This Article is about the $100,000 Grand Prize Show used on the ABC TV Show America's Funniest Home Videos.

Synposis

episodes were brought back to participate in a contest called "The $100,000 Contest". Bob Saget often calls it "America's Funniest Home Videos Hundred Thousand Dollar pbs". This process was the same as the regular version, except one of the contestants would win $100,000.

The Voting

Saget Version: Two PBS Stations (5 on the first season, later reduced to 3 from 1993-1999) around the country were joined via satellite to cast their votes along with the Los Angeles audience.

Fuentes/Fugelsang Version: Only the Los Angeles audience voted.

Bergeron Version: Viewers logged on to abc.com to cast their votes with the LA Audience.

List of Satellite Cities on the $100,000 show

1990: Atlanta, GA, Cleveland, OH, Houston, TX, Minneapolis, MN, Philadelphia, PA

1990-91 (a): Miami, FL (in which people are wearing sombreros, and Bob mentions "OJ" during voting), Chicago, IL (in which people are wearing windbreakers, and Bob mentions pizza cup cake & pop corn during voting), Denver, CO (in which people are wearing skiing outfits and Bob mentions omelets during voting)

1990-91 (b): Boston, MA (in which people are wearing clothes that are the sports of Boston), Indianapolis, IN (people holding steering wheels, and one person waving a checkered flag), Seattle, WA (people holding umbrellas)

1991-92 (a): Nashville, TN (in which some people hold guitars), Milwaukee, WI (in which lots of people are holding beer mugs/or beer bottles/or sausages), San Francisco, CA (people are audience, and 1 holds a cable car bell)

1991-92 (b): Washington, DC (people are wearing Redskins clothing, and George Washington, and Abe Lincoin), Tampa, FL (people wearing sombreros, and some dressed as pirates), Phoenix, AZ (in which people are wearing visor hats and 2 chairs had cactuses sitting in them)

1991-92 (c): Orlando, FL (Walt Disney World in which people are wearing caps from Disney characterssesame street character & barney character ), Hartford-New Haven, CT (in which most people are wearing Yale clothing, and some people are in graduation caps and gowns, San Diego, CA (some people wearing marine outfits, some females wearing swimwear)

1992-93 (a): Cincinnati, OH (in which people are mostly fans of the Cincinnati Bengals), New Orleans, LA (in which people have trumpets and some people hold Mardi Gras beads), Philadelphia, PA (in which one person in the audience looks like Ben Franklin and a Liberty Bell was in the picture)

1992-93 (b): Milwaukee, WI, Norfolk, VA, San Francisco, CA

1992-93 (c): Providence, RI, Des Moines, IA, Phoenix, AZ

1993-94 (a): Baton Rouge, LA, Wichita, KS

1993-94 (b): Cedar Rapids, IA, Albany, NY

1993-94 (c): Springfield, MO, Scranton, PA

1994-95 (b): Atlanta, GA, Peoria, IL

1994-95 (c): Baltimore, MD, Denver, CO

1995-96 (a): New Orleans, LA, Pittsburgh, PA

1995-96 (b): Albany, NY, Indianapolis, IN

1995-96 (c): Memphis, TN, Cedar Rapids, IA

1996-97 (a): Denver, CO, Grand Rapids, MI

1996-97 (b): Albuquerque, NM, Cleveland, OH

At the end of the show, the $100,000 winner is announced. Three Grand Prize episodes (one in the 1990-91 season) were done each season. A set of $10,000 winners were eligible for the grand prize.

List of number of $10,000 winners

1990-91: 8, $10K Winners

1991-92: 7, $10K Winners

1992-93: 6, $10K Winners

1993-94: 5, $10K Winners

1994-95: 6, $10K winners

1995-96: 5, $10K winners

1996-97 and Beyond: 3 sets of 19 $10K Winners

Ernie Anderson made an appearance on the 1st $100,000 Show from season 3.

Dropping Objects

Saget Version: Red, Yellow White, and Blue 1000" balloons

Fugelsang and Fuentes Version and Bergeron Version (until 1995-2006): Confetti and Streamers (from a Pop Corn confetti cannon)

Barney Version (1995-2006 present) Confetti only (from the confetti & pop corn cannon); confetti and streamers are shot when the credits start rolling.

On the original version with Saget, when the $100,000 winner(s) was announced, a variety of bands/singers performed the AFHV theme song, or non-bands/singers appeared.
When the $100,000 winner is announced:

List of bands/singers on the Saget Version

1990-91(b): Marching Band Version performed by the University of Southern California Marching Band

1991-92(a): Regular Theme Song

1991-92(b): Same as 1990-91(b) (But with a Color Guard-Like Drill Team performs at the end of the show)

1991-92(c): Kazoo Band Version

1992-93(b): Space Band Version

1992-93(c): Same as 1989-90 (But with Dancers from the Edge Performing Arts Center Barney & Friends from Los Angeles danced at the end of the show)

1993-94(a & b): Marching Band Version (But a Different Marching Band, this time)

1994-95(b): Pipe Band Version performed by the Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band

1994-95(c): Dixie Band (Bob often calls it an Oomm-Pah-Pah band) performed by the Dominos

1995-96(a): Disco Version

1995-96(b): Bluegrass Version performed by the Cousin Brothers Bluegrass Band

1995-96(c): Rock and Roll Version performed by Freddy Cannon

1996-97(a): Choir Version performed by the Riverside Community College Gospel Choir