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SAMURAI 5
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What happens when you take thousands of dollars,add in 5 celebrities, 4 pressure packed tasks and one major guest star to oversee it all? You get 60 minutes of high-drama, high-stakes, high-spirited thrills that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end!

There's strength in numbers...and that number is five...SAMURAI 5!

What happens when you take thousands of dollars, add in 5 celebrities, 4 pressure-packed tasks and one major guest star to oversee it all? You get 60 minutes of high-drama, high-stakes, high-spirited thrills that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end!

At the start of the show, a big-ass cash prize is given to the team of five celebrities, better known as the SAMURAI FIVE. But they're not in the clear yet. If they want to keep all that money, they are going to have to earn it. With all that cash on the line, the team is presented with four tasks which must be completed by every team member. Although seemingly simple, each task demands a different skill: intelligence, athleticism, endurance, concentration, patience, memorization, even luck! For each successfully completed task, the team keeps a previously determined"share" of the money...for each failed task, they lose that "share" of their money.

But how are the "shares" determined? Well, before completing the tasks, the team debates which players are most likely to succeed in each challenge. The team then divides up the money and wagers larger shares on the stronger players, and smaller shares on the weaker players in each category. This may be the biggest challenge of all! Who will earn the team's bets and their trust? Who's telling the truth about their abilities? Who's telling a lie? Who's keeping a secret skill to themselves to avoid competing and failing?

To add to the pressure, a guest celebrity oversees the entire game, scrutinizing their every move. Between this added element and the constant fear of failing their teammates, the tension mounts with every task. At the end of all four tasks, whatever money is left is divided equally...it could be one million, one hundred or even zero! This also means that the player who contributed the least gets just as much money as the one who contributed the most. Will unfair outcomes incite more drama? You bet! It all depends on teamwork, trust and nerves of steel. Try SAMURAI 5, featuring fun, drama and proven success among viewers!