Nigerian TPIR series premiere on YouTube

[dagdoggnh]

I just watched the first episode of the new Nigerian version of TPIR on YouTube.  The set looks quite similar to the U.S. set, but smaller and has a smaller audience. The pricing games look a lot like their American counterparts(though Shell Game has its previous look).  They also only have four pricing games per episode and one showcase showdown to determine who plays for the showcase.

[dagdoggnh]

I didn't post the video of the first episode of the Nigerian version, because last time I posted a video on these boards, an admin took it down.

[sideshowPA]

Really fun adaptation.
I notice in the Showcase the contestant drew the largest range, but the values are so high - in the tens of millions - that a 100,000 range will make this almost impossible to win.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Really fun adaptation.
I notice in the Showcase the contestant drew the largest range, but the values are so high - in the tens of millions - that a 100,000 range will make this almost impossible to win.

In effect she needed to get a showcase worth over $28000 in <$62 (all converted from naria). That's damn near impossible.

[GRWHAMMY the 2nd]

for a look at the scale of the set, check the pics i posted in the Pricing Games Around The World thread

[pannoni1]

I like how the logo for each pricing game appears as the game is being played, including 5 Price Tags. Still, when in essence you need to DSW under the old rules (<$100) with the best possible range out of ten, I'd wager that a SC win will probably only happen approximately once a year, if that, and it would be more reasonable if they offered more in the seven digit range. Obviously since Nigeria is part of the Global South, you can only give so much away. Getting 100 on the Wheel is basically worth less than what a peso awarded in the Mexican version.

Some of the cues were a bit off, such as the main theme only appearing after the first IUFB was presented with the Come on Down theme continuing to play as the host came out. But its still The Price Is Right, and fewer games do lead to more time to interact with the contestants compared to the rushed feel that the American version provides.

[COINBOYNYC]

Bumping this thread.  There's a 14-month gap between the previous post and this one.

Price Is Right Nigeria has been uploading more full episodes on You Tube.  Previously, the only full episode was the first one, and everything else was individual pricing games.

They have an odd way of doing the one-bids.

The way we're used to seeing it is that the new contestant bids first, followed by the contestant to his or her left (viewer's right).  So if spot 3 is the vacant one, it's 3-4-1-2.

On the Nigerian version, the new contestant bids first, but then it's always the contestant on the far left who bids second.  So if spot 3 is vacant, it's 3-1-2-4.  If spot 2 is vacant, it's 2-1-3-4.  That means spot 4 always has the advantage of bidding last.  Curiously, there was one pricing game where the contestant in spot 1 bid just one naira (19:47 in the linked video).  (By the way, one naira is equivalent to $0.0006, or 6/100 of one cent, in American money.)

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