The Weakest Link is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. The original British version of the show is still aired around the world on BBC Entertainment. The game begins with a team of eight or nine contestants who take turns answering general knowledge questions within a time limit to create chains of correct answers in a row. At the end of each round, the players vote one contestant, "The Weakest Link", out of the game. Once two players are left, they play in a head-to-head contest, with five questions asked to each contestant in turn, to determine the winner.
The format has been licensed across the world, with many countries producing their own series of the programme and is the second most popular international franchise, behind only the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise, which also originated in the UK.
International versions[]
| Country | Title | Network | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab World | الحلقة الأضعف Elhalka Eladaaf |
Future Television | Rita Khoury |
| Armenia | Թույլ օղակ Tuyl Oghak |
Armenia 1 | Babken Chobanyan |
| Australia | The Weakest Link | Seven Network | Cornelia Frances |
| Nine Network | Magda Szubanski | ||
| Azerbaijan | Zəif bənd | Lider TV | Kamila Babayeva, Solmaz Süleymanlı |
| Belgium | De zwakste schakel | VTM | Goedele Liekens |
| Brazil (rejected pilot) | Ponto draco | Rede Globo | Fausto Silva |
| Chile | El rival más débil | Canal 13 | Catalina Pulido |
| China | 汰弱留强·智者为王 Tài ruò liú qiáng·zhìzhě wéi wáng |
Syndicated | Chen Luyu |
| 智者为王 Zhìzhě wéi wáng |
Nanjing TV | Shen Bing, Xia Qing | |
| Croatia | Najslabija karika | HRT 1 | Nina Violić, Daniela Trbović, Mirko Fodor |
| Cyprus | Ο Πιο Αδύναμος Κρίκος O Pio Adynamos Krikos |
RIK 1 | Tasos Tryfonos |
| Czech Republic | Nejslabší! Máte padáka! | TV Nova | Zuzana Slavíková |
| Denmark | Det svageste led | DR1 | Trine Gregorius |
| Estonia | Nõrgim lüli | Kanal 2 | Tuuli Roosma |
| Finland | Heikoin lenkki | MTV3 | Kirsi Salo |
| Nelonen | Riku Nieminen | ||
| France | Le maillon faible | TF1 | Laurence Boccolini |
| D8 | Julien Courbet | ||
| M6 | Vincent Dedienne | ||
| Georgia | სუსტი რგოლი Susti rgoli |
Rustavi 2 | Nino Burduli |
| Germany | Der Schwächste fliegt! | RTL Television | Sonja Zietlow |
| Greece | Ο Πιο Αδύναμος Κρίκος O Pio Adynamos Krikos |
Mega Channel | Elena Akrita |
| Skai TV, ERT1 | Tasos Tryfonos | ||
| Hong Kong | 一筆OUT消 Jat1 bat1 OUT siu1 |
TVB Jade | Carol Cheng |
| Hungary | A leggyengébb láncszem | TV2 | Krisztina Máté |
| Nincs kegyelem | |||
| India | Kamzor Kadii Kaun | Star Plus | Neena Gupta |
| Ireland | The Weakest Link | TV3 | Eamon Dunphy |
| Israel | החוליה החלשה HaChulia HaChalasha |
Channel 10 | Pnina Dvorin, Hana Laszlo |
| Italy | Anello debole | Italia 1 | Enrico Papi |
| Japan | The Weakest Link ウィーケストリンク☆一人勝ちの法則 Uikesutorinku: Hitori-gachi no Hosoku |
Fuji TV | Shirō Itō |
| Macedonia | Најслаба алка Najslaba alka |
Alfa TV | Živkica Kalenikova |
| Mexico | El rival más débil | Azteca Trece | Montserrat Ontiveros, Lolita Cortés |
| Netherlands | De zwakste schakel | RTL 4 | Chazia Mourali, Bridget Maasland |
| New Zealand | The Weakest Link | TV One | Louise Wallace |
| Norway | Det svakeste ledd | NRK1 | Anne Grosvold |
| Philippines | The Weakest Link | IBC | Edu Manzano, Allan K. |
| Poland | Najsłabsze ogniwo | TVN | Kazimiera Szczuka |
| Portugal | O elo mais fraco | RTP1 | Julia Pinheiro, Luisa Castel-Branco, Pedro Granger |
| Romania | Lanţul slăbiciunilor | Pro TV | Andrei Gheorghe |
| Russia | Слабое Звено | ORT/Channel One | Mariya Kiselyova, Leonid Yakubovich |
| Channel 5 | Nikolai Fomenko | ||
| Mir | Mariya Kiselyova | ||
| Serbia | Najslabija karika | BKTV | Sandra Lalatović |
| Prva | Nikola Kojo | ||
| Singapore (Mandarin) | 智者生存 Zhizhe Shengcun |
Mediacorp Channel 8 | Yvette Cui (Cui Lixin) |
| Singapore (English) | The Weakest Link | Mediacorp Channel 5 | Asha Gill |
| Slovenia | Najšibkejši člen | TV SLO 1 | Violeta Tomič |
| South Africa | The Weakest Link | SABC3 | Fiona Coyne |
| Spain | El rival más débil | La Primera | Nuria González |
| La Primera, La 2 | Karmele Aranburu | ||
| Telecinco | Luján Argüelles | ||
| Sweden | Svagaste länken | Sjuan | Kajsa Ingemarsson |
| Taiwan | The Weakest Link 智者生存 The Weakest Link zhizhe shengcun |
Star Chinese Channel | Belle Yu, Tseng Yang Qing |
| Thailand | The Weakest Link กำจัดจุดอ่อน The Weakest Link Kamchat Chut On |
Channel 3 | Krittika Kongsompong |
| Turkey | En zayıf halka | Show TV | Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver |
| TV8 | Baybars Altuntaş | ||
| ATV | İpek Altınbaşak-Farina | ||
| United Kingdom | The Weakest Link | BBC Two, BBC One | Anne Robinson |
| BBC One BBC Two (2022 BBC Children in Need special) |
Romesh Ranganathan | ||
| United States | The Weakest Link | NBC | Current: Jane Lynch Former: Anne Robinson |
| Syndicated | George Gray |