[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by MartianMark

This is live television. The folks in charge didn't have time to dick around after they opened the envelope to figure out how things needed to unfold.

I would assume they were color coded to ensure they had the maximum amount of time between the choosing of the envelopes and then posing the right question.

But I agree, there was absolutely no reason to have them color coded at all other than to buy some more time being that this was all live.

But, again, there's no need to "dick around" at all if they had two questions ready for two different scenarios.

If they needed to "dick around" then obviously they weren't very well prepared, which then begs the question of why they'd bother with coloured envelopes if they're so sodding useless.

[MartianMark]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

But, again, there's no need to "dick around" at all if they had two questions ready for two different scenarios.

If they needed to "dick around" then obviously they weren't very well prepared, which then begs the question of why they'd bother with coloured envelopes if they're so sodding useless.

Yet again.... live television. (and since quotes seem to be flying around) "LIVE" television. Did you see how long it took them to open up those envelopes?? Using the colored envelopes gave production enough time to make absolutely 100% certain no mistakes were made.

I'm not saying this is a conspiracy theory. In the end they can can pose whatever question they want. Maybe they wanted Sam out b/c Chloe and Jack will bring in more phone calls.. who knows (or cares). All I'm saying is, in all likelihood, using a color coded system simply bought them an extra 60 sec's just to be absolutely certain no one screwed up since they have very little time after the reveal.