Did anybody actually won those cars offered on 5th gear?

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by 911GT1

It's not a lottery mate if you know how the industry works. I happend to know that, and the usual practice for ppl in our industry (regardless where you are) to award the prize to the person who text the most number of correct answer.

I HIGHLY doubt it's like that, at least with Fifth Gear's competition. I mean if it were, what would be the point of the average Joe entering?

And I'm happy that we don't have those kinda retarded pay-to-enter and answer a question competitions here. Everything is mostly be the XXth caller to win or to be entered to win on the big prizes.

[bone]

Originally Posted by enzojr

Maybe in the next season, they'll get rid of the office studio setting, get Tiff to powerslide more, ditch stupid segments like making money off auctions, and get rid of Jon Bentley

i don't think they should abandon those "stupid" segments. i think most of them are quite informative, and if they don't do those, they just can continue reviewing cars, the sames ones as top gear. and top gear does a better job at that. so i say fifth gear is just great as it is (except the studio comments)

[Scud]

Well the FG studio segments are alot better then TG scrippted acting in the news and everywere else.

FG is more real.

[bone]

Originally Posted by Scud

Well the FG studio segments are alot better then TG scrippted acting in the news and everywere else.

FG is more real.

more real, but less interesting and much more predictable. most of the time i can say in advance what their comments will be

[911GT1]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I HIGHLY doubt it's like that, at least with Fifth Gear's competition. I mean if it were, what would be the point of the average Joe entering?

And I'm happy that we don't have those kinda retarded pay-to-enter and answer a question competitions here. Everything is mostly be the XXth caller to win or to be entered to win on the big prizes.

Unfortunately bond, it does work that way. I've been in the industry for about 2 years now and it's a common practice. The average joe are not going to text at every single program, it's the 10% who knows how it works are the ones who are generating revenues. These bunch text like crazy over the contest period. I've personally seen guys who texts more than 1200 messeges to win one of our client contest which offers the new SLK200 Kompressor as the grand prize. And considering a brand new SLK here cost about USD$120k it's pretty good investment.

[Worm]

Originally Posted by enzojr

Perhaps this has already been discussed before, but I highly suspect the Five TV people frequent this board. Before we were all complaining about how VBH isn't quite consistent enough with her shootouts, and 2 weeks later, no one has been doing the shootouts except Tiff. And just a few weeks before we became sceptical of the prizes, and in this episode they announce the winners just to settle the record.

Maybe in the next season, they'll get rid of the office studio setting, get Tiff to powerslide more, ditch stupid segments like making money off auctions, and get rid of Jon Bentley

Im pretty sure the eps are thought out and filmed well before they are released... But it would be wise on there part to frequent these forums, and im sure they do it... what else are the FG peeps in the background doing at there desks ......

I can just imagine Vickis face when she was reading the topic about her "tits" in the general discussion

[ryosuke]

Originally Posted by 911GT1

Unfortunately bond, it does work that way. I've been in the industry for about 2 years now and it's a common practice. The average joe are not going to text at every single program, it's the 10% who knows how it works are the ones who are generating revenues. These bunch text like crazy over the contest period. I've personally seen guys who texts more than 1200 messeges to win one of our client contest which offers the new SLK200 Kompressor as the grand prize. And considering a brand new SLK here cost about USD$120k it's pretty good investment.

it might be the case in your company, but that does not mean its the case everywhere. if that info was to become public, average joe wouldn't enter any more and the income from it would decrease. average joe might not enter every competition, but 50.000 texting once generate more than 500 texting a thousand times...and in a lot of countries, there are sharp regulations on lotteries. i can't believe such a system would be allowed in germany for example.

[smtk]

Hey i was just over pistionheads and the winner of the porsche 944 drop top is there kool huh

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...&f=48&t=234213

plus the lady who used to own it

[Mcmerc SLR]

The red DB7 they gave away was for sale on ebay about a month ago, looks like whoever won it couldn’t insure it!!

[Orange1984]

I find funny that the answer is always the 1st question every week