TV Game Show: Read My Mind 2

3 Mind-Reading Portion

The messengers shall watch YouTube/cable TV video/film clips flashed to them through the wide screen, and on the basis of their facial expressions the readers shall guess what particular show are being shown on the screen. The readers can choose from three choices (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2 or C3).

For example, if the theme for the day is sports, the choices can include A-Boxing, B-Lawn Tennis, and C-Soccer. Under boxing, more choices may include 1-Tyson vs. Lewis, 2-Ali vs. Foreman, and 3-Pacquiao vs. Barrera. The readers who choose the correct letter gets 2 points; they get another 1 point if they get their number right. The purpose of point configuration is to give credit to luck in addition to sharpness and focus. Obviously, the readers will need to be lucky to be able to get both letter and number right. Only those who guessed the correct letter can earn the additional 1 point for guessing the right number.

The readers control the length of time within which the video will roll. In no case, however, can video/film clips run for more than 5 minutes, or whatever time-limit the production staff may set (which basically would depend on the time slot available for the show). If anyone of the 3 readers feels that he/she already has an idea of what the messengers are watching, he/she can cut the video showing off, prompting the host/hostess to ask the 3 readers to write their answers on their electronic write pad within 5 seconds. The letter-number choices and their respective descriptions (eg, A-Boxing, B-Lawn Tennis, and C-Soccer) shall be flashed before the readers and TV viewers (in split screens) while the video/film clip rolls on and during the 5-second period within which the host/hostess asks them to write their answers. Under each of the letter choices are the number choices with their respective summary descriptions (eg, 1-Tyson vs. Lewis, 2-Ali vs. Foreman, and 3-Pacquiao vs. Barrera) for A-Boxing.

The TV viewers must see from their split screens what the readers write on their electronic write pads.
The messengers have access to full media (audio and video); the readers will hear nothing, they can only see the body language of messengers.

There shall be five stages for the mind-reading portion. The first stage will require the host/hostess to ask the first reader (the first one who answered correctly the second stage of screening) to choose from an array (flashed on screen and scrolling horizontally) of Cable TV channels/internet sites (like YouTube) from which he/she wishes the video/film clip taken. If, for example, the 3 themes include documentaries, he/she may choose The Discovery Channel. The 97 messengers will then begin to watch a Discovery Channel documentary on the wide screen (split screen to TV viewers). The readers will watch the body language of messengers (also seen by TV viewers on split screen).

Any of the 3 readers can stop (by pushing a button) the video/film clip from rolling, which in turn shall prompt the host to give the readers 5 seconds to choose from 3 choices flashed on their (readers) table screen and the TV viewers split screens. The reader who made the right guess earns 1 point. The reader who stopped the video/film clip earns 1 point for doing so, but loses it if he makes a wrong answer (meaning, he/she earns a total of 2 points for the stage if he/she makes a correct answer, but earns zero point if his/her answer is wrong). The first stage will not be repeated even if no one makes the right answer.

The second stage will require the host/hostess to ask the reader who made the first correct answer (the screen in front of him/her will indicate the time it took him/her to make the answer) to select from an array (flashed on screen and scrolling horizontally) of Cable TV channels/internet sites (like YouTube) from which he/she wishes the video/film clip taken, as in the first stage. In addition, he/she will also choose the group of 50 (either red or white) that will become his/her messengers. The other 6 six readers will also choose their respective groups of 50 (either red or white). Once these choices are made, the video/film clip will begin to roll and the process similar to stage 1 will be applied. The readers who made correct answer earn 1 point each, and each one in the groups of 50 messengers from whom the readers made the correct answers also earns1 point. The reader who stopped the video/film clip earns 1 point for doing so, but loses it if he makes a wrong answer (he/she earns a total of 2 points for the stage if he/she makes a correct answer). The second stage will not be repeated even if no one makes the right answer.

The third stage will be similar to the second stage, except that the readers will choose groups of 25 (either red-orange, red-yellow, white-blue or white-black) instead of groups of 50. The readers who made correct answer earn 1 point each, and each one in the groups of 25 messengers from whom the readers made the correct answers also earns 1 point. The reader who stopped the video/film clip earns 1 point for doing so, but loses it if he makes a wrong answer (he/she earns a total of 2 points for the stage if he/she makes a correct answer). The third stage will not be repeated even if no one makes the right answer.

The fourth stage will be similar to the third stage, except that the readers will choose only one person from each group of 25 (either red-orange, red-yellow, white-blue or white-black) instead of groups of 25. A messenger-participant already selected by any of the 3 readers can no longer selected by another reader. The reader with the most number of points earns the right to pick first; the accumulated time from stage 1 to stage 3 within which a reader made his/her answers will determine who will pick first in case of tie in points earned.

In choosing their 4 messengers, the reader may interview his/her prospects. The production staff will need to determine the length of time that can be made available for this interface.

The readers who made the correct answer earn 1 point each, and each of his/her 4 messengers shall also earn 1 point. The reader who stopped the video/film clip earns 1 point for doing so, but loses it if he makes a wrong answer (he/she earns a total of 2 points for the stage if he/she makes a correct answer). The fourth stage will not be repeated even if no one makes the right answer.

The fifth and final stage will be played only by 1 reader and 1 messenger. The reader with the most number of points earned shall pick his messenger from among the 37 participants and shall go on to play stage 5. As in the previous stage, the reader shall select from an array (flashed on screen and scrolling horizontally) of Cable TV channels/internet sites (like YouTube) from which he/she wishes the video/film clip taken, as in the first stage. The messenger shall watch the selected clip and from his body language the reader shall make an answer. Both reader and messenger earn 2 points if the reader’s answer is correct.