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One Bid[]

  • "Johnny/Rod/Rich…
  • …I have (insert three remaining Contestants' Row names), and you have..."
  • …what is the name of our next participant?"
  • …what's the next name on your list?"
  • …who's our next player?"
  • …will you fetch/give us another player, please?"
  • …who's coming on down [this time]?"
  • …who gets the vacant spot in Contestants' Row?"
  • Bob Barker coming out of the commercial break after every pricing game and after the first Showcase Showdown; 1972-2007)
  • "The next contestant on our show today is none other than…"
  • "(Now,) The time has come for us to meet…"
  • "We are about to meet…"
  • "The name of our next player is…"
  • Bob Barker (coming out of the commercial break after every pricing game and after the first Showcase Showdown; 1972-2007 on occasion)
  • "Welcome back(, everybody,) to The Price Is Right."
  • "Rich (Fields)/George (Gray), how about another contestant/who's next up/up next, please?"
  • "Hey Rich (Fields)/George (Gray), who's our next contestant/player?"
  • "There's a vacant spot in Contestant's Row. Who's gonna get it this time?"
  • "Let's get another (lucky) contestant down here. Rich/George, what do you say?"
  • "We have time for one more contestant. Rich (Fields)/George (Gray), who's that gonna be?"
  • Drew Carey (coming out of the commercial break after every pricing game and after the first Showcase Showdown; 2007–present)
  • "(Bob/Drew,) (Next up/Up next,) It's gonna be…"
  • Announcer
  • "They're on their way now, Bob/Drew, so let's make it…"
  • Rich Fields
  • "(insert name), Come on Down! You're the next contestant on The Price Is Right!"
  • Announcer (Generic)
  • "(insert two, three or four names as family or couple), Come on Down! You're the next couple/family/sibling on The Price Is Right!
  • Announcer (on occasion with a family, sibling, or couple; said since 2009)
  • "Here's/here is the first/next item up for bids."
  • Bob Barker
  • "Rich/George, what's our first item up for bids today on The Price is Right?"
  • Drew Carey
  • "Next prize, please."
  • Drew Carey
  • "(insert name), you only have one chance to bid. (The rest of you, this is your last chance to bid.) Here's the prize."
  • Drew Carey on the sixth and final item up for bids.
  • "Everybody, look up, as the first/next prize comes/is coming on down…"
  • Announcer (when the prize comes down from the ceiling during the One Bid Round)
  • "Back up you go!"
  • Drew Carey (when the prize goes away to the ceiling after the announcer describes during the One Bid Round)
  • "The Price Is Right Train/Tugboat is bringing you the first/next prize…"
  • Announcer (when the prize comes in from the train or tugboat during the One Bid Round)
  • "Here's (insert Model name) coming down the Bidders' Row…"
  • Announcer (when the prize comes in from the Model showing to the Bidders' Row during One Bid Round)
  • "Around on the Turntable, we've got (insert model)…"
  • Announcer (when the prize comes in from the Turntable during the One Bid Round)
  • "And the winner of this (insert One Bid prize) goes a supply of (insert special product). (insert description of Product sponsor)."
  • Announcer (when the winner of the prize in the One Bid goes a supply of the Product sponsor in the Barker era) (19722007)
  • "Drew, we're gonna kick things off with..."
  • George Gray (when the first item up for bids is presented)
  • "Next up, we have..."
  • George Gray (when the second and later item up for bids is presented)
  • "It's a holiday gift idea of the day, like..."
  • George Gray (when the first/second is up for bids during the December month)
  • "And we will present that [prize] to the one of you four who bids nearest to the actual retail price without going over. (Insert name), what do you bid?"
  • Bob Barker on the first item up for bids (19722007)
  • "We want you to bid on that [prize] in dollars because we round off the retail prices to the nearest dollar." – Bob Barker on the first item up for bids in early episodes
  • "That (insert prize) back in (insert year) all right and whoever comes/gets closet to the original retail price without going over, is goes on/gets to play for our Showcase."
  • Doug Davidson (19941995 The Price WAS Right)
  • "Thanks/thank you, (model/models). Now, that [prize] goes to whoever bids closest to the actual retail price without going over, and (insert name), we're gonna/let's start with you. (What do you say?)"
  • Drew Carey on the first item/prize up for bids (2007–Present)
  • "(insert name), what do you bid (on that [insert prize])?"
  • Host (on the second and later item up for bids; 1972–Present)
  • "Let the bidding begin with (insert name)."
  • "(insert name), thou art the bidder."
  • Bob Barker (on the second and later item up for bids; 19722007)
  • "His/her/(insert name)'s bid is (insert amount)."
  • Bob Barker
  • "(insert amount) (from (insert name)). (Good luck.)"
  • Drew Carey
  • CONTESTANT: "What's the highest bid?" HOST: "The highest bid is (insert highest bid)."
  • Host (to the contestant thinking what's the highest bid that the other contestant bid during the One Bid Round; 1972–Present)
  • CONTESTANT: "What was/were the bid[s]?" HOST: "We have (Insert one to three bids)."
  • Host (to the contestant asking for the bids that the other contestant bid earlier during the One Bid Round; 1972–Present)
  • "(insert previous bid)? No, you can't do that, (previous contestant) bid (previous bid)/(insert previous bid) is (insert previous contestant)'s bid."
  • Host reminding a contestant not to bid the same as another contestant (1972–present)
  • "(buzzer sounding) You've/You have all overbid. The lowest bid is (insert lowest bid). Erase the/these bids, please. Go lower than (insert lowest bid), (insert name)."
  • Bob Barker when all four contestants overbid and must restart lower than the lowest bid during the One Bid Round (19722007)
  • "(buzzer sounding) Everybody's/Everybody is/went over. (The) Lowest bid (is) (insert lowest bid). Let's erase all the bids (please). (insert name), start again; but lower than (insert lowest bid) this time."
  • Drew Carey when all four contestants overbid and must restart lower than the lowest bid during the One Bid Round (2007–present)
  • "(bell ringing) One of you is exactly right. The contestant who bid exactly right will receive a $100/$500/$1,000 Bonus. This $100/$500/$1,000 Bonus goes to the contestant who bid (insert target bid).
  • Bob Barker when one of the four contestants bid exactly right during the One Bid Round (19772007)
  • "(bell ringing) Somebody got it/a bid right on the nose and gets an extra $500. And that is the person that bid (insert target bid)."
  • Drew Carey when one of the four contestants bid exactly right during the One Bid round (2007-present)
  • "Since tonight is a/our special Million Dollar Spectacular episode, the one who got it right on the nose is gonna get $1,000."
  • Drew Carey (during Million Dollar Spectacular shows)
  • "That is the most popular bid thus far."
  • Bob Barker (to the contestant who thinks the other three may have gone over bid the minimum amount of $1)
  • "Using strategy (on a single buck), I love/like it."
  • Drew Carey (to the contestant thinks the other three may have gone over bid the minimum amount of $1 in some early episodes on occasion)
  • "[And the] Actual Retail Price [of the (insert prize)] [is]…"
  • Host (During One Bid)
  • "[And the] (insert prize) goes for…"
  • Drew Carey (During One Bid on some early episodes)
  • "[And] The winner is (insert name)!/(insert name) has won/is the winner!"
  • Bob Barker during One Bid
  • "(insert name), that's you! Come on up here!"
  • Drew Carey during One Bid
  • "(insert name), come up on stage with me and we'll play a pricing game."
  • Bob Barker
  • "Come on up here, (insert name). Right here with me!"
  • Drew Carey
  • "The (insert color) section/spot is the very lucky section/spot today."
  • Bob Barker (when the contestant who got the 2nd and later called in to Come on Down and immediately got up on stage)
  • "That (insert color) spot is the hot/lucky spot today."
  • Drew Carey (when the contestant who got the 2nd and later called in to Come on Down and immediately got up on stage)
  • "(insert name), one of our First Four Contestants has won his/her way up on stage!"
  • Bob Barker (when one of the First Four Contestants has won the prize during the second half of the One Bid Round)
  • "(insert name), One of the Originals/Original Four! Finally made it on stage!"
  • Drew Carey (when one of the First Four Contestants has won the prize during the second half of the One Bid Round)
  • "(insert name), been here the whole show. This is your last chance."
  • Drew Carey (when a First Four contestant is on his/her last chance to get up on stage)
  • "(insert name) has been in Contestants' Row since I came through the Big Doors/the very beginning/for the entire hour, and now has won his/her way up on stage at the last possible moment."
  • Bob Barker (when a final First Four contestant wins the sixth and final item up for bids during the One Bid Round from 19752007)
  • "In case you wondering/you're familiar, (insert contestant) was on the show (insert decade or more than 10 years). He's/she's back after (insert decade or more than 10 years). It used to be saying 'you can only be a contestant once', but they changed it, and now you have to wait 10 years to come back once you get called on down."
  • Drew Carey (on a disclaimer to the contestant, who was on the show more than 10 years ago, had to wait 10 years to be a contestant again)