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Lingo is an American television game show that GSN produced along with other companies. Versions of Lingo have also existed in other countries. Image File history File links Logo for the game show Lingo. ...
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. ...
Chuck Woolery, 2003 Chuck Woolery (born March 16, 1941) is a popular game show host. ...
Stacey Hayes is an English model and competitive ice-skater (born on August 10, 1976 in London). ...
Shandi Finnessey Shandi Finnessey (born October 14, 1979 in Florissant, Missouri, USA) is an American model and television hostess. ...
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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. ...
GSN logo (2004-present) The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network (now known as GSN - The Network for Games) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ...
Broadcast history The first US attempt at airing Lingo was in 1987. It was produced by Ralph Andrews (in association with Bernstein/Hovis Productions) in Canada for syndication in the US. This version of the show has become somewhat controversial, with allegations that the cash-strapped producers didn't pay some winning contestants their prizes. Despite the show's checkered run, versions of Lingo were subsequently produced in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Quebec, France, Sweden, and, most notably, the Netherlands. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On August 5, 2002, Game Show Network started airing the first episodes of its version of Lingo. The first 20 episodes were recorded in the Netherlands, on the set of its Dutch counterpart; subsequent episodes were produced in the US. Three more seasons, each consisting of 65 episodes, began in December of 2002, December of 2003, and August of 2005 respectively. A fifth season premiered on April 3, 2006. GSN is currently holding back ten unaired Hawaiian-themed episodes from the fourth season. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
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Hosts and co-hosts The host for the 1987 version was Michael Reagan, son of then U.S. President Ronald Reagan, with Dusty Martell as co-host. The host for the last five weeks was executive producer Ralph Andrews with a new co-host, Margaux Mackenzie. Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John Flaugher), adopted son of President Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show, which is syndicated to over 200 radio stations in the United States through Radio America. ...
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...
The host for the current version is game show veteran Chuck Woolery. Co-host Stacey Hayes joined the show in the third season; in early episodes of that season, there was a second co-host but that role was quickly eliminated. Shandi Finnessey, Miss USA 2004, has been the co-host since the start of the fourth season. Chuck Woolery, 2003 Chuck Woolery (born March 16, 1941) is a popular game show host. ...
Stacey Hayes is an English model and competitive ice-skater (born on August 10, 1976 in London). ...
Shandi Finnessey Shandi Finnessey (born October 14, 1979 in Florissant, Missouri, USA) is an American model and television hostess. ...
How the game is played
Original 1987 Version
Main Game The game is played between two teams. At the start of the game, each one gets a "Lingo" card with 25 spaces on it. The champ's card contains even numbers, and the challenger's contains odd numbers. Seven numbers on each card are automatically covered at the start of the game (The challenger's numbers get covered by red circles while the champion's numbers are covered by blue circles). The team in control (beginning with the challengers) is shown the first letter of a five-letter mystery word, after which they must try to guess the word and spell it out. After each guess, a square is placed around letters that are in the correct position, and a circle is placed around letters that are not in the correct position (but are in the word). If the team fails to identify the word within five guesses, fails to answer at anytime within their time limit, or gives a misspelled or nonexistent word, the other team gets a chance to guess; if there is more than one letter unrevealed, one of those letters is revealed, and the team is given five seconds to make a guess. If there is only one unrevealed letter in the word, it is not revealed, but during the five seconds of thinking time, the team is allowed to confer. By the way, if the team in control guesses the word on the first try, they win a $1,000 bonus. Note that the five-letter words were randomly selected by the show's Amiga computer. The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ...
The first team to solve the word gets a chance to pull two lingo balls out of a hopper in front of them. Eighteen of the balls are labeled with numbers corresponding to the numbers on the board. Three of the balls are red; if one of these is pulled out, the team loses their turn. Also in the hopper are three prize balls (one of them being a jackpot ball which starts at $1,000 and increases by $500 every game the jackpot isn't claimed) which can only be claimed if the team won the game. The first team to make a lingo wins the game, $250 (along with the prizes from the prize balls) and the right to play in the final "No Lingo" round. Later in the show's run, the prize was $500 for a vertical or horizontal Lingo, $1,000 for a diagonal Lingo, and $2,000 for a Double Lingo (two lines completed with the same ball).
No Lingo The winning team plays a bonus round called "No Lingo". The team is shown another Lingo card, with sixteen numbers automatically covered before the start of the round, arranged in a star shape along the diagonals, middle row and "N" (middle) column; the center space, where the free space is on a normal bingo card, was left uncovered. The contestants were given $500 to start. They're shown another five-letter mystery word in which the first letter and one of the other four letters are shown. Each time the team misses the word, one draw is added (increasing the danger of making a lingo), and missing the word entirely gives the team seven pulls. After the draw is completed, if the team avoids making a "lingo", their money is doubled to $1,000. They can either take that $1,000 and quit, or go on and try to double their money to $2,000 this time (this option is offered to them each time a draw is completed during the round). Also in the hopper this round is a gold ball which, if drawn, was an automatic win at that level — the prize is doubled on the spot, and a new word is played unless the team elects to stop and take the money. (The gold ball was also returned to the hopper when drawn.) The numbers on the card were all even numbers, and all the even numbers from 1 to 75 (37 in all) were present on balls in the hopper, so a number drawn might not be on the card at all. (In the main game, the numbered balls always represented numbers present on the card.)
If they make a lingo at anytime during a draw, they lose the money they've earned up to that point, and the round is over, but if they can successfully identify five words and then avoid making a lingo, they win $16,000. For the team's second crack at the "No Lingo Round", they start with $1,000 and work their way up to $32,000, and for their third and final No Lingo Round, they begin with $2,000, and victory is worth $64,000. For potential winnings of over $112,000.
Later in the show's run, when the prize structure was changed for the main game, that main game prize was the opening "stake" for the bonus round. Up to five words would be played, which made the top prize $64,000 if the main game was won with a Double Lingo. Six balls were drawn if a word was not guessed at any level. Additionally, teams played until they were defeated twice in the main game.
Current GSN Version
Main Game The main game play is nearly identical to the original version, except that the object is to score the most points, instead of scoring a lingo first. A correct guess of a word scores 25 points. The team has five guesses at the word, though if the team does not guess correctly, the opposing team is given control of the word and is granted a bonus letter. Control of the word will also be given to the opposing team if any of the following situations occur: The team runs out of time, guess is spelled wrong (and doesn't spell another legitimate word), guess isn't the length of a five letter word, guess isn't a word, the guess is a word that has already been guessed, the guess does not begin with the established first letter, or if the guess is a proper noun. Also, the guess must also begin with the established first letter of the word, otherwise control passes to the other team, but this may have only been encountered in the fourth season. A bonus letter will not be given if four out of five of the letters have been identified. Doing this would simply solve the word entirely. If both teams miss a word at the point where a word only has one missing letter left, the word is thrown out and a new one is played.
Lingo board Play is again similar to the original version, except that 10 numbers instead of 7 are marked off for each team at the start of the game. A Lingo scores 50 points, unlike the original version where scoring a lingo won the game outright. A new Lingo card is then assigned and the other team starts on a puzzle. A red ball (now often called a "stopper," perhaps owing to Chuck's Scrabble experience), when drawn, passes control to the other team for the next puzzle as with the original version. No prize balls are featured as was done in the original version. Scrabble was an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. ...
Second round After time runs out for the first round, the second round begins. Lingo cards carry over from the first round. Point values are doubled, meaning a correct word guess is worth 50 points and a Lingo worth 100. Also, three "question mark" balls are added, and they can represent a number of the team's choice. After the second round is over, the team with the most points advances to Bonus Lingo.
Tiebreaker If there is a tied score at the end of the second round, and time runs out, a tiebreaker is played. A mystery seven-letter word is shown, and the first and last letters are displayed (think speedword from Scrabble). Teams must ring in on the red button on the podium with the correct word to advance to the Bonus Lingo round. An incorrect guess locks a team out, and gives a free letter to the opposing team. If that team does not know it, their opponents are unlocked and anybody can guess. If nobody knows what the word is, another letter is revealed, and continues to do so until a team figures out the word. Scrabble was an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. ...
The main game rarely ends in a tie, however. This has only happened a total of three times so far in the entire series.
Bonus Lingo In Bonus Lingo, the contestants try to guess as many words as possible within two minutes. For each correct guess, the team gets a chance to pull out a ball at the end of the round. Unlike the regular game, Bonus Lingo displays two letters at the start of the word instead of just the first letter, just like in the original version's endgame.
In the first season, thirteen numbers were marked off the card, and a Lingo would mean that the team would win a prize package that was comprised of a digital camera, a bookstore gift card, a watch, and a pocket PC. Win or lose, the team won $100 for each ball.
The bonus round for future seasons was different. The teams could now use bonus letters. One bonus letter was given for winning the game and one for each Lingo attained during the game. Also, the draw was changed. Twelve numbers were marked off in such a way that one number, if drawn, could provide an instant Lingo. The prize for reaching Lingo was $5,000. If the team reached Lingo on the first try, the team won a trip to Jamaica + $5,000 (later $15,000) (season 2), a casino vacation + $5,000 (Harrah's Entertainment) (season 3). For season 4, the prize for an instant lingo was augmented to $10,000 in cash. Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. ...
Starting in early April 2006, the bonus Lingo round was placed on a progressive jackpot. Meaning that if the first pull in the bonus round did not produce a "Lingo," an additional $1,000 would be added to the original $10,000 prize. However, for each subsequent Lingo after the first pull, the prize would still be $5,000. For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ...
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A progressive jackpot is a jackpot (highest payoff) for a gaming machine (usually a slot machine or video poker machine) where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played. ...
The progressive jackpot has only been won three times so far—once at $11,000 and a second and third time both at $31,000.
GSN.com In addition to hosting the television show, GSN also maintains a web site featuring the game. There are several different versions of the online game: a free version where users play against each other, and a paid version featuring tournaments with prizes. Occasionally, users of the paid version can win a trip to Los Angeles to play Lingo on the television show. Nickname City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Government Country State County United States California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area - City - Land - Water - Urban 1,290. ...
Notes GSN held a tournament of champions with particularly successful contestants from its second and third seasons. In the final tournament episode there was no bonus round. Instead the episode featured a third round where a correctly guessed word was worth 75 points and a "Lingo" was worth 150 points. The "question mark" balls from the second round carry over to the third round. At the end of the show, the team with the most points won a Suzuki Verona for each teammate. The Suzuki Verona is a badge-engineered Daewoo Magnus automobile, sold by Suzuki in the United States. ...
A series of special competitions is now airing on GSN for the first time. Notably successful players from the fourth season face off against pairs of winners from the 2005 online Lingo tournament at GSN.com.
The network reruns earlier seasons of Lingo extensively on its current schedule.
Like any TV show Lingo has its detractors, but reviews have generally been positive. Fans of the show say the cleverly designed gameplay offers much play-along value for the viewer, Woolery maintains a friendly atmosphere with touches of humor, and the competition often generates real suspense. Critics have derided the show's paltry prizes, the sometimes anticlimactic bonus round, the questionable judging (in one episode "zesty" was not accepted as a word), and the introduction of Stacey Hayes as co-host in the third season.
There is a mini-game version of Lingo in GSN's late-night interactive series PlayMania. Viewers try to guess a mystery word in a manner similar to the regular game. Each viewer gets only one guess, however. PlayMania is an interactive game show on GSN, hosted by Mel Peachey and, on occasion, Shandi Finnessey. ...
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