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Win the game and still win nothing?
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: BillCullen1 on September 22, 2019, 09:56:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on September 22, 2019, 08:45:24 PM ----There were also a couple of Pyramid Winner's Circles where a contestant got nothing, one from the 80s,
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Yes, a female contestant crashed and burned with Tom Poston. She gave the clues.
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However that contestant won the Winners Circle twice before then, also giving the clues.
Otm Shank:
--- Quote from: isucgv on September 22, 2019, 08:28:52 PM ---After watching an MG syndie episode recently, where a player won the game but missed out on any of 3 answers in the audience match and was sent home with the Rice-a-Roni, I wondered how many other games allows you to win the game and leave with nothing.
The only other one I could think of off the top of my head was Press Your Luck where it happened a couple of times. Any others?
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Refresh my memory, but did contestants win $100 for winning the front game on MGPM, or was that only on the daytime version?
On Press Your Luck the $0 winners at least had an opportunity to play again (and a triple $0 once, so someone in that group won something). Jeopardy had high scorers tie for the $0 top score of the day, although the second time it happened, there was consolation cash (and an extra $2,000 ponied up by Alleve).
BillCullen1:
--- Quote from: Otm Shank on September 23, 2019, 12:38:56 AM ---Refresh my memory, but did contestants win $100 for winning the front game on MGPM, or was that only on the daytime version?
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Only on the daytime version.
Adam Nedeff:
--- Quote from: Otm Shank on September 23, 2019, 12:38:56 AM ---Refresh my memory, but did contestants win $100 for winning the front game on MGPM, or was that only on the daytime version?
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There was one PM episode where a contestant bombed out on both Audience Matches. Back from commercial, Gene read a Dumb Dora question with a really obvious answer and offered her $100 for each celebrity she matched. She matched all six for $600. So at least on PM, you had to work really, really hard at going home with nothing.
Allstar87:
--- Quote from: PYLdude on September 22, 2019, 09:01:44 PM ---I was gonna say Temptation because the possibility existed for someone to win with no prizes being won, but I think that would be a different set of circumstances, no? Considering you'd have to come back and play again to even have a chance to do that?
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It happened at least once. One champion lost on her third day...and since she never bought a single thing in those three days, she ended up leaving with nothing but Rossi's love.
For those who don't mind spoilers and/or wanna try catching it on Buzzr, her name was De Rynn, and she was on the first taped week. Buzzr's shown her fruitless run at least thrice.
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