Kamchat Chut On

Thailand
Name	Kamchat Chut On กำจัดจุดอ่อน
Host	Krittika Kongsompong
TV station	ThaiTV 3
Top prize	฿1,000,000
First air date	February 7, 2002
Final air date	December 26, 2002
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	Approx. 30
Episode duration	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast format	4:3 SDTV
Air schedule	Thursdays at 10:20 PM THT
Catchphrase	คุณคือจุดอ่อนของทีม เชิญค่ะ You are the weak point of the team. You go!
Language	Thai

Kamchat Chut On (Thai: กำจัดจุดอ่อน, Eliminate weak points, also titled The Weakest Link) was the Thai version of The Weakest Link based on the original British format. It was presented by Krittika Kongsompong and aired for one series on ThaiTV 3 from February 7 until December 26, 2002. The top prize was 1,000,000 Thai baht.

Episodes

Series	No. of episodes	Original broadcast	Timeslot
1	c. 30	February 7 — c. December 26, 2002	Thursdays at 10:20—11:20 PM THT

Money chain

Question	Price (THB)
	Series 1
8	125 000
7	75 000
6	50 000
5	25 000
4	10 000
3	5 000
2	2 500
1	1 000

Rules of the format

The rules did not differ from the original British format.

Each game begins with eight players who just met; they must answer enough questions correctly to reach each round's target of 125,000 Thai baht within the time limit.

The fastest method was to create a chain of eight correct answers. If a player fails to answer a question by giving a wrong answer, passing, etc., the chain will start over. If a player says "เก็บ" (keep) before their question is asked, the prize money, which increases with each correct answer, is added to the round's bank, and the chain begins again. The final round's prize will be equal to the total amount of money banked in each round.

The first round lasted for 2 and a half minutes; the following rounds were shortened by ten seconds until two players remained. The penultimate round before the final gave the two players one minute and thirty seconds for double the stakes of 250,000 Thai baht.

The first question is directed to the player whose name appears first alphabetically. In the following rounds, the first question is directed to the player who statistically performed the best in the previous round as "the strong point."

At the end of each round, the team votes to determine who to remove as "the weak point," which is then revealed by pressing their buttons in the following order. The player who holds the majority of votes will be subsequently voted off; if there is a tie, the player who was statistically "the strongest" that round will cast the final vote in the tiebreaker.

In the final round, the strongest player from the previous round will determine the direction of the first question, and each player will be asked five questions until a winner is determined. If there is a tie, the game moves to a sudden death round, in which contestants are given questions in pairs, and the first to correctly answer a question over their opponent's incorrect answer wins.

On-screen graphics

• The production company for the Thai version used the on-screen graphics provided by JUMP in partnership with BBC Studios Entertainment Productions and from scratch.

Opening titles

Original money chain

Money chain (with sponsor)

Money chain (without sponsor)

English Caption

Total prize

Final round

Closing credits

Closing credits (2)

Closing titles

Closing titles (2)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack did not differ much from the original British format.

• In the seventh round, the official 90-second question bed was not used; an edited version of the 2:00 question bed was used instead.

Catchphrases

• สวัสดีค่ะ! ยินดีต้อนรับเข้าสู่รายการ The Weakest Link—กำจัดจุดอ่อน! (Hello! Welcome to the show! the Weakest Link! Eliminate weaknesses!)
• เราจะเริ่มเล่นเกม The Weakest Link—กำจัดจุดอ่อน ณบัดนี้ (We will now start playing The Weakest Link—Eliminate weak points!)
• ถึงเวลาของการต้องจัดจุดอ่อนค่ะ (It's time to sort out the weak points!)
• คุณคือจุดอ่อนของทีม เชิญค่ะ (You are the weak point of the team, you go!)
• อย่าลืมนะคะท่านผู้ชมเป็นเพียงแค่เกม พบกันใหม่คราวหน้ากับรายการ The Weakest Link กำจัดจุดอ่อน สวัสดีค่ะ! (Don't forget, viewers, it's just a game. See you next time with The Weakest Link, eliminating weak points. Goodbye!)

Trivia

• By March 2002, the show had gained controversy to the point where Thailand's government threatened to revoke the TV station's broadcasting license if the presenter did not tone down.