10 Seconds
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| 10 Seconds | |
| Genre | Game show |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Dan Miller |
| Narrated by | Don Dashiell |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TNN |
| Original run | March 29, 1993 – March 25, 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Top Card (1989-1993) |
10 Seconds is a television game show that aired on TNN from March 29, 1993 to March 25, 1994. The show was hosted by Dan Miller (who previously hosted Top Card). Don Dashiell was the announcer.
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[edit] Maingame
Two contestants competed in this game of identifying songs, similar to Name That Tune's classic Bid-a-Note round. The game was played in two rounds, in each round there were nine categories, each one was a clue to a song, and each one hid a point value. The player in control chose a category with the points revealed. The host would read out the year, the style of the singer (and sex gender of the singer) and where the song took it up to on the music charts (according to Billboard magazine). Some of the songs were country songs and Dan would tell the peak position on the song on the country or the pop charts(if it hit the Billboard Hot 100), otherwise Dan would tell the song's peak position on the pop charts. Then his/her opponent selected how much time from one to ten seconds; the first player could hear the song before taking a guess, then the first could choose to either name that song or challenge his/her opponent.
A player could only give each number of seconds once during the round (e.g., if a player chose to give six seconds, he or she couldn't choose six seconds again in that round). Whomever got control of the song got to listen to the song for the amount of time set. A correct guess won the hidden amount of points, while an incorrect guess or failure to respond gave the points to the opponent.
Note that the points revealed also determines the difficulty level; so the smallest amount of points would be easy and the highest points would be the most difficult; plus any point value could appear more than once.
[edit] Round 1
Hidden point values were worth anywhere from 10 to 50 points in 5-point increments.
[edit] Round 2
Nine new categories were used, and the hidden point values ranged from 20 to 100 points (in 10 point increments), with the last category on the board worth double (meaning that the last category could have a value of up to 200 points).
[edit] Catch-Up round
The trailing player was given a chance to catch-up by playing a ten second medley in which he/she identified three music artists at 100 points an artist, plus a 100-point bonus for identifying all three, thus there was a possible total of 400 points. Then the other player got a chance to win the game by playing his/her own ten second medley. The player with the most points at the end of this round won the game.
[edit] Bonus round
In the bonus round, the winning player was given 60 seconds to name nine songs by virtue of short clips of songs. A category title with a clue to each song was given as well, but no clues based on Billboard chart positions. He/she could pass on a song but could come back to it if there was time left. If they missed, they would go on to the next song and would come back to the missed song if there was time remaining, as in the case of a passed song.
Each correct answer won increasingly valuable prizes, but if the winning player identified all nine songs they won a cash jackpot which started at $1,000 and grew by $500 for each day it was not won. The highest jackpot won was $10,500[citation needed]. Contestants stayed on until they won the jackpot or were defeated.
