Whammy! Push Your Luck

Whammy! Push Your Luck
	Title card
Genre	Game show
Created by	Bill Carruthers
Directed by	Caesar Cosme
Presented by	Paolo Bediones; Rufa Mae Quinto;
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Tagalog
No. of episodes	105
Production
Executive producer(s)	Wilma Galvante
Production location(s)	Philippines
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production company(s)	GMA Entertainment TV
Release
Original network	GMA Network
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	October 8, 2007 –; February 29, 2008

Whammy! Push Your Luck is a Philippine television game show broadcast by GMA Network. The show is based on American game shows Second Chance and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck. Hosted by Paolo Bediones and Rufa Mae Quinto,[1] it premiered on October 8, 2007. The show concluded on February 29, 2008 with a total of 105 episodes.

Gameplay

Round 1

Each contestant starts with PHP 1,000 to start the round.

The first round has cash amounts ranging from PHP 1,000 to PHP 5,000, and prizes typically worth several thousand pesos.

Special spaces

Directional Squares: "Go Back Two Spaces" and "Advance Two Spaces" (the contestant would earn whatever was at that space on the board, as if they had landed on that space in the first place), plus "Pick A Space" (the contestant could choose to move to either of the adjacent board spaces and take whatever was displayed there).
Whammy Bank: Known in the 2003 season episodes of the original US version as the "Big Bank," any Whammies hit placed all cash and prizes into the said space. A contestant had to hit the Big Bank space and answer a question correctly to take all cash and prizes in the bank.

Round 2

There are four questions in the question round, which is faithful to the 2002-03 US game. A player can earn a maximum of twelve spins in a question round (by being the first to buzz in on all four questions, and answering all four correctly), and the maximum for all three would be 20.

Round 3

The second and final round board has much higher values ranging from P1,250 to P125,000, and is also added with special prizes by the sponsors of the show. Their value is PHP60,000 - P50,000 cash and P10,000 worth of the sponsor's product (now P100,000 to P150,000).

If two or all three players were tied, the player with the fewest spins went first; if they were tied for that as well, the player to the hosts' left went first.

The Double Whammy space is marked with two Whammies. A player who hit the Double Whammy space would also have mischief on the player, although this version had more slime and pies rather than various objects related to United States version. A player who hits the Double Whammy space is only charged one Whammy.

As is the case with the franchise, four Whammies eliminates a player from the game.

The contestant that has the highest money earned will be the winner. Only this contestant will get the money (s)he earned.

gollark: Also, nexuses/nexi are powerful, according to the description.

gollark: Nebulae would win fights by saying "Hey, stop fighting me! Look at this cool constellation here? See that star there? It's 500 light-years from this planet, and the latest data shows that it might have habitable planets! Cool, right?" and distracting their opponents.

gollark: ```Despite their great size and strength, Celestial Dragons are a peaceful breed named for their spectral, starry appearance. Little else is known about them, as they spend the vast majority of their lives partially phased out of the plane of existence through the use of powerful magic. Celestial Dragons are thought to assume their corporeal form only long enough to reproduce or to die; the rest of the time, they resemble living, breathing constellations, impervious to all physical and magical harm.```

gollark: And don't forget celestials.

gollark: Actually, Bolts can do stun, which might help in a fight.

References

Erece, Dinno (October 1, 2007). "Rufa Mae Quinto and Paolo Bediones, to host "Whammy! Push Your Luck"". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

External links

Whammy! Push Your Luck on IMDb

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[1] Erece, Dinno (October 1, 2007). "Rufa Mae Quinto and Paolo Bediones, to host "Whammy! Push Your Luck"". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved March 8, 2015.