Deal or No Deal: 2,000th Show (20/08/12)

Well, Deal or No Deal has certainly come a long way in just under seven years. Yesterday, it reached it's milestone 2,000th show. And what a show it was...

Monday 20th: Lara

Winnings: £6,000

Dealt at: 5-box

Highest offer: £7,000 (17-box)

Box value: £10

Well, the show began with Lara saying she was going to start with Boxes 1 to 5. Box 1 had £35,000. Box 2 had £50,000. Box 3 had £75,000. Noel was getting incredibly surprised, and many were beginning to think it looked odd. Box 4 had… £100,000! Noel began to hype up the possibility that this would be the worst opening round ever. Box 5 had… £250,000!

Gasps everywhere. Noel said he was speechless. Lara said she was fine.

The power went out. The board vanished. A voice proclaimed “we’ve finally got you Noel!” Mark Olver, the studio warm-up man, walked in, and told Noel that he’d been had; the entire round was a set-up that Lara was in on! Nong, who won £250,000 a couple of weeks back, walked on and presented Noel with a trophy for his years of service on the show.

The game then began for real with the boxes resealed. Alas, the £250,000 went in the second box.

Throughout the rest of the show, Lara continued to take out the big sums, and, at 8-box, £15,000 was the highest sum left. The Banker offered £3,000, which was highly respectable. Lara turned it down.

The fifth round saw the big sums remain intact, with £5,000, £10,000 and £15,000 remaining. The Banker offered £6,000, which was practically the average for the board. Lara very sensibly decided to call it a day.

And the perfect crash round saw the final reds go from the board, leaving an all-blue finish.

The Banker then said Lara had been so convincing in that fake opening round, which many people agreed with. He rewarded her for her superb acting with a two week family holiday to the Maldives.

So, the 2,000th show went down very well. Everyone seems to think it was a success.

Still, on the face of it, it was pretty pale compared to today’s show! Tune back in on Sunday for details of the rest of the week.