Tempting Fortune România
Tempting Fortune România is a Romanian reality game show based on the international British format 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 is hosted by Zoli Tóth. The filming for the first series started on 29 April 2025 in Dominican Republic and premiered on Kanal D on 11 May 2025. The first season ended on 27 July 2025, after the broadcast of all 31 episodes. Only 7 out of the 12 contestants made it to the final of the competition. Among them, Gabriel Muntianu, who accepted several secret temptations throughout the competition, ended up with the highest individual prize, amounting to €27,182.14.
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.Broadcast
To begin with, the show was broadcast three days per week from Sunday to Tuesday at 21:00 p.m. on Sundays and 20:00 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays. Since then, the broadcast schedule has changed twice; starting from May 24, the show aired from Saturday to Monday. On Saturdays and Sundays, it aired at 21:00 p.m., and on Mondays at 22:00 p.m. Starting from July 2, the show was broadcast only on weekends at 21:00 p.m.Cast
The twelve contestants was announced by Kanal D on 23 April 2025. Notable contestants include the musician, Jean Gavril and artist, Tavi Clonda. The list of cast also includes contestants from other reality TV shows such as Roxana Buzoiu who was a contestant at Puterea Dragostei, Iasmin Agoston and Florin "Flow" Răduț who both participated at Chefi la cuțite and Adina Miuleasa who participated on season 6 of Mireasa and also at Insula de 1 milion.| Name | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Winnings | Finish | Ref. |
| Gabriel Muntianu | 22 | Tarot card reader | Iași, Iași | €27.182.14 | 1st | |
| Măriuța Costan | 39 | Purchasing manager | Arad, Arad | €24.182.14 | 2nd | |
| Deea Maxer | 35 | Entrepreneur | Bucharest | €23.432.14 | 3rd/4th/5th | |
| Diana Mocanu | 27 | Content creator | Bucharest | €23.432.14 | 3rd/4th/5th | |
| Lucreția Preda | 56 | Ballerina | Pitești, Argeș | €23.432.14 | 3rd/4th/5th | |
| Florin "Flow" Răduț | 43 | Cosmic monk | Roșiori de Vede, Teleorman | €18.432.14 | 6th | |
| Roxana Buzoiu | 31 | Content creator | Slobozia, Ialomița | €15.621.42 | 7th | |
| Jean Gavril | 31 | Musician | Constanța, Constanța | €0 | ||
| Flavius Malancu | 26 | YouTuber | Brașov, Brașov | €0 | ||
| Adina Miuleasa | 25 | Influencer | Strehaia, Mehedinți | €0 | ||
| Iasmin Agoston | 29 | Fitness instructor | Timișoara, Timiș | €0 | ||
| Tavi Clonda | 45 | Artist | Brăila, Brăila | €0 |