1. Normally contestants would be gonged by Red Symons well before they finished their performance. 2. No prize was awarded if all of the acts on a particular episode were gonged . 3. If they failed to answer all the questions, they would subsequently be gonged off the stage. 4. Under her ear lobes a couple of miniature temple bells gonged lightly in the breeze . ") 5. "He's a guy that's not going to just sit in there and get gonged . 6. Going into Wednesday night, the only Pagong who hasn't been gonged is Colleen, a favorite of male viewers. 7. Trying hard to sound bad, the band was " gonged " quickly, but had achieved its goal of national TV exposure. 8. Better yet, a real grandfather clock whose pendulum tocked off each second of our days and gonged on the half-hour and hour? 9. When an act was on the verge of being gonged , the laughter and anticipation built as the judges patiently waited to deliver the strike. 10. Some acts were so bad that they were " Gang-Gonged ", with two or even all three judges striking the gong at once.