The Price Is Right Live!
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"The Price Is Right - LIVE" is an American hotel/casino show based on the game show The Price Is Right.
The live stage shows are held at Harrah's Entertainment venues, usually casinos. They are produced in association with RTL Group officials, including television show producer Roger Dobkowitz and others who have worked on the TV version of The Price Is Right and other game shows. Audience members for each show are asked a series of pricing questions. It is the top scorers in both accuracy and speed that "come on down" to play pricing games. In some venues, this involves the use of audience response keypads (also used in other game shows, including RTL-Harrah's production Family Feud Live), while in others, a pricing game is played at registration prior to the show. Unlike on the television show, an entirely new set of contestants is chosen to bid on each One Bid item and participate in the Showcase Showdown and Showcase.
Several of the TV show's pricing games and other elements have been replicated for the live show, such as Cliff Hangers, Clock Game, Hole in One, Race Game, Plinko, It's in the Bag, and the Big Wheel. However, the pricing games and Showcases are played for lower stakes and smaller prizes than on the TV version. Also, contestants must pay an admission fee to participate, unlike the television series, which is sponsor supported.
Todd Newton is the regular host of the Las Vegas production, with other hosts including (but not limited to) Marc Summers, George Hamilton, David Ruprecht, JD Roberto, Roger Lodge, Mark L. Walberg, Michael Burger, and Chuck Woolery hosting in other locations and substituting for Newton. (Newton, Summers, and Hamilton were contenders to replace Bob Barker, a job that ultimately went to Drew Carey.) Randy West, Daniel Rosen, Dave Walls, and local talent alternate the announcer role.
