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BoxClever

PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:24 pm    Author: BoxClever    Post subject: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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For me, what sets DOND apart from other game shows is the fact that you get to know the contestants before they play. With most other game shows, the episodes could be broadcast in any order - there isn't that sense of continuity, and a mythology that builds up and gets constantly referred to.

On DOND, I like the way you can guess "I reckon it'll be X's game today"...
(Good old X - surely ranks up there with the greatest contestants of all time)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:30 pm    Author: daniel123    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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It isn't the best gameshow.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:56 pm    Author: KP    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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The case for it being the best (and I don't know if I subscribe to it or not): sheer unpredictability, fascinating running storylines (this is probably the best integration of soap opera and game show in television history, whatever other reality shows might claim that), immense contestant variety (compare with Millionaire in particular).

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:46 pm    Author: Tom22    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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Noel Edmonds.
The pure genius of the gameplay.
The contestants.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:50 pm    Author: h2005    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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The player who was the newbie on 17th February 2009.
The player who was the newbie again on 19th February 2009.
The contestant who played on 23rd March 2009.


Thanks Tom :D

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h2005

PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:57 pm    Author: h2005    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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For me it's:

  • Noel Edmonds
  • The fact you get to know the contestants and their characters before they play
  • The mystery surrounding the banker
  • Noel Edmonds
  • The banter - banana throwing, furniture polish spraying and so on
  • The unpredictability of the boxes and indeed the banker's offers
  • Noel Edmonds
  • The varying attitudes towards money of the players
  • The diverse range of types of contestants they have
  • Noel Edmonds

I don't really enjoy most gameshows but DOND caught my eye. I've never regularly watched a show in the same way I have with DOND, and I probably wouldn't ever watch another gameshow with so much regularity again to be honest.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:08 pm    Author: killersbee    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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Huge sums of money been won, is one of the many great things on DOND :)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:10 pm    Author: Tom22    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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h2005 wrote:
Tom22 wrote:
The player who was the newbie on 17th February 2009.
The player who was the newbie again on 19th February 2009.
The contestant who played on 23rd March 2009.


Thanks Tom :D



The low point in the show :smt011

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:03 pm    Author: bb67    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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Tom22 wrote:
h2005 wrote:
Tom22 wrote:
The player who was the newbie on 17th February 2009.
The player who was the newbie again on 19th February 2009.
The contestant who played on 23rd March 2009.


Thanks Tom :D



The low point in the show :smt011


:laughing :laughing Class!

Noel Edmonds. You just gotta love this show. :smt023

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:35 pm    Author: cool-luke-18    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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For me it's the whole variety of things which are -

It's a random game so you don't have a clue what the outcome will be.
Different contestants
Like the fact that contestants get on with each other despite the fact they could be poles apart in what they think but all of them have got one thing in common, the show itself.
They have all the banter and jokes which makes me laugh.
Unlike other gameshows it is a tense especially when big numbers are still on the board in live play, although I do like a lot of other gameshows.
Not having a clue what is going to do, say something funny and say something which makes the audience say boo.
Of course Noel Edmonds saying the funny things.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:57 pm    Author: Aaron Brock    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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The incredibly wonderful soundtrack :-D :lol: And also the yellow sellotape that they used to use on the older boxes.

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CrazyChair

PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:21 am    Author: CrazyChair    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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I like knowing who the contestants are before they play and the banter between the contestants and Noel. That's what keeps me watching. There's always someone who I like and whose game I want to see.


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Tom

PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:56 pm    Author: Tom    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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There are many things that make it special for me:

- The unpredictability of it - as they say, every game is different.
- The fact that we get to know the contestants (as such) before their game, therefore giving them a kind of background.
- The balance of contestants that are on the show.
- The banter/entertainment value.
- It is the only gameshow that ever grips me when watching it. Some games are unbelievably tense and that makes it so good.

Like H has said, I've never been THIS into a game show. And I don't think I ever will be with another.


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NoelsFan

PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:44 pm    Author: NoelsFan    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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One of the great bits is getting to know the players. Most shows the contestant is on for 1 game and goes. You see them for an hour and thats itt. This you get to know them over 10 hours. Also the banter. You wouldn't get all the players from GoldenBalls doing a war dance or complaining about bananas! Another good point is it is like a story. They do celebrate milestones and events and refer to past games. It really is a truly amazing game because it is different every show. I love it and can't see myself getting board of it in a while!

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Wendy47

PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:12 pm    Author: Wendy47    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?

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I love the fact that it's a game of luck. It doesn't matter how good looking, intelligent, witty or talented someone is, it's all about luck and nerve. I'm still as fascinated as I was at the beginning.


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:53 pm    Author: willrelf    Post subject: Re: What makes DOND the best gameshow?
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I like that fact that every game is different and it's all random. I also like the fact that there is a big range of what the contestants are like and that you get to know them a bit before their game.

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