Assuming it does something rather than just being just a prop I think it’s a good idea. It helps avoids any confusion as to whether the right person said bank and whether it was out of time or not. Although I’d have a voice over saying the ‘bank’ when the button is pressed in the style of the final Chase buzzers to avoid a situation where they say bank after they’ve pressed their buzzer.
I haven't watched The Weakest Link in a long time but how do they vote off someone if the team did really well in a round without any incorrect answers?
I haven't watched The Weakest Link in a long time but how do they vote off someone if the team did really well in a round without any incorrect answers?
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
Almost certainly due to how quickly they answered I would have thought, if you stood there like a lemon for two seconds while you tried to recall the capital of Iceland, you'll stick out in somebody's mind far longer than you would had you just blurted out 96 straight away when asked what twelve eights are.
Anyway its who the team decides to get rid of, and not who was statistically crap. Strongest links can and have gone, usually taking the chance of a decent sized jackpot with them in the process.
To summarize, it’s…
1. Most right answers
2. Least number of wrong answers
3. Amount of money banked by the player
4. Amount of money “earned” by answering questions
5. Least amount of money lost by failing to bank
6. Full game performance using the previous 5 steps
7. RANDOM selection by the producers
To summarize, it’s…
1. Most right answers
2. Least number of wrong answers
3. Amount of money banked by the player
4. Amount of money “earned” by answering questions
5. Least amount of money lost by failing to bank
6. Full game performance using the previous 5 steps
7. RANDOM selection by the producers
No doubt the same basis was used here too.
For the first round of the game where the full £1k gets banked in about 45 seconds I don't see how numbers 1,2, 5 and 6 can be applied, and number 3 will only ever be applied to "the person who was first alphabetically", assuming they're paying attention - this guarantees them to be the strongest link as they were the only one to bank at the end of a 9 answer chain. Since it was perfectly possible to get to £1k via a series of shorter chains, this isn't always strictly true.
Of course on the show we were never privy to the criteria used for the first round (almost certainly random choice) but its usually more obvious at later stages of the game without a need to crunch any numbers.
Looks good there. Nice bit of dry wit, which has always been important to the format. American, for sure, but not to the point of ruin(!)*
*all based on the clips seen, of course
Having seen that clip, if the BBC commissioned a UK reboot, Victoria Coren Mitchell would be great as the host. Her intros at the beginning of Only Connect are brilliant
Has anyone noticed these amazing burns Victoria Coren Mitchell delivers at the start of Only Connect? pic.twitter.com/VkWU1m1HGF