In the original format, three professional acts (by singers, musicians, dancers, comedians, etc.) performed and were rated 1-2-3 by two sets of judges. One set of judges was composed of three celebrities, while the other set of three were members of the studio audience. If an audience-judge's ratings exactly matched that of one of the celeb-judges, he/she won a jackpot that started at $1,000 and increased by $1,000 per week until won. If more than one audience-judge gave the same rankings as th