This page is no longer updated, and is the old forum. For new topics visit the New HOL forum.
Ever been a contestant on a game show ?
Register | Edit Profile | Subscriptions | Forum Rules | Log In
 nickyf 01 Nov 22 5.48pm |
  |
|---|---|
|
Anyone ever applied and been on one?
|
|
 Alert a moderator to this post |
  |
Stirlingsays  01 Nov 22 7.07pm |
 |
|---|---|
|
Everybody knows that TV game show contestants are grown in a lab.
'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen) |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
mr. apollo  Somewhere in Switzerland 02 Nov 22 12.50pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Jim fixed it for me to milk a cow in the dark. Does that count?
Glad All Over |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Badger11 Beckenham 02 Nov 22 1.18pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Closest I can get is a work colleague who was on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He won 16k and wisely chose not to answer the next question which was about knitting. He was good enough to admit he would have chosen the wrong answer. I don't think he got expenses you just turned up and hope you were picked.
One more point |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| martin2412 Living The Dream 02 Nov 22 2.16pm |
|
|---|---|
|
I was once on a radio show quiz where you had to identify a famous voice from a 2 second clip. This quiz had been going for weeks where there had been hundreds of wrong answers given, and every time it was answered incorrectly another hundred quid was added to the prize money. It was worth thousands, and I 100% knew who it was. Anyway, I got through and was put on hold until the presenter came to me. After a bit of inane chit-chat he played the voice again then asked me for my answer. I could hardly wait to cockily spurt out 'Neil Tennant from The Pet Shop Boys'. The drum rolled for 5 seconds and then he revealed that I was wrong. It's a good job they've got a 7 second delay the names I called him.
Edited by martin2412 (02 Nov 2022 2.18pm)
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 02 Nov 22 6.59pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Cash on Delivery on Capital Radio three times in the 1970's. Won it once. Countdown in 2017. Lost on Crucial Conundrum. Passed audition for Weakest Link in 2001 but not called. Passed audition for the Chase in 2020 but not yet called. It's the challenge not the monetary reward that urges me on. Countdown is recorded in Manchester. I live in Cornwall. The return train fare and hotel for two nights were paid.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 03 Nov 22 11.27am |
|
|---|---|
|
I have also known two people who appeared on WWTBAM - my agent when I was freelance back in 2000.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
lagoseagle  Rotterdam 03 Nov 22 1.11pm |
|
|---|---|
|
A uni friend of mine went on the old snooker gameshow Big Break. He was studying to be a doctor, so when he got an easy maths question wrong (and Big Break was hardly a tough quiz), Jim Davidson mercilessly took the p!$$ out of him for the entire show. My friend said getting horrendously p!$$ed with Davidson and Virgo after the show was the highlight lol
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
palace_in_frogland  In a broken dream 03 Nov 22 3.37pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by martin2412
I was once on a radio show quiz where you had to identify a famous voice from a 2 second clip. This quiz had been going for weeks where there had been hundreds of wrong answers given, and every time it was answered incorrectly another hundred quid was added to the prize money. It was worth thousands, and I 100% knew who it was. Anyway, I got through and was put on hold until the presenter came to me. After a bit of inane chit-chat he played the voice again then asked me for my answer. I could hardly wait to cockily spurt out 'Neil Tennant from The Pet Shop Boys'. The drum rolled for 5 seconds and then he revealed that I was wrong. It's a good job they've got a 7 second delay the names I called him.
Edited by martin2412 (02 Nov 2022 2.18pm) So, don’t keep me in suspense; who was it then?
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Trapsix  Dublin 03 Nov 22 10.47pm |
|
|---|---|
|
I was on "winning streak" , a lottery connected game show in Ireland, just missed out on major prize, but won €48,200!..
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| YT Oxford 03 Nov 22 10.55pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by martin2412
I was once on a radio show quiz where you had to identify a famous voice from a 2 second clip. This quiz had been going for weeks where there had been hundreds of wrong answers given, and every time it was answered incorrectly another hundred quid was added to the prize money. It was worth thousands, and I 100% knew who it was. Anyway, I got through and was put on hold until the presenter came to me. After a bit of inane chit-chat he played the voice again then asked me for my answer. I could hardly wait to cockily spurt out 'Neil Tennant from The Pet Shop Boys'. The drum rolled for 5 seconds and then he revealed that I was wrong. It's a good job they've got a 7 second delay the names I called him.
Edited by martin2412 (02 Nov 2022 2.18pm) I don't want to hear 'Neil Tennant' and 'spurt out' in the same sentence, thanks!
Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes) |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Dubai Eagle 04 Nov 22 5.42am |
|
|---|---|
|
I won a few small things on radio shows whilst living in Dubai -
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Login / RegisterNew users
Registration is now on our new message board
Existing users
To login with your existing username you will need to convert your account over to the new message board.
Sponsors
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2024 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.