{"id":9125,"date":"2016-01-19T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=9125"},"modified":"2016-01-19T22:49:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T22:49:28","slug":"the-ukgameshows-combothers-bar-poll-winners-party-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=9125","title":{"rendered":"The UKGameshows.com \/ Bother&#8217;s Bar Poll Winner&#8217;s Party 2015 #bbpoll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you missed it, here&#8217;s your chance to watch the entire broadcast again!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6nOINzgBabE\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukgameshows.com\/ukgs\/Poll_of_the_Year_2015\">The\u00a0Full write up is up at UKGameshows.com<\/a>\u00a0and afterparty stuff can be found after the cut.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Well what a year! Thanks to everyone who voted and commented, as is trad here are the top twenty for the Halls of Fame and Shame, followed by the Top 30 (34 as it turns out) for the Golden Five (Sorry, new WordPress doesn&#8217;t seem to like Excel 2016 tables right now, will tidy this up later&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>As you could give shows double votes the theoretical maximum is 40%, although blank and unused votes and votes for shows which aren&#8217;t eligible do not count towards totals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hall of FAME<\/strong> Percentage<br \/>\n1000 Heartbeats 17.6<br \/>\nTaskmaster 9.6<br \/>\nBeat the Brain 8.3<br \/>\nWild Things 6.6<br \/>\nHive Minds 5.5<br \/>\nBenchmark 5.0<br \/>\nRebound 5.0<br \/>\nAlmost Impossible Gameshow 4.7<br \/>\nNinja Warrior 4.7<br \/>\nDecimate 3.6<br \/>\nOne Hundred and Eighty 3.3<br \/>\nThe Edge 3.3<br \/>\nPick Me 3.0<br \/>\nHunted 2.2<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re Back In The Room 2.2<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s Play Darts 1.7<br \/>\nThe Great Pottery Throwdown 1.7<br \/>\nFreeze Out 1.4<br \/>\nBring the Noise 1.1<br \/>\nI Survived a Zombie\u2026 1.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hall of SHAME<\/strong> Percentage<br \/>\nFreeze Out 10.8<br \/>\nPick Me 7.5<br \/>\nPrized Apart 7.5<br \/>\nStars in Their Eyes 6.6<br \/>\nDecimate 5.7<br \/>\n5 Star Family Reunion 4.5<br \/>\nBenchmark 4.2<br \/>\nThe Edge 4.2<br \/>\nThe Quizeum 3.9<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re Back In The Room 3.9<br \/>\nAlmost Impossible Gameshow 3.3<br \/>\nPlay to the Whistle 3.3<br \/>\nRebound 3.3<br \/>\nFlockstars 3.0<br \/>\nI Survived a\u2026 3.0<br \/>\nHive Minds 2.7<br \/>\nEternal Glory 1.8<br \/>\nFrank Sinatra Our Way 1.8<br \/>\nKing of the Nerds 1.8<br \/>\nSafe Word 1.8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Five<\/strong> Percentage<br \/>\nPointless 17.7<br \/>\nOnly Connect 14.9<br \/>\nThe Chase 10.9<br \/>\n1000 Heartbeats 5.2<br \/>\nThe Great British Bake-Off 4.6<br \/>\nUniversity Challenge 4.3<br \/>\nTipping Point 3.8<br \/>\nTwo Tribes 3.5<br \/>\nCountdown 3.3<br \/>\nTaskmaster 3.0<br \/>\nFifteen to One 2.4<br \/>\nRelease the Hounds 1.6<br \/>\nDeal or No Deal 1.4<br \/>\nQI 1.4<br \/>\nStrictly Come Dancing 1.4<br \/>\nThe Apprentice 1.4<br \/>\nThe Cube 1.4<br \/>\nWild Things 1.4<br \/>\n8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1.1<br \/>\nWin Your Wishlist 1.1<br \/>\nAlmost Impossible Gameshow 0.8<br \/>\nBeat the Brain 0.8<br \/>\nMastermind 0.8<br \/>\nRound Britain Quiz 0.8<br \/>\nThe Link 0.8<br \/>\nWould I Lie to You 0.8<br \/>\nCatchphrase 0.5<br \/>\nEggheads 0.5<br \/>\nHive Minds 0.5<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a Celeb 0.5<br \/>\nThe Jump 0.5<br \/>\nThe Million Pound Drop 0.5<br \/>\nWho Dares Wins 0.5<\/p>\n<p>Here are the final results of all the mini-polls conducted during the broadcast:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your involvement with gameshows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Viewer\/Fan &#8211; 79%<br \/>\nWork in the industry &#8211; 12%<br \/>\nFormer contestant &#8211; 9%<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your age range?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18-30 years &#8211; 56%<br \/>\n31-45 years &#8211; 35%<br \/>\n&lt;18 years &#8211; 6%<br \/>\n46-60 years &#8211; 3%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was 2015 better or worse than 2014 for game shows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better &#8211; 62%<br \/>\nThe same &#8211; 32%<br \/>\nWorse &#8211; 6%<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best UK channel for commissioning game shows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BBC2 &#8211; 30%<br \/>\nBBC1 &#8211; 27%<br \/>\nITV1 &#8211; 18%<br \/>\nCBBC &#8211; 9%<br \/>\nChannel 4 &#8211; 9%<br \/>\nITV2 &#8211; 3%<br \/>\nChallenge &#8211; 3%<\/p>\n<p><strong>What particular thing makes your favourite game show unmissable? (top 5 listed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like testing my knowledge &#8211; 44%<br \/>\nHumour &#8211; 15%<br \/>\nVisual spectacle &#8211; 12%<br \/>\nThe host &#8211; 9%<br \/>\nDrama &#8211; 9%<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to you treat interactivity when watching broadcast television (select all that apply)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use the official hashtag &#8211; 41%<br \/>\nWatch a Twitter feed &#8211; 41%<br \/>\nPlay on an app &#8211; 28%<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t like interactivity &#8211; 25%<br \/>\nPlay on red button &#8211; 22%<br \/>\nPost a message on Facebook &#8211; 12%<br \/>\nPhone voting &#8211; 6%<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favourite genre of game show? (top 5 listed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comedy panel games &#8211; 24%<br \/>\nAcademic quizzes &#8211; 24%<br \/>\nChildren&#8217;s &#8211; 17%<br \/>\nOther &#8211; 17%<br \/>\nFamily quizzes &#8211; 14%<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What format from abroad would you like to see in the UK in 2016? (popular answers listed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5 votes &#8211; The Genius<br \/>\n3 votes &#8211; Crime Scene, Race to Escape<br \/>\n2 votes &#8211; Wheel of Fortune, The Mole, Schalg den&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidden gem award &#8211; Outside of the main shows, which game show of 2015 is the most underrated?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7 votes &#8211; King of the Nerds<br \/>\n6 votes &#8211; Let&#8217;s Play Darts, The Fanatics<br \/>\n4 votes &#8211; Safeword<br \/>\n3 votes &#8211; Money Pit<br \/>\n2 votes &#8211; The Quizeum, Guitar Star, Guess This House<\/p>\n<p>(Beat the Brain disqualified as it rated well in the main poll)<\/p>\n<p>And finally as promised I thought it would be a pity for the vitriol for <strong>5-Star Family Reunion<\/strong> to go to waste &#8211; some of you seemed to really hate it&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>* Entropy set in more quickly in this format than in Newton&#8217;s Cradle, the star of this show. Might be the worst (quiz) show Nick Knowles has ever fronted.<br \/>\n* Just incredibly bland. In a similar way to some people\u2019s description of Decimate, this too was pretty much just \u201canswer some questions.\u201d Didn\u2019t build to much of a climax and its unique aspect seemed to be its Newton\u2019s Cradle!<br \/>\n* Even the good bit of visual TV &#8211; using a Nelson&#8217;s cradle as a timer rather than a tacked-on digital readout &#8211; couldn&#8217;t rescue this rather &#8216;why-bother&#8217; humdrum quiz &#8211; and sitting the supposedly-on-another-side-of-the-world family members in front of a cheap backdrop just made it look like they may as well have been sitting in the next studio across&#8230;<br \/>\n* For a long time, I thought <strong>Prized Apart<\/strong> was the obvious winner for this year, but then came along a show so bad, so rancid that I had to change my mind. This show is worse than Face The Clock &#8211; Bothers Bar faviourite show to hate (which by the way is still better than Take On The Twisters, but I digress), a show that if even thought about for mere moments makes little to no sense. The money can buy them the holiday. WHY ARE THEY ALSO PLAYING FOR MONEY. The fact that none of the early rounds matter, because it does bugger all for the final round really. The hilarious fact that they obviously wanted a huge metronome but then realised &#8216;physics don&#8217;t work that way&#8217; and had to focus stupidly cclose up on an office toy in the first place&#8230;which also had absolutely nothing to do with anything. This was a horrendous mish-mash that was not thought through or playtested before it went to air, and boy did it show. Comfortably, and I mean COMFORTABLY one of the worst gameshows of all time. So bad, that I just had to tweet about it, even though that should probably frowned upon. A lot of shows irk me, this one made me genuinelly angry. That puts it in a category of about five to ten shows!<br \/>\n* Just rename it &#8216;Watch a Newton&#8217;s Cradle for 40 Mins with Nick Knowles&#8217; and no one would tell the difference.<br \/>\n* Is it bad that I&#8217;ve put 5-Star Family Reunion mostly because of Nick Knowles and the Newton Cradle. Because I don&#8217;t care.<br \/>\n* 5-Star Family don&#8217;t know the capital of the Netherlands but still get a trip to the Maldives Reunion<br \/>\n* Tensionless. Gimmicky. Vapid. And mostly isn&#8217;t anything to do with the holiday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nick Knowles, a sub-genre unto himself. Until next year!<\/p>\n<p>If you hanker to see previous votes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukgameshows.com\/ukgs\/Good_Game_Guide\">all the Polls from 2005 onwards can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you missed it, here&#8217;s your chance to watch the entire broadcast again! &nbsp; The\u00a0Full write up is up at UKGameshows.com\u00a0and afterparty stuff can be found after the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pLcmt-2nb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}