For the original game show, see Fort Boyard (TV series)

Fort Boyard (TV series)

For the fortress see Fort Boyard Fort Boyard is a French game show created by Jacques Antoine that was first broadcast in 1990 and is popular to this day...

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Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge, is a Disney XD

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/CITV

CITV

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 game show

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 that premiered on October 17, 2011 and completed it's first season on November 7, 2011. The show is a challenge game where six teams battle to the finish to win the Ultimate Challenge and become Conquerors of The Fort. The show is an updated format of the original show, Fort Boyard. It is hosted by Pair of Kings' Geno Segers

Geno Segers

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 and by Laura Hamilton

Laura Hamilton

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The series will also be aired in the United Kingdom on CITV

CITV

CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

 in January 2012 before being rolled-out globally on the Disney XD network. It was announced on November 7, 2011 that the show will return in 2012.

Format

Six teams compete against each other in a tournament. Each episode, two teams face each other in a battle to see who is the strongest and toughest team. The challenges are based on toughness, fear and speed.

Every level, the teams fight to get a key which helps them in the final level of the game in the Treasure Chamber. If they get three keys or more at the end of the game, they get the maximum amount of time in the Treasure Chamber (3:00); but if they get two keys or less, a time penalty will be dealt out. If a team wins a 4th key, they receive an extra 150 bonus coins which are added to their final total.

Games

Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge uses the same games as the original show but with different names and with no lock-ins.

The Treasure Chamber

When they enter the chamber, each team gets a piece of paper with a plan of the board of the giant alphabet chessboard in Treasure Chamber, which is composed of letters and the word "Fort Boyard" is written out on it. On this chessboard, they must place four circular plates of color, as shown in the plan. These plates are hidden in the decorative elements of the chamber such as a safe, a rope or barrel. They must therefore find where they are hidden. Boxes are suspended in the fountain and the key for the coins is on top of a vertical rod above and on either side of the Fountain.

Once a team has placed their four plates in the right place, the captain returned his/her hand in a tiger's head located nearby. The key is released to open their chest containing the coins. Once the chest is opened, coins fall into the fountain below. The team members must collect as many coins as possible and put them into a Plexiglas box near the door of the Treasure Chamber.

20 seconds from the end of the 3 minutes, the door of the Treasury Room begins to descend and the 8 candidates must get out before it closes fully.

Then it's time to weigh the two candidates from each team take turns paying the container of transparent box to set the number of points scored by the team. At the end of the show, the ranking of teams is updated compared to previous results.

Keys for the Treasure Chamber

4 Keys: 3 minutes + 150 bonus points

3 Keys: 3 minutes

2 Keys: 2 minutes 40 seconds

1 Key: 2 minutes 40' for 3 team members and 2 minutes 20' for the 4th

0 Keys: 2 minutes 40' for 2 team members and 2 minutes for the other 2 team members

Filming

Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge is set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard

Fort Boyard is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began.-Layout:Fort...

 in France

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From a broadcasting perspective, Fort Boyard itself was refurbished during 1988–89 to become, essentially, a large outdoor television studio. The Fort has its own doctor, catering facilities, as well as production gallery and veterinary centre. The Fort is equipped with 10 portable television cameras, one camera crane for overhead shots, one under-water camera as well as a number of smaller cameras which specifically cover individual games and challenges around the Fort.

Filming of seasons 1 and 2 took place between 9–15 July 2011 consisting of 20 episodes in total.

Teams

Yellow Scorpions (winners of season 1.1)
Red Vipers
Silver Dragons
Green Jaguars
Blue Sharks
White Falcons

• There were 24 participants (40 in total) from 13 to 19, divided into 6 teams (12 teams in total) of 4. In each season, the competition is played between 6 teams. Each team has a color and a symbol of animal: Blue for Sharks, Green for Jaguars, Silver for Dragons, Red for Vipers, White for Falcons and Yellow for Scorpions. Each team plays 3 times and the two teams which have the most gold coins return for the final round of the tournament.

Season 1.1

1. Yellow Scorpions Vs Red Vipers (October 17, 2011)
2. White Falcons Vs Blue Sharks (October 18, 2011)
3. Silver Dragons Vs Green Jaguars (October 19, 2011)
4. Blue Sharks Vs Red Vipers (October 24, 2011)
5. Yellow Scorpions Vs Green Jaguars (October 25, 2011)
6. Silver Dragons Vs White Falcons (October 26, 2011)
7. Yellow Scorpions Vs Blue Sharks (November 1, 2011)
8. Red Vipers Vs Silver Dragons (November 2, 2011)
9. Green Jaguars Vs White Falcons (November 7, 2011)
10. Final: Yellow Scorpions Vs Green Jaguars (November 7, 2011)

Season 1.2

It was announced on November 7, 2011 that Disney XD's Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge

Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge

Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge, is a Disney XD/CITV game show that premiered on October 17, 2011 and completed it's first season on November 7, 2011. The show is a challenge game where six teams battle to the finish to win the Ultimate Challenge and become Conquerors of The Fort. The show is an...

 will return in 2012.

US Transmissions

Series	Year	Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
1	2011	10	17 October 2011	7 November 2011
2	2012	10	2012	2012

International release

Country / Region	Channel	Series premiere
United Kingdom	CITV CITV CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...	January 2012
Canada	Disney XD Disney XD (Canada) Disney XD is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. It is wholly owned by Astral Media. The channel launched on June 1, 2011 in both standard and high definition, as well as a video on demand platform....	November 2011

External Links

http://www.tv.com/shows/fort-boyard-ultimate-challenge/

http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fort-boyard--ultimate-challenge/332350