Tipping Point Australia

I am watching tipping point now and the episode I'm watching is a repeat!!! Why? How do we ever get a chance to be a contestant if they are playing previous shows. I've always watched the English version and thought I'd love the chance to play if it ever came to Australia. This is very disappointing as I've lived in hope that one day my turn might come one day. I do love Tipping Point and get very excited for the winners when it happens for them. Everyone can do with a bit of luck in their lives. I dream of what I could do with $20000 should I win. Pay off some of my debts or buy a new car or help my kids out. Looks like I say goodbye to that now that they're doing reruns.

How to ruin a good thing ... go cheap!

Channel 9 are scrimping with this show and it's obvious. They've taken the fun out of it. No opportunity to steal other players discs at the end of Round 1, questions that ramble on too long and then not showing viewers what could have been, if the winner decides not to risk the lot for a shot at the $20K. That's one of the best parts.

I also think that the discs are smaller or the push on them by the machine is shorter. Discs are three deep not like the UK version where two deep means something will fall if they get a push. Are Channel 9 cheating a bit?

The show seems to be all about taking players into the bonus round where most of them lose.

A question in the cash builder round was ""What mythical creature takes its name from a Scottish lake". The contestant answered Loch Ness. Wrong! The answer is Nessie. Are there no adjudicators on this knock-off of the British show. No penalty round, no seeing what would happen if the contestant doesn't take the trade, fewer final round questions so they can squeeze in more as breaks, and whats with all the clapping every time someone answers a question and all the groaning whenever a counter drops in bad position. Also, hardly anyone who takes the jackpot temptation gets the big money. Greed at its worst! Have the British version ending where they are mor likely to get the $20,000.

An hour long show that rarely gives its contestants the big prize, which compared to other Australian game shows is not that much anyway. Contestants are more often than not tempted with forfeiting the few thousand dollars they've managed to get out of the machine in the hope of a few extra shots! Rarely does it convert into the big win. The fact that the show replaced Eddie's Hot Seat that gave away a lot of money, Channel 9 must have put this on as a cheaper option. I've not watched the British version of the show, so cannot compare, but Woodbridge's version is such a slow moving, low energy show - perhaps far more suited to the ABC. Leave it to Deal or No Deal, a 30 minute fast paced show that regularly gives away big amounts for feel good game show entertainment.

When Todd first came on as host, I was pleasantly surprised. I hadn't seen any stints in TV from Todd with the exception of tennis. Now it has to stop. The 'mansplaining', the forcefulness of making people 'talk to the machine'. I realise there may be panic surrounding the ratings but THIS is the behaviour that pushes viewers away. Excitement can not be forced. For the sake of the show, please look at another host. It is just plain awkward!

So, I was happy to stop there but the min. Characters is 600.

I guess I could apologise to Todd because it isn't you as much as the producers. I would like to think that you are not this desperate for work. Character limit met.