Poll Results – LIVE at 9pm!

By | January 19, 2023

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NOW! Read the results at UKGameshows.com, then read the statistics under the cut:

Right, in all cases we’re listing everything that got more than one vote. The percentages indicate the amount of ballots they turned up on, except in the streaming category where we’re just listing everything for you to browse. Let’s go.

HALL OF FAME	
The 1% Club	70.4
The Traitors	61.7
Bridge of Lies	51.3
Limitless Win	47.8
One Question	38.3
Riddiculous	20.9
Make Me Prime Minister	6.1
Starstruck	5.2
One and Six Zeroes	4.3
Sign2Win	4.3
That's My Jam	4.3
The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge	4.3
Ninja Warrior	3.5
The Games	3.5
Aldi's Next Best thing	2.6
Fastest Finger First	2.6
Future Food Stars	2.6
Game On Grandparents	2.6
Gwrach Y Rhibyn	2.6
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction	2.6
Bad Chefs	1.7
Britain Get Singing	1.7
Britain's Top Takeaways	1.7
Freeze the Fear	1.7
George Clark's Flipping Fast	1.7
Loggerheads	1.7
Quiz of the Year	1.7
Romeo and Duet	1.7
You Won't Believe This	1.7

HALL OF SHAME	
Fastest Finger First	60.0
One and Six Zeroes	40.0
Romeo and Duet	27.0
That's My Jam	24.3
Riddiculous	17.4
Limitless Win	13.0
The Games	12.2
Unbreakable	11.3
Make Me Prime Minister	9.6
Starstruck	9.6
One Question	8.7
The 1% Club	7.0
The Island	7.0
Future Food Stars	6.1
Britain Get Singing	4.3
Ministry of Offence	4.3
Bad Chefs	3.5
Beauty and the Geek	3.5
Queens For The Night	3.5
Aldi's Next Big Thing	2.6
Bridge of Lies	2.6
Ninja Warrior	2.6
Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions	2.6
The Real Dirty Dancing	2.6
You Wouldn't Believe This	2.6
Brain Reaction	1.7
Britain's Top Takeaways	1.7
Dating With My Mates	1.7
Let's Make A Love Scene	1.7
The Traitors	1.7
The Great Cookbook Challenge	1.7

GOLDEN FIVE	
Only Connect	55.7
Taskmaster	41.7
ROHOG	29.6
The Traitors	29.6
The Chase	27.0
The Wheel	26.1
Moneybags	13.0
I Literally Just Told You	11.3
The 1% Club	11.3
The Masked Singer	11.3
Pointless	10.4
Countdown	9.6
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire	9.6
Beat the Chasers	7.8
Bridge of Lies	7.8
Mastermind	7.8
The Hit List	7.8
University Challenge	7.8
Weakest Link	6.1
Lingo	5.2
Tenable	5.2
Limitless Win	4.3
The Apprentice	4.3
Catchphrase	3.5
One Question	3.5
The Great British Pottery Throwdown	3.5
Tipping Point	3.5
Question Team	2.6
Blankety Blank	1.7
Eurovision Song Contest	1.7
Hunted	1.7
In For A Penny	1.7
Just a Minute	1.7
Popmaster	1.7
Strictly Come Dancing	1.7
The Great British Tiny Design Challenge	1.7
The Tournament	1.7
Fighting Talk	1.7

STREAMING FIVE	
Ash the Bash	22.6
Lateral	17.4
Royal Flush	15.7
Topper1	13.9
Fingers on Buzzers	9.6
All Things Quiz	7.0
No More Jockeys	7.0
The Mole	7.0
Run For The Money	6.1
TV Show and Tell	6.1
Is It Cake?	5.2
Bullshit	4.3
The Circle	4.3
Loaded in Paradise	3.5
Jet Lag	2.6
The Quest	2.6
Triviaverse	2.6
Arcade Pit	1.7
Dance Monsters	1.7
Floor is Lava	1.7
LOL	1.7
Moneygame	1.7
Beauty and the Geek	0.9
Dishmantled	0.9
DisVenture Camp	0.9
Good Mythical Morning	0.9
History Hit	0.9
HQ Trivia	0.9
Lovestruck High	0.9
MasterTasker	0.9
One2Win	0.9
Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown	0.9
Popmaster Podcast	0.9
PraeStream	0.9
Queens of the Universe	0.9
Quizzlemania	0.9
Retro Battle 3	0.9
Tech Diff's One Of	0.9
Tell Us About Yourself	0.9
The Challenge	0.9
The Christmas Maze	0.9
The Film Quiz Podcast	0.9
The Global Online Quiz	0.9
Trivia Crack	0.9
Wifi Wars	0.9
Yoshi86	0.9
JBHenryXIV	0.9
Iron Chef: Quest For An Iron Legend	0.9
Murderville	0.9
Taskmaster The Podcast	0.9
Taskmaster The People's Podcast	0.9
Mysterious Monsters	0.9
Reality TV Warriors	0.9
Nailed It!	0.9
Making the Cut	0.9
Korea No 1	0.9
No Such Thing As A Fish	0.9

Was 2022 better or worse than 2021 for game shows?
Better – 42.2%
The same – 28.9%
Worse – 28.9%

Which channel/broadcaster has made the game shows you enjoy most?
BBC1 – 34.8%
ITV1/2/3/4 – 23.9%
Channel 4 – 17.4%
BBC2 – 15.2%

Compared to, say, 5 years ago, how do you rate yourself as a game show fan?
More of a fan – 26.1%
About the same – 60.9%
Less of a fan – 13.0%

How will AI technology affect game shows in the next few years?
Responses included:
Better on screen graphics, just like Limitless Win and the Cube.
Potentially clever concepts, but should be used ethically and fairly.
Richard Osman’s whole body will be controlled by A.I.
Hey Tracey will be recommissioned under some other branding, but with an actual AI. It’ll miss the point entirely and be a miserable experience for all.
Poorly – producers will want to hop on the AI bandwagon and it’ll be rubbish.
It’ll be a gimmick that doesn’t quite work, then forgotten, then creep back in.
You’ll be able to see 20+ pilots for AI art-based guessing games on C21Media. None of them will sell.
Robot already writing questions for Welsh app ‘Cwis Bob Dydd’. Mined from Wikipedia.
AI will replace ‘Phone a Friend’ on WWTBAM?

Where do you regularly get your game show news from?
(top answers shown; could vote for more than one)
Bother’s Bar – 86.7%
UKGameshows – 66.7%
Twitter – 57.8%
Discord – 37.8%
Buzzerblog – 33.3%
Online news – 26.7%

Which game show genre is too over-exposed and needs fewer formats in 2023?
Dating – 36.4%
Cooking – 29.5%
Comedy panel game – 9.1%
Talent show – 9.1%

HIDDEN GEM AWARD – Which of the new minor shows do you think deserves special recognition?
Sign2Win – 24.1%
Game On Grandparents – 20.7%

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