A lot of work goes into making our favorite TV game shows as interesting as they are. We as viewers don't see a lot of behind-the-scenes that make the show entertaining: how audience members get picked, what the selection process to be a contestant is, and whether the host really smells as nice as he looks.
One avid game show enthusiast wanted to know what goes on behind the curtain, so they decided to ask: "People who have been on game shows, what are some things that watchers don't know?" Netizens came through with all sorts of answers. From stories from the contestants on The Price Is Right and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to exposing how true the show Survivor really is, people shared some interesting game show secrets. Check out people's answers below!
Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this thread, u/Meme_Lord4522. They kindly agreed to tell us more about what gave them the idea to post this question. The Redditor also opened up about their favorite game shows and which one they'd want to participate in one day. Read our conversation below!
#21
Was on Let's Make a Deal.
1. The camera lenses tend to make the studio look larger than it is in real life, I was surprised how much smaller it felt sitting in the audience
2. They do a group interview thing before the show starts to help pick people and weed out the ones that won't make for good TV
3. They have costumes there you can pick from but if you bring your own you're more likely to get picked. They'll make you ride a bus to the studio though so make sure your costume can fit in the seat (I learned that the hard way)
4. They tell everyone to stay smiling/hyped the whole time because if they picked you from the interview process, they can change their mind at the last minute before Wayne calls you if they think the cameras will pan to you and you look like a sour puss. This makes everyone there stay really energetic the whole time which I thought was clever.
5. Lastly, I know this makes me sound like a psycho but Wayne Brady smells *amazing* 👏.
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#22
Not me on the show, but my dad
In the early days of Countdown (UK show) during the Richard Whiteley era (so mid 1980s), if the numbers game was a particularly tricky one they weren’t solved by Carol Vordermann immediately at the end of the round as portrayed on tv, rather, she would work on it as the programme continued and would record her solve later which would then be edited in to make it look like she had solved it there and then.
If it was a really difficult one, then Carol didn’t solve it at all, it was a behind-the-scenes guy called Michael Wylie that worked it out and then Carol would present it as though she had solved it herself.
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#23
I was on Ink Master, which not exactly a game show for human canvases, involves a prize so I’m posting lol.
The show was set in NYC and even had city backdrops in the opener, but it was filmed in a studio in NJ. The artists all had personas to play, selected by the producers, and did their best to abide. Most of the judges barely stuck around set; they’d film their stuff in quick succession then left, and they edited to make it seem like they were always there. The art was real, obviously, but there was much more time than depicted spent on deciding. I remember it taking FOREVER to film the skull picks though, because we had to be given the skills with the name on the bottom, film that, wait, then read the names slowly. It took two days to film a 30 minute episode. All in all it was an amazing experience!
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#24
Wasn't quite a game show, but some friends and I did the Red Bull FlugTag in Tampa in 2008.
They had an audition / application phase, where you had to drop off your plans and what you were going to try to design to fly off the pier
they chose us, and about 30 other people. We had to agree to news interviews and promotions, that were setup by the marketing team. We were building our craft in my backyard, and the news came out to my home a couple times.
The day of the event blew my mind... there was hundreds of thousands people there... it was nuts. Hundreds of boats, people in the parking garages watching, the hotels all had people out on the balconies... It was absolutely insanity.
They lined us up around the block, like a parade, and everyone did their skit and went off the barge. It was a LOT higher up than I thought it was going to be. I think it was between 30-40 feet off the water, it was pretty high
They gave us all safety briefings, telling us how to tell the lifeguards on jet ski's that we were ok (or hurt)
They keep it quiet, but a lot of people got hurt. Tampa General Hospital was just across the water from where the event was (Tampa Convention Center). The ER had a quite a few people in it from the event, including my cousin (who was the pilot). Cousin shattered his nose, broke it big time
I don't think they do that event anymore, heard lots of people got hurt, one person broke their back too
Was super fun, I have some videos on Youtube from the event.
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