I Love Temptation
Lately I have developed a very nerdy obsession with the weeknightly quiz game show Temptation.
Temptation is what "Sale of the century" became. It is shown on channel 9 at 7:00pm Monday to Friday, although it usually starts some time around 7:07 because "A Current Affair" runs late and I guess channel 9 think they can be lazy like that.
I have always liked Temptation and Sale of the Century but it is only recently that I have been waiting, longing for 7:00pm to come so I can sit down and watch it. I don't miss a show now. Here are some reasons why I love the show so much:
Trivia
I love to learn and also to test what I already know. It makes me feel good when I get questions correct. Whenever I do not know an answer, I make sure to store it to memory so I know it for the future.
The Contestants
More often then not the contestants on Temptation are pretty smart. Often with smart comes awkwardness/eccentricity. I love to see awkwardness/eccentricity, it makes me really happy. It is the same reason I am drawn to zany 80's movies with over the top eccentric characters that you just don't get these days in movies. I love observing smart people and especially how they relate/don't relate with the hosts, Ed and Lavinia. Gold.
Last night as a way to explore the show more I decided to note down every detail about the show, how many questions were asked, where the sprints are, where the giftshops come in, how much the amount won on the vault was and where the money was placed on the famous faces board. I have watched the show many many times but noting all of this down gives me ownership and a deeper appreciation of the show. After noting this data down, I now know that round one starts with 3 questions followed by a sprint comprised of 5 question, a trip to the giftshop for the contestant with the most money, 2 more questions and then a famous face question which gives that contestant who gets the famous face question right first a pick of the board and a chance to win up to $25 or other amounts of money/prizes.
I created a Temptation Stat Sheet in Word yesterday so I would be able to print it out before every show and record how many questions I answered correctly and as a way to maintain my personal best which I can try to beat each show.
Here is a PDF version of my Temptation stat sheet.
Click here to download the PDF
Now you can have the pleasure of printing this out, tuning it to the show, 7pm weeknights on Channel Nine (Adelaide Viewers) and marking your progress.
I used it tonight and it was really fun :) However, tonight I did really bad and scored a dismal amount of correctly answered questions which I will easily destroy tomorrow.
I went to "Toys'R'Us" today to get the Temptation board game but was saddened when I saw that it required a minimum of 3 players as I guess one person would have to read out the questions.
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Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 10:48 PM
6 Comments:
What a great post, I too am a huge fan of Temptation, i htink they have got the hosting chemistry and mix spot on, while Ed is rather cheesy Lavinia is an absolute peach. Also the model Chelsea is a stunner.
I love seing how well i go and generally do not too bad, but last night i had a nightmare and was really poor.
An aspect of the game that we do not consider is the buzzer, i generally answer the same time as the contestants but i do not have to press the buzzer. When yo utake into account reaction time etc... I think it would make it that much harder.
Love it though.
Also how good is Heroes!!! Im sick for it.
Mr Iszac, Mr Iszac.
Yes! I totally agree with everything you said.
The hosting chemistry is spot on, Chelsea.. OMG so great. See how smiley she is at the end of the show when her and the other guy model congratulate the winner?
Last nights questions were really hard I think, harder than usual.
Yes, I have thought about that buzzer aspect before, I generally answer the same time as the contestants too but If I was on the actual show I might not even get a chance to be able to answer it.
Being quick on the buzzer is so important in Temptation. You almost have to buzz in when you think that you might know the answer to the question being asked.
All the people who have won show after show have always been really quick on the buzzer.
Heroes, yep dude, that show rules :). I have not met anyone who has anything bad to say about Heroes.
hahahahaa.. Mr Iszac, Mr Iszac :) Hero is great. I can't wait for Season 2.
The Whole stat sheet thing is a bit geeky..
:P
Agreed :)
I love Temptation...however having posted something on my own blog about how you never see anyone win the money in the fame game..i read this shocking news about it being axed for EDDIE....NO NO!!!
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22276288-5006014,00.html
THEY AXED TEMPTATION! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
That was a very bad move channel 9, a very bad move. Thanks for the news Dave!
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