Boom! (Israeli game show)

Boom! is an Israeli game show, broadcast from 3 April to 16 June 2014. The show was produced by the Keshet Media Group and broadcast on Channel 2. It was created and hosted by Ido Rosenblum. The format was sold to numerous countries.

Format

The gameplay mechanic for the show is to defuse bombs by cutting coloured wires corresponding to correct answers. Cutting the wire for a wrong answer, or running out of time, leads to the bombs exploding by releasing compressed air to expel substances. In some international versions, foodstuffs are released, while in the Spanish version a non-staining polymer solution is used. ^[1] While the use of the bombs is shared across all editions, the format of the programme differs from country to country, or within the broadcast run of one country's version. ^[1]

Reception

The show achieved an audience share of 41.2%, the highest for a game show in the country's history. ^[2]

The bomb-centred focus of Boom! attracted scrutiny in Israel before the programme debuted. Yael Danieli, a trauma expert, said that the show could be part of exposure therapy, but ran the risk of trivialising bombing. ^[3] Jessica Steinberg of The Times of Israel gave a positive review, but commented that the format of the show could be considered insensitive in the Middle East. ^[4]

International versions

Days after its debut, international channels secured the rights to make adaptations at the industry trade fair in Cannes; these included Fox in the United States, TF1 in France and Antena 3 in Spain. ^{[2] [4]}

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 !  [ fr ]	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) [5] [6] [7] [8]	Sime Akhar	IRIB TV3	Reza Rashidpour	November 5, 2020 – March 11, 2022
Italy [9]	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 [10]	¡Boom!	Antena 3	Juanra Bonet	September 9, 2014 – May 7, 2023
		Cuatro	Christian Gálvez [11]	September 9, 2024 – December 5, 2024
Thailand	BOOM! Thailand  [ th ]	Channel 9	Willy McIntosh	February 4, 2017 – June 4, 2017
United States	Boom!	Fox	Tom Papa	June 25, 2015 – September 10, 2015
Vietnam	Quả cầu bí ẩn  [ vi ]	VTV3	Ngô Kiến Huy Minh Xù	March 3, 2019 – August 25, 2019 January 4, 2020 – December 26, 2020

References

1. Costas, Nayín (27 March 2019). "Desmontando '¡Boom!': todo lo que siempre quisiste saber del concurso de Antena 3" [Deconstructing '¡Boom!': everything you always wanted to know about the Antena 3 game show]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
2. "Atresmedia adquiere los derechos para la adaptación de 'Boom!'" [Atresmedia acquires the rights for the adaptation of 'Boom!']. El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 April 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
3. Elis, Nav (17 March 2014). "Too soon? New Israeli game show 'kills off' contestants with 'bombs'". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
4. Steinberg, Jessica (7 April 2014). "This new game show? It's da bomb". The Times of Israel . Retrieved 22 November 2025.
5. "مسابقه سیم آخر با اجرای رضا رشید پور جنجالی شد +عکس". khanefootball.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
6. "رضا رشیدپور به جای بمب با سیم آخر می‌آید+تیزر". mojnews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
7. "نتیجه به "سیم آخر" زدن رضا رشیدپور". khabaronline.ir. November 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
8. ""سیم آخر" صداوسیما، کپی مسابقه اسرائیلی از آب درآمد!". www.asriran.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
9. Co-distributed with Endemol Shine Group
10. Aired also in Uruguay on Canal 10
11. Prieto, Beatriz (27 June 2024). "Christian Gálvez tomará el relevo de Juanra Bonet al frente de '¡Boom!' en su salto a Mediaset". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2024.

External links

• Boom! at Keshet Media Group