TV Competitions

100% with you on this , silly questions, of course we all know the more phone calls or text's they get the more the money they recieve 

It would be more sensible to have a straightforward random draw from those who ring in.  I think they do the random draw thing with the X-Factor ring in competition.

David 

Most questions on those downmarket quiz programmes are a complete insult to the viewer's intelligence.

 University Challenge, Eggheads and Mastermind. are  much more intellectually challenging, entertaining and interesting. 

K 

Don't keep us in suspense David, what was the answer

It is very annoying and they know they are going to cover more than evar the "prize" is worth

Yet a while back when a Man wanted to do the same with the "prize" being he house he wanted to sell ,it was "illegal?"t

Don't keep us in suspense David, what was the answer

A  

David 

It's a method of gaining info for marketing purposes! 

....its a way of making loads of money!!!

Same with the voting.

I heard that the production cost for the who;e of the Big Brother series were covered by the final shows voting calls alone!

I wonder how many people ring in with the answers.

Does anyone else find the silly TV Comprtitions a bit annoying:

What name is given to the music that comes before an opera or overture?  A. Overture   B Underture  C Immature  An actual example just before the commercial break on Tipping Point.  I sometimes catch the end of Tipping Point as I like to watch the Chase, that comes after it.

I wished they would get rid of these silly questions.

David 

I have read somewhere that the question is to make it a "competition" rather than a straight phone in which would fall foul of lottery/ gambling rules which require licensiing and have lots of restrictions on how the prizes are distributed