The Price is Right (Australia)


Aired
Network Ten (1973–1974, 1989) Nine Network (1993–98, 2003–05) Seven Network (1981-86, 2012)
Host
Garry Meadows (1973–74) Ian Turpie (1981–86, 1989) Larry Emdur (1993–98, 2003–05, 2012)

Game Format[]

Similar to the American version, except there was only one showcase of six to nine prizes (the number depended on the version), and the round was played in the manner of the retired pricing game Double Bullseye, with the player bidding the exact price within a $100 range ($50 in the 1970s) attempting to win the entire showcase by playing an endgame similar to the future Easy as 1 2 3: arranging the prizes in order from least to most expensive (the price of the most expensive item given for free).

From the 1980s to the 2000s, contestants bidding the exact price in Contestant's Row received a cash bonus ($50 in the 1980s, $100 in the 1990s-2000s).

From 1973 to 1986, the show used the half-hour format. In the 1970s, the winner of the Showcase Playoff would return on the next show as one of the first four contestants selected. Carry-over champions were reinstated from 1984 to 1986, but only for the Showcase Playoff. During this time, the third pricing game was replaced with the Showcase Showdown from the American version (albeit with only two contestants and no bonus spin), with a score of $1.00 awarding a bonus prize, and the winner facing the champion

In 1989, the show expanded to a full hour, with four pricing games per night (with the Showcase Showdown after the second and fourth games), and the two winners advancing to the Showcase.

From 1993 to 2003, the show used the 1981-1984 format. It then expanded to a full hour once again during 2004, with $1.00 in the Showcase Showdown awarding $1,000, and the Showcase tempting contestants with cash buyouts if they feel they've gotten the prices out of order. In May 2005, however, the show was reduced to 30 minutes once again, with the winner of the Showcase Showdown trying to arrange the items in order of price without having to bid on the entire showcase.

In 2012, the show used the American Davidson format, with the two players with the greatest winnings advancing to the Showcase Playoff (unless there was a tie, in which case those contestants would bid on a single item). The Showcase Playoff during this time initially used a $1,000 range before decreasing to its standard $100. Also, the winning contestant had 40 seconds to make all the decisions, with any items leftover when time expired being locked in automatically. This version, however, had an extremely cheap budget compared to prior years, which was one of the reasons why the show was cancelled after seven weeks.