Wowowee Wilyonaryo Scam: The Phillipino blogosphere is buzzing with news about the Wowowee game show scam. Check out YouTube and you'll see videos posted with titles containing "Wowowee", "Willyonaryo", "Willie Revillame" and "Joey de Leon". -Wowowee is a game show telecast in Phillipines. Hosted by Willie Revillame, contestants participate in different segments of the show. In one segment called "Willyonaryo Winame", contestants have to pick one numbered boxes in hopes of winning the prize money of P$2,000,000. Each box has a unique number.
In the episode on Aug 20, there were 2 boxes that were numbered "0" which indicated possibilities that the show could be rigged.
Click here to read the details of the controversy described in Wikipedia. (Scroll down to the section "Willyonaryo Controversy")
Click here to see the news report. The video is mostly in Tagalog. But there are bits of English commentary (after 7:30 minute mark) where the TV representative said that the fault in the game show was due to a technical glitch.
[via Blogocracy]
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