Also: I don’t recall where I found this, but MyNetworkTV will be airing a preview episode of Temptation on Wednesday, September 5th at 8:00 eastern. This is likely a promotional showing before syndication starts Monday the 10th. Still can’t wait to see it…

There is VERY little cash to be won.

It’s fast-paced but simple so many will be able to play along at home.

1. A 20-second sprint round after the first 3 questions and before the first Instant Bargain/Gift Shop. (Other sprints will take place at different points later in the game.)

2. The Fame Game/Who Am I segment has some new cards available:
- Turbo/Fast Forward: the next set of questions are worth $10 up or down instead of $5.
- Burglar/Pickpocket: Allows player to take $5 from either opponent and add it to your score.
- Lockout: Allows you block a player from answering the next set of questions.
(Turbo and Lockout are removed before the final trip to the board.)
- Wild Card: Acts like the “Mystery Money or Pick Again” on the old SOTC, except it’s a set amount ($3000 on the Aussie show).

3. The Temptation Vault: Replaces the Instant Cash from Sale. A set $15 price, but with the chance to win anywhere from $1 to $10,000.

4. There are eight steps of prizes available: Day 1 usually worth $10-12K, Day 5 is a car (uasually a top-end Volvo), Day 6 is all the prizes, Day 7 is the cash jackpot (more on that in a bit), and Day 8 is for all the prizes and Double the cash. A retiring champ could easily pull down close to $1,000,000 in winnings.

4A. The Cash Jackpot: If a contestant chooses to come back for Day 2, the Jackpot is started at $50,000. They now have a chance to add another $50,000 to their pot by playing Top Ten. The player chooses one of five packs of questions, and has 60 seconds to get ten correct answers, all or nothing. I say tweak this to double the award to $100,000 for no wrong answers or passes. (Originally, this was called Ten in a Row, and you had to give all 10 answers consecutively to add $100,000 to the jackpot, with graded amounts for the longer streaks. An incorrect answer dropped you back to zero, but on losing a future game, you got to take home the TIAR money.)

With these tweaks in place, Temptation could (and has Down Under) surpass(ed) SOTC
in popularity. I can hardly wait…