1000 Heartbeats: Pintig Pinoy

***1000 Heartbeats: Pintig Pinoy*** is a Philippine game show based on the original British format of *1000 Heartbeats*. The main goal of the game is to successfully complete seven rounds of various mental challenges within the player's own 1,000 heartbeats to win ₱1,000,000.

The show premiered on March 20, 2021 on TV5. It is produced by Viva Television and hosted by Xian Lim.

## Production

The format was purchased by Viva Television in 2016 and was originally slated to premiere in July 2016 for sixty episodes. However, the show had to be shelved when their partnership with TV5 had to be temporarily cut and lack of a suitable host (and eventually when Chot Reyes became TV5 president and prioritized the then-ESPN5).

In March 2021, together with *The Wall Philippines*, *1000 Heartbeats: Pintig Pinoy* was announced as one of the two newest game shows in TV5 produced by Viva Television. The show originally ordered 26 hour-long episodes, but was reduced to 13 episodes.

## Gameplay

The player wears an electronic heart rate counter where his/her heart rate in beats per minute (BPM) is displayed on the rightmost screen. The round begins once the player steps onto the "plate", a white circular platform that turns red upon stepping. From the initial total of 1,000 heartbeats, the heartbeats of the player are continuously deducted during the round which is shown on the leftmost screen throughout the game. At any time the total number of heartbeats reaches zero, the game ends and the player leaves with nothing. During the game, the live string quartet plays the musical score of the show at a tempo based on the heart rate of the player.

The game consists of seven rounds with the following amounts.

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The player must give seven correct answers for the first round and one less for every succeeding round. Every incorrect answer deducts 25 heartbeats from the total. The player may opt to change the question by stepping off the plate and a penalty of 100 heartbeats. Any correct answers given prior to stepping off are counted toward the number required to complete the round once the game resumes.

At the start of each round, the player is shown an example of the game to be played. He/she may choose to cash out with the money banked to that point rather than continue playing. In order to win the money, he/she must complete the "Cashout Game". The player must correctly answer five consecutive true/false questions before running out of heartbeats. An incorrect answer breaks the chain and deducts 25 heartbeats. The player may not step off the plate during this game.

## Games

Round 1 – Contrast
* The player is given the same pair of answer options for all questions throughout the entire round. He/she must answer seven questions correctly to bank ₱10,000.

Round 2 – Reorder
* The player is given a randomized list of six items which he/she must correctly reorder in the specified arrangement to bank ₱25,000.

Round 3 – Unscramble
* The player must correctly form five sets of scrambled letters into words based on a given general category to bank ₱50,000. The player may ask to reveal the more specific category as a clue for 25 heartbeats.

Round 4 – Identify
* The player is given eight possible answers. He/she must correctly identify the four answers that fit the given statement to bank ₱100,000. If not all four answers are correct, he/she is penalized 25 heartbeats, then the player is shown how many choices are correct. This continues until all four answers are given in an attempt. In case the player steps off the plate, he/she is given a new question and set of choices. However, the number of correct choices from the previous question is already counted towards the total and the player is required to supply choices based on the number of correct answers left to complete the required number of four (e.g. three correct choices from the previous question only requires one correct choice from the new question).

Round 5 – Keep Up
* The player is shown a number and a mathematical operation. The answer to that operation becomes the next number subject to a different mathematical operation. He/she must complete three sets of six mathematical operations to bank ₱250,000. Stepping off the plate forfeits all attempts of the player in the current set and must complete a new set to advance. Any sets completed prior to stepping off are already counted towards the required number of sets.

Round 6 – Decipher
* The player is given a list of five statements and must choose the only one that fits the given question. He/she must complete two questions to bank ₱500,000.

Round 7 – Recall
* The player is shown a string of 12 alphanumeric characters and must recite it in the exact order to bank ₱1,000,000. The sequence remains displayed until the player says "recall" to attempt reciting the string. Any mistake costs 25 heartbeats and the player is shown the same string again until he says "recall" for another attempt.

Cashout
The player must correctly answer five consecutive true-or-false questions to successfully cash out his/her banked money. Any incorrect answer deducts 25 heartbeats and the player must try again to create a chain of five correct answers. However, the player cannot step off the plate in Cashout round.

## References

1. ↑ Requintina, Robert (2021-03-02). Billy Crawford, Xian Lim to host new game shows on TV5 (en-US). *Manila Bulletin*.
2. ↑ Akyuz, Gun (2016-04-04). Heartbeats detected in Philippines (en-us). *C21media*.
3. ↑ Balleras, Care (2021-03-09). New game show offers P12 M cash prize (en-US). *Daily Tribune*.
4. ↑ Gabinete, Jojo (2021-03-19). Xian Lim, napiling gumanap bilang adult Mayor Isko sa Yorme (en). *PEP.ph*.
5. ↑ Hammett, Oli (2021-03-24). Philippines hears 1000 Heartbeats (en-us). *C21media*.
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/TV5manila/status/1402588786819616770
7. ↑ TV5 (2021-01-30). 1000 Heartbeats: Pintig Pinoy | Ngayong March 20 na! (en). *YouTube*.

## External links

* 1000 Heartbeats: Pintig Pinoy at the Wayback Machine (archived January 27, 2021)