Deal or No Deal (UK game show) not known to anyone except the adjudicator. At the start of each game one of the 22 contestants, each standing behind one of the red boxes, is selected to be the contestant for that episode. The contestants themselves do not know who is to take the seat until it is revealed at the beginning of the show. Usually, contestants will appear on around 15–25 shows before they are selected to play. The contestant then takes their box and walks to the centre of the set, taking their place at the "pound table", in what Edmonds refers to as the "crazy
Deal or No Deal (Australian game show) money ever won on the Australian version of Deal or No Deal, and at the time was the biggest amount of money won on any Australian TV show. In 2004 "Deal or No Deal" was shortened to a half-hour format and moved to weeknights at 5:30 pm, directly competing against the Nine Network's "The Price Is Right". This incarnation of the show was more successful than the first, due to the increased number of episodes airing (5 per week over the course of the ratings period rather than 1 per week). The maximum cash prize was lowered from $2,000,000 to