"Brain ring" - what is it? Teams "Brain Ring"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Recently, the game "Brain Ring" has returned to domestic television. What is it, what are its rules, what are the main features, we will talk about this in our article. In short, this is a popular TV mind game.

Project history

For the first time on Russian television this game was heard in 1990. On May 18, the first "Brain Ring" was released. What it was, then it was not clear to everyone. Initially, the idea of an intellectual game by analogy with the famous project "What? Where? When" was born by Vladimir Voroshilov. Only two teams of experts participated in the new version. Every year "Brain Ring" gained popularity.

In the seasons "What? Where? When?" In 1987-1989, they tried to organize something similar, when several teams competed at the table at the same time. Then we decided to open a new separate project "Brain Ring". What it would be, Voroshilov himself came up with Boris Kryuk, who became the director, in 1993 Andrei Kozlov replaced him in this post,who is the host today.

First filming

The filming of the first game "Brain Ring" took place in the sports palace "Olympian" near Moscow, which was located in Khimki. Players and spectators were located around the tables, as in "What? Where? When?". In the spring of 1991, filming was moved to the capital's theater "Sphere".

Since 1992, the Brain Ring game has been filmed at one of the Ostankino studios. The atmosphere of the stadium was specially created, stands were built, which were able to accommodate several thousand people at the same time. Initially, the project was aired on Channel One Ostankino, then moved to the newly formed ORT.

Litigation

Quite quickly, millions of viewers learned that this is the "Brain Ring". The organizers of the project signed an agreement with the International Association of Clubs "What? Where? When?", according to which ORT was obliged to pay 35 thousand dollars for each issue.

But in the fall of 1995, the ORT-Reklama joint-stock company was formed, which fined the TV channel more than one million dollars for the fact that the number of sponsored advertising on the air significantly exceeded the limits specified in the contract. After this incident, ORT stopped paying money to the IAC for all joint projects.

In 1996, litigation began. Basically, the claims of the IAC were rejected, and relations between Kozlov and Berezovsky began to escalate. MAC won the case only by applying to the Highercourt of Arbitration. After that, the creative team in full strength left the channel.

After a 4-month break, "Brain-Ring" began to appear on the newly appeared channel "TV Center", in 2000 the project was closed due to the high cost of transmission, which did not pay off. A year later, Vladimir Voroshilov died, the project was abandoned for almost a decade.

Second life

The "Brain Ring" was revived on the STS channel in 2009. In 2013, the project moved to the Zvezda channel, where it aired on Saturday mornings. In the tournament for the Cup of the Ministry of Defense, cadets of higher and secondary military educational institutions fought for victory. Compared to the format that was released on STS, this one was much more restrained. Live music and commentators were missing.

In January 2018, it became known that the NTV channel became a new platform for the project. "Brain Ring" has been on NTV since March, officially announced that this is the Cup of Russia. Similar projects are coming out in Belarus, Azerbaijan, Ukraine.

Game Rules

It will not be easy for an inexperienced viewer to immediately understand the rules. In addition, "Brain-Ring" on NTV comes out with some peculiarities. At the same time, the main provisions remain unchanged.

Each edition consists of several fights that are held until one of the teams reaches a certain number of points. The battle involves two teams, each with 6 people. One occupies the red gaming table, the second - green. There are buttons on every table,by clicking on which the players interrupt the time to discuss the issue. This is how they signal that they are ready to respond.

For each correct answer, the team in the "Brain-ring" gets 1 point. If both teams failed to find the correct answer, the number of points in the draw is doubled for the next round. A maximum of 3 points can be played. If teams fail to answer correctly after this, they will be disqualified.

False start

The button plays a big role in the "Brain Ring" scenario. It is important to press it not only before the opponent, but also after the "Time" signal. If the team presses before this signal, then it allows a false start. In this case, she loses the right to answer the question, time for discussion is given only to the opponents.

A similar situation occurs in case of an incorrect answer to a question. The remaining time is given to the second team to continue the discussion. It is interesting that initially in the "Brain Ring" the teams were given 1 minute to discuss, now the time has been reduced to 20 seconds.

Best teams

The highest award of the "Brain Ring" is the "Golden Brain" cup. In 2000, the team of the Odessa National University became the winners of the last "Brain-ring". Alexander Shatukh, Leonid Chernenko, Andrey Tsvigun, Konstantin Overchenko, Alexei Baev, team captain - Vyacheslav Sannikov.

In different years, "Brain" playedmany eminent connoisseurs, well known to viewers on the project "What? Where? When?". In 1990, 1991 and 1994, Alexander Druz became the champion, Elena Kislenkova won the Golden Brain 14 times as part of the UMA team, Boris Burda and Vladimir Belkin often played.

New rules of the game

In order to increase the ratings of the project, new rules were introduced in 2018. For example, if the opponents have 1 question left to answer in order to win the battle, the losing team has the right to leave only one player at the table.

In this case, after the correct answer, the player gets 2 times more points. The first second rule didn't work for him. It was introduced to deal with teams that used the so-called "power" technique, pressing the button without discussion, just to get ahead of the enemy. In this case, for an incorrect answer in the first second, the player was disqualified until the end of the battle.

Later, the rules for one player were improved. He now has the ability to choose who will be the first to answer a question, even if the opponents have pressed the button before.

Since the spectators on the project are the players themselves, who are called to the table in turn, many cannot resist prompting. To do this, there are assistants in the hall who monitor the behavior in the stands during the discussion of the issue. If someone tries to suggest, he is removed from the hall. In the entire history of the game, there were about 30 such precedents.

It has been a tradition since the 1990sarrange games with spectators in the time-outs of the "Brain Ring". They even attracted viewers. For example, "Happy Passport" was popular. After the presenter announced the final score of the battle, at what second the correct answer was given, and so on, until a six-digit number was added from the numbers he announced. After that, the letters of the series were added from the initials of the players who proved themselves. If one of the viewers had a passport number that matched this combination, he received a prize from the sponsor. In different years it could be a ZIL car, a snowmobile. When only part of the combination matched in the passport, for example, 5 digits, one could expect to receive a microphone with karaoke, a TV.

Drawing System

In the 1990s, when the "Brain Ring" reached its greatest popularity, all teams were divided into three leagues. There were 20 teams in the First League, only three teams in the Major League, there was also the so-called champion team, which, as a rule, bore the name of the general sponsor of the project at that time. Over the years, these were Samsung, Idea Bank, Doka Khleb, Mivimex and other names.

In the very first fight, which was held up to 3 points, two teams from the First League revealed the winner, who got a chance to fight with the team from the Major League. The fight was also held up to three points. Its winner took a place in the Major Leagues and in the third fight in which he fought the reigning champion. This time the game was played up to 5 points.

In 1992 was introduceda linear scheme in which the team that suffered a defeat sat in the hall, and the winner fought in the ring with the new team. The team that won the most recent fight became the champion.

At the end of the 1990s, the multi-round system was introduced. Each game was won by the team that managed to win three out of five battles, with each of them being fought to five points.

In the "Brain Ring", which is played in 2018, two semi-finals are held in each game, the winning teams fight each other in the final. The winner goes to the next stage, and the losing participants are given a chance to rehabilitate themselves in one of the subsequent games.