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Old 26-01-2011, 04:35 PM #1
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Right. Current gameshows that any nobody can apply to:
The Chase - ridiculously difficult questions, up against 1 of 3 clever people, who has to answer about 20 questions in 2 minutes to leave you walking away with nothing.
Deal or No Deal - chance. No actual rewarding merit.
Eggheads - you're against 5/7 incredibly clever people.
Million Pound Drop - pretty dodgy questions + pressure ensure you're never left with more than £50K by the end.

The only one that's relatively straightforward that I know of is The Weakest Link.

Every single other straightforward gameshow has been changed to only allow on celebrities playing for charity (Family Fortunes, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?). Whilst this is all lovely - it's also pretty horrible for us commonfolk. I want to win £10k by knowing a few catchphrases or filling in some vowels
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oh and I ignored the ones where you have to humiliate yourself. (100 Ways to Leave A Gameshow; The Cube)
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goldenballs was amazing but the premise of the show was kinda wrong : L

no questions or anything you just had to backstab

was epic though cant believe it was axed
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Yeah, not good for Gameshows at the moment, it's boring watching Z list celebs all the time. Family Fortunes is worst for it
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Should bring back the Price is Right

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Big Break, The Generation Game, Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune, Supermarket Sweep
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Wheel of Fortune, Supermarket Sweep
I've been watching them on Challenge recently, loved them so much

Million Pound Drop is the only gameshow that's really grabbed me recently, though I was getting in to Goldenballs at the end of its life
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It's a shame Gladiators flopped second time round
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Big Break, The Generation Game, Catchphrase, Wheel of Fortune, Supermarket Sweep
And the Crystal Maze

I don't mind some of the gameshows on now. Million Pound Drop always has me hooked.

Oh.. please bring back FORT BOYARD too!
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lmao I saw that, lucky cow. I've seen that chaser on 'Only Connect' a few times.
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Someone won 26p on Deal or No Deal today. They still beat the banker because they had 10p in their box
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It's a shame Gladiators flopped second time round
This! This! This!

Gladiators was so good, It shouldn't of flopped.
I would of loved to of went on it, it's just a shame you need to be like buff as ******.

But yeah I loved watching it, I think my Caroline Flack did the Second Version?
So good.
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I loved Gladiators. It was better in the days when Ulrika Johnson hosted it too. It needs to come back.

Remember Wolf man?? LOL epic!
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