E60 | Bullsh*t the game show ( Reality tv)

<p><em>Bullsh*t The Gameshow</em> is all about people bullshitting and how accurate other people are at detecting the bullshit. Contestants in the “hot seat” (which Mandel points out doesn’t even have a chair) answer ten trivia questions; the amount they can win with each question increases, and if they get all ten they win $1 million.But if they don’t know the answer to the question, they can pick a different one and try to convince the other three contestants that their answer is the right one. The other three contestants pick whether the hot seat player is bullshitting or not. If the hot seat contestant gets the answer right, they go on to the next question no matter what the other three contestants say. </p><p>But if they’re bullshitting, at least one of the other three contestants has to believe them for the contestant to move on. Before each round, Mandel asks them whether the hot seat player wants to move on and risk their winnings or go home with the money won to that point.</p><p>There are also the matter of “locks”, where the contestant can lock in a prize level; even if they get knocked out, they will go home with the money they lock in. The second and final lock has to be used at minimum three levels above the first locked that was used.</p><p>Here’s where the three bullshit detector contestants come in: When a hot seat player gets knocked out, goes home or wins it all, the most accurate of the BS detector contestants is the next person to stand in the hot seat position.</p><p><em>Bullsh*t The Gameshow</em> is a bit strange because its concept is simple and complicated at the same time. How is that possible? Well, on the surface, it’s about people lying and other people trying to detect the lie. But when you start getting into the money ladder and the shenanigans with locks and what determines who stays and goes, and who ends up in the hot seat, the show gets bogged down with all of those details.<br>Which is why it’s fortunate that the show’s producers and contestant coordinators have made a