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One cheeky Bulgarian contestant turned her win into a brilliant wind-up. After scoring 5000 euros, she went home and told her family she’s won nothing but a kilo of sand. To soften the blow, friends and family brought her shells and clams to add additional charm to her sand pit. Pre-recorded rather than live, the show was later watched by her family, while the contestant secretly filmed them. It was shock and amazement all round when they found out she’d really won.
Like many contestants in Bulgaria, she gave presents to the host and crew as a token of her appreciation for winner. A carpenter, she donated new wooden chairs and tables to the studio.
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.
