Name That Video

Name That Video was a game show based on the classic music game show Name That Tune hosted by Karyn Bryant. The difference is that this show incorporated music videos into the game rather than just regular music. It aired on VH1 for four months in 2001 from March to June, but VH1 aired a marathon on June 22, 2002. Series Producer was Ted Kenney.

Round 1
Three contestants faced off in this round in which they faced a game board of four HDTV screens (three of them are used but the one on the left is unused). On each of the monitors are three categories pertaining to music videos. Each one displayed a music artist/group. On a player's turn, he/she chose a category, a music video played, and a question was asked according to the category and the first player to buzz-in has a chance to answer. A right answer controls the board and chooses the next category, but a wrong answer gives the other player(s) a chance to answer. Each correct answer is worth 100 points, but each incorrect answer deducts 100 points.

Categories
Here are some of the categories used in this round:
 * Finish the Phrase - A music video was played, when frozen the contestants would then buzz in to sing the next line.
 * Say it Again - A part of a music video would be played, then it would be rewounded, played back, and then would display three possible answers, one of then being the line the artist in the video was singing. The contestants would buzz in to choose which one.
 * Spoken Word - The contestants were presented lyrics but no music would be played. Their job is to buzz in and guess the song.
 * Rock Rhymes

After each question, the artist/group in that category would be replaced with a new one and when all the artists/groups in that category were played, the category would then become out of play. When time runs out (indicated by a ratchet sound), the player with the lowest score at the end of the round was eliminated from the game, and the two remaining players move on to the next round.

Round 2 (Bid-A-Vid)
This round was played exactly the same as Name That Tune's Bid-A-Note. In this round, the two remaining players faced seven categories which are all hints to the artists. The player in control (starting with the leader at the end of round one) got to select which category to play. The chosen category then revealed a clue to the video. (Ex: Friends of Gadget/Getaway would talk about Vacation by The Go-Go's.) Then the players bid on how many seconds of the video they wish to see with a max bid of 7 seconds. The winner of that bid would see the video in the amount of time he/she bid. If he/she guessed the video he/she scores a point but if he/she misses, the point goes to the opponent. Like Bid-A-Note in the original, the first player to score three points wins the game (the third point cannot be won by default, it had to be won by naming the video the opponent missed after getting the full seven seconds).

Bonus Round
In the bonus round, the winning player was given 60 seconds to name 10 videos, he/she must give the music video song title name and the artist/group singing in it. If the winning player doesn't know he/she can pass and move to another one and can come back to it if there's time left on the clock. Unlike the original Name That Tune's Golden Medley there is no penalty for incorrect answers. Each correct answer is worth $500, getting all 10 videos in 60 seconds or less won a new Toyota 4Runner & VH1's 100 Greatest Rock Albums CD collection. In other words, as coined by Bryant, "Get all ten of these, you get the keys".

Links

 * Karyn Bryant - Official website