5 Gold Rings

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5 Gold Rings
GenreGame show
Created by
Presented byPhillip Schofield
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes24
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyPossessed
Original release
NetworkITV
Release5 March 2017 (2017-03-05) –
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

5 Gold Rings is a British game show that aired on ITV from 5 March 2017 to 6 December 2020. It was hosted by Phillip Schofield.

It was based on the Dutch game show 5 Golden Rings, with the first series being filmed on the same set in the Netherlands and the second through fourth series at BBC Elstree Centre in London. An app had also been released, so viewers can play along with the show.

Gameplay[edit]

Overview[edit]

Two teams of two contestants each compete through five rounds to build up separate prize banks. At the start of each round, the teams choose one member to play. A picture is displayed on a large circular LED screen set into the studio floor, and the contestant has 30 seconds to place a gold ring on a spot named by the host. Successfully doing so (defined as having any portion of the correct spot within the inner circumference of the ring) adds money to the team's bank. In each successive round, the ring size decreases and the money at stake increases. The non-participating teammate may offer advice as desired.

Examples of questions include:

  • Given an unlabelled map of Scotland, mark the location of Loch Ness.
  • Given an unlabelled timeline from 1901 to 2000, mark the year in which Muhammad Ali won a gold medal in boxing at the Summer Olympics.
  • Given a photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge and an incomplete reflection of it in the water below, mark the spot where the reflection of a specified point should appear.

Each team has two forms of assistance ("lifelines") that may be used once per game. Before any attempt to place a ring, the teammate not participating in a question may press a button to signal that they want to use a lifeline. The options are:

  • Flip the Floor: A second question is presented, and the team then decides whether to play it or keep the original one.
  • Team of Five: Each team brings a group of five supporters to the studio. The team's group members use individual tablet computers to indicate their guesses at the correct answer; these guesses are briefly displayed on the floor screen.

Series 1[edit]

Each completed question increases the team's bank by one level (£1,000, £2,500, £5,000, £10,000, £25,000). The team begins with five rings and loses one for every unsuccessful placement. One team plays at a time and can only move on to the next round by completing the current one; their turn ends when they have either completed the fifth round or lost all their rings. The maximum potential bank is £25,000, obtained by completing all five rounds.

Series 2 to Series 4[edit]

Each team has one turn in every round, and successful completions add a set amount to the bank that increases from one round to the next (£1,000, £2,500, £5,000, £7,500, £10,000). In addition, if one team misses a question, the opponents can steal the money at stake by correctly re-positioning the ring within 15 seconds.

The maximum potential bank is £52,000, obtainable if one team completes all five rounds and steals all available money from the opponents.

Final[edit]

The team with the higher bank is given control for this round; in the event of a tie, a coin toss decides control. One final question is presented, and the team in control may either play it or pass to the opponents. Each team is given one ring, with the larger one going to the leaders, and the smaller one going to the losers after 5 rounds. In case of a tie, both teams receive identical rings.

One member of the team playing the question has 30 seconds to place the ring as instructed. If succeed, they will win their entire bank and the opponents get nothing. If they fail, they will get nothing and the opponents win their own bank instead.

Transmissions[edit]

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 5 March 2017 16 April 2017 6
2 2 September 2018 7 October 2018 6
3 1 September 2019 6 October 2019 6
4 1 November 2020 6 December 2020 6

International versions[edit]

Legend:   Currently airing     No longer airing     Upcoming     Pilot  

Country Local title Channel Presenter Premiere date End date
 Netherlands
(original format)
5 Golden Rings SBS 6 Rik van de Westelaken (2017)
Kim-Lian van der Meij (2018)
12 January 2017 28 February 2018
 France Les 5 anneaux d'or France 2 Olivier Minne 24 August 2017 18 August 2018
 Germany 5 Gold Rings Sat.1 Steven Gätjen 12 October 2020 24 April 2021
 Greece 5 Gold Rings Star Channel Unknown
 Israel חמש טבעות זהב
Khamesh Tvaot Zahav
Reshet 13 Yaron Brovinsky 29 April 2018 14 October 2019
 Mongolia[1] 5 алтан цагираг
5 altan tsagirag
Central Television Ankhbayar Ganbold 3 November 2021 present
 Saudi Arabia خمس خواتم
Khams Khawatem
SBC Yasir Al Saggaf 12 September 2018 present
 Spain El juego de los anillos Antena 3 Jorge Fernández 7 August 2019 23 January 2021
 Thailand แหวน 5 ท้าแสน - 5 Golden Rings Channel 7 HD Varavuth Jentanakul 4 March 2019 29 September 2020
 United States 5 Gold Rings NBC Kevin Pereira 2018
 Vietnam 5 vòng vàng kỳ ảo VTV3 Bùi Đại Nghĩa (2018-2019)
Bạch Công Khanh (2021)
1 December 2018 (Season 1)
2 September 2021 (Season 2)
23 March 2019 (Season 1)
November 2021 (Season 2)

Merchandise[edit]

A board game version of the series was released in 2018.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "5 Gold Rings is coming to Mongolia".

External links[edit]