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Six contestants play, responding to general knowledge questions, to become the challenger of the day and face off against, at the end of the show, the champion, with the goal of taking his place, hence the title of the show.
Three candidates compete on crossword puzzles that they try to complete by finding the answers to the proposed definitions. But to have access to the definitions, candidates must first answer questions that have a very specific characteristic: the answer is always a letter.
Bari, summer 2013. In a city still in shock from the 2011 match-fixing scandal in football, the local team is preparing for a new Serie B season in a hugely precarious economic situation. The owners, the Matarrese family, have pulled back, yet the team will qualify for the playoffs matches despite the declared bankruptcy.
