The Weakest Link (Taiwan)

The Weakest Link
智者生存
Genre	Game show
Created by	Fintan Coyle, Cathy Dunning
Based on	The Weakest Link
Presented by	Belle Yu (2001), Tseng Yang Qing (2001-2002)
Theme music composer	Paul Farrer
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	27
Production
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production companies	Jason's Entertainment Co., Ltd ECM Production BBC Worldwide.
Original release
Network	STAR Chinese Channel
Release	October 22, 2001 (2001-10-22) – February 11, 2002 (2002-02-11)

The Weakest Link 智者生存 (Weakest Link zhizhe shengcun) was the Taiwanese edition of the UK show The Weakest Link, presented by Taiwanese actress and reality host Belle Yu, who was followed by Taiwanese author Tseng Yang Qing. The Chinese title of the show is a word play of Chinese idiom 智者生存, which means "Wise man survival".

Game play

The first round lasting 3:00 and each following round lasting 10 seconds less than the preceding round, until Round 7, which lasts for 2 minutes, for triple the stakes or a possible NT$120,000. The final round is a 5-question shootout in which the player who answers more questions correctly wins all the money, with "sudden death" play in the event of a tie.

Special episode

The show aired one celebrity special in January 2002, the celebrity contestants were playing for charity. The charity went to the Children's Burn Fund of the Republic of China, so the children will have a happy Christmas. In the eighth position, former host Belle Yu also made an appearance in the celebrity special, who originally hosted the show before Tseng Yang Qing.

Money tree

Question	Price (NT$)
8	40,000
7	30,000
6	22,500
5	15,000
4	10,000
3	5,000
2	2,500
1	1,000