| Winning Streak: Dream Ticket | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Starring | Aidan Power (2008-2009) Kathryn Thomas (2008-2009) |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RTÉ One |
| Original run | 13 September 2008 – 6 June 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Winning Streak |
| Followed by | Winning Streak |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Winning Streak: Dream Ticket was a weekly Irish game show in which five contestants play a number of games to win cars, holidays, and cash prizes up to €500,000. Broadcast on Saturday nights between 13 September 2008 until 6 June 2009 on RTÉ One, the game show is among the channel's most popular programmes, often ranking among the top five in the ratings. However, there was a significant drop in viewership in the 2008/2009 series.[1] Prize money for the show is funded by the Irish National Lottery, with entry to the game based on National Lottery scratchcards.
In 2008 the show was revamped and rebranded Winning Streak - Dream Ticket. There were new presenters, Kathryn Thomas and Aidan Power, a new set, new games and a completely new and updated format. The set is now bright and modern, but is inspired by a retro 1970s style, with a light up "disco style" floor, and a "funky" glittered backdrop.[2] There are viewer text competitions and audience prizes, with five players being guaranteed at least €20,000 for their participation and one of these has the chance of winning €250,000.[3] The programme is now available to watch worldwide online. With these updates the show has gone through the most changes in its history.
Aidan Power revealed on 14 August 2009 that he would not return for a second season, as he began his new job on The All Ireland Talent Show.[4] Instead, he would be replaced by Marty Whelan and the new series of the show will revert to Winning Streak.[5]
Contents |
The show starts off with the introduction of the show's two new presenters. They descend the new staircase,[6] to background music of "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, and welcome the viewers at home. The game begins.
In the old show the presenters interviewed the contestants on the show. However, now the contestants are filmed in their homes before the show, introducing themselves and their family. Once a contestant has done so they then step out from the rotating doors of the set and are met with cheers from the in-studio audience. Once all contestants are introduced the first game begins. "Pin Ball Wizard" is where a ball falls through an automated pinball machine, landing on a prize amount, which the player wins. The game is introduced by the song of the same name by The Who.
Once all contestants have played this game, the next game, "Cash Cubes" is introduced. The cash cubes are contained within a giant cube full of prize amounts, with five rows, each with five segments, each colour coded, containing cash prizes. The player selects a coloured row, and then the largest prize amount for that row is revealed by the presenter. The player selects a number from 1-5 to win a prize amount. They can continue to select numbers from 1-5 as long as the they continue to win more than their previous prize amount, in the hope of winning the top amount in their row. This is called, "Open the door and try for more", which is fast becoming a popular slogan. However, the new amount is not added to the previous amount selected. The player wins the amount last selected and cannot continue to select numbers from their row if the amount they receive is less than the amount previously won from the last door of the cube.
After "Cash Cubes", attention focuses on the audience, as the new feature "Audience Challenge" is introduced to the background music of Bowling For Soup. This involves one of the presenters briefly interviewing audience members, and asking one to take on that week's audience challenge. The challenge involves the selected audience member competing in a game. One of these games is playing on a large Ring Buzzer - this involves the audience member taking the hand held ring through the metal hoops, in the hope of not touching the hoop with the ring. If he/she does, the buzzer sounds. Every few segments of the hoops are coloured, symbolizing prize amounts. In order to obtain these prize amounts the audience member most reach this coloured part, the more the member progresses, the more amount is obtained. Another game would be the memorisising of a number of items which would then be spouted out by the audience member against a clock. This amount raised is the prize fund that the five contestants play against each other for in "Lucky Stars", introduced to the music of "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet. The contestants each select a coloured stars from a drum. Each star symbolises a player's colour. Then the audience member, selects a coloured star from a separate drum, the colour he/she pulls out, decides who wins the amount from the challenge, as the player with that colour is the winner of that prize. It is at this point that the show pauses for a commercial break.
After the break, the "Dream Maker" is interviewed. This is a player who has been selected from a separate scratchcard draw, (the player collects stubs containing the letters D.R,E,A and M) which players from all over the country enter to appear on the show.[7] This player is not one of the five studio players, but a separate contestant. S/he wins cash by spinning the "Dream Maker Wheel" a small rotating wheel, and wins the amount shown on the wheel. Then next week's player is selected from the scratchcards sent in from players all over the country.
After this a game called "Dream Ticket" is played, in which players select prizes containing balls, from #1-#10. Inside each ball are cash prizes, which players win and "dream busters", which eliminate players from that game. The players can select a ball when his/her number comes out of an automated drum. The player can open their selected ball to win cash or be eliminated, alternatively they can take €5,000 which is offered with the clause of leaving the game. The maximum prize is €25,000; the player who wins this is called "The Dream Player".
Then its time for the final game, "3rd Time Lucky". All five players represented by a number from 1-5, and their numbers are entered into an automated drum. Players are also given a play-stand, which has three luminous colour-coded lights. Once a player's number comes out of the drum, they must switch off one of their luminous lights. A player is eliminated once all three lights have been extinguished. The last player standing goes on to play "Reveal the Wheel", introduced by "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive. This player is the show's winner and is granted permission to spin a large rotating wheel, and win the prize indicated by the wheel. The show ends as the credits roll to "Celebration", the presenters wave goodbye and the players are congratulated by family members.
The bold player spins and wins the wheel prize.
| Date | Contestants | Wheel prize | Total winnings | Link |
| 13 September 2008 | Paddy Fitzmaurice (Meath) Tommie O'Malley (Meath) James Hewitt (Dublin) Austin O'Hara (Cork) Lesley Martin (Louth) |
[8] | ||
| 20 September 2008 | Paula Sheenan (Galway) Stasia Bergin (Dublin) Chloe Connor (Cork) Sean Ferrick (Mayo) Jane Byrne (Wicklow) |
€20,000 | €173,650 | [9][10][11] |
| 27 September 2008 | John Morley (Tipperary) Rose Smith* (Derry) Marie Dunne (Dublin) Linda Coyle (Galway) Sheila Kennedy (Galway) |
€20,000 | €205,000 | [12] |
| 4 October 2008 | Josie McManus (Longford) David Brockert (Limerick) Elaine Corcoran (Sligo) Willie Smith (Sligo) Hannah O'Brien (Dublin) |
€50,000 | €255,750 | [13] |
| 11 October 2008 | Mary Slattery (Limerick) Dominic Meredith (Kildare) Raymond Towler (Cork) Brian Fleming (Waterford) Tommy Dunning (Dublin) |
€25,000 | €218,600 | [14] |
| 18 October 2008 | Anna Patchell (Dublin) Expedito A Jabel (Kildare) Shay Flannery (Laois) Bernadine Walsh (Mayo) Peter Kelly (Offaly) |
€28,000 | €230,100 | [15] |
| 25 October 2008 | Michael Cotter (Cork) James Fisher (Offaly) Noelle Sullivan (Dublin) Audrey Higgins (Limerick) Samantha Mulqueen (Clare) |
€20,000 | €200,150 | [16] |
| 1 November 2008 | Pauline O'Dowd (Sligo) Jackie Murnaghan (Monaghan) Maura Devlin (Louth) Elizabeth Brady (Longford) Lorna Fitzpatrick (Dublin) |
€28,000 | €228,250 | [17] |
| 8 November 2008 |
Mary Murray (Kilkenny) Alice Craddock (Dublin) Terry Caffrey (Meath) Donna Hetherton (Cavan) Sharon O'Neill (Tipperary) |
€20,000 | €180,350 | [18] |
| 15 November 2008 | Liana Jones (Dublin)** Ger Bourke (Limerick) Martin Flanagan (Tyrone) Bríd Moloney (Clare) Irene Bergin (Cavan) |
€30,000 | €189,650 | [19] |
| 22 November 2008 | Andrea Anderson (Donegal) Joseph Molyneux (Galway) Michael Dunne (Meath) Joseph O'Hara (Wexford) Marcel Mackle (Armagh) |
€20,000 | €179,650 | [20] |
| 29 November 2008 | James Daly (Dublin) Margaret Fox*** (Monaghan) Paddy Murphy (Dublin) John O'Donoghue (Kerry) Ann Foley (Cork) |
€20,000 | €203,250 | [21] |
| 6 December 2008 | Anneteet Farrelly (Meath) Rachael O'Sullivan (Wexford) Lisa Quinn (Tyrone) Bernie Kearney (Donegal) Ken Dunphy (Waterford) |
€30,000 | €237,550 | [22] |
| 13 December 2008 | Julia Mulcahy (Cork) Tim Horgan (Cork) John Bendall (Galway) John Mahon (Kildare) Maria Mullin (Dublin)**** |
€20,000 | €199,000 | [23] |
| 20 December 2008 | Anne Marie Walsh (Waterford) Kelly McAndrew (Laois) Hassanatu Ibraimu (Westmeath) Rose Maher (Dublin)***** John Kellett (Monaghan) |
€20,000 | €215,600 | [24] |
| 27 December 2008 | Marona O'Donoghue (Carlow)****** George Forde (Monaghan) James Manning (Laois) Kitty Dower (Waterford) Vivienne Carroll (Offaly) |
€30,000 | €231,000 | [25] |
Red = Unknown information. Green = Currently on air.
* A lady titled Marie was playing for Rose. ** A lady titled Andree was playing for Liana. *** A lady titled Majella was playing for her mother Margaret. **** A lady titled Maria was playing for her mother Mary. ***** A gentleman titled Noel was playing for his mother Rose. ****** A lady titled Patricia O'Donoghue was playing for her mother Marona.
On New Year's Eve 2008, five personalities from fields such as sport, music and fashion competed for cash to donate to their chosen charity.
| 31 December 2008 | Contestants | Charity[26] | Total winnings €n/a |
[27] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian O'Driscoll | Temple Street Children's Hospital | |||
| Bernard Dunne | Make-A-Wish Foundation | |||
| Keith Duffy | Irish Autism Action | |||
| Caroline Morahan | Crumlin Children's Hospital | |||
| Rosanna Davison | ISPCA |
| Date | Contestants | Wheel prize | Total winnings | Link |
| 3 January 2009 | Colm McGuigan (Derry) Anita Bonner (Donegal) David Butler (Waterford) Maura Hickey (Limerick)******* Cecilia Timmons (Meath) |
€30,000 | €315,500 | [28] |
| 10 January 2009 | Helen Heavey (Westmeath) Bronagh Collins (Donegal) Patrick Costello (Dublin) Mary McCarthy (Kerry) Paul Coleman (Waterford) |
€35,000 | €223,900 | [29] |
| 17 January 2009 | Moyra Connor (Louth) Lizzie Doherty (Clare) James Malone (Kildare) Maura "Mary" Power (Waterford) John Murray (Cork) |
€38,000 | €254,900 | [30] |
| 24 January 2009 | Martina Scanlon (Sligo) Robert Rodger (Donegal) Ann Connolly (Leitrim)[31] Cassandra Phelan (Laois) Dermot Connor (Dublin) |
€55,000 | €329,200 | [32] |
| 31 January 2009 | Nuala Curley (Galway) Betty O'Toole (Dublin) Jackie Cullen (Dublin) Susan Lyons (Dublin) James Roarty (Donegal) |
€30,000 | €272,100 | [33] |
| 7 February 2009 | Margaret Ryan (Tipperary) Deirdre Igoe (Galway) Rita Monaghan (Westmeath) Gerard Brilley (Limerick) Mary Mallon (Monaghan)******** |
€60,000 | €328,000 | [34] |
| 14 February 2009 | Michael Prendergast (Waterford)********* Olive Townsend (Carlow) Paul Hynes (Cork)********** Angela Loughlin (Leitrim) Rita Carr (Galway) |
€55,000 | €263,400 | [35] |
| 21 February 2009 | Mary Moloney (Galway) Margaret Rock (Offaly) Olive Bickerstaffe (Cork) Ronke Ogunleye (Dublin) Betty Madigan (Dublin)*********** |
€35,000 | €271,500 | [36] |
| 28 February 2009 | William "Chilly" Hoban (Waterford) Margaret Campbell (Mayo) Jude Moses (Dublin) Denis O'Kane (Derry) Martin Brosnan (Kerry) |
€100,000 | €301,000 | [37] |
| 7 March 2009 | Michael Treacy (Limerick) John Shields (Cork)************ Sonia O'Sullivan (Cork) Shay Nolan (Dublin) Jim Long (Limerick) |
€40,000 | €286,500 | [38] |
| 14 March 2009 | Declan McGarry (Dublin) Paul Doyle (Dublin) Maimie Kelly (Donegal) Mary-Claire Hogan (Carlow) Lisa Murphy (Tyrone) |
€50,000 | €328,100 | [39] |
| 21 March 2009 | Paddy O'Sullivan (Dublin) Eileen Cullen (Wexford) Stephanie Mulligan (Dublin)************* Eileen Kelly (Dublin) Maura Kelly (Limerick) |
€250,000 | €498,200 | [40] |
| 28 March 2009 | Thomas Clarke (Mayo) Rachel Corbett (Cork) Dympna Morgan (Kildare) Leo Mulvey (Leitrim)************** Shane O'Connor (Kerry) |
€50,000 | €312,000 | [41] |
| 4 April 2009 | Carmel Bell (Cork) Annie Boyle (Donegal) Marguerite Dolphin (Galway) Caitlin Mullally (Kilkenny)*************** Geraldine McTeigue (Dublin) |
€30,000 | €296,500 | [42] |
| 11 April 2009 | Monica Magee (Cavan) Angela Durmody (Carlow) Dec Ryan (Tipperary) Patrick McGrath (Dublin) Louise Dunne (Offaly) |
€30,000 | €253,500 | [43] |
| 18 April 2009 | Trevor O'Callaghan (Cork) Colm Lundberg (Kerry) Michael Kelly (Dublin) Pat McAuley (Antrim) Michael Flynn Snr (Carlow) |
€25,000 | €264,400 | [44] |
| 25 April 2009 | Roberta Connolly (Dublin) Patrick Mulcahy (Tipperary) Michael Coonan (Tipperary) Patrick Powell (Galway) Mary Casey (Galway) |
€35,000 | €271,500 | [45] |
| 2 May 2009 | Eamonn Waters (Limerick) Paschal Cunningham (Monaghan) Mary Kelly (Galway) Pat Mulcahy (Offaly) Catherine Connolly (Kerry) |
€30,000 | €275,500 | [46] |
| 9 May 2009 | Martina F. Palmer (Kildare)* Julie Lucey (Cork) Lily McEvoy (Laois) Clare Beacon (Offaly) Thomas O'Donoghue (Louth) |
€38,000 | €287,400 | [47] |
| 16 May 2009 | Garry McLoughlin (Monaghan) Carmel McGahon (Clare) Norma Harte (Limerick)** Ben Brady (Monaghan) Amanda Reilly (Louth) |
€75,000 | €293,100 | [48] |
| 23 May 2009 | Alan Ryan (Dublin) Matthew Ducey (Waterford) Ellen Murphy (Kilkenny) Julia Haverty (Galway) Mary Mulvaney (Westmeath) |
€75,000 | € | [49] |
| 30 May 2009 | Dorothy Laughlin (Dublin) Noreen Galligan (Cavan) Jimmy Finglas (Westmeath) Phyllis Ward (Donegal) Deirdre King (Galway) |
€ | € | [50] |
| 6 June 2009 | Jim Mangan (Meath)*** Mike Kennedy (Tipperary) Eugene Berry (Dublin) Teresa Dundass (Galway) Teresa Gilmartin (Roscommon) |
€ | € | [51] |
Red = Unknown information. Green = Currently on air.
******* A gentleman titled Eugene was playing for his mother Maura. ******** A lady titled Anita was playing for her mother Mary. ********* A lady titled Maura was playing for her husband Michael who was said to be camera-shy. **********A lady titled Nina Hynes was playing for her other son Paul whose name was supposed to be on the ticket but both of whom were children anyway. *********** A gentleman titled David Maguire was playing for his aunt Betty. ************A lady titled Michelle was playing for her father John. *************A lady titled Jessica was playing for hr two-year-old daughter. **************A gentleman named Stephen was playing for his father Leo. *************** A lady named Bernie was playing for Caitlin. *A lady named Frances played for Martina. **A gentleman named Damien was playing for Norma who had been bereaved that week. ***A gentleman named Jim was playing for his wife Chris.
The very first edition of the new Winning Streak - Dream Ticket was broadcast on Saturday 13 September 2008. It was marred by a technical problem on RTÉ One, when after the first half of the show was broadcast and a commercial break was taken, the show returned to a repeat of the first, and not the second, half. RTÉ One replayed the whole of the first half again and forgot about the second half.
The mistake was only noticed a few minutes before the start of the Saturday main evening news at 21:10. The replay of the first half stopped and a commercial break was brought in. After the break, an announcer apologised for the technical problem and the main news started at 21:10. At 21:40 RTÉ One played the second part resulting in the scheduled live People of the Year Awards 2008 being postponed by around 20 minutes. Intriguingly, the show is still available in its repeated format online.