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- Premiere date: April 21, 2009 10/9c
- Network: MTV
- Grand prize: Up to $50,000
- Episodes: 6
- Tagline: "Will you answer the call?"
- Production studio: Fremantle Media
- Original show was taped in the Netherlands in 2007
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Pop star Justin Timberlake is the executive producer of The Phone reality television show on MTV. In this competition, contestants are called on their cell phones and given high-stakes Bourne Identity style missions they must complete. Climbing to the top of the Space Needle in Seattle and blowing up cars are only part of the missions Timberlake planned up for the show.
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Cast
- Raymond Alongi as the Boston police officer
- Emmet Scanlan as the Operator
- Julia Voth as the Agent
About The Phone
- Contestants will be called on their cell phones by a mysterious operator and given five seconds to give an answer if they want to be on the show or not. If the accept the challenge, they pair up and battle other pairs in challenges meant to test their fears as the competitors track down the suspect and see how far they will go to win the grand prize of up to $50,000. After one of the teams has won, they compete in a trivia game to see who observed their surroundings better. The first person to get three questions right wins the cash they earned, and can choose to keep it or split it with their partner. Different contestants will be featured on each of the six episodes.Official Site: The Phone
The Phone History
The Phone is based on a Dutch television series of the same name. Fifty-two countries have purchased the rights to air their own version of the show. Timberlake said "our version is that show on acid."People: Justin Timberlake Gears Up To Invade Your TV (April 21, 2009)
