The Hit List (game show)

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The Hit List
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Genre Music game show
Presented by Rochelle Humes
Marvin Humes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes41 (inc. 15 specials)
Production
Executive producerKaren Smith
Production location
Running time45 minutes
Production companies Tuesday's Child Scotland and BBC Scotland
Original release
Network BBC One
Release25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) –
present

The Hit List is a British music game show that puts three pairs of contestants against each other to test their knowledge of music, which began airing on Saturday nights on BBC One on 25 May 2019. The show is hosted by husband and wife Marvin and Rochelle Humes, and it is their first standalone TV show as a couple.

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Production

A pilot of the format was made at Dock10 studios in Manchester in 2018 under the name PlayListers. [1] [2] The BBC commissioned six episodes in November 2018. [3] The show has been recommissioned every year since, with series 3 comprising 12 episodes. [4] [5] [6]

Format

Across three rounds, the contestants attempt to identify huge hits from across the years. The teams must prove their ability to recognise songs from all genres of music for a chance to win £10,000. [7] Throughout the game, a correct answer to a song must consist of its name and its artist.

Round One – Five of Five from Five

The teams are played a selection of five 5-second clips from hit tracks of each decade (1970s to 2010s) and must press their buzzer whenever they recognise a song. A correct answer earns the team one point. Scores in this round then carry over to Round Two.

Round Two

In this round, the teams race to reach ten points first, with the last team to do so being eliminated. All songs here share a randomly chosen theme. Gameplay is the same as in Round One, though a correct answer entitles the team to a follow-up song, while a miss puts the team on "mute" (locking them out of the song) and gives the opponents a chance to claim the point.

Round Three

The two remaining teams must identify a range of song titles and artists by listening to the very beginning of the songs. Each team is given a 45-second clock and take turns going through several "Hit Lists", each of which has four songs, each of which contains a visual theme; for example, an image of an artist mentioned in the lyrics of a track. Teams also alternate choosing Hit Lists and their songs (the choice order is independent from the play order, so one team may be picking a song for themselves or for their opponents), and once a Hit List is exhausted, a new one is chosen.

This round is played chess clock style – the team in control at any given time must clear a song (or use a "skip") before passing control to the other team, and whoever runs out of time first is eliminated from the game. Teams may give as many answers as they desire for each song until they either provide a right answer or "skip". Each team has three "skips" at the outset, each of which may be used three seconds after the start of each track.

The Final Chart Rundown

This round sees the final team attempting to recognise ten songs and artists before the money runs out. The team will start the round with £10,000 available in their prize pot, but after five seconds of each track that is played, the money starts to drop at a rate of £1 per hundredth of a second (£100 per second). If the team can correctly name ten song titles and artists before the money disappears, they will go home with whatever is left in the pot. Otherwise, they will leave with nothing. (In Celebrity Specials, losing teams leave with £500 for their chosen charities.)

Transmissions

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
125 May 2019 [8] 29 June 2019 [9] 6 [9]
216 November 2019 [10] 1 February 2020 [11] 6 [11]
326 September 2020 [12] 29 May 2021 [13] 12 [13]
42 October 2021 [14] 13 November 2021 [15] 6 [15]
516 July 2022 [16] 10 September 2022 [17] 6 [17]
61 July 2023 [18] 2 September 2023 [19] 6 [19]
717 August 2024 [20] 21 September 2024 [21] 6 [21]
825 August 2025 [22] TBA [21] 12 [23]

Specials

DateEntitle
28 December 2019 [24] Celebrity Special
14 November 2020 [25] Celebrity Special
31 December 2020 [26] Celebrity Special
4 September 2021 [27] Celebrity Special
11 September 2021 [28] Celebrity Special
18 September 2021 [29] Strictly Come Dancing Special
4 December 2021 [30] Strictly Come Dancing Special
11 December 2021 [31] Christmas Special
1 January 2022 [32] Noughties Special
24 September 2022 [33] Strictly Come Dancing Special
1 October 2022 [34] Celebrity Special
8 October 2022 [35] Celebrity Special
15 October 2022 [36] Celebrity Special
10 December 2022 [37] Celebrity Special
17 December 2022 [38] Christmas Special
13 May 2023 [39] Eurovision Special
10 June 2023 [40] Celebrity Special
17 June 2023 [41] Celebrity Special
24 June 2023 [42] Celebrity Special
9 September 2023 [43] Strictly Come Dancing Special
23 December 2023 [44] Christmas Special
25 January 2025 [45] Celebrity Special
1 February 2025 [46] TBA
22 February 2025 [47] Celebrity Special

International versions

International format and distribution rights are held by Keshet International. [48]

CountryNamePresenter(s)ChannelBroadcast
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland HitlistEsko Eerikäinen and Shirly Karvinen MTV3 8 November 2019 – 3 January 2020
Flag of France.svg  France Hit List Élodie Gossuin and Issa Doumbia Gulli 8 January 2025 – present
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands De Hit Kwis Romy Monteiro and Kees Tol NPO 1 21 July 2020 – 28 August 2020
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Hit List Mariam Hernández and Iván Torres Televisión Canaria 29 February 2024 – 18 September 2024

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