Deal or No Deal Island is a reality game show in which a group of contestants compete in excursions to collect briefcases hidden across the Banker's private island, an undisclosed island in the Panama islands. [1]
Excursions
Each episode, the contestants compete in Excursions and must undertake physical challenges to retrieve briefcases with varying cash values. Certain challenges may include "red cases," which either permit a contestant to seize another player’s briefcase [2] or contain a minimal cash amount. [3] Contestants securing the lowest-valued briefcases are deemed at risk and may be selected to face the Banker's Challenge. The contestant or team gathering the highest combined case value gains immunity for that evening and determines which lower-ranking contestant will confront the Banker. [4]
Banker's Challenge
The Banker's Challenge is a conventional high-stakes game of Deal or No Deal between the Banker and the player chosen to compete by the winner of the Excursion. In each round, the player must open one or more cases, revealing their values and eliminating them from play. At the end of the round, the Banker presents the player with an offer. If the player accepts an offer higher than the value in their chosen case, or if they play through every round and their case is higher than the Banker's final offer, they remain in the game and must eliminate one of the other players. Otherwise, the player is eliminated. Regardless of the outcome, the amount of the accepted offer (or the final case, if the game is played to its conclusion) is added to the value of the highest case at stake in the season finale. [4] The Banker may, at his discretion, offer a cash bonus that the player can keep regardless of the outcome of the Banker's Challenge or the overall competition. [5] In some cases, if the player accepts this bonus, they must leave the game immediately. [6]
Final game
In the end, the final few contestants compete in a series of challenges to determine the winner who earns the right to play a conventional game of Deal or No Deal to determine their prize. However, this game is played with the Banker present in person (in the first season, the banker was revealed to be Howie Mandel, the original host of Deal or No Deal. In the currently airing second season, a new banker is yet to be revealed, and the banker is addressed with feminine pronouns). While the bottom half of the board has values less than $1,000, the top half of the board consists entirely of cases containing $1 million or more, including the largest cases found during each Excursion. The highest valued case was the total of the amounts won in all Banker's Challenges of the season, which in season 1 resulted in a top case valued at nearly $14 million. [4]
Production
On May 12, 2023, NBC ordered the series. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] On September 27, 2023, it was announced that Joe Manganiello would host the show. [12] [13] On November 20, 2023, it was announced that the series will premiere on February 20, 2024. [14] [15] On January 8, 2024, the contestants were announced. [16] On May 7, 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. [17] The second season premiered on January 7, 2025.
In the first season finale, Howie Mandel appeared as the Banker.
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