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So you know Deal or No Deal is all about the money, right? Well, not always. In fact in the US there have been some big-hearted editions whose mission has been to raise awareness for good causes. A pink episode was aired to support Ford Motor Company’s Warriors In Pink campaign against breast cancer. Host Howie Mandel wore pink socks on the show, while the models appeared in pink dresses carrying pink briefcases. And audiences saw red, when the show teamed up with Campbell’s Soup to promote the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement to raise awareness of heart disease in women. The models’ dresses turned to red, and after the show were auctioned off for charity.
Véronique Landry is the only model to appear on more than one version of the show, on both the French and English Canadian versions. Howie Mandel, Héctor Sandarti, and Linda de Mol each have hosted multiple versions of the show: Mandel, with the American English and English Canadian versions, Sandarti with both the American Spanish and Mexican Spanish versions, and de Mol with both the Netherlands Dutch and German (in 2004) versions of the show.
Other countries that have their own versions of the show include Albania, Armenia, Austria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal (SIC network), Puerto Rico, and Vietnam, according to the UK version's website.
Variations
Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) has a variation of "Deal or No Deal" embedded within its Saturday night weekly variety show hosted by popular TV host and one time recording artist Jacky Wu. The portion involved 16 boxes wherein celebrity contestants will play for NT$1.5 million top prize in denominations starting from NT$1.00. In this game though, Jacky Wu the TV host, also acted as a banker. He would randomly come up with an amount when the choice of boxes become fewer. Contestants however should successfully win a talent portion of the show before playing this game.
