11The Great British Bake Off
The contestants on the popular TV show 'The Great British Bake Off' have to pay for their own ingredients. They are only provided ingredients if they make it to the final rounds of the competition.
12Kerry Ketchem
In 1988, a contestant named Kerry Ketchem on the game show "Super Password" won the highest jackpot in the history of the show at the time ($55,000), only to be arrested shortly after due to a viewer of the show revealing that the contestant was a wanted fraudster in Alaska, Indiana, and California.
13Shattered
There was a reality show named Shattered in 2004 that had contestants stay awake for a week, and were punished if they closed their eyes for more than 10 seconds.
14Jake
In an episode of a trivia game show: 1 vs 100, there was a chimpanzee named Jake in the 100. In the first round, one person got the question wrong and it wasn't Jake, the chimpanzee.
15Beat the Crusher
There was a British game show called 'Beat the Crusher', in which couples competed to win a new car. The losing team had their own car crushed right before their very eyes.
16Schlag den Raab
There is a German tv show (Schlag den Raab) where you compete against the show’s host in all kinds of games (everything from sports, quiz, fun stuff, etc.). The price is 500,000 euros for every show but if the host wins it goes into the jackpot which is at 3.5 million euro.
17Danielle
"The Price Is Right" television show once gave a treadmill to a contestant in a wheelchair.
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18Michael Larson
A 1984 contestant (Michael Larson) on the game show "Press My Luck" used his stop-motion VCR to memorize the patterns used on the game board. He won $110,237 in cash and prizes, at the time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show.
19Lertlak Panchanawaporn
On the Thai version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", a contestant's screen (Lertlak Panchanawaporn) was fed the presenter's information, with every correct answer. The contestant won the million, however it was later revoked and she was able to play again, winning only 25,000 baht. (approx. US$800)
20Idiot Quest
There was a pilot filmed for a show called Idiot Quest, where you won points by giving the wrong answer to general-knowledge questions - but the contestants were hooked up to lie detectors to make sure they really didn't know the answer. It never aired.
