Make Me an Egghead
| Make Mean Egghead Like Lisa Thiel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Suzanne Pearse |
| Presented by | Jeremy Vine |
| Starring |
Dave Rainford Lisa Thiel Pat Gibson Barry Simmons Chris Hughes Kevin Ashman Judith Keppel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Andy Culpin Rob Dean |
| Producer(s) | Claire Capaldi |
| Running time | 30/45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 12 Yard |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 22 August – 23 September 2016 |
Make Me an Egghead is a BBC Two quiz show presented by Jeremy Vine. It was a spin-off from Eggheads with the goal to find two further Eggheads, one male and one female, to complement the existing team of seven. It ran from 22 August to 23 September 2016 and was won by Steve Cooke and Beth Webster. A similar show, Are You an Egghead?, aired in 2008 and 2009.
After CJ de Mooi left Eggheads for an acting career in Cape Town, South Africa, the BBC announced that it would be airing a televised search for two replacement Eggheads, one male, one female. The show aired adjacently to Debatable: the former at 6pm, Make Me an Egghead at 6:30pm. Both were commissioned for twenty half-hour episodes and five 45-minute episodes, and both were broadcast for the first time on the same day, 22 August 2016.
The heats were played in five rounds. The first three rounds focused on one of nine subject categories (out of Politics, Arts & Books, Food & Drink, History, Geography, Science, Music, Film & Television and Sport). Both players were asked in turn three triple-choice questions, and the player with the most correct answers won the round. If there was no winner, the round entered sudden death where alternative answers were not given. The winner selects any of the five Eggheads that have not yet been chosen and three head start points for the quickfire round if they win the general knowledge round. The fourth round is a variant of the first three, and is a general knowledge round with the challenger able to consult each Egghead they have won, although only once. The winner of this round is the winner of the contest and starts with three points for each of the first three rounds won. They then compete in the fifth round, a quickfire round for two minutes with a point for each correct answer. The leading four male and female contenders advance to the semi-final stage.
The contestant in bold won and contested the quickfire round, while the contestant in normal fonts was eliminated.
Men's leaderboard
Women's leaderboard
In the event of a tie, the leader was the contestant who answered their last correct answer earliest in the quickfire round.
The format was the same as that used previously on Are You an Egghead?, with the two contestants playing five head-to-head rounds and then a final round to decide the winner. The prize for winning a head-to-head round is to choose one of the Eggheads to help in the final round.
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