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

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

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

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

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

Miss Hallsville Contestants are introduced at around 7pm prior to the Friday night Hallsville Bobcat football game in Bobcat Stadium.

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