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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:22 pm
A messed up buzzer wouldn't explain Janelle choosing the wrong answer. This is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as Julie Chen spending all of Kaysar's exit interview trying to get him angry at James instead of asking about Kaysar's experience.
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Tuzza
Member
08-19-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:22 pm
I don't really understand how anyone here, fan of S6 or not, can say that the first competition was fair and square EXCEPT for Howie's button. You all could tell each time exactly who pushed their button last? You saw for certain that all other buzzers rang and lit up in precise order of being pushed? How could CBS not re-do a competition that blatantly showed mechanical errors? Just because you saw certain errors doesn't mean they were the only errors, it means the system had a flaw in it and all should be given another fair shot. I sincerely doubt they were sitting in a room thinking up what ways can we piss off the part of America that hates Janelle tonight.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:23 pm
Yes, there were more difficulties than just Howie in the first comp. Boogie's light didn't even go on at one point, yet he was allowed to stay in the game.
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:23 pm
And if someone complains now? That's what I would do if I were in the house -- whine like Howie did and see if they do it again...and again...and again. But then, they'd just keep doing it until Janelle won again -- so really, what's the use?
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Luvscoutii
Member
07-21-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:25 pm
What do you say that What?
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:25 pm
I don't see this being fixed. I just don't. The fact some people don't like the outcome is proof that BB probably wouldn't have wanted to fix it that way. Fixing game shows is also illegal, and there are probably about 20 network lawyers right now from Standards and Practices in the BB offices, calling every single shot. They swept in the minute the first contest went wrong. There is no earthly way this was fixed. Just because you don't like the outcome doesn't mean it was. You just can't fix a network game show in America anymore. Too many lawyers. And you bet they're crawling all over Shapiro tonight.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:25 pm
Going by history, it was an odds on favorite that Janie might win. She'd already won 40 % of all the previous HOH competitions. With a batting average like that, she didn't need it to be "fixed".
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Mpjr
Member
09-01-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:26 pm
Wow, what a fix (IMO).... I have no desire to watch this program anymore. Why don't they just skip all the baloney and just give Janelle the check. I find this whole thing very suspicious.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:28 pm
Again, Janelle didn't suffer from a slow buzzer. She gave the wrong answer. Why on earth was she not sitting on the sidelines? Because the producers feared Janelle fans would be foaming at the mouth if she wasn't given a second chance at it.
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Luvscoutii
Member
07-21-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:28 pm
What would be suspicious is if they didn't re-do the game. They had to give everyone a chance at it if they re-did it. They couldn't just say we're only re-doing half of it.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:29 pm
No, because the only way to have a fair competition is to start it from the beginning. Janelle could have claimed that the funky buzzers threw her off her game and caused her to give the wrong answers. She'd have a case.
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Aus10
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:30 pm
In this era of the instant replay there was absolutely no reason to do the whole competetion over again other than to give it to Janie. All they needed to do was rewind in slo-mo and get the correct winner. This has become a farce of epic proportion.........
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:31 pm
They could certainly have redone it from the point where Howie's buzzer screwed up, if indeed it was the buzzer's fault and not just Howie's hand hitting it funny. How would that have been unfair? George's buzzer worked, but he was just too slow. Janelle got her answer flat-out wrong. Pick the game up where the malfunction occurred.
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Tuzza
Member
08-19-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:32 pm
I am really shocked at how such a large cross-section of America really has it in their heads that this was rigged tonight ONLY because Janie won. It makes me want to research and write a thesis. I can't recall seeing this much passion (love and hate) brought out over a tv person
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:33 pm
Curlyq, because no one can prove that the malfunction wasn't happening earlier in the game, undetected. And as for instant replay, there were no cameras on their fingers that I know of, so that is not helpful here. I agree, Tuzza. It's puzzling. Yet no one seems to care about Diebold voting machines leaving no paper trail in presidential elections. Sad.
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Aabeepbeep
Member
01-27-2006
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:33 pm
Also remember the coup, this could be to Janelles disadvantage somehow, just depending on exactly how it works.
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:34 pm
That is the most logical thing to do, Curlyq. Just not allow anyone who had given a wrong answer and thus eliminated themselves for no technical reason to be out of it. But the reason they could not do that is because then Janelle could not have won.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:35 pm
You guys would not make good network lawyers.
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Aus10
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:36 pm
My TIVO has instant replay in slo-mo....and CBS can't just rewind the tape....heck....I can tell the order in which they hit the buttons..... It was very do-able......
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:37 pm
what a load of crap!! the servers have been out here where I live. This is a scam. I said there would be a MIRACLE that would ensure Janelle's win. Here we go...... Every other questionable comp has stood, as is. Why is this one different? This infuriates me. PURE scam! Janelle was already OUT of the comp when Howie had the problem. Janelle hit the wrong answer...that isnt a tech difficulty.
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Hiyall
Member
07-06-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:39 pm
LOL @ Bastable 
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Bluefield
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:40 pm
I love it. The pink palace is back and the bad guys didn't get to win. I knew BB wouldn't let go of their reining princess.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:41 pm
Wow, you <el> really don't get it. The question where Janelle went out Boogie's lights didn't work, and had he answered incorrectly, he too should have been gone. So that shows that there were more problems than just Howie's buzzer. Other HGs could say that they hit their buzzer but the signal went too slow and they were eliminated. Or that they had to hit it twice. I'm guessing CBS also had techs try out the buzzers and found that there were problems (again, both Boogie and Howie suffered non-functioning lights.) This wasn't a redo so Janelle could win, it was a redo to prevent a lawsuit from whichever HG is evicted this week. They showed the HGs the video, and they all saw Boogie's didn't work too, so that brought the whole thing into question. While I was watching HOH, I thought Erica was going to win it again...she's good at these questions just like Janelle. To me, it doesn't matter who won, only that the competition was fair. Boogie advanced although he had no answer, and Howie was eliminated because his light didn't work. I'm sorry, but that's not fair. I hated Cappy last year, and had it been him instead of Howie (or Janelle) I'd feel the same way. Put yourself in Howie's place. You'd feel the same way. What if Howie had been evicted? Janelle has now won 5 HOHs in 2 years, and 2 vetos this year (did she win any last year?) <el>
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:41 pm
You got it right, Bluefield -- most of us also guessed that Janelle would win as soon as we heard it was being replayed.
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Mpjr
Member
09-01-2005
| Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 11:43 pm
I find it suspicious because there have been other situations where malfunctions have been apparent and yet they never felt the need for a do-over. I'm not interested in debating fairness as frankly it's subjective. I just have an opinion. Whether Janelle wins or not, I could care less. I don't care who wins because it's not me and I have nothing vested in it other than for entertainment value, which has been waning anyway. <el>
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