Even if they win the game, celebrities can only play for one day/night although they can come back for a future appearance. Celebrity Contestants ĭuring the ABC run of the show, Celebrities came on as contestants and played against the three civilian contestants (one a returning champion) while trying to win prizes for a home viewer or studio audience member. Rare color photo of a taping of the 1950's TPIR in progress. a tune-matching game, where a clip of a well-known song was played and the contestant matched it with a face for a cash bonus).Īfter a set number of rounds (four on the nighttime version, six on the daytime version), the contestant who accumulated the highest value in cash and prizes became the champion and returned on the next show. While this was typically an additional prize, a bonus game often accompanied the prize (e.g. If everyone overbid, the prize was not won however, Cullen sometimes had the overbids erased and instructed players to give lower bids before reading the actual price (similar to what is done on the current CBS version and its syndicated spinoffs).įrequently, a bell rang after the winner was revealed, indicating a bonus prize accompanied the item up for bids. The contestant whose bid was closest without going over the actual price won the item. Cullen then read the actual retail price of the prize. Bidding also ended when three of the contestants had frozen, at which point the fourth contestant was allowed one final bid unless he/she already had the high bid. The bidding continued until a buzzer sounded, at which point each contestant who had not yet 'frozen' was given one final bid. Some rounds were designated as one-bid rounds, where only one round of bidding was held (this is the format used on the current version of The Price is Right) sometimes the minimum-bid and higher-bid threshold rules also were waived. A later rule allowed contestants, on their opening bid only, to 'underbid' the other bids, but this automatically froze their bid and prevented them from later increasing the original bid. A contestant could freeze his/her current bid instead of increasing it if he/she believed his/her bid was close enough to win. After the opening bid, contestants bid on the item in turn with each successive bid a certain amount higher than the previous bid. On the original version of The Price Is Right, four contestants – one a returning champion, the other three chosen from the studio audience – bid on items or ensembles of items in an auction-style format.Ī prize was presented for the contestants to bid on.

9.2 The Price is Right Come on Down Tour!.

5.11 The Price is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker.

5.7 Drew Carey's Million Dollar Spectacular.

5.6 A Celebration of Bob Barker's 50 Years in Television.

5.5 Bob Barker's Million Dollar Spectacular.

2.5 Customized Showcase Podiums (Carey only).

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