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13 July 2003 (Australia)
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Using a combination of random selection and multiple choice questions, 26 contestants are selected for the podium...
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5:30pm: where Andrew O'Keefe is presently king
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(Series Cast Summary - 1 of 2)| Andrew O'Keefe | ... | Himself - Host (35 episodes, 2003-2009) |
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Australia:30 min (2004-2005) | Australia:60 min (2003-2004)
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Additions to the game in 2004 included Megaguesses (random opportunities for podium players to win more money if they correctly guess what is in their briefcase), the Supercase (one of eight amounts ranging from 50 cents to $30,000 would sometimes be offered to a contestant who has taken a deal) and a Second Chance (an opportunity for a contestant to relinquish a deal they had previously accepted and take the amount in their briefcase - whenever it was offered, the chance of this amount being higher than the deal was fifty-fifty)
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Referenced in "The Rich List: (#2.5)" (2008)
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The 5:30pm time slot has been filled with a game show for as long as I can remember. But, in this pre-dinner after-work time, light entertainment has to be the main purpose of the show - recall the disastrous short season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 5:30 on channel 9. As such, a good host is the key to success. Channel 7 was for so long unable to compete with Channel 7 - I cannot even remember who hosted Wheel of Fortune, but they were certainly nowhere near as enjoyable as John Burgess or Larry Emdur.
Enter Andrew O'Keefe. People didn't enjoy watching him in an hour-long show after dinner on a Sunday night - nobody's been at work on Sunday, and they wouldn't mind exercising their minds a bit. But then they slotted him into the 5:30 time slot, and wonderful things began to happen.
People either love him or hate him. I fall under the former category. His quirky, loud and friendly style of hosting has allowed him to control Deal or No Deal audiences and contestants alike, producing the ultimate light entertainment show. Furthermore, over the two years of the 5:30 version of the show, we have seen it morph into his image - most noticeable was the personification of the anonymous "bank" into the evil miser Walter P. Smythe.
O'Keefe has achieved three things in his time at Deal or No Deal. Firstly, he has catapulted himself into the limelight as Channel 7's most entertaining personality, having since appeared in the three-network tsunami telethon and the celebrity spelling bee with positive results. Secondly, he has temporarily halted the career of Larry Emdur - they tried to alter the Price Is Right to make it more like Deal or No Deal, not realising that O'Keefe was the problem, and that Larry simply couldn't out-charm him; Channel 9 is now going to try to win back audiences with Bert Newton, and as charismatic as he is, I cannot see Bert pulling in the younger crowd. Thirdly, he helped the world see how powerful a show Deal or No Deal can be, given the right host; we have since seen versions premiere successfully in the US and UK, but only after O'Keefe and Australia spent two years putting in the ground work.
The actual 'game' part of the game show is irrelevant; I get my 'game' show from Temptation and Jeopardy! (from the US). Deal or No Deal gives us the 'show' part of game show, and for that it receives 9/10.