History Main / AudienceGame

** ''Series/{{Conan}}'' did a sketch called "Basic Cable ''Series/NameThatTune''", where an audience member had to identify the song that the band and homeless lounge singer Brian [=LaFontaine=] had just performed. However, because they're on basic cable and [[NoBudget can't afford the rights to the original song]], they perform a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong suspiciously similar version]] with lyrics blatantly parodying the original (such as "[[Music/BruceSpringsteen C-Section in America]]"). Conan also lampshades the similarities with clues, such as "If we were to play the real version of this stadium classic chant, [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's]] lawyers would undoubtedly say, '[[Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen We will, we will, sue you']]".

* ''Series/PakDePoenDeShowVan1Miljoen'' called out a contestant for a bonus round. It was a quiz question for around $83,375.

* ''Series/PakDePoenDeShowVan1Miljoen'' called out a contestant for a bonus round. It was a quiz question for around 83375$.

* If there was time at the end of a show (which depended mainly on how quick the "search" round was won), ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' called audience members into the Chief's office to answer geographical questions for a T-shirt.

* ''Series/MatchGame'': An audience member was invited onstage to play a "Head-to-Head Match"-type question, usually either with Richard Dawson (on the CBS and early syndicated episodes), or later with Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly or both. A correct guess won $50, and a wrong guess meant another player got to play. (Only games with correct matches – usually, just one – were kept.) On some occasions, Rayburn would wander the audience looking for volunteers,

** ''Series/LateNight with Jimmy Fallon'' often did game segments with audience members or the night's guests, typically with ridiculous premises for RuleOfFunny -- such as "Lick It for Ten" ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lick a weird item and win $10]]), "Battle of the Instant [x]" (Fallon picks random teams from the audience and instructs them to quickly form a band or prepare a dance number), "Models and Buckets" ("the game that everyone is talking about", often resulting in contestants being CoveredInGunge), "Competitive Spit Takes", "Spanx but No Spanx", and "[[EatThat Put It On a Cracker]]" (while blindfolded, guess the three ingredients they put on a cracker). Some were outright {{Calvinball}} (such as "Wheel of Carpet Samples" and "Wheel of Game Shows"), with [[UndesirablePrize joke prizes]] common in these cases (such as carpet samples, a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' board game with missing pieces, and Music/LedZeppelin T-shirts with a missing L).

** ''Series/{{Conan}}'' did a sketch called "Basic Cable ''Series/NameThatTune''", where an audience member had to identify the song that the band and homeless lounge singer Brian [=LaFontaine=] had just performed. However, because they're on basic cable and [[NoBudget can't afford the rights to the original song]], they perform a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong suspiciously similar version]] with lyrics blatantly parodying the original (such as "[[Music/BruceSpringsteen C-Section in America]]"), and Conan giving out blatant clues such as "If we were to play the real version of this stadium classic chant, [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's]] lawyers would undoubtedly say, '[[Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen We will, we will, sue you']]".

** ''Series/{{Conan}}'' did a sketch called "Basic Cable ''Series/NameThatTune''", where an audience member had to identify the song that the band and homeless lounge singer Brian [=LaFontaine=] had just performed. However, because they're on basic cable and [[NoBudget can't afford the rights to the original song]], they perform a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong suspiciously similar version]] with lyrics blatantly parodying the original (such as "[[Music/BruceSpringsteen C-Section in America]]"), and lampshading clues such as "If we were to play the real version of this stadium classic chant, [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's]] lawyers would undoubtedly say, '[[Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen We will, we will, sue you']]".

* ''Series/SuperPayCards'': Study eight playing cards on a board, and recall where one of them was to win an appliance (based on the bonus round). This was included only in Canadian airings for LoopholeAbuse surrounding [=CanCon=] rules. (The show was taped in Montreal, but only TheAnnouncer, who hosted the segment, was Canadian -- Wiki/ThatOtherWiki claims that a Canadian person had to actually be on-screen to count)

* ''Series/NationalBingoNight'' subverted this by having the audience game directly impact the main player. The main player was on a LuckBasedMission to fulfill a certain goal using drawn Bingo balls, while the audience actually played Bingo with the resulting numbers. If an audience member got a Bingo before the contestant met their goal, they lost the game...and if an audience member got a Bingo ''after'' the contestant met their goal, '''the contestant still lost'''.

* ''Series/GameShowMomentsGoneBananas'' was otherwise your run-of-the-mill "most outrageous moments"-type VoiceoverClipShow, but it also had segments with Ben Stein hosting ''Series/BeatTheClock'' and ''Series/FamilyFeud'' minigames with audience members to win [[{{Zonk}} cheap grocery items]].

** ''Series/{{Conan}}'' did a sketch called "Basic Cable ''Series/NameThatTune''", where an audience member had to identify the song that the band and homeless lounge singer Brian [=LaFontaine=] had just performed. However, because they're on basic cable and [[NoBudget can't afford the rights to the original song]], they perform a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong suspiciously similar version]] with lyrics blatantly parodying the original (such as "[[Music/BruceSpringsteen C-Section in America]]"), and lampshading clues such as "If we were to play the real version of this stadium classic chant, [[Music/{{Queen}} Queen's]] lawyers would undoubtedly say, '[[Music/NewsOfTheWorld We will, we will, sue you']]".

This trope is a {{Filler}} segment on some game shows which gives members of the StudioAudience a chance to win a prize by playing a minigame -- which is usually a shortened version of the bonus round or something related to the main game. The resulting prizes tend to be small cash amounts or ConsolationPrize-grade items, which is better than nothing but may not be [[UndesirablePrize as good as what the actual contestants were playing for]].

In most cases, an audience game is used to [[{{Padding}} pad]] out the end of a show if there is not enough time remaining in the episode to begin a new game (a scenario prevalent on shows with matches or contestants that straddled between episodes), but sometimes it may just be for RuleOfFun. Some talk shows also have minigame segments conducted in a similar manner (particularly Creator/EllenDeGeneres and Creator/JimmyFallon's respective programs), where they are often PlayedForLaughs (and may sometimes give all of their participants the same prize regardless of performance).