Did anyone watch this on ITV last night? Quite good. US show first. 81 players on a floor in 9 rows of 9 squares. Each has a topic but they're chosen at random and answer their opponent's topic to eliminate them from the game with last person standing getting 50k.

Was hoping to see the UK No.1's topic answered but it wasn't this week.

I’ve seen various clips from the US version on TikTok and have really enjoyed them. I didn’t realise until last night that this is what it was gonna be a UK version of

Really enjoyed it though, looking forward to seeing how it all plays out! And I don’t know if it’s just me or if the pressure would get to you in there but the chocolate round in particular, some of the ones they passed on or answered incorrectly…

I enjoyed the Australian series, so I’ll try and watch this one.

The Australian version was really fun, I really appreciated the person who got rid of all of the yapping and ‘where are you from?’ etc. and came up with that 3-hour edit of the entire series.

I can see this becoming a sleeper hit. Eight quick duels during the show on a variety of subjects mean that if you’re not a fan of one category, you’re never more than a few minutes away from one topic you do like. There’s a good amount of strategy going on which should start to develop over the series (eg if you inherit a category you have no clue about, you may be more inclined to challenge other contestants to play topics you may prefer, however the bigger your floor gets you have a greater chance of getting challenged yourself). Plus, for a gameshow, it very much succeeds in the audience “shoutability” factor. The questions do seem well pitched for both contestant and viewer - I did find it a surprise that I was able to identify more people than I expected in the “Fashion” category.

One thing I’ll be interested to see is how categories involving music categories play out. None were played in the first episode (although I did see “The Beatles” and “UK #1s” as potential categories), I wonder if these will be “identify the picture” as per other categories, or will it be “identify the song or band”.

So after 1 episode, I am already hooked, and I’m excited to see what stories develop among the contestants, especially those who have started building up some prime territory.