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Deal or No Deal Canada

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Deal or No Deal Canada
Deal or No Deal Canada logo
Created byJohn de Mol
StarringHowie Mandel
Rick Campanelli (Canada's Case Game)
Peter Abbay (The Banker)
Country of originCanada
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producersScott St. John
John Brunton
Barbara Bowlby
Running time60 min.
Production companyInsight Productions
Original release
NetworkGlobal
ReleaseFebruary 4 (2007-02-04) –
March 1, 2007 (2007-03-01)

Deal or No Deal Canada is the Canadian English-language version of the show Deal or No Deal, which premiered on February 4, 2007. The show ran on the Global Television Network and lasted five episodes.[1]

The host of the American version, Canadian-born Howie Mandel, hosts the Canadian version of the show. The producer and director of the United States version, Scott St. John and R. Brian DiPirro, respectively, also went to Canada to produce this version.

The show was taped at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto on January 23, 24, and 25, 2007 after receiving 112,767 applicants from prospective players.

The first episode aired on Sunday, February 4, 2007. This episode attracted 2.7 million viewers, making it the single highest-rated Canadian program ever on Global.[2][3] The remaining episodes aired over the following four consecutive Thursdays, with the finale on March 1, 2007.

Despite the show's success in its brief five-episode run, Global never picked up the show for a full-season run.[4]

Case values

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The amounts remain the same as the American edition, except for the re-labeling of the $1 value using the common nickname "Loonie", the addition of a "Toonie", the $2 case, and the removal of the $400,000 value. All amounts are in Canadian dollars, tax-free.

Left Side Right Side
$0.01 $750
LOONIE $1,000
TOONIE $5,000
$5 $10,000
$10 $25,000
$25 $50,000
$50 $75,000
$75 $100,000
$100 $200,000
$200 $300,000
$300 $500,000
$400 $750,000
$500 $1,000,000

Canada's Case Game

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Presented by ET Canada correspondent Rick Campanelli, Canada's Case Game is modeled after the American Lucky Case Game. During commercials, five cases are displayed by a selection of the models. Viewers are invited to choose a case by texting the Deal or No Deal number, (at a cost of $1 per message) or entering the Global TV website, with the winning case displayed at the end of the program. All those who selected the winning case was entered in the draw for a grand prize.

However, the prize in the Case Game is not cash; prizes that were offered included a Pontiac G6 convertible (in connection with Pontiac's sponsorship of the show) and trips for 12 from Sunquest Vacations.

In the first episode, entry volume was so high that the contest had to be extended one hour.

Winners of Canada's Case Game are revealed the following evening on ET Canada.

Sponsors and cross-placement

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In addition to Pontiac, Rogers is also a main sponsor of Deal or No Deal Canada. The red-coloured telephone on the show is product placement for Rogers.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Deal or No Deal Canada | History of Canadian Broadcasting".
  2. ^ "CANOE -- JAM! Television: CDN. 'Deal' draws 2.7M viewers". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Deal or No Deal model once called Linday home". MyKawartha.com. Metroland Media Group Ltd. February 7, 2007. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  4. ^ "Insight Productions | Deal or No Deal Canada".
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