Deal or No Deal (Tunisian game show)
Deal or No Deal has a version airing in Tunisia, called Dlilek Mlek (دليلك ملك), which is broadcast on the Tunisian National television channel Tunisian TV 1 and was hosted by Sami Fehri between 2005 and 2007.[1] It is in Arabic. The top prize was 300,000 Tunisian dinars (about US$124,000) in the first edition, 500,000 dinars (US$206,000) in the second, 1,000,000 dinars (US$412,000) in the third and current versions and 2,000,000 dinars (US$830,000) during Ramadan 2017. The lowest prize is 100 milimes (0.1 dinar, about 7¢ US). The 24 boxes represent 24 governorates of Tunisia.
Deal or No Deal | |
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Arabic | Dlilek Mlek دليلك ملك |
Created by | Dick de Ryk John de Mol |
Presented by | Sami El Fihri |
Country of origin | Tunisia |
No. of episodes | 419 (El Hiwar Ettounsi) |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes (with commercials) |
Release | |
Original network | Tunisie 7 (2005 – 2007) El Hiwar Ettounsi (2014 – present) |
Original release | 2005 – June 2018 |
The top prize was won at least once in each edition. On March 22, 2006, Mohamed Mabrouk won 300,000 dinars.[2] On November 13, 2006, Mohamed Bashir Menchari won 500,000 dinars.[3] And on September 13, 2007, a contestant won 1,000,000 dinars.[4] Each winner shared the prize with an SMS participant.
Revival of the show is broadcast in every Ramadan on El Hiwar Ettounsi since 2014. In Ramadan 2017, the top prize is further increased to 2,000,000 dinars (US$824,000).
On June 13, 2017, Mrs. Aichoucha from Ben Arous won the top prize. However, the episode is under investigation by Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (French: Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle).[5][6]
On 5 March 2018 and 9 March 2018, two people won the bottom prize of 100 millimes with 5 episodes of each other.[7][8]
List of seasons
El Hiwar Ettounsi
Season | From | To | No. of episodes |
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1 (Ramadan 2014) | June 29, 2014 | July 31, 2014 | 30 |
2 (Ramadan 2015) | June 18, 2015 | July 19, 2015 | 30 |
3 | September 14, 2015 | January 5, 2016 | 79 |
4 (Ramadan 2016) | June 6, 2016 | July 5, 2016 | 30 |
5 | September 26, 2016 | February 3, 2017 | 95 |
6 (Ramadan 2017) | May 27, 2017 | June 25, 2017 | 30 |
7 | January 29, 2018 | June 2018 | 125 |
Box Values
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NOTE: The lowest value is shown as 0.1 dinar on the board, but 100 millimes in box. Also, 1,000,000 dinars is written as "Milliard" (مليار), meaning "billion" in box and 2,000,000 dinars is written as "2 Milliards" (مليارات 2), meaning "2 billion".
References
- The Report: Tunisia 2010. Oxford Business Group. ISBN 9781907065187.
- "Dlilek Mlak : Le gagnant des 300 MD" (Dlilek Mlak: The winner of 300,000 dinars), March 23, 2006, Babnet.net. (in French)
- "Dlilek Mlak : Un gagnant des 500 000 dinars" (Dlilek Mlak: A winner of 500,000 dinars), November 13, 2006, Babnet.net. (in French)
- "Dlilek Mlak: Un gagnant de 1 million de dinars !" (Dlilek Mlak: A winner of 1 million dinars!), September 13, 2007, Babnet.net (in French)
- "La HAICA ouvrira une enquête sur l'épisode aux deux milliards de Dlilek Mlak" (The HAICA will open an investigation into the two billion Dlilek Mlak episode), June 14, 2017, HuffPost Maghreb (in French)
- "Dlilek Mlak: ouverture d’une enquête sur l’épisode de Aichoucha" (Dlilek Mlak: opening of an investigation into the Aichoucha episode), June 14, 2017, Réalités (in French)
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External links
- Official site (El Hiwar Ettounsi) (in French)