Big Brother All Stars Scandal – Will There Be A Do Over For The HOH Competition?
Not since American Idol showed the incorrect phone numbers has there been a bigger scandal in a reality TV competition than what happened on the most recent episode of Big Brother All Stars. The live head of household competition contained some apparent technical malfunctions that likely changed the entire outcome of the game. The head of household competition challenged houseguests to answer a series of questions about a séance that they had held. To answer the questions, the houseguests hit a true or false button that illuminated a true or false sign in front of them. Any houseguest who answered the question incorrectly was eliminated from the game. If all houseguests answered the question correctly, then the last houseguest to buzz in was eliminated from the game.
The first technical malfunction occurred after Julie Chen asked the question “True or False, Bunky was sure that Will could treat snake bites.” Erika, Howie, James, and Will all answered the question correctly as false, and Janelle answered the question incorrectly as True. Even though Mike Boogie could be seen hitting a button, neither the true nor false sign lit up in front of him. Julie Chen did not appear to notice that Mike Boogie had no answer displayed and just eliminated Janelle from the game.
The second technical malfunction occurred after Julie Chen asked the question “True or False, the black knight was stolen by Eric.” James, Will, Mike, and Erika all hit their buttons and their signs for the correct answer true lit up. Even though Howie Gordon could clearly be seen hitting a button, neither the true nor false sign lit up in front of him. However, this time Julie Chen noticed and asked Howie for an answer. Howie again hit the button and the correct true sign lit up.
But because everyone had the question answered correctly, Julie eliminated Howie from the game for being the last to answer. Howie protested “I hit it,” but Julie either did not hear him or ignored his protest. As Howie left, James could be heard saying “I had to hit mine twice too, Howie.” If Howie’s sign had illuminated the first time that he hit the button, then it’s likely that Dr. Will or James would have been the one eliminated from the competition. Dr. Will appeared to be the last one to hit his button, but James also apparently suffered from a technical malfunction and his sign did not light until what appeared to be the second time he hit his button.
Should the head of household be redone? Big Brother might be able to say that Howie hit the button incorrectly and it was his own fault that his sign did not light up, except for the fact that Mike Boogie was allowed to stay in the game when his sign did not light up. Please post your opinion below on if you think there should be a do over for the head of household competition.
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