Celebrity Family Feud - Differences in Game Play

Differences in Game Play

Unlike the original All-Star Special format, where the winners of the two rounds played one question to determine which team makes Fast Money, there were three full matches played in the one-hour format.

In order to fit three games (two semifinals with one final match to determine which team makes Fast Money), all games followed a format that was a modified version of the 1999-2003 format, with just three rounds (two single rounds, and a triple round with the usual three-strike rule). A family must make 300 points to win the game, and as is the case with the rules from 1979 to 1984 and 1988 to 1995 and yet again since 2003, if neither family reached 300 points after the triple round, a sudden death round was played. The next members of each family would participate in a face-off where only the top answer counts. If neither player family reached 300 after the first sudden death, subsequent sudden death rounds would be played until a winner is determined.

In 2009, when the civilian show revived the Bullseye round, a similar three-round format (a single, a double, and a triple round) was played. Again, the sudden death rule applies.

In Fast Money, if one or both family members accumulated a total of 200 points or more, the family won $50,000 for their charity. If the family did not reach 200 points, $25,000 was still awarded to their charity.