Ellen's Game of Games

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Ellen's Game of Games
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Genre
Created byKevin A. Leman II
Developed byKevin A. Leman II
Mary Connelly
Ed Glavin
Andy Lassner
Presented by Ellen DeGeneres
Narrated by Stephen "tWitch" Boss
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes58 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Ellen DeGeneres [1]
  • Kevin A. Leman II
  • Mary Connelly
  • Ed Glavin (2017–20)
  • Andy Lassner
  • Derek Westervelt
  • Jeff Kleeman
  • Noah Bonnett (2019–20)
  • Daniel Norris (2019–20)
Production locations CBS Television City, Hollywood, California (season 1)
Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California (season 2–4)
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseDecember 18, 2017 (2017-12-18) 
May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)
Related
The Ellen Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen's Design Challenge
Ellen's Next Great Designer

Ellen's Game of Games, also known as Game of Games and stylized as ellen's GAME OF GAMES, is an American television game show that aired on NBC. In March 2017, NBC ordered six (later eight) hour-long episodes of the series. Ellen DeGeneres serves as host, while Stephen "tWitch" Boss appears as announcer/sidekick. The series is based on game segments from DeGeneres' daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show . The series premiered on December 18, 2017. It ran for 4 seasons and ended on May 23, 2021. The series was cancelled in January 2022. [2]

Contents

Format

In each episode, contestants will be selected to play in one of four preliminary games. The winner of each game advances to the semi-final round, "Know or Go". The last remaining player plays the "Hot Hands/Hotter Hands" game for a chance to win up to $100,000.

Timeline
GameAppears
Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4
Aw Snap!YesYesYesYes
Blindfolded Musical ChairsYesYesYesYes
Buckin' BlastersNoNoYesYes
Burst of KnowledgeNoNoNoYes
Danger WordYesYesYesYes
Dirty LaundryNoNoYesNo
Dizzy DashYesYesYesYes
Don't Leave Me HangingYesYesYesYes
Great Taj Mah WallNoNoYesYes
Heads Up!NoNoNoYes
Hot HandsYesYesYesNo
Hotter HandsNoNoNoYes
If I Could Turn Back SlimeNoNoNoYes
In Your Face, HoneyYesNoNoNo
Knockin' BootsNoYesYesNo
Know or GoYesYesYesYes
Make It Rain!YesNoNoYes
Master BlasterYesNoNoNo
Mazed & ConfusedNoNoYesYes
Mt. Saint EllenNoYesYesYes
Name DropperNoNoNoYes
Oh Ship!NoYesYesYes
One-Eyed MonsterYesYesNoNo
Runaway BrideNoNoYesNo
Say Whaaat?YesYesYesYes
Scary-Go-RoundYesYesNoNo
See Ya Later, AlligatorNoYesYesYes
Son of a One-Eyed MonsterNoYesYesNo
Stink TankNoYesYesYes
Taste BudsNoYesYesYes
Tuba ToothpasteYesNoNoNo
You Bet Your WifeYesYesYesYes

Preliminary games

Some games are (or have been) played with teams of civilian contestants; for all such games, the winning team chooses one player who will play Know or Go.

Final games

Know or Go

The winners of the preliminary games stand on a row of trap doors and take turns answering questions. One incorrect answer result in the candidate being eliminated from the competition and dropped through the trap door, sliding down a chute and into a foam pit hidden beneath the stage, previously wasn't public knowledge. [3] The last candidate standing advances to Hot Hands/Hotter Hands for up to $100,000.

  • For Season 1, a contestant immediately drops when they get a question wrong. The last candidate standing moves on to Hot Hands.
  • For Seasons 2-3, the game shifts to "Sudden Drop" rules when only two contestants remain. If one contestant misses a question, their opponent can eliminate them by giving the correct answer. If their opponent misses as well, the game continues.
  • For Season 4, the "Sudden Drop" rules are modified. DeGeneres asks each contestant a different question; if both answer correctly or both miss, a new pair of questions are played. If only one contestant answers correctly, that person advances to Hotter Hands while their opponent will be dropped. If Sudden Drop starts with the players towards the right, DeGeneres will ask the contestant a question they must get right to stay in the game. This is done to balance the number of correct answers given before sudden drop privileges are given. However, the contestants towards the right rarely survive this question.

Hot Hands (Seasons 1–3)

The contestant has 30 seconds to identify the faces of ten celebrities that fit a certain category. After identifying a celebrity, the contestant must press a button to move on to the next face. Contestants may pass if they are unsure but will need to wait three seconds until the next face appears. Contestants earn an escalating amount of money based on the number of faces they correctly identify, as shown in the table below. Correctly identifying ten celebrities earns the grand prize of $100,000. In season 2 and 3, the contestants choose their preferred category from amongst three options, where the third one is always the most specific, difficult and humorous which no one chooses.

Correct answers12345678910
Money won$100$1,000$2,500$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000$75,000$100,000

Hotter Hands (Season 4)

A modified version of "Hot Hands" debuted in Season 4. The contestant has 60 seconds to answer a series of questions, each with two answer choices represented by images, and must press a button for the desired choice. Each consecutive correct answer increases the contestant's winnings, but a miss at any time requires them to start over from zero. When time runs out, the contestant wins the value of the longest chain made; a chain of seven correct answers wins the top prize of $100,000.

Correct answers1234567
Money won$1,000$5,000$10,000$25,000$50,000$75,000$100,000

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 8December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)
2 14December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12)November 27, 2019 (2019-11-27)
3 16January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12)
4 20October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)

International versions

The international rights are distributed by Warner Bros. International Television Production. All versions use longer formats (90 or 120 minutes), with 5 or 6 preliminary round games leading to two semifinals and final.

CountryLocal titleNetworkHost(s)EpisodesGrand prizePremiered/ended
Argentina [4] Juego de juegos Telefe Susana Giménez Cancelled
Australia [5] Game of Games Network Ten Grant Denyer 11 $50,000October 7, 2018 – December 15, 2018
Brazil [6] Game dos Games RecordTV Rodrigo Faro Cancelled
Finland [7] Game of Games Suomi MTV3 Aku Hirviniemi and Janne Kataja 10 20,000November 27, 2021 – January 29, 2022
Germany [8] Game of Games Sat.1 Bülent Ceylan 6€50,000September 14, 2018 – October 19, 2018
Italy [9] Game of Games - Gioco Loco Rai 2 Simona Ventura 6€15,000March 31, 2021 – June 8, 2021
Portugal [10] Jogo de Todos os Jogos RTP1 Filomena Cautela 14in the grand final - Car (Opel Corsa)October 12, 2019 – January 18, 2020
Spain [11] Juego de juegos Antena 3 Silvia Abril 12€50,000February 15, 2019 – May 3, 2019
Notes

Notes

  1. Known as Warner Horizon Television until 2020

References

  1. 1 2 Schwindt, Oriana (March 2, 2017). "NBC Orders Ellen DeGeneres Game Show 'Ellen's Game of Games'". Variety.
  2. White, Peter (January 18, 2022). "'Ellen's Game of Games' Canceled At NBC After Four Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. "PRCA Sports News". www.prorodeo.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. "Susana Giménez analiza un nuevo formato para su vuelta a la TV: ¿se viene "Game of games"?". vos.lavoz.ar (in Spanish). July 21, 2020.
  5. "Game of Games for TEN". tvtonight.com.au. May 19, 2018.
  6. Ricco, Flávio (January 17, 2020). "'Game of Games' é o formato que a Record adquiriu para apresentar no programa 'Hora do Faro'". tvefamosos.uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
  7. "Game of Games Suomessa kisataan poskettomissa peleissä – juontajina sydänystävät Janne Kataja ja Aku Hirviniemi". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). October 26, 2021.
  8. "Game of Games - Die Show mit Bülent Ceylan in Sat.1". sat1.de (in German). August 5, 2018.
  9. "Simona Ventura: "Condurrò Game of Games su Rai2"". davidemaggio.it (in Italian). October 11, 2020.
  10. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Jogo de Todos os Jogos - Concursos - RTP". www.rtp.pt (in Portuguese).
  11. García, Ricky (April 3, 2018). "Silvia Abril será la Ellen DeGeneres española: presentará 'Game of games' en Antena 3". elperiodico,com (in Spanish).