Begushchy Kosar
| Begushchy Kosar | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Renat Timurshin |
| Directed by | Denis Kurenkov (Seasons 1-2), Anatoly Shuvalov (Seasons 3-4) |
| Creative director(s) | Renat Timurshin, Alexey Tikhonov |
| Presented by | Alexey Zhirov |
| Country of origin |
 Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 80 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Kirill Yemelyanov, Anna Chekhovskaya |
| Producer(s) | Ruben Oganesyan (Seasons 1-2), Yuliana Kulova (Season 3), Yuliya Babkina (Season 3), Farid Azizov (Season 3), Mikhail Kukin (Season 4) |
| Location(s) | Moscow (Season 1), Krasnodar Region (Season 2), Russia (Seasons 3-4) |
| Editor(s) | Darya Yefremova (Seasons 1-2), Mikhail Osinin (Season 3), Ibragim Islamgirov (Season 4) |
| Camera setup | multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | JSC «TV Daryal» (Seasons 1-2), LLC «Weider» (Seasons 3-4) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Che |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | stereo |
| First shown in | February 29, 2016[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Billy on the Street |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Begushchy Kosar (Russian: Бегущий косарь, lit. The Running Thousand) is the rapid suddenly intellect quiz where random passers-by can earn 1 000 rubles in seconds answering a question right which the host Alexey Zhirov[2] asks them. It's airing from Monday to Thursday tonight on Che channel.[3] It is the Russian version of Billy Eichner's Billy on the Street.
Rules
The host runs up to passers-by and asks questions to them in Moscow streets and other cities.[4]
Stage 1 (Answer the questions)
The host runs up to the random passers-by and asks the question, and gives 1 000 rubles if the right answer is given. If no one is able to answer right, then the host removes the question and says the right answer in the сamera lens.
The host finds two persons when the break is before the Stage 2. Their goal is to name the head circumference each other in centimeters. After each of them is named their numbers, and then the host gives a centimeter to them and they're starting measuring each other's heads. One who was closer to the right answer, receives 1 000 rubles, but if a draw is occurred, then each of contestants receives 1 000 rubles.
The contest has changed during the break since episode 21. The host finds two persons the same way. One will need to read a rhyme but another must guess an author of it. If the second contestant guessed an author, he received 1 000 rubles, and if not, then contestant who have read a rhyme, receives 1 000 rubles.
Stage 2 (Complete a phrase)
This stage have a few changes then Stage 1. The host runs up to passers-by as well and asking for them to complete a phrase. One who is able to complete it, will receive 1 000 rubles.
After Stage 2 is over, a short contest is leading during the break before Stage 3. The host is looking for two strangers and offering them to play a quick checkers in a minute. One who «ate» a large number of opponent's chechers more than an opponent himself, will receive 1 000 rubles.
Stage 3 («Yes» or «No»)
Stage 3 almost has not differences from the previous. The host ask the question, to which the passer-by must answer «yes» or «no». If the answer is right, then the passer-by has a 1 000 rubles in his pocket.
The Final Game
In the final game you can earn 3 000 rubles. Three random lucky men will be offered three tasks to complete: in first will have to show the sides of light which will be called by the host for each of them. In the task 2 the host using signs shows a word to contestants that they must guess (The Crocodile Game). In the task 3 by the turns contestants must solve the example orally. The host calls the sequence of 7 numbers, then he tells an 'equal sign', but contestants must call the sum. The thousand rubles is giving for each task completed right.
The first task was changed since episode 6. Contestants in their turns must call seven cities to a letter the host calls in 20 seconds.
Facts
- Season 1 (1-20 episodes) was filmed in Moscow,[5] but since season 2 it is filming in another Russian cities.
- Maximun amount of money that was handed by the host out during an episode, is 47 000 rubles, but minimum amount is 22 000 rubles.
- The longest way walked by the host is 10 240 metres, but the shortest is 1 030 metres.
References
- ↑ «Бегущий косарь» стартует в эфире 29 февраля! (Russian)
- ↑ Алексей Жиров. Биография (Russian)
- ↑ «Бегущий косарь»: интеллектуальное шоу, в котором может заработать каждый (Russian)
- ↑ «Бегущий косарь» отправляется в тур по городам России? (Russian)
- ↑ Где снимается передача "Бегущий косарь"? Как принять участие? (Russian)