Double Cross

Double Cross
Premiere Date	June 8, 2012 (#6005K)
Pricing Game Location	Center Stage
Previous Premiered Pricing Game	Pay the Rent
Next Premiered Pricing Game	Do The Math

Double Cross is played for two different prizes, using a touchscreen device.

Gameplay

The contestant is faced with a big "X" consisting of 13 numbers. Each line of seven numbers represents a prize. Also contained in the lines of the "X" are highlighted boxes that fit four numbers; those numbers represent the prices of the prizes, which cross at the fourth digit, the "X"'s center. The "X" is "heat-activated" meaning that the boxes operate with a literal human touch. The contestant's job is to touch either of those boxes and slide them to hopefully the right sets of four numbers in the prices; as the contestant does this, changing one price changes the other as well. Doing this correctly wins the game and both prizes.

History

• The game was first won on its second playing on August 14, 2012 (#6022K, aired out of order on August 17).
• Double Cross is the first pricing game to premiere since George Gray became a permanent announcer.
• The game initially had no think music. On the second and third playings, it used a think cue different from the current one, which debuted on its first Season 41 playing (September 5, 2012, #6023K, aired out of order on September 4). (It should be noted that the third playing, the 40th anniversary special, was taped during Season 41.)
• On the first two playings, the unpicked numbers had dark green and yellow backgrounds, depending on the line. This led to complaints that the contestants' picks were too hard to see, so as of the third playing, the unpicked numbers now have a blue background on both lines.
• On March 4, 2013 (#6251K), a contestant named Sharise Faniel won a $20,000 bonus for being the first contestant on stage to win their game during "Publisher's Clearing House Week." It was played in the third slot. She went on to win both Showcases.
• Double Cross has been lost 66 times, with the most recent being April 16, 2023 (#0582L).

Note

• This game cannot be played with just any 2 prizes. The numbers have to be in a directional opposite spot. For example: if the first number was a "5" on 1 prize, that means the last number has to be a "5" for the other prize. Another example would be if the 2nd number from 1 prize is a "7", the 3rd number from the other prize has to be a "7" as well. In a way, it's like the numbers are in a mirrored spot, but they are actually in its direct opposite spots.

Trivia

• At the time of the game's debut, its set bore a resemblance to The X Factor, another FremantleMedia production. X Factor now uses a red graphics package and a logo in a different font.
• Like Gridlock!, To The Penny, Hot Seat, Back to '74, Check Game, Card Game, or Rat Race, Double Cross has never been the first or second pricing game to start any show because it needs time to start up and the game can be played no earlier than third on the show.
• Double Cross is also the name of a failed CBS game show pilot that taped on November 16, 1975, hosted by Jack Barry and produced by Barry and Dan Enright as well as a Round 2 obstacle on the third season of ABC's Wipeout.
• The most number of times this game was played in any season was 23 (season 41), while the least number of times this game was played in any season was 3 (season 40).
• When the game is won, the entire board lights up a bright green; when it is lost, the board turns red before the correct solution is revealed.
• Double Cross has never been played for two cars.
• This is one of two games that can be won by choosing to do nothing at all if the contestant believes the initial prices are correct (the other is Switch?).

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YouTube Videos

Double Cross Premiere (June 8, 2012, #6005K)
First Double Cross winner (August 14, 2012, #6022K, aired out of order on August 17)
Last Double Cross Win for 2012 (December 26, 2012, #6153K)