For the sake of comparison I recall precisely zero people here making an issue over the fact that a team can pull up just short in the Hollywood Game Night end game and win $9,000. [If I'm remembering things right, The Hollywood Game from 1992 or '93 also offered a $25,000 grand prize but also had $1,000 per picture if some were left unsolved. So that's a little fun synergy there.]
I don't particularly care too much because it isn't my money but I do think there's a threshold where you say "Yup, that's acceptable consolation money" and then you jump over into "Nope, that's just too darn much," and I think five figures falls into the latter. On the other side of the ledger is the fact that there's no main game money on lots of these shows--what would be thought of as the bonus game is where you get paid at all.