I think it was handed really fairly. Originally I think thought they should have said to Massimo "are you happy with the amount that was found in the opened box?" but on second thoughts, that's not very fair. I think the production team, and Noel himself did a really good job, so fair play to them.

Also you are right, the numbered boxes could have been changed. It looked like that the numbers the contestants chose for the 2nd time were not allocated fairly that way.

I have to agree the handling from the production crew and from Noel was good, especially in the way it happened.

I've been told that box 4 did originally have the £250,000, but from that photo, it doesn't look like it. It's very confusing.

It seems to me that they weren't actually planning to show the box-falling incident on TV - immediately afterwards Noel started talking as if the previous box had just been opened (the one that was meant to be!), and there was no reference to it at all for the rest of the game. So the contestants were given the same numbered boxes so they could edit it and pretend nothing had happened. Obviously they eventually decided it would be best to show it all.

i think massimo knew what were in the boxes, so they did that incident so he could do badly...

Felt so sorry for Mass today - what hapened did they change to amounts in the boxes? they just carried on and didn't really say anything an explanation would of been nice. What a fantastic show and what a great forum thanks. Do you ever get postings fromt eh Banker or Noel??

Do you think so? Blimey

scandal at DOND

I think it was purely an accident...... maybe I'm naive

You all seem to be having a problem with the seal coming off, but it's really quite simple. We've been told that Tom got a bit excited and ended up knocking his box up in the air (which explains how it got over the wooden lip). Just like toast always falls butter side down, it's most likely that the box would have fallen top down. The seal sticks up over the top, so when it hit the floor the whole weight of the box would have been pushing on the seal. I'm sure that that would be enough to break the seal.

Can't believe they use butter to seal em, tsk, how silly.

That was the strangest thing I found about tonights show.


I suppose if I was there, had a bad start and that incident happened I'd of demanded to restart the game. The producers couldn't have denied him that choice either surely.

i feel a tad guilty if i was tom as he was doing so well unitl the incident,

but it happened, life is life

I think they could have denied that, actually. Otherwise, whenever a player has a bad game, it could all be wiped out by one of the box-openers, ahem, accidentally opening their box before they were supposed to.

And I wouldn't want to restart a game and sacrifice a board like that, that's for sure.

Oh, I just watched the clip again, and one of the woman told Mass that his box would stay the same. I thought they reshuffled his box too.

EDIT: Noel says that his box is gunna change, then the woman says it's not, then it gets taken away. Silly woman.

What a shame for Massimo - I think the whole box thing ruined his game, I was sure we were on for a good one until then. Still, he did the right thing by shocking everyone and dealing at £7400 - I think I'd have carried on (though possibly not right to the end and gamble at £500 v £15000).

On the tumbling box thing, I think they did the right thing by re-distributing the amounts, but like others have said, it would've been fairer if the remaining contestants had to pick a new box. Then again, it's clear they originally didn't intend to show the crew bit, and it looks like they put the same numbers back for continuity.

I'd be interested to know what Massimo's comment of "That's a lovely gesture, thanks" was about during his off-screen chat with Noel. That part doesn't fit in with the visual of the boxes coming back, and it didn't sound to be in context with the rest of what Noel was saying......

Cheers

Michael

i dont think mass cheated or why did 75k go?
i think tom did do it on purpose though because if you listen to the vid on high volume when 10p is revealed you can hear a strip opening and a little later you hear a quiet bang
i'm not sure what was in it. i think it was the 100k or 250k though
i feel sad for mass after such a good game. if that hadn't have happened he would have about 24k in his grasps in an offer

Why on earth would Tom do it on purpose It serves no purpose and effectively completely changed Massimo's game when it was going really well.

There's no certainty that Massimo would have had a 24K offer if the accident happened or not!

It was frustrating that it happened but I think (imho) it was dealt with in the best possible way!

I was totally gutted for Mass when it went wrong with that box. He was on such a roll, and it really changed it for him. I wanted to go and give him a huge hug.