What can you win at Money Road? Here's how the prize pool works (and it goes down!)
Money Road has finally managed to position itself as an original program, not only because of the perils of the Malaysian jungle, but because of a powerful dilemma: resist temptation or give in for personal gain? At the heart of it all, there is a number that can change your life: 300.000 €. But how does the final prize system really work?
What is won (and lost)
The game starts with a total prize pool of 300.000 euros, to be divided among those who manage to get to the end of the path. The problem is that every day the competitors will be put to the test by "indecent" offers: food, comfort, personal advantages. Accepting them means spend some of the loot, subtracting euros from the entire group.
Every temptation has a very precise price. Whoever gives in immediately receives the promised reward (be it a bed, a hot meal or a benefit), but the cost is scaled directly from the final prize. If more people choose immediate pleasure, the prize pool becomes dangerously thin.
The Value of the Group Versus Self-Interest
Money Road is a balance game between selfishness and solidarity. Those who think only of themselves could jeopardize the collective victory. There are no eliminations, nor votes: only daily choices that leave their mark.
Whoever manages to get to the end, after twelve days of extreme challenge, what's left of the jackpot is split. If the group resists, the sum is substantial. If it gives in to flattery, there is a risk of taking home only a few pennies.
Fabio Caressa and the role of “tempter”
Making everything more interesting is the presence of Fabio Caressa, who does not limit himself to leading: he is the narrator, but also the voice of temptation. Together with well-known characters such as Asia Argento, Giorgio Locatelli and Enzo Miccio, makes any offer harder to refuse.
The viewer, faced with each choice of the contestants, asks himself: what would I have done? Accept a meal and lose 5.000 euros of the prize or grit your teeth to protect the collective victory? The strength of the format lies right here: come to terms with one's own moral limitations.
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