Deal or No Deal
The logo for Deal or No Deal Australia
Genre	Game show
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Running time	0:30 (including commercials)
Creator(s)	Endemol
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Starring	Andrew O'Keefe
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Country of origin	Australia
Original network/channel	Seven Network
Original run	2003 – present
No. of episodes	approx 450
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Deal or No Deal is a game show which airs in Australia on the Seven Network. A typical episode of Deal or No Deal runs for 30 minutes (including commercials) in duration. In 2006 Deal or No Deal several changes were made to entice viewers in response to Nine's new afternoon game show Bert's Family Feud hosted by Bert Newton. The maximum potential prize increased to 2 million dollars a week, with the new "Double or nothing" feature. Image File history File links Deal_or_No_Deal_logo_Australia. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Endemol is a television production company based in the Netherlands. ... Andrew O’Keefe is an accomplished intellectual property lawyer. ... The Seven Network (ASX: SEV) is Australias largest television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Early logo of the American version of Deal or No Deal Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Rob Hipskind-based production company Endemol, known for creating such shows as Big Brother. ... The Seven Network (ASX: SEV) is Australias largest television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Berts Family Feud is an Australian television show produced by Grundy Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia and broadcast on the Nine Network, with TV stalwart Bert Newton as host. ... Bert Newton and his trademark smile. ...

Format

Bank offer being presented on Deal or No Deal, 2006.

This section refers to the current Australian format of Deal or No Deal. For the general format of Deal or No Deal see Deal or No Deal Format.

The show begins in a studio with six groups of 25 people sitting in stands. One group is then randomly selected, plus one additional person from the remaining groups. The 26 contestants are then asked three multiple choice questions. The quickest contestant to answer correctly is then selected to play out the remainder of the show. The contestant is shown twenty-six numbered briefcases held by identical models, each containing a hidden amount of money (see Briefcase values). The contestant selects one of the briefcases to be placed at the front, and the other briefcases are distributed to the other 25 contestants from the quiz who move onto the 'podium'. Image File history File links Dealaustraliaa. ... Image File history File links Dealaustraliaa. ... Early logo of the American version of Deal or No Deal Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Rob Hipskind-based production company Endemol, known for creating such shows as Big Brother. ... In ordinary language, the word random is used to express apparent lack of purpose or cause. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Deal or No Deal is a game show which airs in Australia on the Seven Network. ...

The contestant then chooses a numbered case to be opened. The podium player holding the case guesses the amount that they have in their briefcase, winning $500 if their guess is proved correct upon opening the briefcase. This process is repeated, and is only interrupted when, at increasingly regular intervals, a "Bank Offer" is made. The major contestant now has to decide between a "Deal", where the bank's offer is accepted, or "No Deal" where the offer is rejected and play continues. The Bank Offers are based on, but not equivalent to, the arithmetic mean of the remaining briefcases. That is, if there are mainly large valued briefcases remaining, then there is a high chance that the contestant's briefcase is valuable, and so the Bank Offer will be generous. Conversely, if the player has been less fortunate and opened the more valuable briefcases, then the Bank Offer will be low. In mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean of a set of numbers is the sum of all the members of the set divided by the number of items in the set (cardinality). ...

If at any stage the player chooses to "Deal" the game is still played out to enable any correct guesses to be made (with the $500 being awarded to the respective contestant) and to find out if the player chose the right time to "Deal". If the player continues to the end without making a "Deal", the game ends with their own briefcase being opened and the amount in that briefcase being won.

The Australian version of Deal or No Deal has a number of special features to make the show entertaining:

• Double or Nothing: Double or Nothing is offered to the contestant after taking their deal unless a Chance or a Supercase is offered at the end of the show. Contestants gamble all or part of their money, either winning or losing whatever they offer. Eg. The contestant takes a deal of $37,000. When they are offered Double or Nothing, they are allowed to game any amount up to, and including, their $37,000. The contestant wishes to gamble $7,000. In the situation that "Double" is revealed. they win $44,000. In the situation that "Nothing" is revealed. they win $30,000. The new element has added the chance of a contestant walking away empty handed, as they can gamble all their money and end up with "Nothing" appearing. In the previous seasons, the least the dealer could walk away with was $0.50 (the lowest amount on the board).
• Megaguess: Occurring at random intervals in the game the Bank offers a Megaguess. If the next podium player correctly guesses the value in their briefcase they will win $2,000, $5,000 or $10,000 as opposed to the regular $500 value.
• Chance: A Chance is an opportunity for the contestant to swap the deal they took during the game for whatever is in their briefcase. It happens rarely, and only when the two remaining unknown case values are an extremely small and extremely high amount. Eg. The contestant is offered to take a chance after taking a deal of $8,000. The remaining two unopened briefcases contain $500 and $50,000. If the contestant decides to take the chance, they win either $500 or $50,000, depending on which value is in their selected case. If they decide to not take the chance, they keep their $8,000 deal.
• Supercase: Occasionally at the end of the program a Supercase is brought out. Contestants have the opportunity to either keep the deal they made or take whatever value is hidden in the Supercase. The supercase contains one of the following values: 50c, $500, $1,000, $2,000, $10,000, $20,000, CAR, $50,000. In the event that the Supercase appears at the end of a program, the contestant is not presented with the Double or Nothing offer.
• Double Deal Fridays: Home viewers are invited to ring a phone number charged at AU$0.55 and register their details. Every Friday, a home viewer was randomly selected to win the same prize as the studio contestant each Friday. The host of the show, Andrew O'Keefe, has mentioned that Double Deal Fridays receive over 100,000 calls each week.
• Daily Prize: One of the briefcases (except for the CAR, $100,000 or $200,000 cases) contain gold coloured dollar signs around the cash value inside the case. The person who was holding the case (be them podium player or contestant) receive the Daily Prize of $500. The daily prize was first featured in 2006 in a special Saint Patrick's Day themed episode.

So far, the top prize of $200,000 has only been given away once to Dean Cartecchini on June 17, 2004 after saying "No Deal" to $102,500 with the chance of walking away with only $5 or the $200,000. Luckily, Dean had the big one in his briefcase (#12). St. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

When the minimum prize was $0.50c, it was received twice in the show's history; to John DeLaine in 2004 (he later appeared on the Unluckiest Player's show, where he won $70,000 through a Supercase) , and to Travis Ross on July 7, 2005. When the "Double or Nothing" feature was introduced and made "Nothing" the lowest possible amount, it was won six episodes later, on February 7, 2006, by Peter Popas. He said "no deal" all the way through to his $2 briefcase, then gambled the $2 and "NOTHING" was revealed in the double or nothing case - he was then handed a giant comedy cheque with the word "NOTHING" written on it. Incidentally, there were no podium winners either on that episode, and the daily prize was dropped for the 2006 season, meaning that the show did not have to pay any money at all. The nothing cheque was also brought out only two months later when Andrew Vein said "no deal" all the way through to his $150 briefcase, then gambled the lot and "NOTHING" was revealed in the case. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The CAR has been won three times. First on March 4, 2005, a Peugeot 307, after it being offered to the contestant. Because the car was won on "Double Deal Friday" (see above), the home viewer received $30,000 in cash instead. Because the car has only been won twice, it was added to the Supercase for a better chance of winning it (see above). After that the CAR was a Renault Mégane, which was won on December 23, 2005 (this date is from the repeat series). The latest person to win the car was Russian born boxer Kostya Tszyu on February 23, 2006. He had 2 cases left, $5000 & the CAR ($33,000), he was offered a deal of $12,000, he said no deal and when he opened up his suitcase he had won the CAR. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Peugeot 307 is a compact automobile produced by the French Peugeot manufacturer since 2001. ... The Renault Mégane is an small family car made by Renault. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Konstantin Kostya Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Цзю) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russia born boxer with Korean origine who is an Australian citizen and two time world junior welterweight champion. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

 Contestants winning the car are given the keys, as well as a giant comedy cheque with the word "RENAULT" on it. 

Briefcase values

All values are in Australian Dollars.

Evolution of the show

2003

The first incarnation of Deal or No Deal originally debuted in late 2003 as an hour-long program. Screening on Sunday night, it indirectly competed with the Nine Network's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? by offering a maximum prize of $2,000,000. The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. ...

In order to fill the longer timeslot, the initial stages of the game were significantly longer than in the currect half hour format. This included an interview with the man who supposedly placed the values into each briefcase, assuring that selection were indeed random.

Instead of randomly selecting a block of 25 people, the members of the six blocks collectively competed against each other in a short quiz to determine which group would get selected. Also, rather than choosing the sole fastest contestant in the individual question round, the two fastest contestants were chosen to compete head to head in answering one final question before the eventual victor proceeds to the main game.

Another difference to the current version is the amount of money awarded to podium players for a correct guess. In the original format the amount of money received depended on how many cases had already been opened. The reasoning behind this is that a correct guess when only a few cases are opened is rarer to achieve than when only a few cases remain.

Although somewhat successful, this incarnation of the show only lasted for one season. However, several hour-long special episodes of the show (such as "Unluckiest Players" - the return of the contestants who have won the least amount of money) have aired in prime time. Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ...

2004

In 2004 Deal or No Deal was shortened to a half-hour format and moved to weeknights at 5:30pm, directly competing against the Nine Network's The Price Is Right. Due to the increased number of episodes airing (5 per week over the course of the year rather than 1 per week) the maximum cash prize was lowered from $2,000,000 to $200,000. Deal or No Deal received high ratings in its newly revised format. Shortly after the popularity of Deal or No Deal began to rise, The Price Is Right altered its showcase round to a similar format, where contestants were forced to choose between cash incentives or the showcase periodically as the prices were lit up. Despite this Deal or No Deal continued to grow in popularity, and is believed to be a factor involved in the ratings resurgance of Seven News (which follows directly after Deal or No Deal). The Price Is Right is a popular game show based on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes and other promotional products. ... Seven News is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Early logo of the American version of Deal or No Deal Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Rob Hipskind-based production company Endemol, known for creating such shows as Big Brother. ...

2005

There were only a few minor tweaks in 2005 compared to the 2004 version. These included the colouring of on-screen graphics, with higher values being coloured blue, red and green, the $25,000 case value was replaced with a car valued at approximately $30,000. The Daily Prize, which was previously a normal prize, such as a home theatre system, a DVD set or a digital camera, was replaced with $500, although later in 2005 prizes such as mp3 players and portable DVD players were also given away and the audience cry of boo-yeah when Case #26 was selected was abandoned. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music files. ... This page relates to a hardware device used to play DVDs. ...

2006

Changes made to the 2006 format:

• The interior of the cases all featured their "board" colour instead of only the green amounts
• A new "Double or Nothing" feature was introduced, where the contestant will be offered to gamble all or part of their money, either doubling or losing whatever they offer. Subsequently, it has been advertised that the show potentially offers winnings of $2,000,000 a week ($400,000 an episode), but this would only occur if the contestant has $200,000 in their case and chooses to gamble all their money.
• Briefcase values have been slightly altered (see above).
• Megaguesses are now offered $2,000, $5,000 and $10,000 amounts. The $10,000 is only offered once per game, usually in Round 1 or the start of Round 2, the $2,000 is a rare occasion, may be for the very last case of the game, and the $5,000 is the most common Megaguess as it used to be.
• Correct guesses on the podium have been halved to $500.
• The daily prize has been featured only once on March 17 on a special Saint Patrick's Day themed episode.
• The cry of boo-yeah is back.
• The "oooohhh" sound is sometimes shouted out by the audience when a player selects briefcase 13 to be opened.

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Dancing with the Deals

Dancing With The Deals - contestant Jennifer Hawkins & host Andrew O'Keefe

Dancing with the Deals was Deal or No Deal's first attempt at a celebrity special series (and was highly successful). Celebrities that were featured came from the entertainment show Dancing With the Stars. The series was broadcast from February 13 - February 24, 2006. These are the celebrities that were featured: Image File history File links Dwtd. ... Image File history File links Drew_jen_dwtd. ... Image File history File links Drew_jen_dwtd. ... Dancing with the Stars is an Australian television series based on the British Strictly Come Dancing. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Simone Warne (nee Callahan) (born 1971) is the wife of cricketer Shane Warne. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is a professional female tennis player from Australia. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Grant Denyer is an Australian motor racing driver and TV weatherman. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Konstantin Kostya Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Цзю) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russia born boxer with Korean origine who is an Australian citizen and two time world junior welterweight champion. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Toby Charles Allen (born 8 August 1973 in Papua New Guinea) is an Australian musician and singer most notable for his work with Australian boy band Human Nature. ...

See also

• List of Seven Network programs
• Deal or No Deal

The following are programs that have, currently, or are soon to be broadcast by the Seven Network and its regional affiliates. ... Early logo of the American version of Deal or No Deal Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Rob Hipskind-based production company Endemol, known for creating such shows as Big Brother. ...

External links

• Deal or No Deal
• Southern Star Productions - Deal or No Deal
• Deal or No Deal Flash Game