Olympiad, the two time Master Brain, and the winner of Sale of the Century, Quiz Night, Trivial Pursuit and The Great British Quiz. Since joining Eggheads, he has won six European Quizzing Championships and six World Quizzing Championships as well as being the Captain of the England quiz team and being ranked the number one quizzer in the world.[3]
  • Chris Hughes (2003–present) won £100 on The Sky's the Limit in the 1970s, Top of the World in 1982, Mastermind and International Mastermind in 1983 and participated on The Weakest Link in 2001 where despite answering every question correctly, was the last contestant voted off. Since joining Eggheads, he won Brain of Britain in 2005.
  • Judith Keppel (2003-presente) fue la primera ganadora británica de £ 1,000,000 en Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? en 2000.
  • Barry Simmons (2008-presente) ganó £ 64,000 en Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? en 2005, miembro ganador de Masterteam en 2006 y semifinalista en Mastermind . Se unió a Eggheads en 2008 después de ganar la primera serie de Are You an Egghead? superando en la final a Shaun Wallace , quien se convertiría en uno de los dos cazadores originales en The Chase . Desde que se unió a Eggheads, ganó Brain of Britain en 2013 [4], lo que generó controversia entre los oyentes. [5] Actualmente es miembro del Scotland Quiz Team.
  • Pat Gibson (2009-presente) ganó £ 1,000,000 en Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? en 2004, Mastermind en 2005 y Brain of Britain en 2006. Es cuatro veces ganador (2007, 2010, 2014, 2015) del British Quiz Championship y cuatro veces ganador (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013) del Campeonato Mundial de Concursos . Participó en Are You an Egghead? dos veces, perdiendo en cuartos de final ante Mark Kerr en la primera serie en 2008, pero ganando la segunda serie en 2009 venciendo a David Edwards en la final para unirse a los Eggheads. También ganó Mastermind Champion of Champions in 2010. He has amassed 21 international quizzing medals and was ranked the second strongest quizzer in the UK, behind Kevin Ashman.[citation needed]
  • Lisa Thiel (2014–present), a previous contestant on The Weakest Link in 2001 where she made the final but lost, The Chase in 2012[6] and part of a winning team on the Egghead's spinoff Revenge of the Egghead in 2014.
  • Steve Cooke (2016–present), winner of the men's contest in Make Me an Egghead. He is a member of Mensa who previously won £12,900 on The People Versus in 2001.[7]
  • Beth Webster (2016-presente), ganadora del concurso de mujeres en Make Me an Egghead . Participa activamente en el Quizzing Grand Prix Circuit en el Reino Unido y en The Quiz League of London . [8] Fue clasificada como "Sage" en las listas de la Orden del Mérito de 2012 de la British Quiz Association . [9]

Antiguos cabezas de huevo

  • CJ de Mooi (2003–2012, Revenge of the Egghead (2014), 2014–2016) won the original The Weakest Link Bad Loser Special in 2000,100% in 2001, Beat the Nation in 2002 and Fifteen to One. He is also a Mensa chess champion.[10] He took a break from the show from August 2012 until May 2014. His last appearance on his first run on the show was on 31 August 2012 during Series 13. He was the sole Egghead on Revenge of the Egghead, which aired on BBC2 in 2014. In May 2016, he confirmed on Twitter that he was leaving the show again to pursue an acting career in South Africa.[citation needed]
  • Daphne Fowler (2003–2014) won Going for Gold in 1988, Brain of Britain in 1997 and two series of Fifteen to One in 2001 (including second highest score, for which she answered every question in the final round correctly). She has now retired from Eggheads, with her last appearance being in May 2014. She was replaced in the team by returning Egghead CJ de Mooi.
  • Dave Rainford (2012–2018) appeared on Remote Control in 1991 and won £250,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2005. He was a previous contestant on Are You An Egghead where he was a semi-finalist in the first series in 2008, losing to eventual winner Barry Simmons, and a quarter-finalist in the second series in 2009, losing to David Edwards. He replaced CJ de Mooi. He earned himself the nickname "Tremendous Knowledge Dave".[11] On 7 March 2020, it was reported that Rainford had died, after illness had prevented him appearing on the show since 2018.[12]

Graphical representation

This chart displays when each presenter and Egghead was active. The black bars denote the start of each series.

Teams who have defeated the Eggheads

La cantidad más alta que un equipo ha ganado para vencer a los Eggheads es £ 75,000 en 2007 (Serie 8, Episodio 14) por un equipo de estudiantes de la Universidad de Oxford Brookes , Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow . [13]

Nombre del equipoEpisodioDinero del premioAcumulativo (al final de cada serie)Notas
Posada UnicornioSerie 1, episodio 13£ 13,000
Desafiado fólicoSerie 1, episodio 152.000 £
Muchachos inverosímilesSerie 1, episodio 216.000 ££ 21,000
Streatham MassiveSerie 2, episodio 11£ 20 000
EspaguetisSerie 2, episodio 30£ 19,00060 000 £
Las cabezas de los rotoresSerie 3, episodio 21£ 21,000£ 81,000
DensaSerie 4, episodio 11£ 20 000
Wapping oveja negraSerie 4, episodio 14£ 3,000104 000 £
Radio ga gaSerie 5, episodio 6£ 17,000£ 121 000
Segunda claseSerie 6, episodio 337 000 £
Candidatos mancunianosSerie 6, episodio 10£ 7,000
Raiders de RussellSerie 6, episodio 144.000 ££ 169,000
West YorkiesSerie 7, episodio 18£ 29,000
Siervos de SevillaSerie 7, episodio 19£ 1,000199 000 £# 1 Eggheads pierde dos veces seguidas
Cerveza hoy, se fue mañanaSerie 8, episodio 1475 000 £La mayor victoria en el programa hasta ahora
Preston QuizmastersSerie 8, episodio 17£ 3,000
Equipo del Museo de Londres / Museo en DocklandsSerie 8, episodio 50£ 33,000
TaxidermistasSerie 8, episodio 51£ 1,000# 2 Eggheads pierden dos veces seguidas
Ambiente azulSerie 8, episodio 63£ 12,000
Cerveza y bolosSerie 8, episodio 68£ 5,000£ 328 000
Jugadores débilesSerie 9, episodio 15£ 27,000
Sean y la ovejaSerie 9, episodio 35£ 20 000
Tap HeadsSerie 9, episodio 48£ 13,000
La manada de ratasSerie 9, episodio 54£ 5,000Los Eggheads pierden ante un solo oponente por primera vez.
Muchachos Wot AlmuerzoSerie 9, episodio 65£ 12,000
Guerreros de Gales del SurSerie 9, episodio 70£ 5,000
Rincón del perdedorSerie 9, episodio 766.000 £
Conoce a tu WaterlooSerie 9, episodio 83£ 7,000# 2 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Flexi FunkstersSerie 9, episodio 99£ 16 000# 3 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Jugadores de CubbingtonSerie 9, episodio 112£ 13,000
acto unoSerie 9, episodio 120£ 8,000Equipo final para jugar (y derrotar) el conjunto original de 5 Eggheads
Bere HeadsSerie 9, episodio 145£ 25,000
Los juerguistas de la abadíaSerie 9, episodio 146£ 1,000# 3 Eggheads pierden dos veces seguidas
El calvo y el hermosoSerie 9, episodio 1526.000 £
Mezcla eclécticaSerie 9, episodio 159£ 7,000499 000 £
Los diablillos de OxfordSerie 10, episodio 2£ 3,000
Chummie BrummiesSerie 10, episodio 31£ 29,000
Un sentido menosSerie 10, episodio 54£ 23,000
Los merodeadores de mitad de semanaSerie 10, episodio 64£ 10,000
Chicos varadosSerie 10, episodio 662.000 £
Sally WarboysSerie 10, episodio 69£ 3,000
El vendaval colganteSerie 10, episodio 82£ 13,000
Los caricaturistasSerie 10, episodio 91£ 9,000 Primer equipo con los cinco rivales en ganar la ronda final contra el único Egghead (Kevin)
Insight RadioSerie 10, episodio 92£ 1,000# 4 Eggheads pierden dos veces seguidas y # 4 Eggheads pierden ante un solo oponente
Ocean's FiveSerie 10, episodio 93£ 1,000# 1 Eggheads pierde tres veces seguidas
Bognor Regis + 2Serie 10, episodio 94£ 1,000# 1 Eggheads pierde cuatro veces seguidas
Los EggitorsSerie 10, episodio 984.000 £
Trotamundos de PembrokeSerie 10, episodio 115£ 17,000
PRS PlusSerie 10, episodio 1216.000 £621 000 £
Los sabios búhosSerie 11, episodio 337 000 £
ResolverloSerie 11, episodio 52.000 £
ShabbaSerie 11, episodio 35£ 30 000# 5 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Las rayas blancas y negrasSerie 11, episodio 52£ 17,000
Loiners por poderSerie 11, episodio 57£ 5,000
Los Middleton MoonrakersSerie 11, episodio 58£ 1,000# 7 Eggheads pierden dos veces seguidas
Scrum 5Serie 11, episodio 72£ 14,000
Comedia de erroresSerie 11, episodio 75£ 3,000# 6 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Amapolas GlamorganSerie 11, episodio 86£ 11,000
Las ventas de AppleSerie 11, episodio 93£ 7,000
Consíguelo con letrasSerie 11, episodio 122£ 29,000
AjedrecistasSerie 11, episodio 1242.000 £
Los doctores voladoresSerie 11, episodio 1306.000 £# 7 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Hotpots de LancashireSerie 11, episodio 141£ 11,000# 8 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Barra 5Serie 11, episodio 157£ 16 000£ 812 000
Viviendo por NúmerosSerie 12, episodio 6£ 9,000
Buitres de la culturaSerie 12, episodio 24£ 18,000
A quien le importa ganaSerie 12, episodio 38£ 14,000
Los comercializadores internosSerie 12, episodio 63£ 25,000
Chad AcadSerie 12, episodio 66£ 3,000
Monos de CornuallesSerie 12, episodio 726.000 £
Maravillas del MilenioSerie 12, episodio 84£ 12,000
Perdida de conexiónSerie 12, episodio 85£ 1,000# 8 Eggheads pierde dos veces seguidas
Quien debe ser obedecidaSerie 12, episodio 916.000 £
Los tranvíasSerie 12, episodio 96£ 5,000
La guarida de los leonesSerie 12, episodio 97£ 1,000# 9 Eggheads pierden dos veces seguidas
5 al díaSerie 12, episodio 124£ 27,000
Blackpool RockersSerie 12, episodio 141£ 17,000
Los cinco comercializadoresSerie 12, episodio 1454.000 £# 9 Eggheads pierde ante un solo oponente
Los BrocketeersSerie 12, episodio 1494.000 £964 000 £
Los armónicos realesSerie 13, episodio 12£ 23,000
CaballoSerie 13, episodio 19£ 7,000
Shelford 5Serie 13, episodio 22£ 3,000
Los años maravillososSerie 13, episodio 30£ 8,000 Se han pagado más de £ 1,000,000 en premios desde que comenzó el programa.
Noches de fénixSerie 13, episodio 37£ 7,000
Los Bell BoysSerie 13, episodio 38£ 1,000# 10 Eggheads pierde dos veces seguidas
Historia de dos familiasSerie 13, episodio 41£ 3,000
Cuestionario de dólaresSerie 13, episodio 44£ 3,000
La olla de fundicionSerie 13, episodio 47£ 3,000
Un rayo puede golpear dos vecesSerie 13, episodio 536.000 £#10 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Family ConnectionSeries 13, Episode 65£12,000
Dad's ArmySeries 13, Episode 83£18,000#11 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
The Hole in the Wall GangSeries 13, Episode 85£2,000
UNOSSeries 13, Episode 89£4,000
The Quad RunnersSeries 13, Episode 118£29,000#12 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Handel with CareSeries 13, Episode 120£2,000
Team ScotiaSeries 13, Episode 136£16,000£1,111,000
Two and a Half TandemsSeries 14, Episode 22£26,000
Bright SparksSeries 14, Episode 33£11,000
StreetwiseSeries 14, Episode 49£16,000
The Business MenSeries 14, Episode 90£41,0002nd highest amount won by a challenging team. #13 Eggheads lose to a single opponent. 100th team to defeat the Eggheads.
The Crooked SpiresSeries 14, Episode 95£5,000
The ClevelandersSeries 14, Episode 106£11,000
Beer Run QuizzersSeries 14, Episode 108£2,000
Doctors' NotesSeries 14, Episode 113£5,000
Business BellesSeries 14, Episode 119£6,000
No DirectionSeries 14, Episode 130£11,000#14 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Neither Big Nor CleverSeries 14, Episode 134£4,000
The Sensational Alex Fairley BandSeries 14, Episode 136£2,000#2 Eggheads get first 2 questions wrong in the final round. Has happened once before in Series 11, Episode 154.
Rambling BadgersSeries 14, Episode 139£3,000£1,254,000
Green GiantsSeries 15, Episode 12£13,000 #2 All five challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Judith)
The AmnesiacsSeries 15, Episode 17£5,000
The Hound DogsSeries 15, Episode 20£3,000
Cardigan CarnageSeries 15, Episode 22£2,000
The SoroptimistsSeries 15, Episode 31£9,000
Collegiate QuizzersSeries 15, Episode 44£13,000
StumpedSeries 15, Episode 53£9,000
Burns Baby BurnsSeries 15, Episode 55£2,000
Meat BingoSeries 15, Episode 69£14,000
Team 42Series 15, Episode 70£1,000#11 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Cave AgedSeries 15, Episode 77£7,000
ShipmatesSeries 15, Episode 81£4,000£1,336,000
QuizzicalSeries 16, Episode 6£25,000
The CourtiersSeries 16, Episode 19£13,000
Five DiamondsSeries 16, Episode 30£11,000
Capita OvorumSeries 16, Episode 31£1,000#12 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Golden GirlsSeries 16, Episode 36£5,000
The Baked Bean TinSeries 16, Episode 46£10,000
Washy PosseSeries 16, Episode 49£3,000
Ducking and DivingSeries 16, Episode 57£8,000
The LumberjacksSeries 16, Episode 59£2,000
Words in ActionSeries 16, Episode 75£16,000
Bob's BuddiesSeries 16, Episode 91£16,000£1,446,000
A Clearer HeadSeries 17, Episode 20£29,000
The WestendersSeries 17, Episode 29£9,000
Hayling HackersSeries 17, Episode 34£5,000#15 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
LudophilesSeries 17, Episode 37£3,000
The Simms RoadersSeries 17, Episode 48£11,000
The Criminal ElementSeries 17, Episode 62£14,000Team consisting of crime writers Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre, Martyn Waites & Doug Johnstone
We Quiz You NotSeries 17, Episode 70£8,000#16 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Acorn AntiquesSeries 17, Episode 85£15,000#17 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
He is Heavy, He's my FatherSeries 17, Episode 95£10,000£1,550,000#18 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Rambling AwaySeries 18, Episode 2£7,000
Harwell and the DekatronsSeries 18, Episode 6£4,000
Peter's GriffinSeries 18, Episode 10£4,000
Soft BoiledSeries 18, Episode 15£5,000#19 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
2Morrows' PeopleSeries 18, Episode 33£18,000
T'Villidge FowkSeries 18, Episode 39£6,000
Abide With UsSeries 18, Episode 40£1,000#13 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Top SpinnersSeries 18, Episode 43£3,000#20 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Queen Bee's CsSeries 18, Episode 61£18,000150th team to defeat the Eggheads
CabbiesSeries 18, Episode 62£1,000£1,617,000#14 Eggheads lose twice in a row & #3 Eggheads get first 2 questions wrong in the final round
Old DorksSeries 19, Episode 3£26,000
Knights TemplemanSeries 19, Episode 8£5,000
The BarrycudasSeries 19, Episode 14£6,000
All SaintsSeries 19, Episode 36£22,000
Compulsory Mantis ShrimpSeries 19, Episode 38£2,000
Burnley is BabylonSeries 19, Episode 42£4,000
Tasselled WobbegongsSeries 19, Episode 52£10,000
The Great GrandsonsSeries 19, Episode 69£17,000
Gli ItalianiSeries 19, Episode 70£1,000#15 Eggheads lose twice in a row
Suspicious Looking SausagesSeries 19, Episode 73£3,000
PerciesSeries 19, Episode 86£13,000£1,726,000
Doing it for the CraicSeries 20, Episode 13£22,000
Give us a T!Series 20, Episode 20£7,000#21 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Pat's PeopleSeries 20, Episode 24£4,000#3 All five challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Lisa)
Team 4x4Series 20, Episode 50£26,000
EclectionSeries 20, Episode 58£8,000#22 Eggheads lose to a single opponent
Always GameSeries 20, Episode 70£12,000
Shotley Open SpacersSeries 20, Episode 81£11,000#4 All five challengers win the final round against a single Egghead (Lisa)
Grout ExpectationsSeries 20, Episode 91£10,000
The Stockport HattersSeries 20, Episode 95£4,000£1,830,000
Think Outside the BoxSeries 21, Episode 3£3,000
Phil's Phab PhiveSeries 21, Episode 16£13,000
The Gomersal WestendersSeries 21, Episode 21£5,000

Transmissions

Spin-offs

Are You an Egghead?

Main article: Are You an Egghead?

On 20 October 2008, a spin-off called Are You an Egghead? debuted on BBC Two. The first series was won by Barry Simmons and lasted between 20 October to 2 December 2008 while the second series was won by Pat Gibson and lasted between 12 October to 23 November 2009.

Revenge of the Egghead

On 24 February 2014, a new spin-off series of Eggheads was launched called Revenge of the Egghead. It was presented by Jeremy Vine and saw the return of CJ de Mooi, who left Eggheads in 2012. In each episode, de Mooi faced a team of five contestants hoping to win thousands of pounds. The series ran for a 6-week period, between 24 February and 4 April 2014. Lisa Thiel appeared on the show as part of a winning team before becoming an Egghead herself shortly afterwards.

Main game

Each contestant, in turn, is asked a general knowledge question. If their answer is right, £200 is added to the prize fund but if their answer is wrong and de Mooi knows their answer is wrong, he presses a red button in front of him to answer the same question. If he gets it wrong and the contestant gets it right, an additional £100 is added to the prize fund. If he gets it right, the contestant is asked a multiple-choice question by de Mooi. If they get it right, gameplay continues as normal but if they get it wrong, they lose one of their two lives. If a contestant loses both of their lives, they are out of the game. When time runs out, the surviving players move on to the final round, along with the total number of lives remaining for all players, for a chance to win an equal share of the prize fund.

Final round

The final round starts out with de Mooi answering ten general knowledge questions. The number of questions he gets right becomes the target that the team has to beat. The team can confer on every question. Every wrong answer means that the team loses one of their lives and if they lose all of their lives, they leave with nothing but if they beat the target, they win an equal share of the prize fund.

Make Me an Egghead

Main article: Make Me an Egghead

A 25-part spin-off series ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016, with the search for two new members for the Eggheads line-up: one male, one female. The series was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster.

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External links

  • Eggheads at BBC Programmes
  • Eggheads at IMDb
  • Eggheads at 12-Yard Productions
  • Eggheads at UKGameshows.com
  • Celebrity Eggheads