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The Cube (Australian game show)

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Simplify. Simplify may be used after any unsuccessful attempt. The simplification remains in effect until the contestant either completes that game or runs out of lives. "Swap" allows the contestant to switch places when playing a single-player game. This assistance becomes available after they complete the first game, and can only be used upon the introduction of a new one.
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The contestant begins with nine lives, and loses one for every unsuccessful attempt at a game. The contestant must repeat the game until they either complete it or run out of lives; in the latter case, the game ends and the contestants leave with nothing. When a contestant succeeds, they are shown a
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The game is played in teams of two people with a pre-existing relationship and occurs within a 4m × 4m × 4m transparent Perspex cube. The goal is to complete a series of seven games, each of which awards an increasing amount of prize money, before failing a total of nine times. Games are preselected
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Lee occasionally comments on the difficulty that past contestants have had with a game and notes the average number of lives lost while playing it, in order to help the contestant decide whether to continue or stop. Friends and family members in the audience may offer advice on decision-making and
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250,000 jackpot. Below is a breakdown of the prize money structure, showing the game number and amount of prize money that can be won for successfully completing that game. If a player loses all their lives at any point during the game, they lose all the money they have accumulated to that point.
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The contestant is given two forms of assistance, each of which may be used once. "Simplify" reduces the difficulty of a game, such as by allowing more time or increasing the size of a target zone – though the precise nature of the change is not revealed until after the contestant chooses to use
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preview of the next game and can decide to either stop playing and keep their winnings, or continue and risk the money. During a preview, the game is named and described by a female computer voice and demonstrated by a figure dressed in a full-body jumpsuit and featureless metal mask.
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for each individual contestant before the show to test their mental and physical faculties in various ways. A typical episode consists of two contestants' games; depending on how successful the contestants are and on editing, a contestant's game may split across two episodes.
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techniques for playing the games. Certain games have specific restrictions added to increase their difficulty, such as a time limit or allowing the use of only one hand. If the contestant violates any such restriction, they immediately lose a life.
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The seventh and final game is worth a jackpot of $ 250,000; contestants who complete this game are said to have "beaten the Cube".
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Auditions were open between November 2020 and January 2021. The first series was filmed in January 2021 by
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Since the first episode, The Cube has had a prize money structure starting at
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Australian television series based on British television series
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Game show
Adam Adler
The Cube
Andy Lee
Andy Lee
ITV Studios Australia
Network Ten
Australian television
game show
British series of the same name
Network Ten
Andy Lee
Network Ten
ITV Studios Australia
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"Airdate: The Cube"
TV Tonight
Archived
"Andy Lee to host The Cube for 10"
TV Tonight
Archived


"Network 10 commissions ITV to make The Cube with Andy Lee hosting"
Mediaweek
Archived
"Auditions: New Game Show"

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