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.

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.

Contestants are given a set amount of time before the offer passes.

# 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 present their cosplay, and often to be judged for an award, the cosplay must be self-made.

Contestants have regularly scheduled interactions with the show's host on eviction nights.

Contestants who " Whammy out " in this way cannot return on the next show, even if all other contestants end with a score of $ 0.

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Contestants from the contest have appeared on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman.

* Ford – Contestants appear in the special Ford videos on the results shows, and winners Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Hicks, and Kris Allen have also appeared in commercials for Ford.

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Contestants who became champions of the Tyne would often challenge the corresponding champions of the River Thames, and the race would be arranged to take place on one of the two rivers.

Contestants were originally allowed to change cards at will ( even three times on one card ), but the rules were changed to one card per line in early 1986.

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

Contestants on the 2001 edition could win up to $ 51, 800.

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Contestants can either send their videos in via mail on DVD or VHS, or, since 2008, upload them onto ABC's official website.

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Contestants have 60 seconds to make as many throws as possible on a field marked with increasingly longer distances.

Contestants on the show included Pat Boone, The Chordettes, The McGuire Sisters and Carmel Quinn, all of whom went on to perform on Arthur Godfrey and His Friends.

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 ).

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