BBC Lottery Quiz Fake?

[Caribeing]

With reference to a recent thread about BBC's Lottery Quiz show 1 v 100 where some of the contestants "looked familiar"Todays Mail on Sunday has exposed the BBC in fakery row.One of the contestants Dennis Powell has appeared on numerous quiz/games shows and has won at least �20.000 Apparently the contestants are chosen before the show, they have to be "lively" and make good TV. One of last night's contestants also looked familiar So unless you are lively extrovert etc don't apply!

[scots misty]

Yes, i watched it last week and was surprised to recognise the two competitors from previous game shows!

[Quizmonkey]

Erm, why surprised? And where's the fakery - unless they pretended to pick them randomly from the audience? But surely if a person applies to, and appears on, one gameshow they're very likely to apply to appear on others? It's a very easy way of making a relatively large amount of money. And obviously they're lively! If you were a producer you wouldn't people your hit shows with monosyllabic saddoes now would you?

[Mattk]

im with quizmonkey as i dont see whats wrong either.
ive seen people appear on different quizzes and i used to know someone who applied to go on them all!

[Caribeing]

I have no objections against the same people on quizzes etc good luck to them if they are selected .The point was on 1 v 100 they were supposed to have been picked randomly apparently Dennis Powell said he had to have a few"takes" to make him look surprised