If you've ever watched a game or competition show on TV and wondered how certain elements work or if the prizes are really worth it, you're going to want to keep reading this.
That's because people who claim to have auditioned for, or taken part in, TV game shows have been sharing some fascinating behind the scenes secrets and we've compiled a few of the best.
Taking to Reddit, someone asked the question: "People who have been on TV game shows, what are some ‘behind the scenes’ secrets that regular viewers don’t know about?"
More than 4,000 people responded to the post sharing information about shows such as The X Factor, MasterChef, Wheel of Fortune and The Bachelorette.
A person who says they once auditioned for The X-Factor commented: "I auditioned for X-Factor.
"You don’t go to the celebrity judges first you go in front of some 'off camera' judges.
"So every terrible and horrible singer you see on the show has already been told they are better than the many talented ones not deemed 'TV worthy'."
Someone else wrote: "My teacher was on Wheel of Fortune Australia and he won a life supply of WD-40. It turns out with average usage a can of WD-40 lasts twenty years, so a life's supply is four cans."
A third person claimed: "The dishes the MasterChef contestants make are normally stone cold by the time they get to the tasting table, so the judges usually taste the elements of each dish as they're walking around the kitchen during the cooking stage.
"This allows them to have some idea how the finished dish will taste and to see the contestants' proficiency with kitchen equipment."
A different Reddit user admitted: "My wife got a tattoo on a tattoo competition show. They gave her headphones to wear while she was being tattooed, but she wasn’t allowed to actually plug them in and listen to music. Pure product placement lol.
"Other than that it was a really good experience! Producers worked with her for several weeks leading up to and made sure she got a tattoo subject and style that she wanted."
Another posted: "I was a guest on The Tyra Banks Show back in 2005. The 'stylist' dressed me and the other guests in clothes that still had the tags on. They made sure to hide the tags so they could return the items after the show."
A sixth person added: "It’s not a game show, but I was at a group date for The Bachelorette. As you can imagine, the show is heavily produced. They only aired about five percent of what actually happened on the date.
"I have a really reactive face, so they used a bunch of my reactions in the show, but they were completely out of context because they cut all of the actual drama out of the date, and only aired the vanilla stuff. So one contestant says something like 'women are always right' and they show me making this gasping face, that’s totally out of place haha."
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