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Make Any List Competitive With a Simple Bidding Game Format

What if picking from a simple list could turn into a full-on bidding game? This easy game format adds a little strategy and competition to any list, making it way more fun to see who gets what they want.

4 October 2026 2 min read

Make Any List Competitive With a Simple Bidding Game Format

TL;DR

Trends
Budget bidding draft format.
Views
Recent highest views reached 5.4M+
Format
Pick your theme → Equal “budget” → Item pool & Competitive bidding
Why It Works
Every bid creates a decision viewers can judge, from how much players spend to when they should let an item go.
Use It When
- You want soft-selling content for your brand. - You have a list of products, characters, campaigns, or other items that can be turned into competitive picks.

What is this trend about

Evry Jewels has turned a simple draft into a bidding game format between two players. Each video picks a different topic, and both players have the same starting “budget”.

Characters or things related to the theme are revealed one by one, then there are two rounds where the bidding continues until one player gives up.

Whoever has the most money left wins a pink box containing the Evry Jewels product.

Views 167.5K Shares 43 Likes 8.9K

The topic can be almost anything. The creator has drafted TikTokers from 2020, Pixar characters, restaurant menu items, and sometimes uses their own product as well.

Even though the theme isn’t related to the brand, they also include something like a promotional code to purchase the products.

Why it works

  • It gives the content a game-like hook

The budget and bidding rules add a simple layer of gamification. Instead of just watching someone talk about a list, viewers can follow the competition and think about what they would bid on themselves.

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