POWER OF 10 REVIEWThe Power of 10 Review
The Power of 10, a new game show created by CBS seems to have quite the audience, finally a game that doesn’t offer a million dollars. The game show puts contestants head to head in an elimination round right off the bat. The first person who answers 3 or should I say guesses the correct answer to the 3 questions goes on to the next round for a chance to win $10,000,000 million. Each question that they are asked has a range of percentages. For example the first question has a range of 40 percent, if they get it correct they win $1000 and have the choice to answer the next question or walk away. With every correct answer, if they choose to continue on, the question decreases in percentage probability. The second question holds a percentage of 30 percent probability, which in turn is worth $1000 to the power of 10, which equals $10,000. The next question has a 20 percent probability and is worth $100,000. The forth and final question holds a 10 percent chance and is worth $1,000,000. If the contestant wants to go for the $10,000,000 dollars, they have to guess the percentage that the last question holds, which they will have a 1 in 11 chance of winning the $10,000,000 prize. If they get a question wrong at anytime, they drop down one level, so if they miss the question for $10,000,000, they go home with $900,000. Contestants can also see what the audience felt on the percentage of the question as well as ask a friend for their opinion before locking in their final answer. The game show seems to be a hybrid of “Deal or no deal” and “Who wants to be a millionaire” on steroids. It holds the concept of the guessing game of Deal or no deal and the prize money of Who wants to be a millionaire but just times 10. Drew Carey, which is a very likeable host, adds his own style and rhythm to the show, which in forth makes the show more appealing. The contestants are also likeable, the show is very simple to follow, very dramatic moments and nerve wrecking to watch at times. Why are the new game shows based on intelligent guesses, one might ask. Well it takes away the brains and wit and places them in a greed state of consciousness. Audiences like to see the green-eyed monsters pressured in situations where one wrong move or guess literally takes away more than half their earnings. It creates the drama and the mistake in which that person has to endure for the rest of his/her life. The game show is well hosted, intense, dramatic and fun to watch, the rules are very simple and easy to follow, which I believe will be its strong point.
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