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 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 were asked to predict how many of those 100 people responded in a specific manner.

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

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 who used such calculators were often called " Curta-crankers " by those who were limited to paper and pencil, or who used computers linked to the car's wheels.

Contestants " in the house " who did not make the final five were Geoff Brown, Tere Joyce, Sean Kent, Dave Mordal, and Rob Cantrell.

MTV could only afford one square instead of nine, but otherwise the rules were unchanged: Contestants still had to get the X across, down, or diagonally.

Contestants who were successful at their challenges were rewarded with the coveted " GamesMaster Golden Joystick " trophy.

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

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

Contestants were introduced by the announcer, and prizes and gifts were presented by the other assistants.

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

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 required to select at least one answer before passing control.

Contestants were presented with a series of famous sports-related quotes.

Contestants were presented with ten headlines as in season one.

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

* Race2Space. org-Advancing the Privatization of Space Travel 2006, Race2Space, in partnership with the X Prize foundation, is seeking sponsorship in order to support the privatization of space travel, research, and exploration for the upcoming Lunar Landing Challenge Contestants October 2006.

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

* Race2Space. org-Advancing the Privatization of Space Travel July 2006, Race2Space, in partnership with the X PRIZE foundation, is seeking sponsorship in order to support the privatization of space travel, research, and exploration for the upcoming Lunar Landing Challenge Contestants October 2006.

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

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

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.

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

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

Contestants who won three times earned cash prizes, scholarships, or participation in a traveling stage show associated with the program.

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.

# Initial Workout: Contestants work out with the trainers.

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 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.

* 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 had to buzz in and identify the famous sports figure in a photograph even though the person's face was obscured with that of " The Schwab ".

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

Contestants could then try again, or pass and move on to the next headline.

Contestants can enter the race in one of three categories: canoes, kayaks, and crazy crafts ( homemade crafts ).

Contestants won this jackpot if they won three ( originally four ) consecutive games.

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 on the winning team took turns entering the Fun House and tried to grab a series of red and green tags ( three tags per player per turn ) in each room in the Fun House.

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

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

Contestants ( two in the Serling era, three in the Ludden era, and four in the Armstrong and Boardman eras ) would guess which star was telling the true story.