Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Tuesday, 16. December 2008, 05:14:19
(Or: "Hvem vil være Millionær?")
Do you ever watch that show on Television? I've seen it a couple of times, but I am not a regular watcher. - I can't be since I don't watch TV much at all. But sometimes I think it's funny to try and guess with the ones at the show.
Anyway...
I was invited to come watch the show as part of the audience, and since I was curious to see how it is recorded, I said yes. The show usually lasts for 45 minutes, and I was told to be there for about 3 hours, so I knew that there would be a lot of waiting.
When I got there I was told that there were about 200 persons invited, and we would be served a light meal, not dinner, but something to eat. :bah: All there was was candy and cookies, and even though I like both, it's not exactly dinner.
Anyway, after half an hour of cookie- and candy-eating, everybody suddenly got up and stood in line. I hadn't heard anybody say anything about getting in line, but since everybody else got up, I did too. Look:
After two minutes, a guy (who worked there) said that there was no reason to stand there yet, since they weren't ready in the studio. Everybody reacted as if they didn't hear him, but I sat down again, thinking to myself that they probably didn't invite more people than they had seats.
After about 15-20 minutes of more waiting, we finally were allowed into the studio. I was one of the last ones, and I was seated right next to a seat. Yes, you read it right, next to a seat. Apparently they calculated with some wastage rate, so there weren't enough seats after all.
Here's the view from where I sat:
The studio was much smaller than I had expected; it looks so big on TV. Now I know it's their wide angles lenses that do the trick!
A guy came on and started warming up the audience. Here's a glance of him:
He was hilarious, told a lot of cool jokes, imitated the host and previous competitors and really created a great atmosphere!
Then the host came, and the show started. It was cool, the two competitors were teacher and student respectively, so they had a lot of background knowledge. They stopped at the prize just below the first prize, and went home with half a million Danish Kroner. (66,300 Eur).
All in all it was a good evening, but man! Was I hungry after some real food!
ps. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, it wasn't really allowed to take pictures there.
Do you ever watch that show on Television? I've seen it a couple of times, but I am not a regular watcher. - I can't be since I don't watch TV much at all. But sometimes I think it's funny to try and guess with the ones at the show.
Anyway...
I was invited to come watch the show as part of the audience, and since I was curious to see how it is recorded, I said yes. The show usually lasts for 45 minutes, and I was told to be there for about 3 hours, so I knew that there would be a lot of waiting.
When I got there I was told that there were about 200 persons invited, and we would be served a light meal, not dinner, but something to eat. :bah: All there was was candy and cookies, and even though I like both, it's not exactly dinner.
Anyway, after half an hour of cookie- and candy-eating, everybody suddenly got up and stood in line. I hadn't heard anybody say anything about getting in line, but since everybody else got up, I did too. Look: After two minutes, a guy (who worked there) said that there was no reason to stand there yet, since they weren't ready in the studio. Everybody reacted as if they didn't hear him, but I sat down again, thinking to myself that they probably didn't invite more people than they had seats.
After about 15-20 minutes of more waiting, we finally were allowed into the studio. I was one of the last ones, and I was seated right next to a seat. Yes, you read it right, next to a seat. Apparently they calculated with some wastage rate, so there weren't enough seats after all.
Here's the view from where I sat:
The studio was much smaller than I had expected; it looks so big on TV. Now I know it's their wide angles lenses that do the trick!
A guy came on and started warming up the audience. Here's a glance of him:
He was hilarious, told a lot of cool jokes, imitated the host and previous competitors and really created a great atmosphere!
Then the host came, and the show started. It was cool, the two competitors were teacher and student respectively, so they had a lot of background knowledge. They stopped at the prize just below the first prize, and went home with half a million Danish Kroner. (66,300 Eur).
All in all it was a good evening, but man! Was I hungry after some real food!
ps. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, it wasn't really allowed to take pictures there.
(40%)
WIDGETIZE
Darko # 16. December 2008, 06:14
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 06:17
The host was another guy, Hans Pilgaard, who is adored by many women:
Carol # 16. December 2008, 06:40
Mit # 16. December 2008, 06:41
"I was seated right next to a seat"
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 06:50
@ Mit ~ How funny that it's so popular there.
And yes, it would be nice not to have the "next to a seat"-experience. My butt and my back were pretty sore when we were finally let out.
Carol # 16. December 2008, 07:01
Kimmie # 16. December 2008, 10:16
Santa Furie # 16. December 2008, 10:18
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 10:24
@ Mik ~ Some kind of inflatable pillow would have been nice to sit on.
Cois # 16. December 2008, 10:58
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 11:53
Angeliki # 16. December 2008, 13:35
there are some people that visit once like you did ,
and there are some groups thet do it on a regular basis,
when I had the Corporation and we were giving presentations ,
the crowd was anormous in the beginning,
when they ate the 2/3 of them were gone
of course we did change the schedule and
we did the presentation first and later the eating but,
to this day I still remember the over stuffed paper plates
with the cookies taken away by people who were there to see friends and take "a doggie bag "
you got to love them!
again thanks for sharing!
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 14:33
It was fun, for a one time experience, I don't feel the urge to do it again.
Angeliki # 16. December 2008, 14:40
Kitty # 16. December 2008, 14:42
(But there were a couple of the questions on the way up there that I would have failed on)
Suntana # 17. December 2008, 02:16
I WOULD be curious to see how a TV Show is taped.
But, at the cost of 3 Hours PLUS? Nnnnggg, I just don't know if it would be worth it. It would be reminiscent of the super long, tedious waits in lines for amusement park rides.
Kitty # 17. December 2008, 05:13
For instance, the host said:
"By the way, the pharmacy called and said your pills were ready. You can just pick them up after the show, they're open late!"
And the guy responded:
They're open late? Do you promise that?
Host said:
"yes!"
Guy said:
"You also promised you weren't infectious!"
Suntana # 17. December 2008, 16:55
theoddbod # 20. December 2008, 01:21
I know some countries (like Indonesia) change it to 'Billionaire'...and even then the amount equates to only maybe £50k to £60k.
Kitty # 20. December 2008, 06:11
theoddbod # 20. December 2008, 11:24
r♡se # 20. December 2008, 17:36
I also think bearded man on the top photo spotted you!
Kitty # 20. December 2008, 18:25
@ Rose ~ Yes, he did, because this was the second picture I took out there.