[newtobbuk]

Gotta disagree with the drift of the thread here, I'm afraid.

So far this looks like a complete debacle. He's over-acting and the producers' heavy-handedness with the gimmick seems like it's only increasing the odds that he'll be found out. Sallie has an instinct that he's off. They're lucky the public voted to have him let the newbies keep their bags, otherwise, if he'd done it again, his credibility could possibly be shattered.

When Sallie tried to confront him on this - his tactic was to run away. Doesn't seem like he'll do a good job of maintaining the deception if put to a sustained bit of scrutiny.

Will keep an open mind, but, so far, this seems like a terrible gimmick.