Bob Young defeated Thao Nguyen in the final round. The episode featured the remaining nine players participating in a game of The Weakest Link as part of a challenge on The Mole, with the winner earning immunity from the next elimination and the money won going to the kitty - the grand prize of The Mole. On 11 March 2002, a special episode included contestants from reality game show The Mole, as part of the show's third season.The show also featured several special editions throughout its run. It is used to present visual information for visual questions – where the host asks the contestants to identify items that appear on the screen – as well as to cast their vote for the weakest link at the end of each round. A touch screen was also added to each contestant's podium.It is used both to bank money (contestants not only have to say the word 'bank' before being asked the question but must also press the buzzer), as well as to reveal the contestant's vote at the end of each round.

A buzzer was added to each contestant's podium.After round six, the game moves straight to the final round if the strongest link in the preceding round had been voted off, the second-strongest link decides who receives the first question.Īdditionally, several minor additions to the game were introduced: As is convention, in the event of a tie, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

Additionally, the contestants are interrogated about their roundly performances before the revealing of votes, as opposed to afterwards. The top prize increases in each round, making for a potential top prize of A$250,000. The format of the Nine Network iteration saw some major changes to the format similar to the 2020 US revival, eight contestants (as opposed to nine on the original Seven Network iteration) begin the game, and play begins with the player in the first position (as opposed to the player whose name is first alphabetically). The money tree is the same figures as in the British version, but ten times larger, and in Australian dollars rather than pound sterling. The voice-over was Marcus Irvine, while the adjudicator and question researcher was Alan Mason, the contestant revealed as The Mole in 2000.

if the contestants bank $1,000 then $3,000 is added to the final total). As with the British version, any money banked in round eight was trebled (e.g. The first round lasted for 2 minutes and 30 seconds as opposed to 3 minutes on the British version, and each round thereafter was reduced by 10 seconds (meaning a time limit of 1 minute and 20 seconds for the triple stakes round). The format of the Seven Network iteration was identical to that of the British version apart from some slight time differences on rounds.

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