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Did Jeff open the door?

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Hobbs
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08-05-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 6:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Last night Jeff told the Survivor's that (paraphrasing) "As of now, you are no longer contractually committed to CBS." They could argue that Jeff was an agent of CBS and the production company and were told by that agent that the contract was broken. They could go and write the tell-all books we've all wanted to see. Just a thought.

Demeter
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08-05-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I missed the first 10 minutes of the show, so I don't know exactly how the interaction went.

However, I would imagine the production company's attorneys would say "that option was for this show only, meaning if you want to leave, leave"...because Jeff doesn't have the power to act as agent overall.

Upstate
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01-16-2004

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i believe jeff said the requirement of being at that show was now over.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yup, I agree with Upstate. All he was saying is that they didn't need to stay for that hour. No way were they going to be aloud to do tell alls. BTW - I read that this time their contracts are much shorter. They aren't obligated to CBS for years, only a few months past today.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think alot of this came about because of the flack caused by Jerri's interview with tv guide. It sounded to me like Jeff was saying tv guide had passed on a remark from one contestant that if it wasn't for a contract, they wouldn't have even shown up for last Sunday's show. He was pointing out that since they didn't even know about last night's show until last Sunday, it wasn't part of the original contract and therefore they could leave at anytime if they truly felt that way. I think his point was to clarify and set straight a few lies (or exagerations) that had been said by Jerri in her interview.

You can't blame the guy. While I truly felt for Jerri last week ~ I found the audience incredibly rude ~ I now have to wonder if she doesn't relish the attention and continued publicity she will receive from all this.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 1:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmmmmm I thought Jeff was incredibly rude to Jerri. The little lecture about "does anyone want to leave" and "you arent under contractual agreement" was terse, to say the least. Then to say "okay, I dont want to hear anymore about it then" seemed to point a finger right at Jerri.
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Maybe it is just me, but I thought it was very rude of Jeff. The audience was a little rowdy at the Last TC show and Jeff should have had more control, in my opinion. Instead, Jeff was getting them even MORE riled.

I think this whole last episode of Voting the Favourite Survivor was a setup. They had to figure out a way to give Rupert a prize for being on TWO backtoback seasons. As Rupert was someone who was most current in people's minds he was a shoo in to win. Everyone there knew it, Rob even SAID IT. Why even bother pretending it was legitimate??

Yeah, Rupert hollared in Victory and didnt look surprised. His wife didnt look that surprised either and only shed one or two tears. Mostly she just stood smiling...not the reaction of someone who is shocked and happy.

I feel sorry for the other contestants who had to sit thru this. Surely none of them thought they had a chance at a million when their seasons were so long ago?? The public has a very short memory. The RUPERT show was last season and he was final five in THIS season. There is no way he wouldnt have gotten the most votes. Set up.

I was surprised though......38 million votes in four days?? and American Idol can get 28 million in TWO hours. Interesting eh?? Wonder what the ratings were like for the last show?



Dahli
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11-27-2000

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep I agree, big surprise NOT!!
Watching him through the show it was like a huge 'hurry up and give me my check' grin was plastered on his face all night... blech!

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL I would think that maybe a few people, besides Jerri, stated that they didnt want to even be there.

Maybe that is why Jeff seemed snitty and wanted to stop any contestant 'walkouts' after the FOUR possible winners were announced. I rewatched the episode and the LOOKS on some of the Allstar faces!! Bored....Rolling eyes etc.

(I noticed MB himself was in the front row)

Serate
Member

08-21-2001

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"I was surprised though......38 million votes in four days?? and American Idol can get 28 million in TWO hours. Interesting eh??"

My take on the voting:

Alot of people complained because it was internet voting, not just dialing the phone like AI. Not everybody has internet that watched ASS. It's a heck of alot faster to just hang up then hit redial for AI than it was postig votes on the internet. And I think it's possible that those who didn't already have their favorites wanted to wait until the videos were up on CBS.com to see who said what. I know if it was voting like AI that I would have voted for Rupert hours on end. As it was I only ended up voting 30 or so times - but not all back to back.



Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 2:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, older people who have neither cells phones nor internet access complained they couldn't vote. Um...someone here at the site said she was going to vote for her Mum because of this problem.