Challenger (2013 game show)

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Challenger
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Genre Reality competition, Game show
Directed byFarhan Shahzad
Presented byFahad Sheikh
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Hum Sitaray
Release19 December 2013 (2013-12-19)

Challenger is a Pakistani reality-based adventure game show, first aired 19 December 2013 on Hum Sitaray. [1] The show offers 16 candidates the chance to be stranded in a remote locale, with limited resources, in the hopes that one person will outlast the others and secure the show's one-million-dollar prize. Each week, the contestants have to perform a variety of exhausting tasks: the winners get extra supplies; the losers get voted off the site.

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References

  1. Zoya Anwar. "Hum Sitaray: Music, Drama, Entertainment and much more". BrandSynario. Retrieved 30 December 2013.