* Contestants may not skip any tribal councils, nor can they refuse to participate in any immunity or reward challenge, unless the game offers them the opportunity to do so.

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 who do complete a challenge earn one or two points for their team ( maybe even more ).

Contestants would have to do the traditional Bop It tasks, but as an added challenge, " Stomp it " and " Chomp it " were made.

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

Contestants accumulate a number of points over the course of the year ( often " season ") and their cumulative total after all meetings have been concluded determines the world champion.

Contestants have actually tried to crawl at 4 mph to survive after their legs gave out.

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.

Contestants from the same state have won the title of Miss America in consecutive years several times.

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

Contestants who failed to reach 101 were then invited to " come and have a look at what you could have won ", by Jim.

Contestants who chose this option were often invited to take an unofficial spin to see if the Devil would have come up next.

Contestants have to fall to the floor as fast as possible from a standing position.

Contestants signal that they have obtained the target number by saying le compte est bon.

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 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 who successfully answer the second question have the option to play the third.

Contestants wear costumes and often have props, including live animals, and " shamelessly spoof the traditional beauty contest ".

Contestants have at their disposal a copy of the Bluebook and a packet of source materials provided by the review.

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

Contestants come in teams of up to five persons, and have two or three teams quizzing in a round.

Contestants continued to play as long as they kept beating the Clock.

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 drew numbers to determine who spun the wheels first — and, in the $ 1, 000, 000 tournament, also which game of each round the contestant would play ( odd numbers spin first, even second ).

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 on each season of The Big Break include professionals on mini-tours as well as amateurs who aspire to play golf professionally.

Contestants can choose to play a " Surpresinha " entry, which will generate their numbers randomly much like the " Lucky Dip " option offered by other lotteries.

Contestants would win a new car as a consolation prize if they had reached the $ 8, 000 question.

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

Contestants then secretly chose the question they wanted to face using buttons on their podiums.

Contestants buzz in to answer the question.

Contestants had to buzz in to answer the question.

Contestants were placed in twin isolation booths and asked questions ranging in value from one to 11 points — the higher the point value, the more difficult the question.

Contestants are asked to choose, in turn, one subject on which to receive a question.

Contestants who get a question right receive 100 points — an incorrect answer means 100 points are deducted from their score.

Contestants are awarded points for every question answered correctly, and there are four rounds: the first and third consist of 15 toss-ups and the second and fourth contain 10 toss-ups with the potential for bonus questions on a correct toss-up response.

Contestants alternated choosing a category and answering a general interest or trivia question in that category.

Contestants buzzed in to answer questions ; each right answer moved the contestant up one step while a wrong answer eliminated that contestant from the next question.

( The now celebrity ) Contestants can win £ 10, 000 for getting over 200 points in " Big Money ", increased to £ 30, 000 for getting all five top answers.

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 competed to find words on a grid that was similar to a word search puzzle that served as answers to questions asked by the host.

Contestants gave both the line and position numbers of correct answers in order to score.

Contestants took turns trying to fill in players, and a contestant " stole " any missing answers that the other was not able to give.