Welcome to donduk. A refuge for those who enjoy Deal or No Deal, the hit Channel 4 gameshow hosted by Noel Edmonds. The award winning gameshow Deal or No Deal has become a big hit for Channel 4 and marks a sensational return to our screens of Noel Edmonds.

Deal or No Deal is enjoyed my millions of viewers daily, where the contestants battle with The Banker to try and win a jackpot of £250,000. Here at donduk you will find full daily reports of each show, as well Deal or No Deal news and specials. Deal or No Deal although initially appearing very simple in format of just opening a few boxes for the chance to win some big money prizes, actually has some potentially complex decisions to be made at points throughout the show, the contestants occasionally try complex or simple gameplay in an attempt to give them an edge in beating the Banker.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Jaye's Game Report

Noel picks out Sarah in the wings today in his intro as she has box 9, and he wonders if it will appear again today for the 4th day in a row!

It's Jaye's turn to take the walk of wealth of today and she does so with box 7, Jaye is a little nervous but very lively!! She teaches drama and art to disadvantaged children. We see some pics of Jaye's little boy and also his feet! Jaye has here 'MAD' cousin in the audience for support today.

Round 1
Jaye whips up the pilgrims, so expect a loud and lively game today
9 - £35,000 It's alright says Jaye, although the pilgrims seem to react otherwise...
8 - £250,000 Joey produces the BIG ONE AGAIN!! She is living up to her name of the baby-faced assassin!
1 - 1p And there goes the other end of the board
16 - 10p
4 - £100,000 2nd highest amount goes!

It's a horrible opening round and Noel agrees by calling it disastrous opening round, and he also says the banker will be cackling down the phone! The banker calls and makes an opening offer of £500! That offer receives groans and Noel says it's harsh, Jaye says NO DEAL.

Round 2
13 - £1,000
20 - £10,000 Silence for yet another high red
Jaye asks should she pick another one or does Noel want to go to a break, Noel says £1,000, £2,000 and £20,000 which confuses Jaye a little until he points out it's what WE can win in the viewers competition, he then calls the break!
17 - 50p C'mon says Jaye

Jaye says she is Rocking & Rolling now! The banker says that Jaye is irritating him, Jaye asks why? He says that she reminds him of one of those battery adverts where the dog keeps doing back flips all the time and the batteries don't run down!!! He then offers £4,100, Jaye says we are going to have an all blue round now, then starts to choose another box. Noel says NOW THAT is irritating, as she hasn't answered the question yet! Jaye says NO DEAL.

Round 3
19 - £15,000 Groans followed by shouts of C'mon Jaye
6 - £50 Cheers for the blue
5 - £750 more cheers

Noel asks how Jaye is feeling now, BETTER shouts Jaye, Noel says I'm not deaf! The banker says that his next offer is going to be a package offer! He £9,100 + a Chauffeur car to the railway station + a single ticket home!! Jaye asks the pilgrims if she feels lucky - they all shout YES! Jaye says NO DEAL. Noel asks all the wings for positive thoughts now, otherwise Jaye might come back!!!

Round 4
14 - £10
21 - £100 Cheers and Jaye says that was pretty good wasn't it
22 - £75,000 Groans all around

The banker calls and offers £6,100, Jaye wants a quick hug from the wings before saying
NO DEAL.

Round 5
15 - £1 Cheers for the lowest blue
12 - £500 Bigger shouts and cheers
Chants of BLUE BLUE BLUE
3 - £20,000 Groans

The banker says he is in the middle of something, it's a first birthday card! He then offers £9,500. The card was for Jaye's son and was an emotional game played by the banker, which seems to have worked a little on Jaye as she starts to show some emotion.
Jaye says NO DEAL.

Round 6
10 - £5,000
18 - £50,000 Silence in the studio and it's game over
11 - £250 Newbie Sue

That round leaves a final 2 of £5 and £3,000, the banker offers £1,001, Jaye says NO DEAL.

Noel opens Jaye's box 7 and reveals £3,000, box 2 contains the £5.

Jaye says it was an amazing experience and Noel says she has been very courageous in her game.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Maggie's Game Report

Another day in the dream factory, will the banker have any more surprises for us today after all the twists and turns in Ned's game yesterday? Noel introduces the show and runs through Ned's unique game yesterday and the fun and games the banker played.

It's Maggie's turn in the 'Crazy Chair' today and she has box 9, she has her husband Tommy in the audience for support. Maggie has been the Mc. Mummy for the contestants and has been the supplier of numerous Mc Cuddles for the contestants throughout her stay on the show. We learn a little about Maggie's family's bakery business.

Round 1
Maggie says it looks HUGE from here! Referring to the board!!
4 - £3,000
2 - £100
19 - £1,000
7 - £10 Maggie is loving this start and we get loads of 'woooows'
13 - 1p BIG SHOUTS AND SCREAMS from Maggie!

It's a brilliant start says Noel, the banker comments about box 9 being on the table for 3 days in a row and £15,000 being won the previous times, he says Maggie will also go away with £15,000 today. He makes an opening offer of £12,500. Maggie is very impressed with the offer, Noel talks about facial hair and Maggie says that Tommy used to have hair like Noel in the 70's!! Noel pretends to be offended by the comment and retorts with 'take the offer and clear off!!!' Maggie says NO DEAL

Round 2
18 - £750 more screams of joy from Maggie
8 - £5,000
12 - £1

WOW says Maggie as the board looks fantastic with a block of 8 nice reds grouped together. The banker notices that Maggie claps silently and we learn that it's because Maggie broke her wrist in the summer, he then offers £15,000. The banker makes the offer of £15,000 as the last 2 shows have produced £15,000 winners with box 9, Maggie says NO DEAL.

Noel starts to jinx the next round by saying historically after a NO DEAL it all starts to go wrong, but all the contestants stop him before he can finish!

Round 3
11 - 50p
The banker calls and tries to jinx the round by saying it will be amazing if Maggie produces an all blue round!!
15 - £35,000 BANKER!!!
1 - £50,000 Newbie GK

Noel blames the banker for jinxing the round, the banker is convinced the game is turning now and offers £13,500, Maggie says NO DEAL.

Round 4
3 - £20,000 a few gasps for yet another high red
10 - £75,000 Oh NO!! says Maggie
The banker calls mid-round again! And says wouldn't it be awful if the next box was the £250,000! Noel gets Maggie to cover her ears while he tells us this!
14 - 10p The banker doesn't manage to jinx the round!

A nice finish to the round and it's stopped the rot says Noel, just as Maggie starts to say 'I'll have....' Noel shouts NOOOOOO and stops Maggie almost picking another box! The banker calls and mentions GK as the goalkeeper, he then offers £12,500. Maggie has a little chat with hubbie Tom, he tells Maggie that he thinks there is another deal in the board and everyone agrees, Maggie says NO DEAL.

Round 5
22 - £100,000 OH NO!!!! says Maggie and the studio falls silent....
16 - £50 BIG CHEERS for the blue
20 - £250,000 GASPS all around

It's horrible round for Maggie, and with the £15,000 still remaining can this game go the same way as the previous 2? Now that would be spooky if the same box three days in a row produced the same win three days in a row! The banker calls and offers £1,999, Maggie says she is going for the £15,000 now and NO DEAL.

Round 6
6 - £10,000 The backup goes.....
21 - £250
5 - £15,000 A total crash and burn says Noel!

It's time for the banker with £500 and £5 remaining on the board, the banker calls and makes a final offer of £100, Maggie says NO DEAL.

The banker calls back and offers Maggie the chance to swap her box 9 with the remaining box 17, Maggie says she has always said she would never swap, but hubbie says swap. Maggie takes the offer of the swap and now has box 17 sat in front of her. Noel opens box 17 and reveals the £500, box 9 has the £5.

Maggie says she is disappointed with the result, but at least the £500 will buy everyone a drink.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Ned's Game Report

Now the £250,000 has finally made it to the 'Pound table' will Noel still waffle on about it? I expect he will today after the early deal from Ingerlise yesterday and will talk about the courage the contestants need in order to win it.

Noel welcomes us to another show and does indeed talk about Ingerlise's game and says it had ruined his weekend!! He also talks about the coincidence of Debbie's game when the £250,000 last appeared and her going away with £15,000 as well!

It's Ned's turn to take the 'Walk of Wealth' today and he does so with box 9, Ned has his partner Becky in the audience with him today for support. It's quite a short intro, which could mean an interesting game today!

Round 1
8 - £20,000 It's OK says Ned
19 - £1 cheers for the first blue of the game
12 - £50
1 - £10
21 - £100 Newbie Jenny

Ned says that is a fantastic opening round as the power 5 is still intact, and Noel says 'Let battle commence'!

The banker says that Ned has been the best offer predictor of all time, and is a formidable foe, he is going to tell Noel the opening offer and if Ned gets it right he will DOUBLE it!!! He is going to give Ned £1,000 leeway either side to get it right. Ned goes to Becky for her advice and she says £13,000 - Ned predicts £14,000! Noel reveals that the banker offered £12,000! So the offer doesn't get doubled, Ned says NO DEAL.

Round 2
15 - £100,000
5 - £250,000 Disaster as the 2 top power 5 go!!!!
13 - £3,000

It's a horrible round for Ned and he says he has re-adjusted now and is aiming at the £75,000. The banker says if the £250,000 was still there he thinks Ned would have gone all the way, he is still playing with Ned and makes the same offer of allowing Ned to guess and he will double if he gets it right. Ned guesses £6,000 this time and is spot on, the offer is now doubled to £12,000, Ned says NO DEAL.

Round 3
14 - £500
3 - 10p
20 - £15,000 It's OK says Ned

Noel says that Ned is hitting his safety net, but to remain positive. The banker makes the same offer again to Ned in predicting the offer and having the chance to double it, Noel shows us the banker's offer he wrote in the book which is £8,200 - Ned has to get within £500 of this for it to double up, Ned guesses £9,000 and misses out by £300! The offer therefore remains at £8,200, Ned says NO DEAL.

Round 4
2 - £750
11 - £35,000 Groans for the lowest of the power 5
4 - £50,000 'Ouch' says Noel and Ned says it was a killer

It's another horrible round for Ned who says it's all or nothing now as the £75,00 is very isolated. The banker calls and changes the rules of his little sub-game with Ned, if Ned gets this guess wrong by over £500 the banker will offer NO MONEY and only the chance of a box SWAP with another remaining box!!! Ned predicts £5,200, Noel reveals the banker's offer was £7,500, Ned was wrong and doesn't get a money offer now, but the chance to swap his box 9 with any remaining box in play! Ned takes the chance to swap his box and chooses box 22 as his box now.

Round 5
Noel now wonders when Ned will take out box 9 his original box
6 - £5,000
7 - £10,000
Ned decides on 9 now!!!
Chants of BLUE BLUE BLUE
9 - £250 The studio goes wild!!

Noel tells everyone to calm down as it's not all over yet and that Ned could have swapped for the 1p! The banker says that his offer is massive in the circumstances, he now makes Ned the offer of guessing correctly within £500 and then in the next round Ned will get an offer after EVERY BOX is opened! This is a first for the UK show and takes a similar format to the US version where later on in the game the contestants get an offer after EVERY box rather than having to wait until 3 have been opened. Ned predicts £15,000 which is SPOT ON!!! He now has the decision to DEAL for the £15,000, or take a chance and get an offer after EVERY box in the next round. Ned goes to Becky for advice on whether to deal for the £15,000, she says YES deal, although Ned appears to want to go on, Ned asks if she is sure a few times more before finally saying DEAL.

We get the proveout round now with offers after EVERY box!!!

Round 6 - Proveout round
16 - £5 The offer would have been £19,000
17 - 50p The offer would have been £25,000
10 - 1p

Ned would have produced the perfect round had he played on and would have left a final 2 of £1,000 and £75,000, the banker would have offered £37,000, Ned says he would have said DEAL at that point.

Noel opens Ned's box 22 and it contains £75,000! Ned had made a perfect swap when given the opportunity in the game, which stuns the whole studio... Box 18 contains the £1,000

This game gave us a very unique and entertaining show with a few interesting twists, the mini prediction game provided an added element to Ned's game and threw up further twists along the way. The twist at the end of a banker's offer after every box was an interesting concept following other international versions of Deal or No Deal, although I'm not sure that it would be a good idea to use the format too often in the UK game.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Ingerlise's Game Report

It's Ingerlise's turn to take the 'Walk of Wealth' today, she does so with box 9 today, she has a couple of pressies for Noel and the banker - Noel asks if it is a bribe!! She also has a little Christmas bear for luck who is called Noel! Ingerlise is on the lookout for a new hubbie and has been on quite a few blind dates, Brian gets a few mentions from Noel as a potential new hubbie!

Round 1
18 - £5,000
2 - 50p
8 - £1,000
21 - £50,000 Big groans for thee first of the power 5
19 - £10

Noel wonders if her soul mate is about to call! The banker is wearing black socks, as Ingerlise doesn't like men in white socks! Although he says that's all he is wearing!!! The pressie was liqueur chocolates, which he has already eaten!!! He makes an opening offer of £8,100, Ingerlise wants to buy a little property abroad to invite all her friends to for holidays, so she needs a little more than that and says NO DEAL.

Round 2
13 - £20,000 One lonely person applauds that!!
15 - £100,000 BIG GROANS followed by silence for another of the power 5
20 - £250

Ingerlise tries to pick another box and Noel shouts NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Noel says the romance is still on as the banker offers £8,100, he sticks, but then adds on dinner for 2 as well! Ingerlise says NO DEAL.

Round 3
16 - 1p New player Alfie gets off to a great start
17 - £5
12 - £50

Great all blue round for Ingerlise who asks if she can speak to the banker, Noel hands over the phone and she says 'Hello darling' and also that he has a dirty voice! The banker offers £14,400, and then adds in a single red rose as well - so it's £14,400 and a red rose. Ingerlise says NO DEAL.

Round 4
4 - £75,000 Groans for yet another power 5 and the £250,000 is quite exposed now!
7 - £15,000
1 - £3,000

An all blue round followed by an all red round says Noel, the banker offers £15,000. Ingerlise goes to Donna for advice, she says that she should consider it as it could all go wrong in the next round. Noel offers a sweep and a tearful Ingerlise asks for the sweep, Ingerlise goes to Simon for a hug and some support, she really seems to be struggling on this offer. Ingerlise is really worried about hitting the reds in the next round and says DEAL.

Round 5 - Proveout round
Noel wonders if it was a deal too soon
3 - £10,000
6 - 10p gasps for the low blue
22 - £750 more groans

The banker is laughing down the phone!! Ingerlise is getting very emotional over her decision now and starts to cry, so Noel gets the tissues out. The banker would have offered £30,000, Noel consoles Ingerlise and says that £15,000 is still a large sum of money.

Round 6 - proveout round
14 - £100
5 - £500 groans all around
10 - £35,000 Silence in the studio

Ingerlise leaves a final 2 amounts of £250,000 and £1, has the £250,000 finally made it to the 'Pound table' after its long absence? The banker would have offered £65,000! Ingerlise is in tears at hearing the offer, Noel tries to console her again by saying the £15,000 is still a nice sum of money.

Noel opens box 9 and reveals the £250,000!! There is complete shock all around the studio as it finally makes it's appearance! Box 11 has the £1

It was a the game that everyone had been waiting on for well over 100 shows now, with the £250,000 finally making it to the 'Pound Table'. Unfortunately today's contestant couldn’t handle the pressures of the game and made the deal early in the game, much to their regret as the game played out its cruel ending. It was clear as the proveout rounds played out that Noel seemed quite upset that there wasn't a contestant in the chair who was prepared to play on with more courage and go for the ultimate and elusive prize.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Ian's Game Report

It's a Christmas shopping special today, I wonder what Noel has up his sleeve for us today for this special?! Well there are no Christmas decorations up for the special and it turns out to be a viewer’s competition special where we can win up to £50,000 in a one-off special.

It's Ian's turn in the 'Crazy Chair' today and he has box 14, Ian is from Scotland and is a professional fishing guide, Noel warns that there will be LOADS of fish puns today!! We get to see a few of Ian's pics and learn that he is planning to get married next year, so that could provide a potential financial target.

Ian wants LOTS of shouts and cheers today! He also wants to walk a round a bit so Noel takes a seat!

Round 1
Ian picks Joey with box 1 and Noel warns that she will kill the game!
1 - £250,000 What does Noel know?!? He says he knows nothing!!
19 - £500
9 - £750
20 - £1,000
3 - £100

Shame about the first box as the rest of the round was very good, Ian says there are still plenty of juicy numbers available. The banker thinks Ian will be gutted at the end of the show! He makes an opening offer of £2,500, Ian says the word 'humbug' comes to mind! Noel asks 'reel or no reel'!! Ian says NO DEAL.

Round 2
22 - 10p
4 - £35,000 a few groans for the lowest power 5
Danny hopes his box isn't a red herring!!
21 - 50p it isn't

The banker dubs Joey the baby-faced assassin after revealing the £250,000 in the first box of the game! He then makes an offer of £8,400, Ian says that's good and is a lot of money, but NO DEAL.

Round 3
17 - £75,000 Groans as another power5 goes... Shouts of C'mon Ian
16 - £1 Sarah hopes it's a tiddler and it is
Jaye jumps in and tells Ian to focus......
2 - £5,000

Noel goes to Ned who says there is still a lot in the game and points out how many times both him and Ian have had high reds in their boxes in the past. The banker would like to see Ned lying glaze eyed on a cold slab!!! Ian speaks to the banker and has a little chat, before being offered £12,500. Ian says wow, Noel goes to the west wing for opinions - they all say NO DEAL - when Noel gets to Danny he tells him to move his skateboard!!
Ian says NO DEAL.

Round 4
Ian whips up the pilgrims and gets loads of noise
18 - £250 big cheers
Chants of BLUE BLUE BLUE start
8 - £100,000 BIG GROANS all around the studio
13 - 1p Big cheers

The banker talks about Ian floundering! He offers £9,600, Noel asks if Ian needs a sweep, he doesn't and says NO DEAL.

Round 5
10 - £50,000 Groans as the last of the power 5 goes.....
7 - £5
12 - £15,000 more groans

Ian says the £20,000 is still there which is a nice big fish and the banker offers £5,733. Noel has no idea what the offer means, he then turns the paper upside down and it says EELS! Jaye gives Ian a positive pep talk to give him a boost, Ian says NO DEAL.

Round 6
15 - £50 BIG cheers
6 - £10 BIGGER CHEERS as all the blues go
11 - £10,000

That round leaves a final 2 of £3,000 and £20,000, Noel tells the banker that Ian is back now, and the banker says that Ian has been courageous, he offers £10,500. Noel says this offer requires some clear thinking, Maggie is called upon for one of her cuddles and a little advice, Ian says NO DEAL.

Noel opens Ian's box 14 and reveals £20,000, box 5 contains the £3,000, the whole studio goes wild!

Ian produces a superb win with some very courageous play today.