I researched tv games shows to see if it was easy for anyone to win fortune and fame.

If you’ve ever wondered if you could strike it big on a Television game show, then you may be one of the fortunate few.

I wondered about this myself and recently applied to a few. I’m till waiting to hear from them but maybe you will have better luck.

There are a few American TV game quiz shows that you may apply for, but not everyone can be accepted.

Applications are often pages long, and require an accompanying video to showcase your winning personality.

If that weren’t enough, when you are picked to come down to the studio or remote casting call, you must also audition.

Yes, contestants must audition to be chosen to appear on the programs.

The shows executives don’t want a dud to ruin their fun and exciting program.

After all they have sponsors to please and there’s a lot at stake.

Wikipedia defines a game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while other shows involve contestants playing alone for a good outcome or a high score. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show’s prize suppliers. Many television game shows descended from similar programs on radio.

The following TV game shows are the most popular on American television today. Perhaps one of these is your favorite.

The Price Is Right

The Price is Right was hosted Bob Barker hosted this for 35 years and now Drew Cary hosts this long running American favorite. Contestants can come away with nothing or go all the way for thousands in prizes.

There are four main ways to become a contestant;

This was copied from the shows’ website;

OPTION ONE - ONLINE TICKETING; -You can access and request ticket availability online without the wait. -There is a maximum of four tickets per email address. -You can confirm and print your request from your computer within minutes. -You can obtain maps to the taping location. -We will keep you up to date by email if changes in scheduling occur unless they are beyond our control. -Please note that if you apply for tickets online but are unable to attend, email us at cbsimedia@cbs.com.

OPTION TWO - Write in your request for tickets If you wish to write for tickets, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: The Price Is Right Tickets 7800 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA90036

Along with your return envelope please send a note stating how many tickets you wish and specify the exact date and time of taping. You can request up to a maximum of ten tickets per written request. Please allow about two weeks notice when mailing for tickets.

OPTION THREE - Pick up tickets at our Ticket Booth General Tickets are available at the Ticket Booth in advance of the taping dates and tickets for all tapings are available on the day of the taping. Ticket distribution is in excess of studio capacity; therefore, a ticket does not guarantee admittance.

OPTION FOUR - Order Tickets by Phone: Call 800-852-8909 and we will mail you tickets. We will need to know the date, time and quantity of tickets.

You can read further about the requirements on their website. Most of the game shows have similar requirements so I won’t be listing them here. http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_price_is_right/

Jeff Foxworthy is the host of this popular game show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? , pitting your average 5^th grade student against the average adult.

The show is set up like a classroom and the contestants are asked questions.

Premise of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

Adult contestants try to answer questions drawn from elementary school textbooks. Five actual fifth-grade "classmates" can help the adult player as he tries to reach the million-dollar jackpot. The grown-up can "cheat" three ways: He can Peek, looking at the child's answer; he can Copy, meaning he must use the child's answer; or he can Save, for when he guesses wrong and the classmate has the right answer. A contestant can walk away at any point with the money he has won, as long as he admits, "I am not smarter than a fifth grader."

The application is seven pages long and asks questions such as “What would you do with $25,000?” “What would you do with one million dollars?”

“Did you graduate from an Ivy League School?” “What were your tests scores?”

The following link will lead to the application: http://www.fox.com/areyousmarter/pdf/contestant-app.pdf

If you want to risk being upstaged and outsmarted by a 9 year old, then by all means, become a contestant.

http://www.fox.com/areyousmarter/showinfo/

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? P.O. BOX 503 149 S. BARRINGTON AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90049-3310

 

 

Another show for possible fortune and fame is the Who wants to be a Millionaire? tv program.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 (or in some countries, 12) consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty.

Meredith Vieira hosts this trivia show that asks questions with multiply choice answers. The cash awards are increased with each subsequent correct answer. They allow you to call a “lifeline” person on air to help you answer questions. Of course, the ultimate prize is a million dollars.

New contestants will have to wait, since the official announcement on their website:

“We have completed taping our 2008 season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Tapings of our upcoming season will be posted on our website in June of 2009. Thank you for visiting our website and we hope to see you next season”.

Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal hosted by comic Howie Mandel on NBC.

You can go to the NBC website to apply for contestant slots.

You need to fill out an extensive 11 page application and record a 10 minutes video showing lots of personality. These are truly show business and only want enthusiastic people to participate.

This format has a twist. Howie Mandel is the banker and Premise of ‘Deal or No Deal’

A contestant must choose from 26 sealed briefcases containing a marker for various amounts of cash from one penny to $1 million. The player then eliminates the remaining 25 cases one by one. The chosen ones are opened and the amount of money inside revealed. After several cases are opened, the player is tempted by the Banker to accept an offer of cash in exchange for not continuing the game and possibly winning a larger sum of money.

It is located in California and this is the mailing address.

Deal or No Deal Casting PO Box 1916 Culver City, CA 90232Appplication here;

http://gameshows.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gameshows&cdn=entertainment&tm=3&f=00&su=p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.nbc.com/Casting/Applications/DOND_Long_App.pdf

Another game show for fortune and fame is the popoular Family Feud.It is a television game show hosted by veteran character actor John Hurly and is in its’ 30^th year. It pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people,

Each family member answers questions for money.

The family that answers the most questions correctly with the most money wins. Simple enough but they want enthusiastic people.

The show is taped in California as well and applications are found here;http://www.familyfeud.com/

It looks like one of the easier applications for a game show.

Watch this funny YouTube program;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! is a popular game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture, and science. The show has a decades-long broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s

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It's surprising how little this shows pays in comparison to the other shows airing. You really have to know a lot of trivia and have an above average I.Q. to be successful.

This is a serious show which relies on intellect instead of gimmicks,which is refreshing.

Million Dollar Password

Million Dollar Password is an updated version of the game show Password on CBS hosted by Regis Philbin. The program began airing on June 1, 2008.

There is a simple 5 page application which includes telling stories and what your nervous tendencies may be. You have to sign a release form as well.

You’ll be able to play this game with celebrities and I don’t think you have to be a Rhodes Scholar.

The show is taped at 503 W. 33^rd. Street, New York, N.Y.10001

Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. Three contestants (occasionally three pairs of contestants) compete against each other to solve a word puzzle, similar to those seen in the game hangman. The name of the show comes from the large wheel that determines the dollar amounts and prizes won (or lost) by the contestants.

The application is at this link

http://gameshows.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gameshows&cdn=entertainment&tm=25&f=00&su=p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.wheeloffortune.com/contestantsandtickets/beacontestant/adult/

 

In Conclusion

Well, there are the most popular American game shows on Television today. If you can get through the process for fame and fortune, then you may reap the rewards. It looks like a lot of carefree fun and easy money. The road to riches is not as easy or carefree as you may think. Check out the process and maybe you’ll be the next contestant on one of these programs soon.Maybe you'll be the next millionaire!