Boom! (game show)

Boom! is an American television game show that premiered on the Fox network on June 25, 2015. An adaptation of an Israeli series with the same title,^[1] Boom! is a general-knowledge quiz show where three players must correctly answer questions in order to defuse bombs. The program's stage utilizes 3D projection mapping featuring more than one million LEDs. Boom! is produced by Jeff Apploff and Bob Boden.

On August 21, 2016, Fox cancelled Boom! after one season due to low ratings.^[2]

Three players compete as a team to defuse a series of six time bombs by answering one question per bomb. Each question has several answer choices, only one of which is incorrect, and each answer corresponds to a differently colored wire on the bomb. The goal is to cut the wires for only the correct answers before the timer on the bomb reaches zero.

Before each question, the category is given and the team chooses one player to attempt it. When the player cuts a wire, the timer briefly stops and the result is revealed after a three-second delay. If the player cuts all the correct wires, the bomb is defused and money is added to the team's bank. However, if the player cuts the incorrect wire or if time runs out, the bomb "explodes", spraying its contents all over him/her and the studio. That player is then eliminated from the game, and no money is added to the bank.

The players and host all wear safety goggles for eye protection while onstage, and the audience members in the front rows wear goggles and plastic rain ponchos to keep themselves clean. The contents of the bombs are typically food items that are sticky and/or hard to clean off clothing, such as pizza sauce, maple syrup, and gravy.

Every player must attempt to defuse at least one of the six bombs. If all three players are eliminated, the game ends and the team leaves with no winnings. Values, time limits, and numbers of answer choices increase from one question to the next as shown below.

If at least one player is still in the game after the sixth bomb, the team must decide whether to take their winnings and end the game, or attempt to answer a seventh question and defuse the final Mega Money Bomb. The host gives them the category for this question in order to help them decide.

The question has 10 answer choices, seven correct and three incorrect, and a 90-second time limit. One player cuts the wires, while the other two can offer advice, and all three must stand over the bomb. Any player may be chosen to cut the wires, regardless of whether or not he/she was eliminated from the main game. If the players successfully defuse the bomb, their entire bank is quadrupled; if not, it is cut in half.

The maximum possible winnings total is $500,000, obtained by successfully defusing all seven bombs.

In some international versions, there are two teams of four, and the player must avoid cutting the color wire corresponding to the correct answer.

Country	Title	Network	Host	Date aired
Argentina	¡Boom!	Telefe	Leandro "Chino" Leunis and Ivana Nadal	September 30, 2015 – January 6, 2016
Cambodia	Boom!	Bayon TV	Dith Sovannarith	March 5, 2016 – 2017
Chile	¡Boom!	TVN	José Miguel Viñuela	March 9, 2015 – May 13, 2015
Colombia	¡Boom!	Caracol Televisión	Mario Espitia	November 25, 2017 – January 19, 2019
France	Boom : Gagner ne tient qu'à un fil !	TF1	Vincent Lagaf'	August 9, 2015 – September 6, 2015
Greece	Boom!	Skai TV	Sakis Tanimanidis	September 16, 2019 – 2020
Hungary	Bumm!	TV2	Claudia Liptai and Tibor Kasza Attila Till	September 28, 2014 – November 28, 2014 November 21, 2016 – July 7, 2017
Iran (unlicensed version)[13][14][15][16]	Sime Akhar	IRIB TV3	Reza Rashidpour	November 5, 2020 – March 11, 2022
Israel (original version)	Boom!	Channel 2 (Keshet)	Ido Rosenblum	April 3, 2014 – June 16, 2014
Italy[17]	Boom!	NOVE	Max Giusti	August 29, 2016 – May 3, 2019
Kazakhstan	Boom!	TV7	Rinat Safargulov	September 15, 2014 – 2015
Mexico	¡Boom!	Azteca Trece	Rykardo Hernández	August 8, 2016 – March 16, 2017
Philippines	Boom! (part of Eat Bulaga!)	GMA Network	Vic Sotto Joey de Leon, Allan K. (substitute hosts)	September 24, 2018 – July 6, 2019
Spain[18]	¡Boom!	Antena 3	Juanra Bonet	September 9, 2014 – May 7, 2023
		Cuatro	Christian Gálvez[19]	September 9, 2024 – present
Thailand	BOOM! Thailand	Channel 9	Willy McIntosh	February 4, 2017 – June 4, 2017
Vietnam	Quả cầu bí ẩn	VTV3	Ngô Kiến Huy Minh Xù	March 3, 2019 – August 25, 2019 January 4, 2020 – December 26, 2020

• Official Site on Fox
• Info about the show
• Boom! at TV Guide
• Boom! at IMDb