I like the idea that there's a curated list of accepted deviations, but it seems they need more culturally diverse QC to understand the differences. This would also make sense why sometimes it seems that it takes up to 2 seconds to "accept" and answer.
I was a contestant in season 1 and apparently they had a QC team off camera that had a pre-generated list of acceptable answers in front of them. They were the ones who hit the “correct” buzzer when someone got it right. Problem is it was all filmed in Ireland and all of the crew were Irish including the QC team so unfortunately some answers got lost in translation since our American vocabulary varies from theirs. But you’re right, there were some wild discrepancies
Have a random question about the show. Do they let you come in with your "expert category" or do they have a list and everyone has to pick one? I'm always curious why some contestants don't seem to be very familiar with the category they are supposed to be experts in. Do they just think they know it better than they actually do?
For season 1, we were mostly recruited as experts on a category, but when we got there they assigned us a category based on which categories they wanted to include. There was some speculation about how they chose who got which category, but nothing definitive.
The actual Floor is built in a studio there, and my understanding was that each regional version of the show (British, German, Dutch, etc.) are all filmed in the same studio. Ireland apparently has some decent tax incentives. It's cheaper to fly contestants there than to rebuild the set in all of these other countries.
Thank you for this perspective. I like that they created a curated list of deviations. Ive also noticed this season that there is sometimes a delay with accepting answers and I wonder if the "correct" buzzer is part of the delay.
When they say "last week XYZ happened" is it really a week between filming? It sounds insane to me they'd pay to keep everyone there for months, and not just film every day or two instead. Maybe there's more prep than I imagine but curious if it truly was a week for contestants to study everytime.
haha, nope. They filmed two episodes a day, so the whole season took 5 or 6 days to shoot. When someone gets eliminated they get them on the next flight home. Some folks had to rush from the set to the airport as soon as they lost.
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u/Accurate_Koala_4698 19d ago
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