Yes, my friends, it’s time for the LAMMY Awards. You didn’t think you were getting off scot free this year, did you? So, with a quick fanfare, let the awards begin
LAMMY Award for the best new quiz game show
of the Year
Yes, the eagle eyed among you will have spotted that
we’ve widened the parameters of this category this year. I mean, I find that I
spend more time watching new shows that are basically reality shows or game
shows with just a hint of quiz than I do real quiz shows. I haven’t reviewed
Amanda Holden’s The Inner Circle which is actually a quiz show, but I will be
honest, I didn’t really want it winning by default. I do like Amanda Holden,
but I’m afraid that I can’t get over the Share or Shaft final. We know from
years of watching Golden Balls that you cannot be worse off by shafting. In the
wider category Chess Masters was just odd and Genius Game did not for me manage
to make the most of an interesting premise. The shows that I enjoyed most were
Celebrity Traitors – which is ineligible for the award since it is essentially
The Traitors – and Destination X. I think there are tweaks that can be made
with the latter, but nonetheless I am pleased to announce that the LAMMY for
best new Game Show goes to
Destination X
The Award for Best Performance in a Broadcast
Quiz
The Nominees
John Robinson – Mastermind
Christ’s Cambridge
Anniko Firman
Brendan Bethlehem Oscar Despard
Linus Luu – University Challenge
Four Opinions
Jacob Epstein
Rafi Dover
Aron Carr – Only Connect
Any of our nominees is very worthy of a LAMMY. However,
this year it has to go to the most recent Teacher to become a Mastermind
Champion. The LAMMY goes to
John Robinson for Mastermind
The Award for Achievements in Quiz Mastership.
The field is always rather restricted because I don’t go
to a wide range of quizzes any more. Now, I would love to nominate any of the
setters of the rugby club quiz who aren’t actually members of my team.
But.
The simple fact is that I don’t believe any of them
deserve it. That’s cruel, But, the simple fact is that none of them seems to
stick to simple, basic principles, namely, check your answers. Read your
questions several times in order to make sure that you are asking what you
think you are asking. Try to provide something for everyone. Like I said,
simple, but there are only 3 question masters in the quiz who regularly do this
(alright, 4 if you include me). So the nominations once again are:-
Jessica Ayres
Adam Cook
Dan Ayres
This year I am awarding for all round excellence rather
than one specific quiz. So the LAMMY this year goes to
Dan Ayres
1 comment:
John is definitely a worthy winner. He ably handled the pressure of going last in the GK round and having a high target to chase. His GK questions were arguably a little kinder than those of his immediate competitors but that shouldn't detract from how he coped with the situation.
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