Consolation prizes of $100, $75, and $50 were awarded to second, third, and fourth place contestants.
Sonnet 64 catalogues instances of inevitable destruction so as to provide a consolation for death and places emphasis on the inescapable fact of mutability.
This was changed during the second season, when the consolation game was introduced.
In here a group of contestants undergo a certain task and the winner comes home with a cash prize and others with consolation prizes.
The four fencers with the best record in each pool moved on to the finals, with the other four competing in the consolation.