


"We want to give you the prize that you won, not just the cash," says Richards. "We almost have to pick you, because we need enough people to come down." "If you come in a big group of 15 people all in the same shirt, just statistically, one of you is probably going to get chosen, just because there are 300 people in the audience, and we have to pick nine of them," he says. If it has seemed like contestants that arrive in a large group of people all wearing the same outfits have a better chance of getting on the show, Richards says that is only thanks to math. Most people who come to the show like the types of things The Price is Right gives away." We're looking for any kind of cue that makes us think they're going to like our prizes. "So are we able to really ascertain all that? No. "We have roughly 20 seconds with each person," Richards says. "We're looking for people who are authentically excited to be there, are naturally gregarious, are interested in having a good time, and who we think will enjoy the prizes that we're giving away."īefore loading into the Price is Right soundstage at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, audience producers interview each contestant, but they don't have a great deal of time. "The real answer is we're looking for people that are being themselves, and not pretending to be more excited or more odd or whatever it is," he says. We can’t wait to have our fans ‘Come On Down’ to this new facility when we begin production on the next season this summer.”Ĭarey discussed the move in a video below.One of the questions Richards says he gets most often is what qualities decide who gets to "come on down!" to be a contestant on the show. “While we bid a fond farewell to this cultural landmark, we are excited to say that we will be moving into a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility at Haven Studios. “In light of Hackman Capital Partners’ plans to undergo a major renovation at Television City, the time has come to move television’s longest running game show, The Price Is Right, into a new home,” said Suzanne Lopez, COO of Fremantle (which produces The Price Is Right), in a statement from March.

The final episode of season 51, which airs on June 26th, will feature contestants playing The Price Is Right classics, including “The Grand Game” and “The Money Game.” One contestant will also have the chance to play “Any Game,” the first game ever played on The Price Is Right in 1972. are heading to Haven Studios in nearby Glendale. (It was obviously not called Bob Barker Studio in the 1970s that honor would come after he beat up Happy Gilmore.) But beginning in season 52, Drew Carey & Co. The Price Is Right has been taped at Television City’s Bob Barker Studio 33 in Hollywood, California, since it was relaunched and premiered in 1972.
