Poll of the Year 2023

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It's the very nineteenth running of the UKGameshows.com/Bother's Bar Poll of the Year, and this time it's for 2023! Surely, the hottest vote you're going to encounter all year.

We are tightening up the Streaming Five again, there are more than enough new shows on streaming services to fill up the category now so we're ruling out Twitch streams as everyone's on the same side anyway, but otherwise it is business as usual.

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The Rules

  • Easy peasy. For each category (except Golden Moments) you get FIVE votes, so you can nominate FIVE shows. Please put each vote on a separate line, it makes it easier for us to count. You can no longer give the same show multiple votes.
  • For most of the categories, your choices are for new formats made and broadcast in the UK in 2023.
  • You do not have to use all your votes.
  • We welcome short comments with your reasoning for your vote – these may be used in the final write-up. We're more likely to use your comments if they are to the point. The comments will be kept anonymous.
  • If you’re in the industry it would be useful to point that out – we absolutely welcome you and you may indeed vote for shows you’ve worked on – but we reserve the right to disqualify insincere dodgy ballots.
  • Time is of the essence, the vote closes 23:59 Friday 12th January.

The Categories

  • Hall of FAME – For the best gameshows, competitive reality and panel games first broadcast on linear TV (or radio) in the UK in 2023.
  • Hall of SHAME – For the worst gameshows, competitive reality and panel games first broadcast on linear TV (or radio) in the UK in 2023.
  • Golden Five – For any shows made primarily for the UK market that had a new first-run episode broadcast in 2023.
  • Streaming Five - Must be gameshow or gameshow related, must be either from a subscription streaming service (i.e. Netflix, Amazon, Nebula etc), a channel's online offering not destined for broadcast television, or if it's on Youtube (or equivalent) backed professionally or at the very least a legitimately returnable format. Cannot be a Twitch Stream. Cannot be a broadcast radio show as its own podcast, vote for them in the Golden Five. Does not have to be made in the UK, but does need to be able to be watched here a) legitimately and b) earlier or at the same time as the rest of the world. Must have new episodes out in 2023.
  • Magic Moments – For your favourite moments. If there are Youtube links, that would be handy.

A non-exhaustive list of new formats can be found below - if you think we're missing anything then get in touch. We give shiny floor show and competitive unscripted reality equal weight. You can vote for revivals.

How to vote

This year the preferred method is by Google Forms. This allows you to fill it in over a number of sessions and change or modify your votes up until the deadline.

However we also accept e-mail ballots, please send them to poll@bothersbar.co.uk with Poll of the Year 2023 in the subject line and they'll get to the same place.

A list of new formats for 2023 follows. Please be aware that it may not be exhaustive, and that it mainly focusses on formats on broadcast television. We've stripped out streamed formats from the list to focus on linear broadcast, but you're welcome to look at the unedited list in New Shows.

2023

December
no new shows
November
Deal or No Deal (R) Family game show
October
Bangers: Mad for Cars Motoring
Big Brother (R) Reality
The Greatest Show Never Made Documentary
Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream Variety, reality
Survivor (R) Reality
September
The Dating Pool Dating
The Great Antiques Challenge Lifestyle, antiques
Picture Slam Puzzle
The Vintage French Farmhouse Lifestyle, antiques
August
Alone Reality
Boot Dreams: Now or Never Sport (Football)
The Finish Line General Knowledge Quiz
Selling Super Houses Lifestyle
Ultimate Wedding Planner Lifestyle, weddings
July
no new shows
June
Five Star Kitchen: Britain's Next Great Chef Lifestyle
Popmaster TV Themed quiz (pop music)
Puzzling Puzzle
May
Get Set Galactic Childrens, science
The Great Auction Showdown Lifestyle, antiques
The Greatest Auction Lifestyle, antiques
I Kissed a Boy Reality, dating
April
The Big Interiors Battle Lifestyle
In With a Shout General knowledge quiz
Scared of the Dark Reality
Strangers on a Plane Lifestyle, travel
March
Challenge Anneka (R) Action and adventure
Last Resort Reality
Project Icon Music, reality
Rise and Fall Reality
Tempting Fortune Reality
Ten to the Top Themed quiz (pop music), radio
February
The Challenge (2) Reality
Go Hard or Go Home Reality
The Piano Variety
Scotland's Greatest Escape Lifestyle, regional (Scotland)
January
Food Fighters Lifestyle
Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples Relationships
Next Level Chef Lifestyle, reality
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