Zeif bend (2012—14)

Azerbaijan
Name	Zəif bənd Zeif bend
Host	Solmaz Süleymanlı
TV station	Lider TV
Top prize	AZN9,000
First air date	c. March 3, 2012
Final air date	c. February 2014
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	> 50
Episode duration	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast format	4:3 SDTV
Catchphrase	Ən zəif bənd sizsiniz, xudahafiz! (You are the weakest link. Bye!)
Language	Azerbaijani

Zeif bend (Azerbaijani: Zəif bənd, Weak Link) was the Azerbaijani revival version of The Weakest Link based on the original British format. It was presented by Solmaz Süleymanlı and aired for two series on Lider TV from 2012 to 2014. The top prize was 9,000 Azerbaijani manats.

Money chain

Question	Price (₼)
	Series 1-2
9	1 000
8	800
7	600
6	400
5	200
4	100
3	75
2	50
1	25

Rules of the format

The rules did not differ from the original British format.

Each game begins with nine players who just met; they must answer enough questions correctly to reach each round's target of 1,000 Azerbaijani manats within the time limit.

The fastest method was to create a chain of nine 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 "bank" 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 3 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 2,000 Azerbaijani manats.

The first question is directed to the player whose name appears first in the Azerbaijani alphabet. In the following rounds, the first question is directed to the player who statistically performed the best in the previous round as "the strongest link."

At the end of each round, the team votes to determine who to remove as "the weakest link," which is then revealed by flipping their boards 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 link" that round will cast the final vote in the tiebreaker.

In the final round, the strongest link 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 Azerbaijani version created all of the on-screen graphics from scratch.

Opening titles

Money chain

Final round

Total prize

Closing credits

Closing titles (Series 1)

Closing titles (Series 2)

Closing titles (Series 2)

Soundtrack

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

• When a game enters sudden death, the Azerbaijani version continues playing the final round soundtrack rather than the sudden death soundtrack.

Catchphrases

• Zəif bənd oyununa, xoş gəlmisiz! (Welcome to the Weakest Link game!)
• Zəif bənd oyununa, başlayaq! (Let's start the Weakest Link game!)
• Zəif bənd oyununa, davam edək! (Let's move on to the Weakest Link game!)
• Zəif bəndə müəyyən etməyin, vaxtıdır! (It's time to identify the weakest link!)
• Ən zəif bənd sizsiniz. Xudafiz! (You are the weakest link. Goodbye!)
• Zəif bənd oyununa baxdınız, bu sadəcə bir oyun idi. Hələlik! (You watched the Weakest Link game, it was just a game. For now!)