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Each segment consists of two hosts with three guests, one guest at a time being in the hot seat.
Appearing as the first celebrity to sit in the hot seat, he eventually tried for $125,000, but got the answer wrong.
But the final couple in the hot seat faltered on the seventh question.
It looks as if the ratepayers are in the hot seat once again.
He is in the hot seat at the moment and, therefore, we have to rely on him to bring back a fair deal.
We are not the ones in the hot seat when it comes to taking initiatives.
