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Vas o No Vas (US game show)
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Vas o No Vas was the American Spanish-language version of Deal or No Deal, which debuted on Telemundo
from October 8, 2006 to May 26, 2007 and it was produced by Endemol
and NBC
(the owners of Telemundo). The program was hosted by Héctor Sandarti
, who hosted the Mexican version of the same name for Televisa
. The show was taped at Televisa's Santa Fe studios in Mexico City, Mexico, where Endemol Mexico is based, in the same studio where the Mexican edition was taped. Originally airing Saturday nights at 7 PM ET/PT in a 90-minute format, the show moved to Saturday afternoons at 1PM ET / PT, edited to 60 minutes in length.
The show was permanently axed when the 2007 May sweeps period was almost completed.
provided in a sponsorship deal by T-Mobile
. The two contestants that answered correctly the quickest on each side proceed on stage to play the second round.
automobile in another sponsor placement, or another prize, is offered to the contestant. The contestant may refuse the Tentación offer and continue to the main game, or accept the offer and allow the losing contestant to play the main game.
250,000 (as opposed to $1,000,000 (occasionally $2,000,000) in the English primetime version, the top prize for the daily version was $500,000, though there were only 22 amounts and 22 cases in that version). If the player can keep the top prize amount in play after three rounds, they win a Ford automobile which is theirs to keep no matter what happens in the main game.
After each round, as in the English version, the banker ("La Banca") calls the host. However, the offer is announced after the banker's female assistant (played by Zanesta Seilerova) comes on stage with a case containing the offer that the banker offers the contestant. For example, if the banker is offering $3,200, then she will say, "La Banca te ofrece,... tres mil doscientos dolares." In addition, in some offers, the "Tentación" case would also be brought on stage as a further enticement. The "Tentación" is shown before the contestant decides to accept the offer and leave the game ("Voy"), or refuse the offer and continue ("No Voy").
At the conclusion of the first round, a guessing game similar to the Australian version
's "Megaguess" called "La Coincidencia" ("The Coincidence") is played, in which the loser of the head-to-head game (if the winner of that game chooses to play the main game) can win a prize (cash or a trip) by guessing what amount is in the case chosen by the contestant.
The highest amount ever won was $180,500 on November 5, 2006 by a contestant named Gabriela Salazar from San Diego, CA, although another contestant would sell the $250,000 case for only $44,300 the following week. The contestant also won a Ford F-150, boosting her total to over $200,000, an all-time record for a Hispanic-language game show telecast in the USA. Her case chosen (number 26) had $100,000 inside.
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
from October 8, 2006 to May 26, 2007 and it was produced by Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
(the owners of Telemundo). The program was hosted by Héctor Sandarti
Héctor Sandarti
Héctor Sandarti is a Guatemalan television host and actor who was the host of the Spanish-language version of Deal or No Deal called Vas o No Vas on the Telemundo Network in the USA. He held similar duties in 2004-2006 for a Mexican version which aired on Televisa...
, who hosted the Mexican version of the same name for Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
. The show was taped at Televisa's Santa Fe studios in Mexico City, Mexico, where Endemol Mexico is based, in the same studio where the Mexican edition was taped. Originally airing Saturday nights at 7 PM ET/PT in a 90-minute format, the show moved to Saturday afternoons at 1PM ET / PT, edited to 60 minutes in length.
The show was permanently axed when the 2007 May sweeps period was almost completed.
Gameplay
While "Vas o No Vas" has the same presentation style and look as the U.S. "Deal or No Deal", the gameplay is different from the US English-language version, and adopts variants of European and Australian versions of the game with a quiz contest to determine the player who goes on to play for the money.First Round
The first round of the game involves two sets of ten potential contestants, in which they each answer a question with three possible answers on cell phonesMobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
provided in a sponsorship deal by T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
. The two contestants that answered correctly the quickest on each side proceed on stage to play the second round.
Second Round
In the second round, Sandarti asks a series of questions. The first contestant to answer two correctly proceeds to the main game. But first, model Silvia Bianchin, dressed in a red dress, walks on stage with a red case marked "Tentación" (Temptation). The "Tentación" case, which contains cash, a FordFord Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
automobile in another sponsor placement, or another prize, is offered to the contestant. The contestant may refuse the Tentación offer and continue to the main game, or accept the offer and allow the losing contestant to play the main game.
Main Round
The main round is the same as the US English version, with 26 similarly dressed models (different from the English version, called "Las Bomboletz") carrying 26 cases. The number of cases to be opened in each round (To open, Sandarti says to one of "Las Bombolets", "Abre este portofollio.... ¡ahora!") is also the same, starting with six cases in round one, then five in round two, and so on, all the way down to one case in round six and subsequent rounds. The top prize in this version, however, is US $United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
250,000 (as opposed to $1,000,000 (occasionally $2,000,000) in the English primetime version, the top prize for the daily version was $500,000, though there were only 22 amounts and 22 cases in that version). If the player can keep the top prize amount in play after three rounds, they win a Ford automobile which is theirs to keep no matter what happens in the main game.
After each round, as in the English version, the banker ("La Banca") calls the host. However, the offer is announced after the banker's female assistant (played by Zanesta Seilerova) comes on stage with a case containing the offer that the banker offers the contestant. For example, if the banker is offering $3,200, then she will say, "La Banca te ofrece,... tres mil doscientos dolares." In addition, in some offers, the "Tentación" case would also be brought on stage as a further enticement. The "Tentación" is shown before the contestant decides to accept the offer and leave the game ("Voy"), or refuse the offer and continue ("No Voy").
At the conclusion of the first round, a guessing game similar to the Australian version
Deal or No Deal (Australian game show)
Deal or No Deal is an Australian game show airing on the Seven Network and in New Zealand on Prime . It was the first international version of the game show, after the original Dutch version. It was the first of the versions to use the Deal or No Deal name...
's "Megaguess" called "La Coincidencia" ("The Coincidence") is played, in which the loser of the head-to-head game (if the winner of that game chooses to play the main game) can win a prize (cash or a trip) by guessing what amount is in the case chosen by the contestant.
The highest amount ever won was $180,500 on November 5, 2006 by a contestant named Gabriela Salazar from San Diego, CA, although another contestant would sell the $250,000 case for only $44,300 the following week. The contestant also won a Ford F-150, boosting her total to over $200,000, an all-time record for a Hispanic-language game show telecast in the USA. Her case chosen (number 26) had $100,000 inside.