Contestants are required to evict one of their own on a regular basis ; in the earlier series of Big Brother, contestants were evicted every two weeks, however, as introduced in the UK version, evictions occurred once a week, all of the current series of Big Brother follow this format.

Contestants are sometimes permitted to exit the house in case of emergencies.

Contestants are given a polygraph test administered by a polygraph expert in a pre-screening session answering over 50 questions.

Contestants are often sent to Exile Island for one or both of these strategic reasons.

Contestants Sam Poueu and Koli Palu of the 9th season of The Biggest Loser are residents of Rohnert Park.

Contestants are judged on the following categories: panel interview, one-on-one interview competition, Mississippi speech competition, commercial / black dress competition, and evening gown competition.

Miss Hallsville Contestants are introduced at around 7pm prior to the Friday night Hallsville Bobcat football game in Bobcat Stadium.

Contestants individually complete this round in an isolation booth referred to as The Kube and their heart rates are also measured while they take this test.

Contestants are ranked on how many correct answers, and if two or more players are tied they each receive the same number of points.

Contestants cannot be required to start a run from an off-center alleyway, but contestants are not allowed to enter the arena and " set " the horse.

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

Contestants are often addressed by their surnames, in reference to University Challenge.

* Marathon Matches ( competition length 1 or 2 weeks ): Contestants are given a particularly difficult algorithmic problem.

* Studio ( competition length varies ): Contestants are asked to show off their creative skills in a competitive environment.

Contestants are given names and occupations based on their team and physical appearance.

Contestants ' combined stage 1 and stage 2 scores ( with stage 2 being worth exactly twice as much as stage 1 ) are used to determine final scores for the Canadian Computing Competition.

If the ineligible contestant is found to have won a One Bid, the contestants on Contestants ' Row at the time the ineligible contestant was playing and did not win a One Bid are entitled to return to the show, per game show regulations, as their appearance was compromised by an ineligible contestant, pursuant to all game show regulations.

# Reward Challenge: Contestants compete to win a prize, first as teams and then as individuals after the teams are dissolved.

" Contestants on the show lose upwards of 10 pounds per week ( in the very first week, some contestants have lost 20-30 + pounds in that one week alone ), whereas the established medical guidelines for safe weight loss are between 1 and 2 pounds per week.

Contestants, regardless of their weight, are required to certify that they believe they are " in excellent physical, emotional, psychological and mental health.

Contestants who receive spins passed to them must play those spins, unless they land on a Whammy, at which point the remaining passed spins are combined with that contestant's total of earned spins ( if any remain ).

Contestants are not allowed to use words or numbers.

Contestants were also given " Clip Chips ," which allowed them to replace a card if they correctly guessed the outcome of a video.

Contestants would be given ninety seconds to answer five general knowledge questions asked by Davidson.

Contestants were given a base time of 35 seconds to play the round, with five seconds added for each time the round was not won.

Contestants tried to buzz in to correctly identify coaches and managers based on the clue given.

Contestants were given an athlete and an unordered list of teams he had played for.

Contestants must use preselected development environments which are typically new to them, having only been given a quick crash course about the environment in a presentation before the contest begins.

Contestants also said that as the contest progressed, they were given increasingly large quantities of water to drink.

Contestants with their markers set to " I know " but who don't get to answer get a point regardless of the actual answer.

Contestants continued to alternate turns until one player either gave an answer that did not fit the category and / or begin with the set letter, repeated a word ( including different forms of a word ), or ran out of time.

Contestants on horseback run a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels set in a triangle in the arena.

The scene looked like a bright blue circular space-themed set with ( From Clockwise ) The Gunk Dunk, A Kart Entry, Dave Appearing, A Cage, The house of fun, Dodgems and The Contestants entrance, with people sitting ( awkwardly ) in the very middle.

Contestants could win up to $ 32, 000 on the 1980s series ; the highest amount won was $ 29, 000.

Contestants were required to perform tasks ( called " problems ") within a certain time limit which was counted down on a large 60-second clock.

Contestants often had to balance something with some part of their body, or race back and forth on the stage ( for example, releasing a balloon, running across the stage to do some task, and running back in time to catch the balloon before it floated too high ).

Contestants were told the time for the Lightning Round, however, unless they measured it themselves, they could not tell how much time was left in the round.

Contestants could hit a lockout buzzer to guess the subject at any time.

Contestants wore the dashio shari ( national dress of women in Bangladesh ). Miss Bangladesh pageant was held for the time being, after the divisional result came out. And in 1998 amid protests by Islamic groups over the attire of the contestants.

Contestants try to consume the most hot dogs ( and buns ) in a ten-minute time period.

Contestants may answer a question before the reading of it is completed ; however, a correct, anticipated guess does not earn extra points.

Contestants may take turns dancing or posing before the audience, with the outcome decided either by crowd reaction or by the opinions of judges.

Contestants were required to select at least one answer before passing control.

Contestants sprint down a twenty metre track ; their speed is measured close to the end, just before they run into an upright crash mat.

Contestants on the program underwent extensive medical supervision before they ever made it to the actual game.