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 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 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, regardless of their weight, are required to certify that they believe they are " in excellent physical, emotional, psychological and mental health.

Contestants buzzed-in to answer and were required to phrase their response as " You are ..." to receive credit ( although the contraction " You're " also was accepted ).

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

* 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.

Contestants now called a third number in the first game if the first two picks did not match ( later changed to having a third pick in both games ).

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

Contestants travel to and within multiple countries in a variety of transportation modes, including airplanes, hot-air balloons, helicopters, trucks, bicycles, taxicabs, car, jeepneys, trains, buses, boats, and by foot.

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 could hit a lockout buzzer to guess the subject at any time.

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.

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.

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.

Contestants wore the dashio shari ( national dress of women in Bangladesh ). Miss Bangladesh pageant was held for the time being, after the divisional result came out. And in 1998 amid protests by Islamic groups over the attire of the contestants.

Contestants try to consume the most hot dogs ( and buns ) in a ten-minute time period.

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

Contestants take a short run-up to a lubricant-coated track, on which they skid.

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

Contestants must use preselected development environments which are typically new to them, having only been given a quick crash course about the environment in a presentation before the contest begins.

Contestants were presented with a headline and three related facts, one of which was incorrect.

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 ( 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.