Akhri Khilari Kon?

***Akhri Khilari Kon?*** (Urdu: آخری کھلاڑی کون؟, literally: **Who is the last player?**) is an **unlicensed** Pakistani remake of The Weakest Link. It has been broadcast on the BOL Network since October 3, 2022, and is hosted by Sanam Jung. This series had a top prize of Rs. 10,125,000 from episodes 1 to 6 and currently has a top prize of Rs. 24,750,000 since episode 7.

This unlicensed version of the *Weakest Link* stands out for having ten contestants, its own soundtrack and opening titles, and some minor changes to the rules and gameplay.

## Format differences and similarities

Similar to the revival format, every show begins with a 15-second prologue delivered by the presenter, Sanam Jung, while entering the studio. The opening titles segment lasts for about 10 seconds, showing a brief animation of the POV moving through a sequence of bright blue and pink arches and confetti, with the texts "WIN," "BANK," and "BIGGEST GAME IN PAKISTAN" briefly appearing onscreen before the opening title appears.

During the first few episodes, Sanam Jung's character started out as sarcastic and more of a disciplinarian, similar to the American revival version, but gradually became more nice and relaxed, being herself in later episodes.

After the introduction, the presenter welcomes the viewers to the show and briefly goes over how the game works before letting the contestants introduce themselves. After the contestants' introductions, the presenter goes over the rules, which are nearly no different from the revival versions in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In each round, the top prize increases while 10 seconds are taken away. When the contestants want to bank, they have to press their buzzer on their podium while they say bank.

During a question round, this format has a variety of question types, including verbal questions; there are also questions involving a picture or audio. The questions are also featured onscreen in English, but they occasionally contain grammar errors or are covered by a reoccurring subscribe and bell icon animation created for the network's YouTube streaming service. Similar to the American revival version, the countdown graphic would always disappear once or twice per round, but when the countdown reappeared, about 30 seconds were discreetly removed per round. In the earlier episodes, the sting used for when the time is up was taken from the 'X' buzzer sound from America's Got Talent, but was removed on and off in later episodes.

During a voting round, this format took an alternate layout of how the voting round will work compared to every other version licensed or unlicensed version of the *Weakest Link*, that seems to work. The primary distinction of the voting round is there are no boards used for voting, such as to write a vote, and then reveal the vote.

Instead, the contestants submits their vote via SMS to the presenter's screen by their "tablets". The votes are not revealed by the contestants, but the presenter reveals the player with the most votes but typically does not reveal the remaining votes. During this period, the presenter allows the contestants to have discussions among themselves, sometimes leading to arguments. Once a contestant finds out they are eliminated, the presenter would typically say, "Thank you for being a part of Akhri Khilari Kon!" which is a unique catchphrase that not only differs from the original catchphrase, "You are the Weakest Link, goodbye!" but gives more of a positive touch to the contestant's time on the show.

Between rounds, the presenter allows the contestants to show off their talent on the show, such as singing and playing the guitar.

Once there are three contestants remaining, there is a penultimate round, and then the final two contestants move on to the final round after voting.

In the final round, the two contestants are given one minute and thirty seconds each to answer up to five questions correctly. If a player wins the head-to-head before the time runs out, the prize money is automatically tripled. Once a winner is revealed, the presenter tells them that they are the last player, hence the title.

## Money Chain

Question and target values are shown in the table below.

## Trivia

* This version is the second known unlicensed version of the *Weakest Link* to air on television, and the first to air after the revival format was introduced.

* This version is rumored to have been fixed and the contestants are actors, after viewers pointed out that contestants give incorrect answers that happen to be the correct answer to the next question.

* Despite the series not mentioning the words "Weakest Link" at all in either English or Urdu, there are several tags in the descriptions of the episodes uploaded to YouTube that mention "Weakest Link" and also include references to the YouTube group SIDEMEN, which holds the top two most-viewed videos on the platform with "Weakest Link" in the title.