99 to Beat (English game show)

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| presenter = Adam and Ryan Thomas

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| location = Shinfield Studios

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| runtime = 60 minutes

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| channel = ITV1

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99 to Beat is a British game show where 100 contestants are reduced each round until one person wins the cash prize.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-22 |title=ITV 99 to Beat viewers instantly recognise 'famous' contestant |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/itv-99-beat-viewers-instantly-183354599.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAgFPfKnLNVvoGu6wp4rIM6S7E6i4zr9WBy_Y0igKX3BE3Ucw1-dLym-__hay-vDx0f2NIN86McU4I7s0brtso0Nk-CI7Cv75iJk9lYgwUfT2dOy26dq0RLWJJbIy5R8g2eAa8dB8I0foOkGuYafm3XCaItgFNTyL5yELx2ODfZB |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Nadia |date=2025-05-12 |title='It feels like a dream': NI woman crowned first winner of new ITV game show |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/itvs-99-beat-belfast-woman-31624925 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Belfast Live |language=en}}

The show is hosted by Adam and Ryan Thomas. The first series was premiered on ITV on 22 March 2025.{{Cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Hamaiz |date=2025-03-22 |title=Everything you need to know about ITV's latest game show 99 to Beat |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/itvs-latest-game-show-99-31257772#:~:text=99%20To%20Beat%20will%20see,in%20a%20variety%20of%20challenges.&text=ITV%20is%20poised%20to%20unveil,Ant%20and%20Dec's%20Limitless%20Win. |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}

Format

99 to Beat is based on the Belgian TV format Homo Universalis, where 100 contestants compete over the course of an entire season, going head-to-head in a series of ability challenges, with the rule that the person that comes last in the challenge is out of the game show.

At the end of the challenge, the player that loses has to leave the competition, counting down from 100 to just 1.

The last contestant remaining wins the prize.

Series overview

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| 10 May 2025