Happy anniversary to the original format of the Weakest Link, which debuted on August 14, 2000.

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Starting in the fall new episodes

It has come to our attention that the entire premiere week of the Swedish version of the Weakest Link, was recently uploaded onto YouTube.

This month has seen a surge in episodes from the original format era surfacing online, including a 2002 model special of 'De zwakste schakel,' a 2002 celebrity DJ special on the Singaporean version of 'Zhìzhě shēngcún,' and now four more shows of Svagaste Länken.

(TeIewebion, 2025)

Late development: TeIewebion, an Iranian broadcaster, is currently producing a new quiz show that is eerily similar to the weakest link revival format. The series was announced in February and debuted earlier this month.

The game, loosely translated to "The Remaining Ones," begins with 8 players attempting to correctly answer enough questions within the time limit to win the top prize in each round, which gradually increases by eliminating one player per round.

The revival soundtrack appears briefly throughout the show, as do other soundtracks unrelated to the format.

(AMPTV, 2025)

Last Saturday night, viewers saw the return of the Armenian version of The Weakest Link format, 'Tuyl oghak.'

It was announced about a week earlier, alongside the announcement of the show during the TV station's spring/summer lineup, that the host of the quiz has been changed, removing previous host Babken Chobanyan entirely. In a trailer before the new series had launched with new host Anita Hakhverdyan, responses were rather mixed, with many wondering where Babken was.

On Saturday, March 22, the series returned to its regular timeslot from the previous series, with other notable changes besides the host. Other notable changes include the use of soundtrack stings for other purposes, such as after the host dismisses the contestant, which is followed by a short sting before the walk of shame soundtrack plays. Two stings from the original soundtrack were also restored, replacing the revival "Start the Clock" and "Time is Up" stings in each round.

Despite Anita Hakhverdyan primarily focusing on encouraging contestants to achieve their missions or follow their dreams, many of the comments on the YouTube upload of the episode were critical of the new host. The criticism includes, "Change the host immediately." "This is not a game for reading with commas and accents." "The slow speech of the presenter contributed to earning little money" and "The presenter does not meet the standards of the program."

Even though it is just the first episode of the new series, maybe opinions could change.

(AMPTV, 2025)

In a new promo for the upcoming spring series of 'Tuyl Oghak,' it is stated that a new presenter has been chosen to lead after the previous presenter, Babken Chobanyan, was reportedly removed from production.

Anita Hakhverdyan will now take over, a musician and singer who has worked primarily in theater rather than television.

The second series will premiere within the next few weeks.

Hello viewers.

So, within the last few days, an update was released that caused pictures on many pages to shift to the right side from their original center position.

I'm still thinking about how to fix this, but I wouldn't recommend editing each affected page just yet.

(NBC, 2001)

During the first season of the American run of The Weakest Link, an episode that was originally supposed to air on June 25, 2001, was pulled just hours before airing and swiftly replaced by another new episode.

On the day the episode was scheduled to air, NBC officials discovered that the 92,500-dollar winner, Julie, was the ex-wife of Ted Harbert, one of the chairmen of NBC Broadcasting (at the time), which commissioned the series and owned half of the American format. They had divorced during the 1980s with no children; by the time of her Weakest Link appearance, Julie had become an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of documentaries.

When Julie was challenged for the run of her money, the network informed her of the game's eligibility requirements and reviewed her application questionnaire; one of the requirements was that potential contestants must not have friends or relatives who worked for the network or were affiliated with it. However, her questionnaire revealed that Julie had done nothing wrong, as one question asked in writing if she had any "current" relationships with NBC employees, which she had answered truthfully. Furthermore, Ted reportedly stated that he had not spoken with Julie in years, so she could honestly claim that she had no friends or family who worked for the network.

Ultimately, Julie was allowed to keep her winnings, and the episode went on to air the following Monday. Shortly after, the network revised the questionnaire to avoid another situation like Julie's. A spokesperson later added, "If we had known about this, we would not have allowed her to appear on the show."

Well that was awkward...

(NBCUniversal Media, LLC)

It's been eight months since the third season finale of NBC's revival of the format aired in June 2024.

The third season, comprising 20 episodes, took nearly two years to air, with the first half airing between April and July 2023 and the final half (also known as the unofficial "fourth season") airing between April and June 2024. As March approaches this year, it is still unclear whether the format, infamous for long waits between seasons, will be renewed for a fourth season or if it will be phased out.

When the revival premiered in September 2020, host and executive producer Jane Lynch had recently wrapped up production of her previous Emmy-winning game show, Hollywood Game Night, which ran from 2013 to 2020. But after three seasons of presenting, will she move on to other projects?

Statistically, several international versions of the format have reached their fourth series before, but only about 15% of versions make it that far. If the American revival is renewed for a fourth season, the format has the potential to become one of the longest-running international versions of all time, despite only producing 46 shows; as of 2025, the Croatian version and the original run of the French version were the longest-running (6 years, 1 month).

So, what's going to be announced this year? Or will there be an announcement at all?

Colin Jost, then a 20-year-old junior at Harvard University, made his national television debut in November 2002 on the syndicated version of The Weakest Link, hosted by George Gray. It was on a special college edition of the show, with contestants from colleges and universities across the USA.

Colin, along with the five other contestants, would beat out hundreds of other potential contestants across the country to appear. Colin was flown to California for the show's October 3rd taping after passing all of the auditions, including a mock Weakest Link taped in the New England region.

Colin gave the incorrect answer "fall" when asked which of the four seasons August belongs to in the first round, but was fortunate not to be eliminated first. Overall, Colin answered only half of his questions correctly during the cash building rounds and, at one point, became the "weakest link" statistically for three consecutive rounds. Colin advanced to the final round and won the total prize of $5,250, half of which was banked in the first round alone.

Colin later admitted that he should not have won because he was not good at trivia and expected to be voted off right away, but he ended up spending the prize money on "beer and wine" anyway.

Less than three years after his Weakest Link appearance, Jost became a writer and actor on Saturday Night Live, where he still works today. However, his appearance on the game show remains a legacy, as it continues to be discussed over 20 years later. Colin appeared remotely on the Ellen Show's Weakest Link segment in 2020, less than a month after the revival's premiere, which was hosted by Jane Lynch. Colin Jost most recently appeared on The Tonight Show earlier this month, during which a snippet of his most embarrassing question was shown.

Today, Colin Jost is now married to Scarlett Johansson and has one child.

I would like to thank whoever did the rules of the format for the Weakest Link International adaptions (like Australia and Belgium). I hope they can do the rest for other international adaptions. Keep them coming and fantastic work so far.

After a brief hiatus, I plan to continue working on updating the remaining international versions. I'll most likely add new sections to all versions, which means I may revisit versions beginning with A to add new sections. If you like to help, let me know, and I'll be glad to have you on board...

Happy New Year, fellow readers, I was planning to prepare a small recap of the events that occurred last year with the format, but here is an abridged version.

New episodes that aired in 2024: c. 84

Armenia: 17

France: 1

Serbia: 39

Spain: 3

United Kingdom: 15

United States: 9

Notable events:

Anne Robinson turned 80

Armenian premiere

France one-time revival premiere

Spain revival premiere/cancellation

I would also like to add that I will be making some changes to the titles I've put on episode summaries to make them easier to find and decrease the chances of creating duplicate titles. For example, the episodes are mostly titled with the series and episode number. Because most versions don't have their numbers archived for the public, they are also titled by original airdate.

Good day, thanks for contributing to the wiki in the year 2024.