Christ, you know when you think something is a funny idea, but then you have to go through with it and you wish you left it at the idea stage?

I’m declaring zero outright duff questions for the previous series of the Million Pound Drop. I’ve considered the arguments, I’ve done research on the Mangalitza Pig and can’t find any scientific references to sheepigs. I see the argument on the airspace closure, but whilst it was certainly disrupted for about a month I would have difficulty in suggesting the airspace was closed for the entire period.

So of all the people who put all their million on zero answers, Barry Nosurname has won about £40’s worth of stuff, which is more than what most people win on the show itself.

Meanwhile of course, the show remains THE place to go to for poorly conceived questions, with the phenomenally popular US version running into trouble with internet historians everywhere with the apparent revisioning of the history of post-it notes.

I think one of the show’s main problems, aside from apparently not having experienced quiz writers writing the questions if what I’ve heard is to be believed, is that Endemol appear to be terrible at PR when things go wrong, see also Big Brother, that makes them look terribly arrogant and defensive in a way that other companies do not when they stuff up. Instead of being able to sweep it under the carpet, it’s an association that will run and run.

Here’s something quite interesting and fun, 5Hole productions (basically the guys beind Buzzerblog) are branching out from their podcast gameshows into internet flash gaming. Their first game is called The Money Vault. I remember when the format idea was pitched to a discussion group a while ago, and I wondered if there was anything in it, and lo and behold, a fun internet game (which crucially up until the resetting of the scores a little while ago I WAS WORLD CHAMPION AT with a score of $580k-odd).

The game is quite simple, and actually the ordering of random things is not a new idea – pick cards off of a board, each one with a value of between $1k and $100k. As you discover the value of each one, stick it on a board. Once moved it can’t be unmoved. If you can order ten cards from highest to lowest, you win, if not you lose. If you get into trouble you can get help twice – either by passing or by swapping the new card with an old one, which leads to some interesting strategies. Ten of the cards are bail-outs, the more you’ve found, the greater the percentage of the bank you can walk away with – but it is a decision that must be taken there and then.

Would it actually work as a TV show? The counting up in the beginning feels interminable, but when you’ve forced a gap I was getting surprisingly excited when the money clock reached safe amounts and at the end I was mentally willing it to stop which surprised even me – sort of the opposite of The Colour of Money really. As such, it’s an exciting second half in need of a more interesting first half. As an internet game, it’s more than worthy of an advert and five minutes of your time.

You can play it here, if the site is coping with the pressure.

Well if a punter’s comment is to be believed on tonight’s final Schlag den Raab 2011 Eurovision host Stefan Raab will literally be taking on a contestant single-handedly (because he’s hurt his other one) in defence of the €1m prize.

Look out for Rock Paper Scissors as the all important game 15 if it gets that far. Inevitably.

It’s on from 7:15 UK/8:15 CET, and hopefully there will be a naughty internet stream of it somewhere.

In the meantime, in honour of the sensational super sack of German Television  Stefan Raab’s Eurovision fame let’s link to some of his finest work!

Wadde Hadde Dudde Da? (What have you got there?)

And of course he also wrote the legendary Guildo hat euch lieb! (Guildo loves you!)

Quite amazing.