Other Countries
An Australian version hosted by Simone Kessell was briefly aired in 2002 on the Seven Network, but cancelled after receiving dismal ratings. The top prize was $50,000. The show gained more notoriety after it was axed than before it due to a number of tabloid stories regarding contestants who had won money on the show but not received it because the program they participated on never went to air.
A version made in Dubai by Dubai TV was syndicated across the Arabic-speaking world and each episode featured contestants from different countries in that region.
A German version hosted by Kai Böcking aired on ZDF in 2002. The show's format was generally the same as the other versions, except that the game started with five players instead of six.
The Singapore version of the show was hosted by Guo Liang under the name Show Me Your Power was aired in 2003 over Channel U as Dog Eat Dog was considered an inappropriate title.
The U.S. version was hosted by Brooke Burns in 2002 and 2003 on NBC and reruns were picked up by the Game Show Network.
In Poland the station TVN broadcast a version of the show in 2002 under the name Oko za oko (literally "eye for eye"). The host was Jarosław Ostaszkiewicz who had previously voiced the Big Brother in the reality show of the same name, the Polish version of which was also broadcast by TVN.
BBC Worldwide also licensed the format to a broadcaster in Sweden.
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