[hungrycollegeboy]

The Moment of Truth is the American version of the Colombian game show Nothing But the Truth. The hosts asks the contestants a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions for a huge jackpot. The show is hosted by Mark L. Walberg and is aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company and uses video stabilizing. On February 1, 2008, FOX ordered an additional 13 episodes of the show, bringing its episode order to 25.

Prior to the show, a contestant is hooked up to a polygraph and asked more than 50 questions; there is no polygraph testing being done during the actual show. Without knowing the results of the polygraph, he or she is asked 21 of those same questions again on the program, each becoming more personal in nature. If the contestant answers honestly as confirmed by the polygraph, he or she moves on to the next question; however, should a contestant lie just once according to the polygraph test, the game ends and he or she loses everything. For each tier of questions answered correctly, the player wins the corresponding amount of money. A person may stop at any time before any question is asked and collect the money they have won. Honestly answering all 21 questions wins the jackpot of $500,000.

The friends and family of the contestant who are gathered near the player have access to a button which can be used to switch out a question once per game.

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Who here has seen it? I saw an episode and it got REALLY REALLY intense.
If I were on this show... omg... the questions might just kill me.

[kiki]

I saw the first episode, but left before it was over.
haha... I heard that he got eliminated on the question over his professionalism, or something like that.
anyway, I wonder how his relationship with his wife is going after this show.
it's INTENSE. I hate how the stupid machine takes forever to answer the questions though.
There's a difference between building suspense and just plain out trying to kill time. >___<

[j1youngxj3]

i watched it....and i really didn't like the first contestant...i actually really despised him and was very happy that he lost all his money..hahha...i know i'm mean..but..he deserved it. anyway..i LOVE this show..it's really fun =]

[repeat_on_echo]

This show ruins relationships and I don't understand why people keep going on it. And apparently it isn't too popular since there's only about 3 posts, ha...

I stopped watching the show after 3 episodes. It's a waste of life.

[Pineapple Q]

I haven't watched this show but I've seen commercials. I think it's ridiculous because a polygraph test doesn't even measure truth or lies. What if a person just gets nervous? What if he/she is unsure about the answer? I also think the people who created this show are malicious because they know that some of these questions can destroy a relationship.
Just my opinion. :/

[Manyhx3]

havent seen it yet but it seems like it was pretty popular
that scandinavia is going to make their own version of it

[baoi]

i hate this show....

they make it so suspenseful, but it's just fricken annoying ...
they waste sooo much time waiting for the "True, False" crap..
it pisses me off and ruins relationships...

[lildrummer]

the lie detector thing is not even 100% accurate...
this show is so intense.

[bebemui]

I haven't watched this show but I've seen commercials. I think it's ridiculous because a polygraph test doesn't even measure truth or lies. What if a person just gets nervous? What if he/she is unsure about the answer? I also think the people who created this show are malicious because they know that some of these questions can destroy a relationship.
Just my opinion. :/

exactly, doing a polygraph test isn't always accurate. I watched a bit of the show...and it wasn't that great.

[res0nate]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FzZWqYWhdQw

Best episode.

I'd go on the show.

[Misao]

^ wahh!! i felt so bad for her (ex?) husband!! =( he was such a sweetie too haha i wonder what happened after that episode

[knickstorm]

just like jerry springer.......i mean if any show is rigged it's this......i mean you can tell when they answer it they're all hesitant and when they're waiting to see if it's the truth they're looking around like "i hope i got it right" i mean come on you know if it's true or not, but of course since it's the beginning, they'll let you pass even if it is a lie cause otherwise they dont get to the questions that actually screw relationships.........

has anyone ever seen anyone win money yet? the 2 times i've seen it, both went a real far way then bam, it said they lied and they walked away thinking they didnt lie........i mean the freaking host keeps saying "the following is disturbing, if it was up to me, it would not be aired" you're the damn host, if you're so fed up, leave.

[res0nate]

A few contestants walked away "winners." Staged or not, the show is gold... but this is how TV is now. No one wants a smart-show, corporations judge shows by ratings which do not reflect what people really want to see.

They still use those godawful Nielson boxes as a barometer without taking a ton of other things into consideration. So instead of a decent show, we get dogshit "reality" tv, culture-warping crap and endless rubbish that'll give someone their 15 minutes of fame, win something because of public voting and other nonsense.

Besides, TMoT is shock tv with money involved.

[bashful_harmony]

I think this show is stupid.

[celest1al]

I definitely agree that this show is stupid.

[iChangmin]

Even though I've never been unfaithful or anything like the questions ask about, I'd never want to be on Moment of Truth or anything like it. Just imagine how many relationships and marriages it must ruin.

[touche`]

Doesn't the lie detector depends if you sweat or whatnot? Something like that...what if you are so confident that you lied yet it didn't detect that? I don't really like this show although it does seem interesting.