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Million pound drop

  • 23-08-2014 12:52am
    #1
    Aerohead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭


    Tonight on the Million Pound Drop three guys were on with one girl in a kind of blind date , they ended the show with 75k left, now I got next week's RTE guide and for next Friday they have got the three guys and the girl Amanda left with 75k, I thought this show was live and how did RTE publish the outcome of a show a week ahead of transmission


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  • #2
    ekimiam
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭ekimiam


    live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
    what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina


  • #3
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,728 ✭✭✭brian_t


    2014 changes

    This is also the first regular series to be pre-recorded due to time constraints.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Drop


  • #4
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    ekimiam wrote: »
    live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
    what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina

    It's not live on Channel 4 this series. And it has never been on RTE.


  • #5
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    ekimiam wrote: »
    live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
    what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina

    Darina Allen hosts a live hour-long show on Channel 4?

    How come I haven't heard about it? And surely she's not as well known on the other side of the Irish Sea as her daughter-in-law?

    :eek: :eek: :eek: :o:o:o:D:D:D:D:D:D


    It's probably fair to say that, after four years, just about all the novelties of the Million Pound Drop have worn off.

    So, as well as making the show pre-recorded, the producers have attempted to inject new life into the format by reducing the number of questions from eight to seven, allowing up to four contestants to play (when beforehand it was almost always two) and coming up with some so-called 'surprise' teams (like pairing a civilian with a celebrity).

    But it's not selling to other countries as much as it did during its first year or so. And the full million will almost certainly never be won at this stage.

    Davina looks as fabulous as ever, though. :o:);)


  • #6
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Bumping this thread to say that it looks like the Drop has been dropped.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/million-pound-drop-channel-4-drops-primetime-quiz-show-a6918666.html

    Ah, well. Fun while it lasted.


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  • #7
    Edward Hopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Edward Hopper


    Go Harvey Go wrote: »
    Bumping this thread to say that it looks like the Drop has been dropped.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/million-pound-drop-channel-4-drops-primetime-quiz-show-a6918666.html

    Ah, well. Fun while it lasted.

    The idea wasn't bad, don't know how they chose the contestants but on the whole they were pretty obnoxious. Loud and Zany were probably a couple of the words they were looking for on the application. I'm not a fan of Davina McCall either though tbh.


  • #8
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Edward Hopper wrote: »
    The idea wasn't bad, don't know how they chose the contestants but on the whole they were pretty obnoxious. Loud and Zany were probably a couple of the words they were looking for on the application. I'm not a fan of Davina McCall either though tbh.

    The contestants were chosen based on their age and personality - almost all of them were aged between 18 and 40, almost all of them were at least mildly excitable, and almost none of them had a knowledge that would get them very far on Mastermind. :o :rolleyes: ;)

    The only mature contestants I saw were parents of celebrities - Larry Lamb playing alongside George, and Michael Whitehall alongside Jack.

    And love her or hate her, one cannot deny that MPD wouldn't have been the same without Davina... :o:D;)


  • #9
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    It's coming back. Sort of. :eek: :D

    https://twitter.com/ThisisDavina/status/885796393708920833


  • #10
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,805 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Times must be hard at Channel 4.


  • #11
    Skid X
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    I think that's a good move for Channel 4.

    With Deal or No Deal gone and Countdown now getting tiny ratings this could be a solid daytime performer.

    I think people will get over the name change and jackpot reduction soon enough.


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  • #12
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Still a shame Channel 4 didn't put more faith in Five Minutes to a Fortune, though:

    http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Five_Minutes_to_a_Fortune


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Go Harvey Go wrote: »
    Still a shame Channel 4 didn't put more faith in Five Minutes to a Fortune, though:

    http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Five_Minutes_to_a_Fortune
    I'd guess they were worried that a couple of decent contestants (non-scatterbrains) would clear them out pretty sharpish.


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