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

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

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 alternated responding to questions to gain control of the cards.

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

" Contestants answered a series of questions from those subjects to earn 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 answered questions based on categories that were determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine.

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 were spotted $ 200 to start the round, and host Clark would read a series of rapid-fire questions.

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 study questions about the Bible as well as memorize specific passages from the Bible from any of five approved English versions.

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 answered general-knowledge questions to connect dots that made a portrait of a famous or historical person.

Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on the board.

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 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 Marina and Jean-Charles reflected this new musical style and Marina, in particular, was allowed to sing her own compositions on the " Prime ".

Contestants eliminated words so that only the words in the title remained.

Contestants are not allowed to use words or numbers.

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

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

Contestants with charistmatic personalities, such as the singer / songwriter pro-cheerleader Nina " Diva ", were heavily encouraged to follow all of the producer driven directives.

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 do not have to play a question and wrong answers eliminates all those who give them.

* Seeing Double: Contestants were shown eight pairs of an image, with each pair slightly altered, and had 45 seconds to match all the pairs.

Contestants removed numbers from the board based on the value of the roll of the dice, either all by itself or in combinations.

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 launch themselves from the end of the pier ; a prize being awarded to the one who glides the furthest distance.

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

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 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 sometimes permitted to exit the house in case of emergencies.

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

Contestants will be aware of their scores, but not others ', and may resubmit to improve their scores.

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

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Contestants selected hard-boiled eggs, paired off, and tapped the eggs together — the player whose egg did not crack was declared the winner.

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

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

Contestants must be under the age of 20 and must not be registered at any tertiary institution.

Contestants may not wear head pieces, or points will be taken off or the contestants may be disqualified.

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

* Contestants must abide by U. S. law as well as local law.

* 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 deciding to quit the contest for any reason not health-or other-emergency-related may or may not be called back for the final jury, pending the producers ' decision.

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

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

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

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.