The Cube (game show)
Country Contestant Jackpot game Jackpot won Date
Arab World Mark Johnson Blind Shot Dhs250,000 20 April 2018
China Chen Kun Extraction ¥250,000 22 July 2018 ( Charity special )
China Wu Jing Tower ¥250,000 2 May 2018 ( Charity special )
Portugal Vítor Costa Barrier €30,000 30 May 2018
Ukraine Andriy Serko Rapid Fire 250,000 UAH 29 October 2018
United Kingdom Mo Farah Barrier £250,000 14 July 2012 ( Charity special )
United Kingdom Paddy McGuinness and Alesha Dixon Construction £100,000 19 December 2014 ( Text Santa Special ; the top prize for this game was £100,000 )
Top prize winners
Across all versions of the show , 7 contestants have won the final game and taken away the jackpot .
The Cube is a British game show that aired on ITV from 22 August 2009 to 8 August 2015 and was hosted by Phillip Schofield. The show offered contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4m × 4m × 4m Perspex cube. It was based on the idea that even straightforward tasks become extremely challenging when confined and put under pressure inside a small, enclosed area whilst surrounded by a large live studio audience. Once inside, contestants could feel both claustrophobic and disoriented, affecting their concentration and abilities. Using state-of-the-art filming techniques, the show aimed to demonstrate the intense anxiety which contestants underwent as they progressed through each task. The challenges involved catching, throwing, estimating, reacting, memorising, balancing, etc. Colin McFarlane provided the disembodied voice of The Cube, who explained the rules of the games.