Raid the Cage

Raid the Cage
Genre	Game show
Created by	Shy Barmeli Ori Dror
Country of origin	Israel
Original language(s)	Hebrew
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	35
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Production company(s)	United Studios of Israel Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	Channel 2 (Reshet)
Original release	January 4, 2013 – June 23, 2014
External links
Website

Raid the Cage or Kluv Hazahav, (Hebrew: כלוב הזהב‎‎), is an Israeli game show, where couples complete trivia and physical challenges to haul prizes from a gigantic cage before the doors slam shut. The original version aired on Channel 2 (Reshet), and hosted by Avi Kushnir. The show distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television International.

Format

Contestants in a pair face nine different rounds. One partner answers trivia questions on various topics, each question is worth a certain time in a cage with various prizes. The purpose of the challenger is to answer all nine questions and successfully complete the game, while providing maximum time to the partner each round to get as many prizes as possible.

Gameplay

Existing in a cage with various prizes in different price levels. One constestant answers the trivia questions and the other collects the prizes from the cage according to the time given for each correct answer. The host asks the player the trivia questions, each question has four answers. The player should choose what is the correct answer for the displayed question. If the player is correct, The prize space opens immediately (cage) and the second contestant can run in and start collecting the prizes. He can choose between prizes he can take immediately or those that require more complex challenge than collecting. The player has two options: to answer the question immediately, or use one of the lifelines.

There are two lifelines:

• Switch the Question: The question is replaced, and the answers remain the same. (some versions also change the answer)
• Switch Roles: swapping two contestants for one question only. The contestant who gets the cage prizes answers the question and if his answer is correct, the contestant that answers the trivia questions gets inside the cage to collect prizes. Both contestants then return the original roles.

In Certain stages, there is a strategic consultation between the couple, and they can consult the prize to be collected by them and advise the contestant which does a mission on which method to take, but the moment the question is asked, the contestants should not talk or hint each other, until the cage gate opens. To win and earn all the cage, the contestant must answer the nine questions, which will earn prizes, and answer the tenth question with the other contestant (Cage Question) and then win the entire contents of the cage.

From the sixth question the contestants can retire from the game. Both contestants have two options: retire from the game with all the prizes they have gotten to that point or continue the game and answer the next question. Both contestants can consult the option they choose.

There are two situations in which two contestants lose all prizes: one where the contestant answers trivia questions wrong response and the other where the winning contestant who collects the cage does not come out at the end of the time left to him out of the cage.

Tasks

Series 1

For great prizes like a new car, tickets to Europe and appliances, the contestants have various tasks (in original version and some foreign versions):

• Electrical appliances: Star Task - the challenger on the cage must jump on the touch screen. On every star he steps on, he gets a star, and on every red square he steps on, he loses a star. When eight stars are collected, a stroller with Electrical appliances is freed, and the contestant can get it out of the cage
• ATV: Hamster task - the challenger must run on a big hamster wheel to reveal a key to open the lock of the ATV and the contestant could get it out.
• Motorcycle: Safe task - the challenger to go to the strongboxes which have questions related to both team members. A correct answer opens the box and reveals the following question. which opened three safes safe third has a key to open the lock of the bike and the challenger can take it out (the same task can be performed With a diamond ring in the case of couples).
• Sailing a variety of destinations around the world: mission suitcases - the contenders to take a cart and assign it the bags and take them out that has cruise.
• Car task: Superhero Task - the challenger must face the screen and make flight movements. when he sees a car he/she should smash the glass three times so the car is released and he/she can take it. Normally there's a person sit inside to drive and turn the car to the right way.
• Bathroom task: bubble task - the contestant should look for a bubble with a key that can open the box between all the bubbles and get the bathroom.
• Living items: balloon task - The contestant must bounce on a seat to inflate the balloon to explode so he/she can take the key to open the box that awards the challenger the living room.
• Vacation abroad: Bicycle task - The constestant must ride on a bike simulator that its map simulates a section of Rome, so he/she can take a globe and win the vacation.

The tasks are varied among the broadcasting countries, for example, in the Chinese version, there is a real "Angry Birds" game in the center of the studio.

International versions

Country	Title	Network	Host	Date aired
Israel [1] (original version)	כלוב הזהב Kluv Hazahav	Channel 2	Avi Kushnir	4 January 2013
Argentina [2]	Escape perfecto	Telefe	Leandro Leunis & Ivana Nadal	4 June 2014
China	芝麻开门 Zhima kaimen[3]	Jiangzu TV	Zhang Chunye(On Mondays) Peng Yu(On Tuesdays)	January 22, 2013
Colombia	Escape perfecto	RCN Televisión	Julian Román & Natalia Valenzuela	May 2015
Greece	Raid the Cage [4]	ANT1	Gregory Arnaoutoglou	TBA
Peru [5]	Escape perfecto	América Televisión	Marco Zunino & Sully Sáenz	2015
Mexico [6]	Escape perfecto	Azteca TV	Rafael Mercadante	2 March 2015
Romania	Deschide camera comorilor [7]	Kanal D	Liviu Vârciu	12 March 2014
Russia	Клетка Kletka[8]	Russia 1	Dmitry Guberniev	16 August 2014
Turkey	Kapanmadan Kazan [9]	ATV	Murat Serezli	17 June 2013
Uruguay [10]	Escape perfecto	Channel 10	Alberto Sonsol & Annasofía Facello	2014
USA	Perfect Escape	NBC	Sarah Michelle Gellar & Leslie Mann	Spring 2016
Vietnam	Vừng ơi mở cửa	HTV7	Đại Nghĩa & Diệu Nhi	20 January 2016

Note: In the Chinese edition since summer 2014, Zhang Chunye, a female 22-year-old presenter currently working for Jiangsu TV will be the host of the show's Monday edition. Zhang is also the franchise's first ever female host around the world.

Top Prize winners

Note: The table is currently not complete, and still refreshing.

Country	Winning contestant(s)	Date aired
China	Liu Wentian	March 21, 2014
	Liang Shuping (Annual champion for 2013)	December 31, 2013
	Nancy & Tian Jing	December 17, 2013
	Yang Pengfei	October 8, 2013
	Zheng Caiqian	July 2, 2013

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