 For the next day, the staff would select two new contestants who had scored a point or two higher than the winner that day, and so on day after day.This typically resulted in a pattern in which almost no contestant was able to win five days in a row (because she or he was subsequently competing with contestants who were probably better) – until the scores escalated to the point at which all three contestants had scored at or near the maximum possible score.Potential contestants were told that if their score was not in the range that they were seeking that particular day, their names and information would be put into a contestant pool, and that — if they lived near New York — they might be called to come to the studio at any time in the next several months when their "number" came up (although it was made clear that this was unlikely due to the large number of contestants who had tried out).