While all price elements were intact, the series utilized format changes that were exclusive and unique to this version. Here is a list of the format changes:
1987–88: Airing only on Sunday, this format featured three pricing games, and used the Big Wheel (
La Roue) to determine the two Showcase (
La Vitrine) players, with players spinning only once. A variation of this format would be used on the German version of
The Price Is Right, when it premiered in 1989.
1988–2000: The format most fans are familiar with, the show expanded to seven days a week. On the Monday-Saturday shows, the show used the 1987 format, but there was only one La Roue winner; that person moved on to the Sunday finals; that used the traditional hour-long format, with the two La Roue winners advancing to La Vitrine. Since 1995, 100 on the wheel in one spin won a bonus of 1,000
F (
€152) which increased with each spin of the wheel.
1998–2000: Starting in 1998, the daily winners got a chance to win a trip, by playing a version of
Clock Game called "Le Grand Voyage", in which the player has 20 seconds to guess the price of the trip. This game moved to the regular lineup in 2000.
2000–01: Losing the weekend airings, the new Monday-Friday shows kept the hour format, but the two La Roue winners faced off in a new
La Vitrine, a hybrid of the U.S. and European Showcase formats. The top winner stopped a range finder with values ranging from 5,000F (€762) to 30,000F (€4,573). A single Showcase (usually over 100,000F [€15,244]) was presented; both players bid on it, and the one closest to the actual retail price
and within range without going over won. In the final season, when the euro was coming into effect, all games gave their prizes and prices in both francs and euros.
Pricing Games The name of the original pricing game in the US version is given in parentheses. Many of these follow the same rules and gameplay as the US version; for details, see
List of The Price Is Right pricing games.
1987-1998 1998-2001 Pricing games exclusive to Le Juste Prix ==Le Juste Euro==