Tempting Fortune

Tempting Fortune is a British reality competition television series where a group of people try to win the biggest cash prize they can by avoiding temptations to spend money from the prize fund.
The show was originally hosted by Paddy McGuinness. The first series was filmed in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa during 2022, and premiered on Channel 4 on 26 March 2023. It was commissioned, as a co-production, in partnership with streaming platform Roku and was released by its programming brand Roku Originals. The show was renewed by Channel 4 in April 2024 but Roku was no longer a partner. The second series, set in Langkawi, Malaysia, began airing on 16 March 2025. A third series was announced in 2025, with McGuinness stepping down as host due to other commitments.

Format

Tempting Fortune is a show where 12 strangers hope to win a share of a prize pot of £300,000. They are left in a remote location where they embark on a gruelling trek to reach their destination. All the participants are provided with only the basic survival gear and they have to spend many days without any creature comfort. Along the way they are tested with temptations, such as good food, luxurious accommodation, various home comfort or opportunity to skip a difficult part of the trek to see if they have the willpower to resist spending their money on these luxuries. Every temptation chosen by the participants will be subtracted from the final prize pool. The more they spend and the less money they will win at the end.

Series overview

Series 1 (2023)

Contestants

Temptations

Together the contestants spent £26,700 on temptations shown. However, the show jumps the amount between temptations and has the total spent as £28,700.

Series 2 (2025)

Contestants

Hugo technically never chose to spend any money, this was a temptation where if enough people chose to do it it was offered to everyone. Hugo did not take the offer of the temptation despite it being paid for.
Temptations

Together the contestants spent £60,150 on temptations shown. The contestants took £41,500 from the prize fund and banked it for themselves.

Awards and nominations

International versions

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Country	Local name	Network	Presenter	Winners	Originally aired
Greece	Tempting Fortune Greece	Skai TV		Series 1 : Roula	17 September 2024
Italy	Money Road – Ogni tentazione ha un prezzo	Sky Uno TV8	Fabio Caressa	Series 1 : Grazia Amas and Yaser Qurum	29 May 2025
Mexico	Tentados por la fortuna	TV Azteca	Sergio Mayer Itatí Cantoral	Series 1 : Freddy Bautista Series 2 : Jey Bazán, Julieta García, Verónica Santiago and Max Ramírez	27 May 2024
Norway	Ville fristelser	NRK1		Series 1 : Rebecca	6 September 2025
Romania	Tempting Fortune România	Kanal D		Series 1 : Gabriel Muntianu	11 May 2025
United Kingdom	Tempting Fortune	Channel 4	Paddy McGuinness	Series 1 : James Series 2 : David	26 March 2023