Fox‘s new sport present 99 to Beat simply upped the stakes much more by growing its grand prize to $1 million. The unique prize was $100,000, so now there’s much more of a purpose to attempt to win.
Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews host 99 to Beat, which is ready to premiere on Wednesday, September 24 at 9pm est, proper after the favored sport present, The Flooring, hosted by Rob Lowe, making it a full night time of sport exhibits on the community. 99 to Beat relies off the British sport present of the identical title, hosted by Adam and Ryan Thomas, which premiered in March.
The brand new prize pot was revealed throughout a primary look. “September 24, 100 gamers will compete to win $1 million, and so they’ll do something to get it,” the voice over mentioned. The hosts are seen saying, “The one rule is: Don’t end final.”
Based on Fox, the sport present has 100 contestants who “go head-to-head in a spread of visually distinctive and hilarious video games in an arced competitors sport present like we’ve by no means seen earlier than. 99 to Beat is the sport present that anybody can win, and there’s just one factor gamers should do for an opportunity of strolling away with the money prize – Don’t. End. Final.”
“As contestants battle it out towards one another, every spherical will see the variety of gamers whittled down till one individual is left standing and so they take house the highest prize of $1,000,000.”
Based on Selection, producers broke the information of the $1 million prize to the contestants on set. The announcement introduced “unimaginable pleasure – and plenty of tears.”
Within the first look, contestants, which embrace Huge Brother alum and Broadway star Tommy Bracco, lick numerous objects, put stuff down their pants, pop balloons, stack bolts, and carry out numerous different actions. One was even seen crying when his stack of bolts toppled over.
“That was ridiculous. Are you kidding me proper now?” a contestant mentioned.
“No, we’re not,” Erin Andrews mentioned. “Welcome to 99 to Beat.”
“Hey Hey Hey!!!!!!!!! I can’t look ahead to this! #99toBeatFOX @kenjeong @FOXTV,” Andrews tweeted in response to the trailer.
Ken Jeong tweeted “Booyah” to the information of the brand new prize. Jeong can also be a panelist on the Fox present, The Masked Singer. Nonetheless, the singing present won’t return this fall for a brand new season, as a substitute airing its eleventh season in January 2025.
Though that is Andrews’ first time internet hosting a sport present, she did host Dancing with the Stars for 10 seasons with Tom Bergeron.
99 to Beat, Wednesdays, beginning September 24, 9pm, Fox