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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:45 pm
Darclyte nailed it: "The question where Janelle went out Boogie's lights didn't work, and had he answered incorrectly, he too should have been gone."
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Hiyall
Member
07-06-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:47 pm
The only way it could be fair was to do the whole thing over. I heard someone say on here somewhere that other comps have been redone we just didn't see them. We had to be told about this one because when we watched the lf or tuned in Sunday we would wonder what the heck happened. I think it was fair to give EVERYONE the chance to replay..and I would say that even if someone I strongly disliked won it.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:47 pm
I'm with those that say this development stinks to high heaven. The ones who got questions actually wrong should not have been allowed to participate in the redone HOH competition. Give Howie another opportunity to win because of the malfunction while keeping those who obviously lost out. If I were the other HG's I would be extremely pissed off. Like Mpjr, why not skip the rest of the few weeks left and give Janelle the money? That's what it seems like they want to do anyway. This whole situation reeks.
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Caramella
Member
07-20-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:48 pm
Hmmm, I don't know, but I can see where others are coming from. if it was Howie who had the issue with his button, and Janelle was already eliminated from the game..why was she and the other eliminated contestants allowed to compete? I've been feeling ever since last season that there has been a fix in for Janelle. She may not have won, but she made it pretty close, and she won quite a few of the POVs, as well as the Luxury challenges. Sure, fans possibly voted for her, but even if they hadn't...I can't help but feel she still would've won. Janelle has benefitted more than any other contestant within the last two seasons. I guess Shapiro got what he wanted, now he knows for sure she won't be leaving this week. since things didn't work out like they wanted last season, looks like "the powers that be" are making sure she gets to the final 2.
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Aus10
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:48 pm
Reeks like Marcie's robe!
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Jeanmarie
Member
05-15-2006
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:50 pm
Things were fine when it looked like they were ready to hand the game to Dani. Thats just too bad. If they want to give Janie the money now fine, but I really think Will's going to win. That's fine too, Will is great.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:51 pm
Exactly Bast. Boogie's malfunction calls into question the entire process as it clearly shows that there were at least 2 separate problems...which could lead to HGs whining that they too somehow got screwed by a mechanical malfunction, or bad wiring, which caused their answer to come in last. The A/B process, while not as exciting as slamming a buzzer, at least is fair...unless what Danielle said was true (that you can hear the player next to you turn the wheel, and only one answer (a?) requires the wheel to be turned.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:52 pm
Anyone who got a question wrong the first time got it wrong in a faulty competition. You can't throw out a competition but keep some of the results from it! Makes no sense.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:54 pm
Bastable, CBS/BB Producers can do whatever they want with this show; it's not classified as a game show nor subject to those laws.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:56 pm
Sorry, but that's not so. It's subject to CBS standards and practices because it's on the CBS network. They're also giving prize money. Makes it a game show. If you remember, Stacey in season one of Survivor tried to sue CBS for rigging that show because it too was a game show, and she accused producers of rigging the outcome.
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Aus10
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:56 pm
This year the SAT's were scored wrong electronically at certain tests site's. They went through and hand-checked so that the correct outcome was processed. But I can guarantee that a wrong answer was still a wrong answer. Since when did everything in life become fair and a do-over?
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Luvscoutii
Member
07-21-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:57 pm
There is still the Coup D'etait which can overthrow the HOH at any moment so anyone who had the HOH this week isn't safe.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:01 am
The earlier comp was flawed, now we pick up where we should have started 6 housrs ago. We, the viewers can't make the rules. We cannot control the game. We can only watch. We are powerless viewers. That is our role. I want banner planes !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we can mess with the HG's.
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:01 am
But lkuvscout, it is a safe bet that Janelle will win that as well. None of us knows what the real answer is -- we will have to depend on BB to tell us and we will simply have to accept whomever they tell us wins it.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:02 am
"Since when did everything in life become fair and a do-over?" Uh...this wasn't "everything in life"....it was one obviously screwed up competition on a reality show.
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Ch3j0r
Member
07-21-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:04 am
LOL...BB saves the season 
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Hiyall
Member
07-06-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:05 am
And if Janelle does NOT win, is it still a fixed game? I just don't understand the reasoning behind this theory I guess. Is it only fixed if Janelle wins something?
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Tobor7
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:05 am
I am not concerned in any way.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:05 am
Agreed, San.
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Aus10
Member
09-28-2000
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:05 am
"Uh...this wasn't "everything in life"....it was one obviously screwed up competition on a reality show." True this, but around here tonight, it looks like it's the only life we've got. LOL (And why am I sounding like Yoda?)
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:06 am
<Insert joke about the Jedi influence here>
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:06 am
What I also fine questionable is how, in seasons pasts, there have been obvious HOH malfunctions but the comp wasn't redone. This time it's redone AND Janelle wins? Like Mpjr, I find the whole situation suspicous. If Danielle has won the Coup D'Etat and over throws Janelle's nominations are people going to accept that? Or, are they going to scream that Janelle is getting screwed too? I'll still watch, of course. But, with a suspicous eye from now on.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:07 am
Dingo's Hamsterwatch is going to have a field day with this one. She's always going on about conspiracies and scripting.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:08 am
Aus, I have a vey limited life. For the summer this is it.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Friday, August 11, 2006 - 12:09 am
The point is not that Janie got an answer wrong and got to play again. The point is that everyone who was eliminated before her DUE TO TIMING ON THEIR BUZZERS had a right to a chance to play again because of faulty equipment. The only fair way to do it, as you can not predict how it would have changed the game had one person gone out over another, is to re-do the entire thing. Janie got lucky. So did Will. They had wrong answers and still got the chance to try again. In order to be fair to the majority, that's how it had to work. Everyone had the chance to play again. I'm not sure how that equates to it being rigged in Janelle's favor or unfair to everyone else. She's good at these games but everyone had the same opportunity that she did. I just don't get why that translates to it being rigged. Predictable maybe but not rigged.
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