From a sociological and demographic perspective, the Big Brother franchise allows the opportunity for analysis of how people react when forced into close confinement with people who lie outside their comfort zone, since they may hold different opinions or ideals from other contestants, or simply belong to a different group of people than a contestant normally interacts with.

# Masters who have the absolute right to play in the World Championship Candidates Tournament, or any player who replaces an absent contestant and earns at least a 50 percent score.

" ( asked when Marx felt sorry for a contestant who had not won anything ).

Groucho was the subject of an urban legend about a supposed response to a contestant who had nine children which supposedly brought down the house.

In the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series, the contest is altered somewhat with Aphrodite and Athena entering but Artemis is the third goddess contestant instead of Hera ( offering the one who chooses her the chance to be renowned as a great warrior ).

* Jonbenet Ramsey ( 6 August 1990 – 25 December 1996 ) was a child beauty pageant contestant who was missing and found dead in her Boulder, Colorado home.

) The contestant who does this correctly and in the fastest time goes on to sit in the chair ( the " hot seat ") and play for the maximum possible prize ( often a million units of the local currency ).

For example, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback, later became a host on morning talk show The View ; and Kristin Cavallari, who appeared on Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, has gone on to become a television host and actress.

* Spiral, a former Big Brother contestant, who wrote, performed and released a song about Finglas

His four children with Nancy are: Nancy Moore Thurmond ( 1971 – 1993 ), a beauty pageant contestant who was killed when a drunk driver hit her in Columbia, South Carolina ; James Strom Thurmond Jr. ( born 1972 ), who became U. S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and is the current South Carolina 2nd Judicial Circuit Solicitor ; Juliana Gertrude ( Thurmond ) Whitmer ( born 1974 ), a married homemaker in Washington, DC ; and Paul Reynolds Thurmond ( born 1976 ), elected member of the Charleston County council.

Also, the rules of the Individual Immunity Necklace were changed so that a contestant who won the necklace in a challenge was able to give it to another contestant.

Other well-known Australian performers who also got their start as a contestant on the show include Asher Keddie, Alyce Platt, John Foreman, Maria Mercedes, Sylvie Paladino, Marty Fields and Michael Cormick.

A contestant who picked that panelist during the game won a bonus prize package if they correctly agreed or disagreed with the star.

Another episode included an April Fools ' prank played on Tom Bergeron in the show's fifth season, featuring E. E. Bell as an obnoxious contestant who kept pushing his overly emotional opponent until she broke down in tears, in addition to testing Bergeron's patience.

The contestant earned one point for each celebrity who wrote down the same answer ( or reasonably similar as determined by the judges ; for example, " rear end " matched " bottom " or a similar euphemism ) up to a maximum of six points for matching everyone.

In case of a tie score, the contestant who had not selected their own question in the previous round made the selection in the tie-breaker round.

Again, the only celebrities who played were those who did not match that contestant in previous rounds, and third round questions tended to be even more " definitive " in their responses.

The contestant who matched the most celebrities at the end of the game won the game and went on to play the Super Match, which consisted of the Audience Match and the Head-To-Head Match segments, for additional money.

A contestant who won money in the Audience Match then had the opportunity to win ten times that amount ( therefore, $ 5, 000, $ 2, 500 or $ 1, 000 ) by exactly matching another fill-in-the-blank response with one celebrity panelist.

Originally, the contestant chose the celebrity ; later, the celebrity who played this match was determined by the Star Wheel.

For the Head-To-Head Match the contestant picked a celebrity who revealed a hidden number ( 10, 20 or 30 ); that number was multiplied by the contestant's Audience Match winnings to determine the grand prize ($ 30, 000 being the top possible amount ).

When the Star Wheel was introduced, that potential payout grew to $ 21, 000 if a contestant spun a double.

The Star Wheel round was slightly modified for this Match Game series instead of spinning the wheel itself, the contestant spun a green arrow, and instead of three stars underneath each panelist's name there were two red dots.

* The Cash Wheel — A contestant spun a carnival wheel containing various dollar amounts with a top prize of $ 2, 000.

Bullseyes, when spun, were automatically frozen, although a contestant originally had the option to freeze the window in which a bullseye appeared.

If a contestant spun three bullseyes in one spin, they won $ 10, 000.

If a contestant spun a " natural triple " ( three of a kind with no Jokers ), he / she immediately won a bonus prize and was asked a $ 200 question in that category.

In this still, a contestant has just spun three Jokers.

In addition, if a contestant spun a natural pair and a Joker, he / she could discard the pair but use the Joker to go " off the board " in that category for $ 50.

The game automatically ended if either contestant spun three Jokers and correctly answered a question from any of the five categories.

Only the contestant who spun three Jokers could answer, with the game continuing if he / she missed.

( For example, a contestant who had $ 850 and spun a triple of $ 100's would receive $ 1, 150.

If the contestant spun three different categories, a question for any of the categories was worth one point.

If a contestant spun a pair and a single, two questions were asked worth two points each if the contestant chose the pair or one question worth one point for choosing the single category.

If the contestant spun a triple, three 3-point questions were asked.

For each bonus card spun, other than the situation where the contestant would spin three of them in one spin, a point was automatically added to the couple's score.

This was an accruing prize package offered to a contestant who had spun a triple of any category, without Jokers ( at one point the jackpot reached as high as $ 18, 000 ).

Prior to the Jackpot's introduction a bonus prize, usually around $ 500 in value, was given to any contestant who spun a natural triple.

In the event a natural triple was spun, a $ 500 bonus was awarded to that contestant ( later, it was a $ 500 donation to the contestant's favorite charity ).

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 ).

If the contestant who spun first ( in the challenger's podium ) spun three jokers and answered a question correctly, that contestant's score was increased to 500 points.

When the wheel was spun, a ball bounced around, and when it finally came to a stop, the contestant won the amount the ball landed on, which was added to their final total.