Game Show Award Winners Include Vieira, Keoghan, Boosler and Jennings

Game Show Award Winners Include Vieira, Keoghan, Boosler and Jennings

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite losing to Brad Rutter in the final round of the "Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions," pop icon Ken Jennings hung on to win the title of "Game Show Contestant of the Year" in voting for the 2005 Game Show Congress Awards.

The Game Show Congress will hold its fourth annual convention at the Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale & Executive Meeting Center, August 19-21, 2005. Game show legends Tom Kennedy and Jack Narz (who are brothers) will be there to share this year's Bill Cullen Career Achievement Award. Also scheduled to attend is "Let's Make a Deal" host Monty Hall, recipient of the Ralph Edwards Career Community Service Award. Past or potential contestants, writers, hosts, producers, media, or fans of game shows or quiz events interested in attending the conference may register at www.gameshowcongress.com or may call 303-520-0200 for more information.

Rutter also won an award, for "Best Contestant on a Traditional Game Show." Other awards that went to "Jeopardy!" were "Game Show of the Year" and "Best Traditional Game Show"; "Game Show Producer of the Year," Harry Friedman; and "The Consolation Prize," given for the most heartbreaking loss on a game show. It went to Matt Ottinger, one of the victims of the Jennings juggernaut.

Meredith Vieira followed up her recent Emmy win with victories as both "Best Host of a Traditional Game Show" and "Game Show Host of the Year."

"The Amazing Race" was named "Best Game Opera," an award given to a "reality TV"-style competition. Its host, Phil Keoghan, won "Best Host of a Game Opera." Husband and wife Uchenna and Joyce Agu, winners of "Amazing Race 7," won "Best Contestant or Team on a Game Opera."

"Best New Game Show" went to ESPN's "Stump the Schwab," a sports trivia quiz show. Elayne Boosler, host of PAX's "Balderdash," was "Best Host of a New Game Show."

The Game Show Congress is a not-for-profit cooperative association for the promotion of the game show and quiz event industry. It is headquartered in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. For more information, go to www.gameshowcongress.com.

For more information please contact Paul Bailey tel: 303-520-0200 fax: 630-566-3774 email: gameshow@comcast.net web: www.gameshowcongress.com

Source: The Game Show Congress

CONTACT: Paul Bailey, +1-303-520-0200, or fax, +1-630-566-3774, gameshow@comcast.net, for The Game Show Congress

Web site: http://www.gameshowcongress.com/

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