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 were provided a paper and pen to assist themselves.

Contestants could win anything from jewelry to GSN merchandise, or during month-long contests, a new car or a hot tub.

As a result, the category of " Most Contestants " was temporarily banned from the Guinness Book.

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

Contestants from across the United Kingdom and Ireland competed in a series of rounds that tested their physical stamina and mental attributes.

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

Contestants first chose a subject category ( such as " Boxing ", " Lincoln " or " Jazz ") from the Category Board.

Contestants for the Prix were assigned a theme from the literature of Classical Antiquity ; their individual identities were kept secret to avoid any scandal of favoritism.

" Contestants answered a series of questions from those subjects to earn points.

Contestants were chosen from the studio audience and usually were married couples ; other pairs were engaged, dating, or were a familial relationship.

Contestants Bunny and Xy were axed from the program in controversial circumstances.

Contestants came from all over Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland to compete for chairs in music and poetry.

Contestants from other reality shows, like The Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol, The Apprentice, and The Real World, played for a grand prize and other bonus prizes such as cars and vacations.

Contestants from the Air Force, the Army, the Marines, and the Navy competed.

Contestants from the 2008 contest, starting with the winner Dima Bilan appeared on the Italian show Carramba!

Contestants kept any money banked during a game, regardless of the outcome, making Bullseye one of the few Barry & Enright shows to allow losing contestants to keep winnings from the game.

Contestants wearing flippers jump into a swimming pool from a platform, the height of which is gradually raised.

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

Contestants must jump from standing onto a table-like platform.

Contestants received marks out of ten from the four judges in three categories such as " presentation ", " content " and " star quality "-The " star quality " category was later replaced by " entertainment value ".

Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants ' music knowledge and personality.

Contestants must guess the title of the song the mismatched lyrics are from.

Contestants often wear sashes indicating where they are from in bikini contests, in similarity to the tradition in other beauty pageants.

Contestants are selected from regional, district, and state ISEF affiliated fairs.

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

Contestants strive to arrive first at " pit stops " at the end of each leg of the race to win prizes and to avoid coming in last, which carries the possibility of elimination or a significant disadvantage in the following leg.

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 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 faced questions fired at them by a panel of four sports and entertainment celebrities for two minutes ; like Mastermind, there were two rounds of questions, however slightly different: The 1st round had each panelist's questions representing a different sports category pertaining to their area of expertise, and the 2nd round had no categories and the contestant couldn't control who asked the questions ; they were fired at random.

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

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

" Contestants had 20 seconds to ring in and answer as many questions as possible ; after this round, the TV immediately went " Off the Air " and the third-place contestant was eliminated.

Contestants would then be falsely encouraged and praised by the judges as well as the stylists, choreographers and vocal coaches ; in particular, they would be encouraged to try and stretch their vocal range far beyond what they could actually reach.

Contestants won points by pressing the correct button quickly ; at the 1, 000 and 32, 000-point levels the game was paused briefly to show the top ten scores.

Contestants continued on the show until defeated ; some repeat champions won more than $ 25, 000 in cash and prizes.

Contestants who successfully negotiated seven ( later four ) rounds of targets won a reasonable prize ; those who missed got a negligible prize.

" Contestants repeatedly missed questions and, in Enright's own words, " It lacked all drama ; it lacked all suspense.

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.

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

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

Contestants were later awarded a prize for solving the puzzle, in addition to the 100 points.

Contestants compete for a total of $ 86, 000 in prize money.

Contestants who made it to the bonus round in season two later returned to compete in a tournament with a top prize of $ 250, 000.