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There actually is a precedent for this type of accommodation. After Vicky Smith was unavailable for the Series 39 finals, she was invited back for the Series 40 finals instead.Zubair Patel wrote:Hopefully she can make the finals of the next series
Presumably there'll only be seven slots, unless the top 8 are all octochamps and beat her total.Tim Down wrote:What happens to the 8th seed of the next series?
Yeah, that's what I predict too. If Richard Hayward hangs on for 4 more games and becomes an octochamp with a lower total than Annie, he'll just be introduced as the #2 seed, and so on.Gavin Chipper wrote:Presumably there'll only be seven slots, unless the top 8 are all octochamps and beat her total.Tim Down wrote:What happens to the 8th seed of the next series?
Very harsh on the person that finishes 8th then, especially if it is a series with more episodes due to less horses.Gavin Chipper wrote:Presumably there'll only be seven slots, unless the top 8 are all octochamps and beat her total.Tim Down wrote:What happens to the 8th seed of the next series?
Yeah - would be good to see Dave Costello on the show againTim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
Guess so. I don't think I've seen any. I wasn't entirely serious about the special anyway, although I was about the rest.Johnny Canuck wrote:What do you get if you win a special, anyway? Just bragging rights?
I kind of agree, but the number of wins/points required to get to the quarter finals is very variable anyway. So while it's arguably unfair on the number 8 seed, the chances are that there would be other series that they wouldn't have made the quarter final of anyway based on their wins/points. There's only been one series with eight octochamps, and in every other series, the number 8 seed could have found themselves up against that and not made it anyway.Tim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
There was a series where a contestant who could make finals was fast-tracked into the next series, but had to play off against the no 8 seed. I'm sure JC (or someone else) will be quick to tell us which one it was.Tim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
James Laverty wrote:There was a series where a contestant who couldn't make the finals was fast-tracked into the next series, but had to play off against the no 8 seed. I'm sure JC (or someone else) will be quick to tell us which one it was.Tim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
Fiona Davies, who was good enough to be the #5 seed in Series 24, was pitted against the standard #8 seed from the same series, Maureen Grabham, to earn the title of #8 seed. This effectively made the playoff #5 vs #9.James Laverty wrote:James Laverty wrote:There was a series where a contestant who couldn't make the finals was fast-tracked into the next series, but had to play off against the no 8 seed. I'm sure JC (or someone else) will be quick to tell us which one it was.Tim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
Inclined to agree when it's due to personal choice. If you were say... in surgery, at the time though. Then I don't think I'd be as in agreement.Tim Down wrote:It's a real shame Annie couldn't make it but my view is that if you can't make the recording of your series final then it should just be tough bananas because it's not fair on contestants on the next series to accommodate you. It'd be better to invite her back for some kind of special. Maybe against someone who narrowly lost an exciting quarter-final in series 74, for example.
Back in Richard whiteley's time, they gave vouchers. Dunno if they still do. Course it's been ages since the last special with Graham Nash and John BrackstoneJohnny Canuck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:55 am What do you get if you win a special, anyway? Just bragging rights?
In the earlier specials, it was actually said on the show to be £50, but when I did mine it was changed to "an envelope stuffed full of vouchers", but it was still £50 that they actually gave...Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:12 amBack in Richard whiteley's time, they gave vouchers. Dunno if they still do. Course it's been ages since the last special with Graham Nash and John BrackstoneJohnny Canuck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:55 am What do you get if you win a special, anyway? Just bragging rights?
Really???????James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:49 pmIn the earlier specials, it was actually said on the show to be £50, but when I did mine it was changed to "an envelope stuffed full of vouchers", but it was still £50 that they actually gave...Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:12 amBack in Richard whiteley's time, they gave vouchers. Dunno if they still do. Course it's been ages since the last special with Graham Nash and John BrackstoneJohnny Canuck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:55 am What do you get if you win a special, anyway? Just bragging rights?
Yes, although I still never got my original teapot which Richard Whiteley promised me, because I believe there was a problem with making them at the Wensleydale factory at the time the recording was done.Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:15 pmReally???????James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:49 pmIn the earlier specials, it was actually said on the show to be £50, but when I did mine it was changed to "an envelope stuffed full of vouchers", but it was still £50 that they actually gave...Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:12 am
Back in Richard whiteley's time, they gave vouchers. Dunno if they still do. Course it's been ages since the last special with Graham Nash and John Brackstone
The teapot used to be yellow? CoolJames Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:59 pmYes, although I still never got my original teapot which Richard Whiteley promised me, because I believe there was a problem with making them at the Wensleydale factory at the time the recording was done.Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:15 pmReally???????James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:49 pm
In the earlier specials, it was actually said on the show to be £50, but when I did mine it was changed to "an envelope stuffed full of vouchers", but it was still £50 that they actually gave...
So, I should be one of probably a very limited group of people to have the original yellow teapot and the current blue teapot.