Exactly. They bent the rules so they could manufacture a more tense finish for drama's sake, they know 99% of contestants would deal a reasonable offer on that last pair, so they made sure of a box opening at any cost.

But they shouldn't have just played with human emotions like that, changing the rules at the end is just plain wrong.

Good for you. But some of us do and that's the entertainment we derive from it.

Yes, the players sign up to go on the show but sign up for Deal or No Deal with the rules set out as they know them, not for the carpet to be just pulled from under them. What happened at the end had never happened before and was not something PJ expected or thought was part of the show - it's like applying for Supermarket Sweep but ending up playing Mastermind.

Anyway, if they did do that to Hitler, I'm sure he wouldn't have stood for it. He took no crap, that man.

Doing that at the end isn't breaking the rules. The producer is said to be the banker and that means, the producer can do what he likes. Mess with the contestants mind! Offer what he wants!

But why is it fair that PJ didn't have a final offer when hundreds of other contestants did get one?

This reminds me of the banker's stupidly cruel tactics in Richard's game when he offered an extra £5,000 for Andrew, who had won £10 the day before!

I said this at the time and I'll say it again for this show - it may be produced by Endemol, but it does not mean they can bring in the psychological tactics that they use in Big Brother, for example!

Surely the banker's job is to offer as little money as possible to buy the contestant's box - where did the psychological games come into it?!

why are we all squabbling over this. It's jus a game SLIGHTLY altered. Im sure it won't happen again... Unless it's between 1p and £250,000

They do the swap at the end instead of the offer all the time on all the versions around the world. It's part of the show. You can tell that from the way PJ guessed what the banker was going to do.

It's very odd to get in a kind of moral panic about it. It's a game where people get money for nothing!

IMO that was the best game OF ALL TIME!

Enjoy the money PJ!

What's wrong with a bit of sympathy?

That was the most emotional game I've ever seen.



ITA.



ITD. I hated that, especially when it was one of the worst differences you could get.



There's two obvious sides to this.

1. Emotional. I think some forum members fell into that.
2. Entertaining. Yes, I could see it being an entertaining twist, but that was a bad time to do it though.
3. Angry. Sadly, people on this forum think that the show is deteriorating. This series isn't but Series 3 OMG Pink Neon lights



So...you must hate people then in other words, in this circumstance?



ITA. I understand that they should stick with the rules, but whats wrong with the odd twist?

Congrats PJ on £15,000.01!

Just watched PJ's game on More4 and I have to say....what a very strange game

Lots of unanswered questions come out of that game

What must the 9 other people who got 1p be thinking right now as they didn't get the offer that PJ got at the end in terms of having the consolation prize of whatever was in the viewers box? Why PJ and nobody else?

Is PJ a member of the 1p club or does the 15k save him from that distinction?

Very dubious game, in my opinion, and what happened right at the end must NEVER be repeated

I'm not criticising PJ here - I'm criticising the banker and Endemol! I feel very sorry for PJ - he didn't have a proper game.

Well, to be honest, I didn't particularly like PJ anyway, but even if I had, I understand that the point that the game should be manipulated to entertain the viewers and not necessarily to be kind to the players. The thing is, other than the initial "OMG what a *beep* that Banker is", there wasn't much entertainment there for me. Whatever happened after he turned down the swap was going to be crap.

If he'd won 1p (which he did) then obviously that would be rubbish.

If he'd won £75k then...well, it would be good for him, but would anyone have felt the same sort of excitement and happiness as when Lynne won it? He wouldn't have "earnt" it or anything...he just had no other option. It's just a slightly more elaborate version of getting someone to pick a box at the start and then giving them whatever's in that. I'm all for gambling and big wins but I want my players to "earn" their money...just as they should "earn" the chance to win a blue if they're going to gamble big offers. (I realise the word "earn" isn't really appropriate in a game like DOND where they don't really do anything to deserve any money at all, but you get what I mean.)

And to be honest, the £15k at the end just made it much worse for me. If they're going down the route of not offering any money at the end, then fine. I think that's a *beep* *beep* idea and I hate it, but if they feel the need to do it then OK. But they should at least have the balls to actually *beep* stick to that and not come up with some pathetic cop-out at the end. Either be really mean, or be fair...but have the guts to actually choose one of them and stick to it.

And then there's the usual complaint of it messing with the stats in terms of how many people are in the 1p club and whatever. I accept that the majority of viewers couldn't give a *beep* about that but it's a big part of the show for me and it annoys me when they mess with it...although they've never done so quite as majorly as tonight. If I carry on watching the show and keeping track of the stats etc. then I think I might just pretend PJ's game was never aired, like Amanda's...

Welldone PJ, enjoy the money.

Ok..im not really sure what to think..

Is he the 10th member of the 1p club????

Well done PJ.

...Oh dear. He swapped away the £75,000...

I liked the twist at the end. It reminded me of the game where the banker offered £5,000 for Andrew the blind guy, then the next offer was a blank £5,000 cheque, which it's rumoured that the player didn't give to Andrew.

Sure, this 6th offer Swap was cruel, but then it was all made up with the £15,000 viewer box. Even if it were £1,000 in the viewers box, I'd still be happy. I mean, 10th member of the club (I love the 1p club) and a grand. I definitely wouldn't complain. So £15,000 + 1p, I'd be ecstatic.

Well done PJ. Painful but awesome game!

ITA why bother swapping in the first place? It leaves a cloud hanging over the game. And this game was a bit messy like Ned, Rich etc.

Because it was his lucky number (understandibly) but it just didn't have enough today.

sorry , i know why he swapped but why didn't he open box 19 straight away?

DO YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING ELSE?!

Stating the obvious, he may not have wanted to, and he said he was scared just in case it was a big number.

I'm not too sure what to make of that game. It made great viewing, but the swap at the end was a bit odd. At least PJ got £15,000 from the competition, anyway.