Poll of the Year 2020 – The Afterparty!

Sunday, 9pm,
Here and on Youtube

You voted in your hundreds (singular) and now it’s time to reveal the results of what everyone in TV is calling “the most important poll other than the TV Quick Awards” (*).

And here are the results! The full report is on ukgameshows.com and you should read that first, all the numbers will go under a cut.

(*) Well they’re not saying it, but they ARE thinking it.

Righty-ho then. Here is how each show that scored at least two votes did, the percentage reflects the amount of ballots a show turned up on.

HALL OF FAME:

Show	% of ballots
Beat the Chasers	72.9
The Masked Singer	55.1
The Wheel	46.6
Rolling In It	32.2
First and Last	28.8
Winning Combination	27.1
Very Hard Questions	15.3
Epic Gameshow	14.4
Family Fortunes	11.9
Crackerjack	10.2
Blankety Blank	7.6
Guessable	5.9
The Bridge	5.9
Gods of the Game	4.2
Celebrity Murder Mystery	3.4
Five Guys A Week	3.4
Little Mix: The Search	3.4
The Bidding Room	3.4
The Million Pound Cube	3.4
Corner Shop Cook Off	2.5
Crazy Delicious	2.5
Don’t Rock the Boat	1.7
House of Games Night	1.7

HALL OF SHAME:

Show	% of ballots
The Chop	24.6
The Wheel	22.0
The Bridge	20.3
Very Hard Questions	17.8
Winning Combination	15.3
Little Mix: The Search	14.4
Rolling In It	12.7
Epic Gameshow	11.9
First and Last	11.0
Family Fortunes	10.2
Celebrity Karaoke Club	9.3
Guessable	6.8
All Star Happy Hour	5.9
Miranda’s Games With Showbiz Names	5.9
The Masked Singer	5.9
Blankety Blank	5.1
Britain’s Best Parent	5.1
Five Guys A Week	4.2
Don’t Scream	3.4
Don’t Unleash the Beast	3.4
It Pays to Behave	3.4
Beat the Chasers	2.5
Crazy Delicious	2.5
Don’t Rock the Boat	2.5
The Bidding Room	2.5
Celebrity Murder Mystery	1.7
Crackerjack	1.7
The Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft	1.7
Win the Wilderness	1.7

GOLDEN FIVE

Show	% of ballots
Only Connect	48.3
Richard Osman’s House of Games	39.0
Taskmaster	35.6
The Chase	34.7
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?	27.1
Impossible	22.9
The Wall	16.9
Pointless	16.1
Tipping Point	12.7
Beat the Chasers	11.9
The Masked Singer	11.9
Race Across the World	10.2
Tenable	9.3
The Million Pound Cube	8.5
The Wheel	7.6
I’m a Celeb	5.9
The Crystal Maze	5.9
The Hit List	5.9
University Challenge	5.9
Mastermind	5.1
The Great British Bake Off	4.2
Catchphrase	3.4
Countdown	3.4
Crackerjack	3.4
I’ll Get This	3.4
5 Gold Rings	2.5
Epic Gameshow	2.5
Strictly Come Dancing	2.5
Big Fat Quiz	1.7
Catchpoint	1.7
Family Fortunes	1.7
Hunted	1.7
In For A Penny	1.7
Naked Attraction	1.7
QI	1.7
Rolling In It	1.7
Snackmasters	1.7
Supermarket Sweep	1.7

Finally the NEW MEDIA FIVE – this will list absolutely everything for you to peruse and explore at your leisure.

Show	% of ballots
Ash’s Quiz Night	18.6
Ben’s Games Night	13.6
Disconnected	11.9
Fingers on Buzzers	11.0
No More Jockeys	10.2
The Floor is Lava	10.2
Dan’s Quiz	5.1
Taskmaster Podcast	5.1
Hometasking	4.2
Lag Nag’s Quiz on Twitch	3.4
Schlag den Brig	3.4
Escape the North	2.5
Jimmy Carr’s Little Tiny Quiz of the Lockdown	2.5
Plenty Questions	2.5
Sing On	2.5
Sequester	1.7
The Big Flower Fight	1.7
Too Hot To Handle	1.7
Against the Stream	0.8
All Things Quiz	0.8
Arcade Pit	0.8
Bother’s Bar’s Game Night	0.8
Brain of Britain	0.8
Dishmantled	0.8
Fighting Talk	0.8
Hit It!	0.8
HQ Trivia	0.8
It’s Only A Gameshow	0.8
Love is Blind	0.8
Me 1 vs Me 2	0.8
My Generation	0.8
Mysterious Monsters	0.8
Nailed It!	0.8
Online Quiz League	0.8
Quiz Omnium	0.8
Quizzlemania	0.8
Reality TV Warriors	0.8
SpyParty	0.8
The Bald and the Beautiful	0.8
Thrown Controllers	0.8
Tom Scott’s Money	0.8
Under Consideration Extra	0.8
Who Said That?	0.8
World’s Toughest Race	0.8
I Got That One	0.8
The People’s Top Game Shows	0.8
Real Life Geoguesser	0.8
PodQuiz	0.8
WiFi Wars	0.8
Stu Goldsmith’s Infinite Sofa	0.8
Radio 4 Quiz Podcast	0.8
Incomporable Game Show Podcast	0.8

Final results of the live polling during the broadcast:

Was 2020 better or worse than 2019 for game shows?

• Better: 29%
• The Same: 18%
• Worse: 53%

Which channel/broadcaster has made the game shows you enjoy most?

• ITV1-4: 40%
• BBC2: 23%
• BBC1: 19%
• Channel 4: 7%

What is your preferred way of producers handling the COVID-19 situation regarding the filming of new TV quiz shows?

• Use lots of perspex screens: 61%
• Cast only within bubbles: 20%
• Position people far apart: 15%
• Don’t film at all: 5%

How should Sky have handled ‘The Chop’ (after a contestant’s tattoos were found to be connected to “far-right ideologies”)?

• Stop showing it: 50%
• Show it with major edits: 33%
• Show it unedited, with disclaimers: 17%

What is your favoured ‘payout schedule’ for game shows?

• Build cash then try to win it, all or nothing (e.g. The Chase): 36%
• Rolling jackpot, with wins of various sizes (e.g. Pointless): 29%
• Win a small amount with a chance of gambling (e.g. Tipping Point): 27$

From our shortlist, which show do you think has the best theme tune? (You can add your own suggestion.)

• The Crystal Maze: 20%
• Blockbusters: 15%
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire: 11%=
• Interceptor: 11%=

If you could pay a small fee, say £5/month, that gave you access to game shows from other countries (e.g. Taskmaster NZ, or Jeopardy! in the US), would you sign up? Or would you continue to use internet links/VPN where available?

• Sign-up and pay: 44%
• Use free options: 56%

Further to the previous question, tell us a non-UK game show you think we should know about. [Give title, country & description in <10 words.]

• Joker – France
• Wie is De Mol – Netherlands – but you know about this already
• Seo do Seans – an obscure gameshow shown on TG4 in the late 90s.
• 25 Words or Less
• Fort Boyard
• Strike! (France) Bowling quiz where skittles = multiple choice answers
• Holey Moley (USA and soon Australia) – Wipeout meets Full Swing
• The Hustler! USA, a twist on the “one knows all the answers format” with such a lovely set and hosted by CRAIG FUCKING FERGUSON!
• Jeopardy in the US
• TV Slagalica (RTS Serbia) Countdown meets Trivia quiz on a small budget
• District Z (France)
• Taskmaster NZ. A bit more friendly, lighthearted and less competitive Taskmaster for 2020.
• Le Tricheur, Quebec, quiz mole format
• Holey Moley (USA, mini golf)
• Holey Moley (comedy competitive mini golf with great hosts & bit humour)
• Just seeing foreign versions of ‘our’ shows is interesting
• No answer – I get my non-UK GS recommendations from you!
• Pasapalabra, Spain and it’s a game show about letters and words
• Running Man, Korea – “Variety”, but occasionally particularly gamey, running round TV studios and the like at night.
• Denn Sie Wissen Nicht Was Passiert (They don’t know what’s going to happen) – Germany – Three legendary presenters. Nine games. Completely unrehearsed. Absolute chaos.
• The Amazing Race (Everyone knows it, I know).
• Что Где Когда (Russia, Rus Million Dollar Mind Game) or Brain Ring (Russia, Million Dollar Mind Game+University Challenge)

HIDDEN GEM AWARD – Which of the new minor shows do you think deserves special recognition?

• Very Hard Questions (27%)
• Celebrity Murder Mustery (24%)
• The Bidding Ro9om (11%)
• My Generation [radio], (7%)