Treasure Hunters (2006)
Treasure Hunters is a reality television series on NBC and Global Television in which ten teams of three solve puzzles and complete challenges in hopes of solving the ultimate puzzle and winning the grand prize. Teams travel across the United States and Europe in search of seven "artifacts" which when assembled will "lead to the key. Find the key, and find the treasure." The challenges and puzzles are spliced with American history, and the ultimate goal is to find a hidden treasure, leading the show to be compared on various occasions to the film National Treasure. The value of the treasure in the series was revealed on the season finale to be $3,000,000. The two-hour premiere episode aired on June 18, 2006 and beginning June 26 the series moved to its regular Monday night timeslot. The season finale was broadcast live on August 21, 2006. The Hunt is similar in format to The Amazing Race. Key differences include: ⁕Teams consist of three members as opposed to The Amazing Race's usual two ⁕The start location of each leg is not necessarily the end point of the previous leg ⁕Teams start each leg at the same time; Amazing Race teams have staggered starts based on previous leg finish order
Seasons & Episode
Laird Macintosh hosts this fast-paced adventure/mystery reality series where multi-player teams try to stay one step ahead of each other as they travel to historically significant locations around the globe and are mentally and physically challenged in their quest of a promised hidden treasure.
The remaining eight teams become immersed in the history of the American Revolution as they attempt to find the third of seven artifacts in the treasure hunt. The Browns and the Hanlons bump heads and things get headed. The teams had to pair up with another time in order to get clues from 2 different locations and put them together. There is a lot of tention amongst the hunters. The Wild Hanlons were eliminated.
The fourth of seven artifacts needs to be found and the remaining seven teams are asked to look for messages from the past that will enable them to navigate the Underground Railroad.
The teams that are in last place and behind everyone else are asked to decide whether to leave a teammate behind and break the bond of the team unity to save themselves or risk going home?
The remaining six teams travel outside the USA to Europe, to find the fifth of seven artifacts, and to ultimately uncover the secret of the man behind the mask.
The five teams are still overseas and they try to unravel messages about America's founding fathers, that are kept by an ancient secret society.
Only four teams remain, and bickering and stress is rampant, as they try to decipher clues related to an "well-known" war.
On the second last episode of the series only three teams remain. Now they must find the last artifact that will lead them to the treasure.
The live finale of who is the winner of Treasure Hunters.