It might actually be a very thoughtful and clever way to eliminate guesses from the audience responses. If everyone in the audience follows this, a lot of noise in the 50-50 responses can be eliminated, leaving with more meaningful results and skewing them towards a correct answer.
Voting for the answer that isn't available is actually extremely intelligent. They had no idea what it was so they didn't want to just simply guess and influence the poll.
@@occono3543 From what I've read, apparently so. Also in the UK, the audience were able to vote at any point once the question was revealed. Sometimes they would show the contestant's friend voting and the host would also sometimes inform the contestant of how the audience voted after they declared their final answer. I assume the keypads would reset after a 50:50 tho
@@AutoUnder I guess this is a common incorrect assumption than because I'm not the only one who thought they had to vote. Most of the time there's 3 percent for the stupidest answers, even if it's removed after a 50 50 haha. It just blows my mind the votes some people gave... You'd think there'd be some zero votes more often.
As I saw in an episode of who wants to be a milionaire in UK, the audience can vote before that the lifeline is required so that 1% voted before the 50:50 was used.
Ca. 2 years ago, I sat in the Audience of WWTBAM in Austria (called "Die Millionenshow"), and the contestant there used the 50/50 and then "Ask the Audience", too. And 25 percent voted for an answer who was eliminated by 50/50 before xD I'm lucky, that I voted for the right answer.
Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Alright! Who picked C? I need an explanation right now! (Some person: I did!) ARGH! Seriously! Why would you do that? You already know that there's only two possible answers remaining. (Some person: I did not know that David used the 50:50 before Ask the Audience.) You did not hear Regis's instruction. He wants you to pick either B or D, because they are the only choices remaining. (Some person: Oops! Sorry about that!) Darn it! I knew it! That's it! Leave the WWTBAM studios before I sue you. (Some person: Argh fine! Whatever you say!) Argh, why always me?
Jason Alexander had a better one on his $500k question. He 50:50'ed and then polled the audience. Audience had A & C to choose from.... yet still 5% of the audience picked B or D!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Alexander wanted to meet to folks, that voted B & D, outside after that
@Adamjeff911 No... cause then you get a number like .000001%, which rounds to zero. Therefore in order to get %1 on the chart, at least .5% of the people had to vote for that answer.
there is more than 100 people in the aduiance im pretty sure...so that means to get the 1% more than one person did it. But that is true, to avoid giving the wrong answer a higher percent you should in that case use an answer that inst there.
This is sort of cheating from the audience member. The whole point is they vote for the answer they think is right. If they don’t know they must guess. That’s the whole point
@happymonkey39 No. If you have 1 billion people vote A, and one votes B, that means 100% of the people didn't vote 1 billion, therefore it'd be 99% and 1%
@happymonkey39 You can't round a percentage to zero. Oh my god.. A PERCENTAGE is a 100% accurate statistic, NOT AN ESTIMATION. You don't round something exact.
It might actually be a very thoughtful and clever way to eliminate guesses from the audience responses. If everyone in the audience follows this, a lot of noise in the 50-50 responses can be eliminated, leaving with more meaningful results and skewing them towards a correct answer.
Voting for the answer that isn't available is actually extremely intelligent. They had no idea what it was so they didn't want to just simply guess and influence the poll.
They could've just not voted at all
@@AutoUnder Are you sure? The show never really makes this clear. I thought they compelled everyone to push a button to move on with the game.
@@occono3543 From what I've read, apparently so. Also in the UK, the audience were able to vote at any point once the question was revealed. Sometimes they would show the contestant's friend voting and the host would also sometimes inform the contestant of how the audience voted after they declared their final answer. I assume the keypads would reset after a 50:50 tho
@@AutoUnder I guess this is a common incorrect assumption than because I'm not the only one who thought they had to vote. Most of the time there's 3 percent for the stupidest answers, even if it's removed after a 50 50 haha. It just blows my mind the votes some people gave...
You'd think there'd be some zero votes more often.
@@occono3543 It wouldn't surprise me if most the audience think the same way and believe they have to vote as well. That's probably why it happens
In the UK, this question was worth £500 😂
As I saw in an episode of who wants to be a milionaire in UK, the audience can vote before that the lifeline is required so that 1% voted before the 50:50 was used.
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That’s why you don’t 5050 before using audience
I bet the person who voted Canada was from there lol
Norm MacDonald
Honestly I'd rather someone who doesn't have any clue what the answer is vote A/C than mislead me with B/D lol
that one anxious kid who doesn’t work under pressure:
IDK why but I really love the faster version of the ask the audience music. 😅😆
This gonna blow up soon in everyone's recommendations
Yeah
True
Not yet
Ca. 2 years ago, I sat in the Audience of WWTBAM in Austria (called "Die Millionenshow"), and the contestant there used the 50/50 and then "Ask the Audience", too. And 25 percent voted for an answer who was eliminated by 50/50 before xD
I'm lucky, that I voted for the right answer.
ja ich hab das auch gesehen 🤣🤣🤣
I agree with the 1% who voted Canada, Paddington Bear originates from Canada in our dreams. LOL
Should of asked the audience first then used 50/50
True, but at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter because the guy won a million anyways.
Theyd just givw him the top 2 answers
Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Major cut! Alright! Who picked C? I need an explanation right now!
(Some person: I did!)
ARGH! Seriously! Why would you do that? You already know that there's only two possible answers remaining.
(Some person: I did not know that David used the 50:50 before Ask the Audience.)
You did not hear Regis's instruction. He wants you to pick either B or D, because they are the only choices remaining.
(Some person: Oops! Sorry about that!)
Darn it! I knew it! That's it! Leave the WWTBAM studios before I sue you.
(Some person: Argh fine! Whatever you say!)
Argh, why always me?
Sometimes it was more than 1% of the Audience chose an eliminated variant in Russia
Even that poll isnt as close to 50/50 as the likes:dislikes on this video
This question was so easy lmao
Jason Alexander had a better one on his $500k question. He 50:50'ed and then polled the audience. Audience had A & C to choose from.... yet still 5% of the audience picked B or D!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Alexander wanted to meet to folks, that voted B & D, outside after that
they vote before not after its like they play along i thinks
Easiest question for $1M! B was the right answer, damn it!
1% of the audience: *C*
Only one percent of the audience wasn’t listening to Regis during the voting session. 😂
Guess 42% didn’t read it. I remember when I first saw this question as a teenager, I screamed at my TV, “Lima, Peru!! He’s from Lima, Peru!!”
You're kididng me, right ? In the UK, every adult over 40 knows that one !
It would be at most a £1k question in the UK
Paddington Bear's from Peru
Spoiler alert: he won
Did he win the million dollars?
Yes
Hum?! He won that million dollars!
He came back to try again for another $1,000,000! But missed the $32,000 question.
@Adamjeff911
No... cause then you get a number like .000001%, which rounds to zero. Therefore in order to get %1 on the chart, at least .5% of the people had to vote for that answer.
SOMEBODY PUT IN C?!
k im goong for peru
there is more than 100 people in the aduiance im pretty sure...so that means to get the 1% more than one person did it. But that is true, to avoid giving the wrong answer a higher percent you should in that case use an answer that inst there.
I’m not sure if this can still occur on the 2015-present version of WWTBAM.
True that
1 star cous of the HIGH sound and bad quality
Video 2957 of commenting #BringBackDislikes on every unique video I watch in 2022 (I do not dislike this video).
50:50
Did he win??
$1,000,000
This is sort of cheating from the audience member. The whole point is they vote for the answer they think is right. If they don’t know they must guess. That’s the whole point
I knew it's peru!!
Nathalie Buzaglo I knew before you so hahahaha
No it’s Iceland!
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c 1 % hahahaha
@happymonkey39 No. If you have 1 billion people vote A, and one votes B, that means 100% of the people didn't vote 1 billion, therefore it'd be 99% and 1%
is peru the answer
Yes. "Darkest Peru".
@happymonkey39 You can't round a percentage to zero. Oh my god.. A PERCENTAGE is a 100% accurate statistic, NOT AN ESTIMATION. You don't round something exact.