TPIR - 2012 Australian Series - 8/5/12

[brosa0]

The Price Is Right – 2012 Australian Series                  
Airdate: 8/5/2012                  
Mic Handoff: Renee                   
                  
Mary is playing Pick A Pair for a 40” Bravia TV and 3D Blu Ray Player (Sony)                  
Items                  
4GB USB Drive / Table Lamp / Pawpaw Gel / Can of Polish / Torch / Pair of Light Bulbs                  
                  
1st Pick   -   Pawpaw Gel / Light Bulbs    -   $5.00 / $9.98   WRONG   
2nd Pick   -   Pawpaw Gel / USB Drive   -   $5.00 / $5.00   WIN   
                  
Nora is playing Plinko for a chance to win a shopping spree worth up to $3000 (Big W)                  
                  
Item   -   Display   -   Digit Chosen   -   ARP
Printer (Canon)   -   48   -   8   -   $68
Food Processor (Tefal)   -   34   -   4   -   $84
                  
Nora is not mobile enough to climb the Plinko stairs, so her daughter Jalila will drop the chips on her behalf.                  
                  
Chip Values                  
1st Chip   -   $250            
2nd Chip   -   *$1000*            
Free Chip   -   $250            
Total Won   -   $1500            
      
Kirsty is playing Push Over for a P&O Cruise (7n, Blue Pacific)                  
                  
Display   -   3 2 6 8 9            
                  
Kirsty pushes to the right, pushing off the 9                  
                  
Guess   -   $3268            
ARP     -   $2689            
                  
LOSS                  
                  
Showcase                  
Prizes                  
Power Tools (Ozito)                  
Digital Camera (Panasonic)                  
Laptop Computer (HP)                  
Fridge/Freezer (Fisher & Paykal)                  
Coffee Maker (Breville)                  
Nissan Micra                  
                  
Playoff                  
Range - $26,000 to $27,000                  
                  
Mary bids first; Nora second                  
                  
M   -   $26,744   (L)         
N   -   $26,500   (H)         
M   -   $26,544   (H)         
N   -   $26,590   (H)         
M   -   $26,589   (H) uhh...         
N   -   $26,595   (H)         
M   -   $26,596   (H)         
N   -   $26,597   WIN         
                  
Nora places the prizes as follows:                  
Least $                  
1   Camera               
2   Laptop               
3   Coffee Maker               
4   Fridge/Freezer               
5   Power Tools               
6   Nissan Micra               
Most $                   
                  
Is she right?                  
                  
Least $                  
1   Camera   -   $1119         
2   Laptop   -   $1095         
3   Coffee Maker   -   $595         
4   Fridge/Freezer   -   $1509         
5   Power Tools   -   $408         
6   Nissan Micra   -   $21,871         
Most $                  
                  
LOSS                  
                  
Show Result                  
Games – 1.5 out of 3                  
Showcase – lost                  

[RCPlanes59]

Really? THAT'S Push Over??

I'd be shocked if this lasts two weeks.

[SteveGavazzi]

So...Push Over is just the opposite of Squeeze Play?

That's pretty darn lame.

[Wayoshi]

Almost looks like a one-prize Bump to me...

E: Good god, at least give the contestants a shot at the Mega...

E2: ...3k Plinko?

[brosa0]

Actually I could've been clearer.  Push Over was indeed similar to Bump in that there was a model at either end and they did the pushing, not the contestant.    Interestingly, the set for Push Over is such that they could use the 'normal' rules if they wanted to (and I wish they did).

And yes... $3000 Plinko   Was surprisingly still a bit exciting when she hit the big one.

Also, the showcase is hard enough as it is without having two prizes with a difference of just $24...

[brosa0]

Here are some montages of the games played today, so interested observers can get a look at the games from this show...