Winsanity
| Winsanity | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Game show |
| Directed by | Hal Grant |
| Presented by | Donald Faison |
| Narrated by | Kira Soltanovich |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Location(s) |
Red Studios[1] Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Running time | 20−22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
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| Release | |
| Original network | Game Show Network |
| Original release | June 9, 2016 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Winsanity is an American television game show broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN). The series, hosted by Donald Faison, premiered June 9, 2016.[2]
Gameplay
Unlike most other game shows, Winsanity chooses its contestants directly from the audience. As part of attending a taping, every person is given a "Winwatch" (a glowing wristband) to participate as a would-be contestant. To start the show, Faison will hit the "Winsanity" button on the stage to lock in on a random contestant by turning their Winwatch green. Once that contestant is chosen, they will join Faison on the stage and will become a contestant. After a brief introduction about the contestant, the game begins.
The end goal of the game is to arrange ten numerical facts in order of largest to smallest based on the quantifier desired. (For example, there are 50 states of the United States but there are 193 members of the United Nations. So since 193 is more than 50, "Members of the United Nations" would be placed above "States in the United States of America".) Each round builds upon the previously placed facts with the last round touted as the hardest of them all.
At the start of each round, Soltanovich will start the selector to choose additional audience members. The contestant will hit the Winsanity button on stage to randomly choose a select number of members of the studio audience. (In Round 4, there is only one contestant chosen in the audience.) Soltanovich will announce a prize that can be won by both the on-stage contestant and the randomly selected contestants in the studio. Faison will then announce how many members of the audience were selected. Soltanovich will announce the topic for the round. From here, Faison will announce what the items that need to be sorted are and play starts from here.
| Round | Items to place | Special Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 items | Guaranteed prize awarded this round |
| 2 | 3 items | |
| 3 | 2 items | |
| 4 | 1 item | $5000 for the sole audience member $5000 for the on-stage contestant |
- If a contestant can go through all four rounds and place all the items correctly, in addition to winning the $10,000 cash prize, both they and the audience member chosen for that round will win an extravagant prize announced at the start of the show (most times a car).
If a contestant is incorrect at any point with their placement, their game ends and a new contestant will try to complete the remaining spots on the corrected tree from where the last contestant left off. All prizes that were won are lost except for the guaranteed prize from the first round. The show concludes when all four rounds are played.
References
- ↑ "Winsanity". On-Camera Audiences. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "GSN'S Innovative New Original Game Show Series Winsanity, Hosted by Donald Fasion Premieres Thursdate, June 9 at 9PM ET/PT" (Press release). GSN Corporate. May 12, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.