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| - At the end of the show, the 2 winners from the 1st & 2nd Showcase Showdown play the Showcase. On half-hour episodes, including pre-1975 episodes and subsequent half-hour episodes until 1994, the 2 contestants with the highest winnings advanced to the Showcase. A "showcase" of prizes is presented and the top winner (the contestant on the right podium) either keeps the showcase and places a bid on the total value of the showcase or passes the showcase to the runner-up (the contestant on the left podium), who is then required to make a bid. A second showcase is then presented and the contestant who had not bid on the first showcase makes a bid. Unlike the One Bid, the contestant bidding on the second showcase may bid the same amount of his/her opponent did on the first showcase, since the two contestants are bidding on different prize packages. As long as the contestants already bid, they need to not change the showcase's bid. The contestant who has bid nearer to the price of his/her own showcase without going over wins the prizes in his/her showcase. Any contestant who overbids automatically loses regardless of the opponent's result. If both contestants overbid, this is called a Double Overbid (or a "Double Over" by Drew) which results in both contestants losing, and the losing horns will be played. Sometimes they wrap up the showcase with Bob Barker or Drew Carey mingling with the other contestants, as well as members of the studio audience, while the models waved goodbye. Unlike One Bid, there is no additional bonus for a perfect bid, which has happened twice during this incarnation, in the daytime show's history. However, if the winner's difference is $250 or less away from the actual retail price of his/her own showcase without going over, the contestant wins both showcases. From April 18, 1974 to June 12, 1998, the contestants' bids had to be less than $100 from the actual price without going over in order to win both showcases. As a part of 2017-2018's "Price's Big Money Week", the winner's difference is $2,500 or less away from the actual retail price of his/her own showcase without going over, the contestant wins both showcases. The syndicated nighttime versions had no such rule. 1996 is the only year of the '90s that did not have showcases under $10,000. The last showcase under $10,000 was on April 22, 1997 which was worth $9,826. As of April 23, 1997 for a full day long, followed by April 28, 1997 for a full week long, and May 1, 1997 for a full month long, and September 8, 1997 for a full season long, and January 2, 1998 for a full year long, all showcases are above $10,000. Three of the '90s do not have showcases under $10,000: 1996, 1998, and 1999. The 2000s to now always had showcases above $10,000 since January 3, 2000. Some showcases will contain a "Priceless Bonus" prize; when that happens, the contestant bidding on the showcase will be reminded not to include that prize in their bid. The font style used for Double Showcase Winners was "Tonight" from 1974 to 2002 (though a different font style was used once in 1996), "Olympia" from 2002 to 2008, "Kingpin" from 2008 to 2009, Vag Rounded BT" from 2009 to present. Since January 8, 1999, any showcase winning contestant who won over $35,000 in prizes, the contestant's grand total would appear on the bottom of the screen. If the contestant had won both showcases, the Double-Showcase Winner graphic appears first before the contestant's grand total. For unknown reasons, the graphic used on February 6, 2001 was blue with a white outline as opposed to the traditional green with yellow outline. On May 9, 2007, the contestant's grand total appeared first before the Double Showcase Winner winning graphic. There is an unstated rule that a Double Showcase Winner is bid will be revealed last.
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