Does your friend have to stay in for the day or what?
2007-02-27 02:50:14 · 8 answers · asked by Carl_the_Cobbler 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
you give them a list of ppl i think 5 and their phone numbers
when they are ready for you to start taping they contact them to make sure they want to be on the list and will be home at such a time on such a date
2007-02-27 02:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by elite_women_rule_the_rock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phone-A-Friend: Contestants may call one of up to five pre-arranged friends. The contestant must provide the five friends' names and phone numbers in advance. The friends are alerted when their contestant reaches the hotseat, and are told to keep the phone free and to wait for three rings before answering. The contestant has thirty seconds to read the four choices to the friend who must select an answer before the time runs out. Phone-a-friends often express their certainty as a percentage ("I am 80% sure it's C.") In the event that a contestant has a disability which affects his or her ability to use this lifeline without assistance, the contestant will have the option of having the host read the question and answer choices to the friend, and obtain an answer from them. Phone-a-friends may not be called on cellular phones, and individuals participating as phone-a-friends may do so only twice during any given broadcast season of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
2007-02-27 11:00:58 · answer #2 · answered by girls_roolz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A local man, who was a contestant, was interviewed by the local newspaper. This is what I remember from that article.
He told the reporter, that he had to come up with a list of a few names (I think it like 6 or 10 names), and provide the phone numbers. He had to contact them ahead of time (so they would obviously all be 'friends') and tell them whatever he wanted to. It was still the 'friends' choice to stay in, or not. They would probably tell the contestant if they weren't available, so the contestant could provide the name of another friend (who *was* available during taping of the show).
The 'friends' all had at least 1 week notice before the show was taped.
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2007-02-27 10:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 4-5 friends are warned in advance.
2007-02-27 10:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by psychoticgenius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey phone the person there and then its just the contestant has to make sure that the people they choose will be in at the time.
2007-02-27 10:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by alexandra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the show is taped, you phone your friend and told him/her that you have chosen them as your "phone a friend". they will then have to standby at on their phones, ready to help you.
2007-02-27 10:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by samantha.swan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could never go on the show because all my friends are divs.
2007-02-27 11:34:20 · answer #7 · answered by Benny Zuko, The All-Knowing cat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they get put in a room in the studio to make sure they do not cheat
2007-02-27 10:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by cheekybluebed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋