Deal or No Deal fans fume as one big change on ITV has ‘killed’ the show

Deal oregon No Deal viewers person insisted the amusement ‘doesn’t enactment anymore’ aft 1 large alteration was made.

The hugely fashionable British crippled show archetypal aired from 2005 to 2016 connected Channel 4 and was fronted by Noel Edmonds.

After 7 years disconnected air, the programme was revived by ITV, with its motorboat occurrence airing successful November past twelvemonth with Stephen Mulhern astatine the helm.

Deal oregon No Deal, which primitively ran for 11 series, started with a jackpot prize of £250,000, which was won by 9 contestants upon opening the celebrated reddish boxes.

However, erstwhile the amusement returned, determination was 1 noticeable difference.

Instead of the 4th of a million, the most players tin win is present £100,000.

But that’s not all, arsenic viewers person noticed the higher amounts of wealth available, which look connected the reddish broadside of the board, are each considerably lower.

Taking to treatment tract Reddit, idiosyncratic Educational-Angle717 argued that the amusement ‘doesn’t enactment anymore’ due to the fact that of this, explaining that the aged amusement reds were £1k, £3k, £5k, £10k, £15k, £20k, £35k, £50k, £75k, £100k, and £250k.

In contrast, the caller reds are £1k, £2k, £3k, £4k, £5k, £7.5k, £10k, £25k, £50k, £75k, and £100k.

‘What this means is your chances of really going distant with immoderate decent wealth are present incredibly limited,’ the forum poster said.

‘The bulk of the offers look to beryllium astir £1-3k max. They’ve mislaid a batch of the existent jeopardy successful it,’ they added.

It’s been noted by viewers that the little prize pots crossed aggregate crippled shows connected the transmission are apt owed to fund cuts.

Because of this, Deal oregon No Deal viewers successful peculiar judge the amusement is present ‘failing’.

Organic-Daydream agreed that ‘you request the large wealth to marque it adjacent mildly interesting’, citing the likes of Tipping Point arsenic different example, wherever the jackpot is £10,000.

Yoshichu25 besides said that Deal oregon No Deal is ‘entirely luck-based’ arsenic determination is ‘no accomplishment oregon cognition involved’.

Others person besides argued that the switch-up successful presenters has besides been detrimental to the classical teatime show.

A erstwhile contestant with the username JacobSax88 commented: ‘I was connected the archetypal series. Stephen does a bully occupation but that amusement conscionable isn’t the aforesaid without Noel either. And you are correct, it is hard to triumph thing adjacent to the large prizes we utilized to see.’

The British mentation of Deal oregon No Deal isn’t the lone mentation to beryllium deed by the outgo of surviving crisis, arsenic the Australian variation has besides slashed its jackpot.

When the amusement archetypal aired successful 2003, a whopping $2million was connected the table.

However, arsenic the fig of episodes began to increase, the prize went the different mode and became $200k.

The amusement was scrapped successful 2013, but it was picked up by Channel 10 successful 2024 and Grant Denyer became its host.

It was past that the jackpot became $100k, portion players were besides robbed of the accidental to triumph a car similar they antecedently could.

As for the UK format, contempt dividing viewers, it’s inactive proven a occurrence as, successful January this year, the revival was renewed for an extended 2nd tally by ITV alongside four celebrity specials.

Watch Deal oregon No Deal connected ITV1 and ITVX.

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