What made it more ironic with Chris & James's downfall was the question about the Cheeky Vimto. If Evans was watching Chris Moyles Quiz Night recently he would've got the answer. Moyles was giving one to Charlotte Church and she was mentioning what was in the drink.
Did anyone notice Evans throwing the snowball prop to Chris Tarrant?
I think this may well backfire on ITV in the longer term by seeking to get more viewers two nights before Christmas by trying to bribe viewers. Future celebrity couples may well not want to go on the show if half the cash they win isn't going to charity. It was also a contrick on the viewers at the end to hand half the cash to someone in the audience after saying at the start that someone at home could win it. I'd be surprised if they ever do another live show at Christmas or any other time of the year.
I think this may well backfire on ITV in the longer term by seeking to get more viewers two nights before Christmas by trying to bribe viewers. Future celebrity couples may well not want to go on the show if half the cash they win isn't going to charity. It was also a contrick on the viewers at the end to hand half the cash to someone in the audience after saying at the start that someone at home could win it. I'd be surprised if they ever do another live show at Christmas or any other time of the year.
They never said the third amount of money would go to viewers??? Was only ever the first two. They'd have to do it that way as there's no guarantee they would get to the third couple.
I'm pretty sure that the celebs get half of the money EACH (so Evans and James got £500 EACH to go to their charity), and then the viewer winner also wins £500.
I'm pretty sure that the celebs get half of the money EACH (so Evans and James got £500 EACH to go to their charity), and then the viewer winner also wins £500.
They got half the money between them. ie £250 each for their chosen charities.
Why did Tarrant keep saying "You've won £500 again!" to Evans then?
Is there any confirmation of your claim that each celeb won basically a quarter of their overall prize money?
I didnt actually see the Evans part, but if they won £1000 , under the ITV new rules that would mean £500 to a viewer leaving £ 500 to be split between the two contestants charities , so £250 each.
And there's a further surprise in store... not only will the celebrities be playing to win money for charity, they will also be playing for the audience at home. The money the celebrity pair wins will be shared 50/50 between the charity... and a lucky viewer!
I thought it was great, I liked the fast-paced nature of the show and thought Chris Tarrant came across well, he was in control the whole time.
Re the 50/50 viewers and charity thing, I don't have a problem with it. It's not as if the charities didn't get any money and £37,500 is still a massive amount of money to be split between two charities. I think it gave the format a nice twist to have it shared with viewers, and like someone said the revenues from these calls makes up a portion of the prize money anyway.
Also, I think they had no choice but to have 4 couples there, what if the first three had all crashed out early like Chris Evans??? Always had to have a standy-by couple who would have known that it was unlikely they would get on-air.
Very well done overall.
I think you'll find the title of the show kind of bounds them into the prize money they give no?
When they record the show they tend to leave out the music for the first level and bring in the music for questions 3 onwards. I will admit when I was reading the credits last night the show was not using the same production team they have use regularly. It gave the impression either they wanted a different team to run a live show or the crew couldn't get to Elstree due to the snow. This could also explain the limited number of cameras used.
I know, i was only playing around But it had to be said that they did very well on the live show and ditched a few features that made a pre recorded show great for normal viewing.
Finally, evenly though they rush alot of questions towards the end, i kinda enjoyed that because they was question after question rather then chit chat which I don't really care about. The speed of the questions went more fast compared to the USA version, wow.
I mean thats why i tuned in " to watch a quiz show". Ditch the chit chat in the new series and focus on the gameplay in Millonaire.
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Did anyone notice Evans throwing the snowball prop to Chris Tarrant?
quickly and thought it was a football. Thanks for clearing that up
They never said the third amount of money would go to viewers??? Was only ever the first two. They'd have to do it that way as there's no guarantee they would get to the third couple.
They got half the money between them. ie £250 each for their chosen charities.
Why did Tarrant keep saying "You've won £500 again!" to Evans then?
Is there any confirmation of your claim that each celeb won basically a quarter of their overall prize money?
I didnt actually see the Evans part, but if they won £1000 , under the ITV new rules that would mean £500 to a viewer leaving £ 500 to be split between the two contestants charities , so £250 each.
The rules were highlighted by a previous poster
I think you'll find the title of the show kind of bounds them into the prize money they give no?
I know, i was only playing around
Finally, evenly though they rush alot of questions towards the end, i kinda enjoyed that because they was question after question rather then chit chat which I don't really care about. The speed of the questions went more fast compared to the USA version, wow.
I mean thats why i tuned in " to watch a quiz show". Ditch the chit chat in the new series and focus on the gameplay in Millonaire.
I honestly thought that answer was going to come up :eek: