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Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance blasted for ‘ripping-off’ Friends – but did you spot why?

GORDON Ramsay's new gameshow Bank Balance has been blasted for 'ripping-off' Friends.

The chef's new show started this week and sees pairs of contestants the chance to win £100,000.

Gordon Ramsay's new gameshow has been compared to a fictional one in Friends
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Gordon Ramsay's new gameshow has been compared to a fictional one in FriendsCredit: Studio Ramsay

The teams have to answer questions in order to stack different sized gold bars onto a balancing board.

The more bars they add, the more money they take home, but if it tips over, they leave with nothing.

But to complicate things further, Bank Balance also features 12 'zones' and 12 'stacks' of bars plus 'zero' bars which add no money to the prize pot and 'penalty' bars for wrong answers.

As if that wasn't enough, there are also things called 'pick again' credits.

All the different elements left some viewers comparing it to a fictional gameshow on hit sitcom Friends called Bamboozled.

Bank Balance includes 12 'zones', 'penalty' bars for wrong answers and 'zero' bars which add nothing to the prize fund
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Bank Balance includes 12 'zones', 'penalty' bars for wrong answers and 'zero' bars which add nothing to the prize fundCredit: BBC
Pairs of contestants try to win £100,000
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Pairs of contestants try to win £100,000Credit: BBC
However some viewers compared it to the confusing gameshow Bamboozled in Friends
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However some viewers compared it to the confusing gameshow Bamboozled in FriendsCredit: NBC

In the twelfth episode of season eight, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is auditioning for the new gameshow and ropes in Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Ross (David Schwimmer) to be fake contestants so he can practice.

However, the weird rules are literally bamboozling with Wicked Wango cards, the Wheel of Mayhem and the Ladder of Chance, blowing Chandler and Ross' minds.

Taking to Twitter, Bank Balance viewers couldn't help but compare the two shows, even if one is fictional.

Joey is auditioning for the role of host on Bamboozled and gets Ross and Chandler to help him practice the confusing game
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Joey is auditioning for the role of host on Bamboozled and gets Ross and Chandler to help him practice the confusing gameCredit: NBC

One wrote: "Is bank balance based on the friends game bamboozled the rules took about 5 minutes to explain?"

Another added: "Never has a game been more complicated since Joey Tribbiani introduced Bamboozled #BankBalance."

A third tweeted: "Gordon running through how the game #GordonRamsaysBankBalance works made me think of Joey and Bamboozled in @FriendsTV Far too confusing 😳 #BankBalance."

A fellow viewer agreed, writing: "This new Bank Balance show on BBC is bizarre and seems to have hints of Bamboozled from Friends #youvebeenbamboozled."

Bank Balance continues tonight at 9pm on BBC One.

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