Family feud who is surveyed

In fact, I have seen cases where Family Feud answers were wrong answers. They're not technically wrong as far as the show is concerned since the show clearly states "we surveyed some people and this is what they said".

So, the people answering the survey may be wrong but that's irrelevant. The intent is to entertain, not educate. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. ChrisW Johnny Johnny 2, 1 1 gold badge 24 24 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges.

Interesting, did it say if these polls were specifically and exclusively commissioned for the show? I wonder if they might be part of wider "lifestyle trends" surveys which the polling company routinely produces and sells, or something the polling company uses for publicity?

It says, The surveyers don't disclose that the questions are for "Family Feud. I remember the host usually saying something like "the top five answers are on the board," suggesting that outlying answers are discarded if they are stupid, inappropriate, or only appear once.

I'm also pretty sure that many boards didn't actually equal points, but were typically closer to 85 points or so. Specifically, there are questions here, spanning episodes of the sixth season This should give you plenty of choices.

Viewers complained about Dawson's wandering lips to the point where he conducted an informal survey, asking viewers to write in saying either yes or no to the kissing. In , one of the contestants Dawson kissed ended up becoming his second wife. The Wall Street Journal looked into how Family Feud 's surveys are conducted and discovered that a polling firm named Applied Research-West phones random people to complete the surveys. A typical phone survey includes 30 or 40 questions, culled from submitted to [executive-producer] Gaby Johnston daily by writers and consultants for the show.

One of the things fans love is when he loses his composure in response to the contestants. For example, one person was asked to name an animal with three letters in his name. Their response? Can't wait to hear the results of this survey!

Johnston then winnows down the choices to 30 or 40 of the best, then passes them along to the next step.