However, when Khan took over the third season of KBC, the calls went down to 70 million for 52 episodes because the channel had to accommodate participants selected during KBC 2 who could not be quizzed as the show was pulled off air.
What's working for the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? -- which will run for 36 episodes during weekends -- is that Star Plus gave the participation procedure a different spin, said Popli.
Since the show will quiz adults on questions from textbooks of standards 1 to 5, the channel adopted the school/college admission process. In the first round, interested viewers had to answer a question flashed on air, after which the caller had to answer three questions in round two.
This was followed by an interview round in which the candidates were judged by a panel, who gave scores and a merit list of selected callers was issued.
Image: A scene from the American show Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
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