I'm getting pretty darn good at flipping channels in Europe and finding game shows. Ran into Greece's version of Deal or no Deal last night. It basically plays a lot like the UK version...members of the public man the cases, which are not laid out in numerical order. There are only 22 (?) cases overall and a car is offered as one of them.

Last night's episode was pretty underwhelming. A buck toothed contestant mastered the game, taking home 43,000 Euros, which was about 1/5 of the top prize, and his case had far less than that. Some things I didn't get about their version:

*The host (and, sometimes, the contestant) would peek at the chosen case's value before the audience saw it
*Random singing and clapping (to various local songs and techno hits) after "good" cases were hit
*The host kicking a soccer ball all over the stage

My buddy I'm travelling with happened to be watching in his hotel room while I was watching in mine and called me to ask, "What is this rinky dink version of Deal or no Deal they have?"

Pretty good assessment.

 

posted by Brad @ 9:43 AM   4 comment(s)