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Round Three - Bullseye Bully Round

Round Three is two fold.  A different guest professional dart player on each show in the series would throw three rounds of darts (three darts in each round) to try and score as many points as they could. If the guest professional dart player scores 301 or more in total, the score is then 'doubled' and the value in pounds equal to the score is then given to a charity chosen by the final two contestants. This money is safe and sent to the contestants chosen charity. 

The guest professional dart player is at the same time throwing to try and get the highest score of all the professional dart players used in the series. The guest professional dart player with the highest score in the series is then given the 'Bullseye Bully' character to keep for one year and take on tour with him/her to raise money for charity. There is very keen competition by all the professional dart players to try and win the Bullseye Bully character. They considered it to be very prestigious, almost like a 'major' tournament win. At the end of this round the Host would announce the amount of money won by the guest professional player and the contestants would then tell the Host to which charity they wanted the money sent. The guest professional dart player then left the show.

Round Four - Bully's Prize Board

The final two contestants then went to 'Bully's Prize Board'. The board has eight red sections with a black section either side of each red section, plus a red bullseye. Each red section contained a prize. The team had nine darts to try and win all nine prizes. The dart player of the team went first, throwing three darts, followed by the brains who threw three darts. The final three darts was then thrown by the dart player of the team. Once a red section was hit, the light showing that section came on and the contestant won whatever prize was in that section. If one of the contestants hit the same red section again, the light in that section went out and they lost the prize in that section. Hence the rule, 'Keep out of black and in the red, nothing in this game for two in a bed'. There were nine prizes to be won. If they hit the Bullseye it had, ' Bully's Special Prize '. At the end of this round of nine darts the host, The Host and the two contestants would return to centre stage where The Host would summarise what the contestants had won on ' Bully's Prize Board ' and all the money from part one of the show.

Prize Board

Round Five - Bullseye Mystery Star Prize Round

The Host would then offer the two contestants the option of gambling all the money and prizes they had won on the show so far against winning 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'. All they had to do was score 101 or more with six darts to win ' Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize '. They each had three darts, the 'brains' would throw first and try and score as many points as he/she could, followed by the dart player of the team. If they scored 101 or more, they won ' Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize' and also kept all of the other prizes and money they had won earlier. If they failed to score 101 or more, they lost the lot. They had the option of not gambling for 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize' and leave the show taking what they had won. Some did. The Host would then invite the highest scoring runners up to come back on the show and offer them the same option to gamble their winnings from part one and try and win ' Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize '. Some did, others declined and kept what they had already won. The Host would then invite the contestants that had the lowest amount of money back onto the show and offer them the chance to gamble it for 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'. We never had a refusal. We had a situation on a show with the contestants through to 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize Round' deciding not to gamble and take what they had already won. The remaining two pairs of contestants each had the same amount of winnings. Each pair of contestants were asked if they would gamble their winnings against 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'.

Mystery Star Prize 101 or more in 6 Darts

Both pairs of contestants said that they would gamble. This meant, a play off. Each dart player from both teams were give three darts to score as many points as they could, throwing three darts. The dart player with highest score won the right for his/her team to go on and gamble for 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'. Some of the lowest scoring teams that came back on the show won 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'. Twenty minutes earlier they had been left for dead, then twenty minutes later they came back on the show and won a new car, speedboat or a fabulous holiday for four people. I always enjoyed that when it happened. Which ever set of contestants that went for the gamble and won, The Host would celebrate with the winning contestants. If they gambled and lost, they would be shown 'Bullseye's Mystery Star Prize'. Hence that well-known rule, ' look at what you could have won'. The Host would then close the show saying "Please join us next Sunday for more Bullseye.   Remember, you can't beat a bit of Bully.   Bye.

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