You can win every single 12 Days gift, just for watching Ellen! That’s 8 trips, including Disney Aulani in Hawaii, a 55″ and 32″ TCL Roku TV, over $12,000 in gift cards, and much more! Watch the show every day and look for the classic joke on the screen, then enter the correct punchline!
Sweepstakes Rating: Okay
Eligibility: US, DC, 18 and older
Entry Dates: December 22, 2015 and ends on January 4, 2015
Judging Criteria: Sponsor, will select approximately forty (40) Statements from eligible entries for final voting by the judging panel. The winning Statement will be determined, based 33.3% on creativity, 33.3% on originality, and 33.3% on appropriateness to the theme of the Contest (i.e., why do you deserve to win?). The Statement entry receiving the most votes by the judges will receive the Prize
Website Entry Form | Official Rules
Watch “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. During each episode of the Show during the Contest Period, a “Classic Joke” will appear on-screen. Correctly answer, from the multiple choice options provided by Sponsor at Sponsor’s sole discretion, the punch line to the Classic Joke posed on the Show episode broadcast on the date of entry into the Contest. Each Classic Joke and corresponding answers will be valid during the Contest Period from 6:00am PT on the day of the Show’s broadcast until 6:00am PT the following day. Shows airing on Fridays will have Classic Jokes and corresponding answers that will be valid during the Contest Period from 6:00am PT the day of the show’s airing until 6:00am PT the following Monday. If Contestant enters an incorrect answer to the Classic Joke, Contestant’s entry will be disqualified. The Classic Joke and corresponding answers will change each business day during the Contest Period.
Submit a photograph for purposes of confirming identity and for publication in the event that you win the Prize (publication at the sole discretion of Sponsor). Submission of the Photo will not affect whether or not Contestant will win the Prize. A written statement of no more than approximately three hundred (300) words about why you deserve to win.
You must complete the entry form and provide the correct answer to the applicable Classic Joke in order to be entered into the Contest. You must provide the Statement (as defined above) each time you complete the entry form. Failure to provide the Statement as part of each entry form will invalidate your entry.
Ellen’s Watch & Win Classic Joke Punchlines:
- December 22: Croak-a-Cola
- December 23: Jason Seagull
- December 24: Sundae school
- December 25: Did not get the answer, the show was not shown in my TV Market today
- December 28: Thyme
- December 29: They use honeycombs
- December 30: Frosted Flakes
- December 31: Fleece Navidad
- January 1: Dr Dre
- January 4: It over swept
Entry Limit: one entry per person per day
One (1) Grand Prize: one winner will win every single one of the gifts from the 12 Days of Giveaways (see Rules for list of prizes) ARV: $38,349
Mike says
Awesome giveaway but it would be hard to recoup the roughly $11k or so needed to cover the tax liability.
Thanks for posting 🙂
Melis says
I thought I was the only one that instantly thinks taxes when I see people win large prizes!
Mike says
You’re not the only one, trust me… A lot of the stuff could be sold but it won’t be worth face value. The majority of the ARV is going to the Trips ( they are awesome but expensive ). If someone wins a car they can either sell it, pay the taxes and keep the balance or they can just get a loan for whatever the taxes will be, that’s not a bad deal.
Bill says
Taxes? In California you have to pay State tax and federal tax .(taxed twice)
Mayfair Magee says
If you don’t find the Trip(s) worth the Tax liability, simply don’t use the Travel Voucher(s). When you pay the Tax for the other Prizes, attach a note that you have deducted the Trip value (as reported by the Prize Administrator to the IRS) from your taxable base. Call the IRS for free consultation on how to properly document your Trip refusal (the IRS might want your unused Voucher).
Saegan Anderson says
literally always i think about taxes when entering! and yeah i’m in California so extra taxes
ELF says
Can ANYONE tell me what the answer to 12/25/2015 is??
Michelle says
This is considered a sweepstakes and therefore not eligible for California state tax. Game show prizes are different.
Wanda huggins says
Do you know the punchline for 12-28-15?
pueblowestmom says
I need the answer for 12/28/15 please! My 3yr old son walked right in front of the TV when it appeared on screen and I didn’t record the show. 🙁
I’ll take my chances on the taxes 🙂
JustMe says
The answer was Thyme. How is it that the rules say No More Than 300 words but the entry shows you have 1500 characters?
Wanda says
i think that’s allowing 5 characters per word
Wanda says
In rough terms, each page of a standard-format hardcover book has about 300-350 words, and each word is five characters plus a space. So a typical book page has, say 1,500 to 1,800 characters (not counting spaces.).
DC says
Anyone know today’s punchline? I watched it and never saw it!!!
JustMe says
Thanks for the info.
Susan says
Thank you so much for sharing!
I appreciate you!!!
Have a Happy New Year!!
Debra Fox says
Was there a show for Ellen for Friday 1/1/16. I didn’t see anything for my area.
Tonya says
Happy 2016! Does anyone know today’s answer (1/1/16)? I have Dish Network so there was only football and hockey on today.
Thanks.
Patricia L. Mullenax says
I did not see the show either – other New Year things going on, parades, football games. I’d like to know the answer, also.
Judy M says
Regarding your question, I am not seeing how you can go back more than a day to enter for past days or am I missing something? All I see when I go to the entry screen is just the current day’s classic joke options so I assume if you missed a day then past answers aren’t going to do you any good anyway. No?
dede says
can anyone please tell me the punch line today Monday January 4th …I missed just as it was on screen turned head and gone
Judy M says
I am waiting for today’s answer (Jan 4) because I got a phone call and missed it 🙁
Anyone know the answer for Jan 4?
Judy M says
Today’s punch line (Jan 4) is now posted above.
Diane says
Thank YOU!
Judy M says
You’re welcome! Good luck!
sophi says
How would you know if you win?
Judy M says
I am wondering the same thing. I don’t see anything on their website indicating winners for this entry, just the original 12 days winners.