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Title: Stupid Millionaire Question
Post by: TroubadourNando on October 12, 2008, 05:44:37 PM

This has been bugging me since I began watching GSN's reruns regularly recently. Why would Regis sometimes announce the names of only nine new contestants at the end of a show instead of the normal ten?

This is probably something very obvious that I'm missing...

Title: Stupid Millionaire Question
Post by: SRIV94 on October 12, 2008, 05:50:47 PM

[quote name=\'TroubadourNando\' post=\'199491\' date=\'Oct 12 2008, 04:44 PM\']
This has been bugging me since I began watching GSN's reruns regularly recently. Why would Regis sometimes announce the names of only nine new contestants at the end of a show instead of the normal ten?
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I don't know for sure, but I could make a couple of logical guesses.  Either one of the players booked couldn't get in to NY (and they were unable to find a replacement), or there were questions with a contestant's potential eligibility (and they were unable to find a replacement).

Title: Stupid Millionaire Question
Post by: parliboy on October 12, 2008, 06:03:40 PM

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'199492\' date=\'Oct 12 2008, 04:50 PM\']I don't know for sure, but I could make a couple of logical guesses.  Either one of the players booked couldn't get in to NY (and they were unable to find a replacement), or there were questions with a contestant's potential eligibility (and they were unable to find a replacement). [/quote]The latter of which happened at least once when a contestant was also a candidate for public office.

Title: Stupid Millionaire Question
Post by: TroubadourNando on October 12, 2008, 07:38:55 PM

[quote name=\'parliboy\' post=\'199493\' date=\'Oct 12 2008, 06:03 PM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'199492\' date=\'Oct 12 2008, 04:50 PM\']I don't know for sure, but I could make a couple of logical guesses.  Either one of the players booked couldn't get in to NY (and they were unable to find a replacement), or there were questions with a contestant's potential eligibility (and they were unable to find a replacement). [/quote]The latter of which happened at least once when a contestant was also a candidate for public office.
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That's probably it, although, it must mean they had such problems quite often, as I see nine-contestant episodes on GSN quite regularly...