Today I revisited Minute to Win It. I originally thought it was a bit dull and stodgy, but time has been kind to it and recent episodes are mildly entertaining – nothing to set the world alight, but good fun.
Anyway, it’s come to my attention that there’s now an Australian version. It’s OK, although I get the feeling the more difficult games get played earlier than they do in the US. But the big question is: Darren McMullen – what is that accent?
Andrew Smith has won the Bother Series of Poker. The official results are now up!
I’d just like to thank everyone who took part for taking part, I had a lot of fun running it and enjoyed the chat especially. Commiserations to Simon Fox, who probably deserved better on account of his shorter stack games but never really got the results in the specials. And commiserations to Greg Bananaman, last year’s champion who now passes the baton.
Hopefully it will be back next year a bit bigger – if you didn’t play, you missed on a lot of fun. And rather a large amount of my money, ahem.
Look out for a new competition soon, Fantasy X Factor in the Autumn, and possibly a one-off HORSE Hilarity poker tourney sometime in the interim. And if winners want to pose with prizes and trophies, do send your pictures in.
July!
So there we are. Otherwise, if you like sport you are plenty catered for this week.
Edit: Today’s (i.e. Sunday’s) Deal or No Deal is well worth a watch, I’m told.
Thank Dan for pointing it out, a new episode of Run For Money goes out in Japan on Sunday, which is a bit unexpected. Fingers crossed for inevitable Youtube upload!
This year, new new new is old old old. Thanks to Fortboyard.net for the info.
New tests are all remakes, although it should be noted that many of the games have been redesigned with two teams in mind:
– Boulets sur la planche, (ball on the plank – roll a ball along a plank avoiding nails, replaces Marche en tubes)
– Salle des tortures (the torture chamber – upper body assault course, replaces Transformeteur)
– Bascules magyares (the Magyar catapult – catapult three cannonballs into three barrels, replaces le Smash)
– Burin (218) (actually this appears to be new, not a clue, replaces Quatre poulies)
There are new versions of la Cellule qui rétrécit (the shrinking room) and le Bizutage (the hazing – it’s the one where one piggybacks another and they open boxes containing flour and stuff with a large stick).
Four new adventures (again, seeing as some of the adventures have been turned into competitive duels for keys, it will be interesting to see what differentiates them):
– Apnée (Apnea. My guess is competitive snoring)
– Poutre à la mer (Beam to the sea – balance game, probably)
– Poutre étriers (Beam stirrups. This sounds like the competitive version of the suspended stirrups)
– Relais arbalète (Crossbow relay. THE CROSSBOWS ARE BACK! Amazing.)
So there we are.
If you missed it first time round, it’s well worth catching this time: the grand final of series one of Only Connect – the Crossworders vs the Psychologists is on BBC Four this evening at 7:30pm, and presumably on iPlayer for the next week.