Deal or No Deal (Singapore)
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| Deal or No Deal (Singapore) | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Starring | Adrian Pang |
| Country of origin |  Singapore |
| No. of episodes | 15 (Season 1), 22 (Season 2) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour including commercials |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 5 |
| Original run | May 13, 2007 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Deal or No Deal is a game show which was aired in Singapore on Channel 5. The show debuted on May 13, 2007 with a million dollar deal show series from Sunday to Wednesday, after which the show aired every Wednesday, 8.30pm. [1]The show is hosted by Adrian Pang. Auditions held before the show began attracted a few thousand people. [2]
The show's official website has an online game, to let viewers become familiar with the format of the game.
The second season of the show premiered on November 21, 2007, and moved to two episodes in 1 week, every Wednesday and Thursday.
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[edit] Gameplay
Before the game, a third party randomly places the possible winnings in the briefcases, which are then distributed to 26 identically-dressed models who reveal its contents during the game. The amounts range from S$1 to S$250,000. The twenty-six models are mainly professional models, including a former Miss Malaysia Universe, Andrea Fonseka.[2]
After picking one of the briefcases, the contestant then selects 6 of the remaining 25 cases, revealed one at a time. Each figure appears in only one case, so any values revealed in this way are not in the contestant's case. This is followed by a phone call by The Banker who makes an offer via telephone to Adrian to buy the contestant's case. The offer is primarily based on the mean of the cash amounts still in play, the stage of the game (early offers tend to be far lower than the mean), as well as the player's psychology. Adrian then asks the title question: "Deal or No Deal?"
If the contestant accepts the "Deal" (by pushing a stylized red button enclosed in a glass case), the game ends, and the value of the case that he or she chose at the beginning of the game is then revealed along with the whereabouts of the remaining prizes. Should the contestant refuse the offer (by stating "No deal" and/or closing the glass case), they must choose five of the remaining cases to eliminate from consideration. The Banker makes another offer, and play continues as before. The Banker's offer may be higher or lower than the previous offer, (if a top prize is eliminated, generally the offer decreases; conversely, if only lower amounts are eliminated the offer increases significantly).
Subsequent rounds have the contestant withdrawing four, three, then two cases from play. Should the contestant continue to decline the Banker's offer after this point, they then eliminate one case each time (with an intervening offer from the Banker) until two cases are left. If the player rejects the final offer, the player wins whatever is in his or her chosen case.
Each contestant has several supporters (usually three, though it has been increased to four for season 2), who sit in a special section just off stage during his or her game. As the field of cases dwindles, one or more of the supporters are asked to consult with the contestant and help him/her make a decision.
[edit] Homeviewer’s SMS Game
During the show, six briefcases are displayed. Viewers are invited to guess which case contains $1000 by text messaging their answer e.g. Case 3, at a cost of $0.21 per message. A lucky draw is held at the end of the game from the pool of viewers who chose the correct briefcase. The winners win $1000 and other prizes from the sponsors of the show. On Dec 26 and Dec 27 2007, the home winners won $2000 on each of the two episodes. On Jan 30 and Jan 31 2008, the home winners won $2888 on each of the two episodes.
[edit] Case values
Normal Episodes
| $1 |
| $5 |
| $10 |
| $15 |
| $20 |
| $25 |
| $50 |
| $75 |
| $100 |
| $150 |
| $250 |
| $500 |
| $750 |
| $1,000 |
| $1,500 |
| $2,500 |
| $5,000 |
| $7,500 |
| $10,000 |
| $15,000 |
| $25,000 |
| $50,000 |
| $75,000 |
| $100,000 |
| $150,000 |
| $250,000 |
Christmas Special
| $1 |
| $5 |
| $10 |
| $15 |
| $20 |
| $25 |
| $50 |
| $75 |
| $100 |
| $150 |
| $250 |
| $500 |
| $750 |
| $1,000 |
| $1,500 |
| $2,500 |
| $5,000 |
| $7,500 |
| $10,000 |
| $25,000 |
| $50,000 |
| $75,000 |
| $100,000 |
| $150,000 |
| $250,000 |
| $500,000 |
Chinese New Year Special
| $1 |
| $5 |
| $10 |
| $15 |
| $20 |
| $25 |
| $50 |
| $75 |
| $100 |
| $150 |
| $250 |
| $500 |
| $750 |
| $1,000 |
| $1,500 |
| $2,500 |
| $5,000 |
| $7,500 |
| $10,000 |
| $25,000 |
| $50,000 |
| $75,000 |
| $100,000 |
| $250,000 |
| $500,000 |
| $688,888 |
[edit] Records and Statistics
Up till the episode dated January 31, 2008.
- Highest potential bank offer: $175,000
- Highest bank offer: $101,000
- Highest first offer: $4,900, ($8,500 on the Chinese New Year edition)
- Lowest bank offer: $5 (even though the last two cases containing $15 and $25 weren't opened yet)
- Lowest first offer: $800
- Highest bank offer accepted: $101,000
- Most money won (No Deal): $7,500
- Most money won (Deal): $101,000
- Least money won (Deal): $4,900
- Least money won (No Deal): $10
- Total winnings: $182,375 (Season 1), $465,575 (Season 2, excluding the extra $24,750 given to Fiona's charity)
- Average winnings: $13,758.33 (as of Season 1)
- Average value of contestant's case: $6342.496 (as of Season 1)
- Best deal by the percentages: 45,000% (Deal: $45,000,Case: $100)
- Best deal by dollars: $51,000 (Deal: $101,000, Case: $50,000)
- Best final case by dollars: $250,000 (3 times)
- Worst deal by the percentages: 16% (Deal: $40,000, Case: $250,000)
- Worst deal by dollars: $210,000 (Deal: $40,000, Case: $250,000)
- Worst final case by dollars: $10
- Greatest amount of money won after knocking out the top prize in the first round: $11,500
[edit] Season 2
Season 2 of Deal or No Deal Singapore premiered on 21st November 2007. The first 2 episodes were celebrity specials, featuring David Gan, international hairstylist and Fiona Xie, Mediacorp actress, respectively. Both played for a chosen charity organisation.
In the first episode, David Gan closed the final deal and won S$101,000 for his charity organisation, making this the biggest win by any contestant of the Singapore edition, ever.
In the second episode, Fiona Xie refused all the banker's offers and won S$250. She then announced that she would make a personal donation of S$5,000 to the charity organisation, while her friends that she brought with her donated an additional S$150. In addition, the producers of the show decided to increase the winning amount to S$25,000, and as a result, a total of S$30,150 was raised for charity during the episode.
There were also two special Christmas episodes where the highest case value was doubled to S$500,000 for the Dec 26 and Dec 27 2007 episodes.
On Jan 16 2008 and Jan 17 2008 episodes of Deal or No Deal, there were 26 hunks representing the briefcases, instead of 26 babes.
For the last two episodes on Jan 30 2008 and Jan 31 2008, being a week before the Lunar New Year, the highest case value was upped to S$688,888 and the second highest case was S$500,000. Ironically, contestants of each episode won only S$10 and S$20 respectively.
[edit] Models
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[edit] Hunks
Season 2
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.dealornodeal.com.sg/show.htm[dead link]
- ^ a b Juliana June Rasuh, Dealing with pure dumb luck?, Today, 2007-04-30
[edit] External links
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