Audience Participation in Game Shows

Audiences are in most game shows which make them more enthusiastic and entertaining. Having an audience in a game show makes the show more entertaining and some game shows are very careful with who they put in their audience because some people in the audience can make the game show that more entertaining if they are related to the contestants. For example in Deal or No deal there is an audience and this helped make the game show memorable as well as it already being a popular game show many people watch. The game show used one of the contestants relationship to make the show interesting and there was a surprising moment where the contestant proposed to his girlfriend. Having an audience gives a game show another way to entertain the viewers as well as having an exciting game to play.

A game show that has an audience is 'Your back in the room' which has 4 contestants that are strangers and they get hypnotised which makes the show more entertaining because they get controlled and they don't know what they are doing. The audience is involved in some events where the contestants might throw food at the audience and the audience will occasionally get shocked or find it funny when one of the contestants do something. Having an audience in this show is effective because it will make it seem real and the viewers will be in the audiences position and believe what they are seeing because there are witnesses. Sometimes the hosts ask the audience questions and make them participate in some of the hypnosis that is being done to the contestants. So maybe the audience will have to cheer for the hypnosis to start or be triggered which makes it exciting for the viewers.

'Lets make a deal'  is a game show where the audience are the contestants, the audience members are all dressed up in different things that make them stand out so the host picks them to win a prize. The game show is entertaining to the viewers because the game show made sure that the audience they picked are enthusiastic and confident with a good personality so that its not obvious what they are going to chose. The viewers feel engaged because the audience are as clueless as they are and the viewers and audience both contribute however having the audience is more effective because they can contribute in the show and  make it interesting. The audience are picked at random but they make the viewers want to contribute too and even though its repetitive the viewers don't stop watching to see what's going to happen.

GPA: In my game show there will be audience participation because this way the viewers and the audience can get involved and find it interesting. The audience would usually be relatives or friends of the contestants most audiences can joining in and make the show more interesting. The audiences will have seats around the centre of the set so that the contestants and the game is going on inside the circle and the audiences are around them because they are still an important part of the game show.