When Contests Go Horribly Wrong
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
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A Nintendo Wii, a fistful of cash, naming rights, and even a jet - all of these were prizes in contests that have gone horrible wrong for different reasons. Corporate errors and miscalculations are usually to blame but what happens when actual human lives are lost as a result? 
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Can't believe that the radio hosts responded, "They signed releases so we're not responsible" after a nurse called in to warn them about the risks. What sociopaths.
Right?? Like, what an unhinged response.
Exactly, I remember this. I think they even had a 2ed person called and warned
Couldn't believe that myself. That should send you straight to jail as far as i'm concerned.
Phineas and Ferb asked the same thing to kids who rode their rollercoaster. Although no deaths happened thankfully
I hope those monsters never got a job doing radio ever again. They SHOULD be in prison.
The last guy definitely got screwed over. It doesn't matter if he mispronounced a celebrity's name, he still got all of them right. I'm glad Tony Hadley stepped in to help as much as he could and Mohammad was given the money eventually.
It was odd how they were so adamant about Tony's name because he said all them with an accent. Why was pronouncing Madonna with a short o acceptable but his pronunciation of Hadley wrong?
@@ChelaximI'm willing to bet the guy they said was the winner was actually just a person who worked there.
Yeah, especially because as a Canadian I can assure not one person said Michael Bublé correctly.
The saddest part of the water contest is that those DJ's received little to no consequences. They should've been charged with manslaughter at the least, or negligent homicide.
guess that waiver was worth something after all
@@Viteaification Apparently. That still never made sense to me either though. Yes they "signed a contract" so to speak. But just because you put something on paper and have someone sign and agree to it doesn't magically give you the right to break the law. I don't know the exact law, but I know that there are provisions in place with regard to contract law for just these sort of situations. By which I mean there are laws in place that can allow a contract/waiver etc to be considered void if that contract is found to be blatantly illegal or unethical. Doesn't mean it's likely but it is possible. I'm assuming the way this situation turned out had something to do with the fact that it was in Australia, and they obviously have their own judicial system and laws.
It happened in California, not Australia.
I guess the argument that a reasonable person wouldn't expect someone to die from drinking water is why.
She willingly made all the decisions and consented to whatever may happen, how are they at fault for her death? That's like saying Dana White should be liable for every injury in the octagon. At some point adults make their own decisions
Tony Hadley is such a great guy for going out of his way to vindicate the pronunciation of his own name
It was good pr for him
I didn’t even know who Tony Hadley was (even though I love “True” 🎷😅) and even I could tell that he was saying “H-A-D-L-E-Y”!!!
How they guessed all those voices is beyond me
He doesn't need PR, he's Tony Hadley!
Listening to those raidio hosts joking about how everything is fine was infuriating. I'm shocked only one person died.
My problem was with on how unfunny he was
My wife was hospitalized due to hyponeutremia, a lack of sodium. She had nasty headaches, which led to disorientation so bad she disconnected from reality. At the ER, everyone definitely thought she was a psych case as she loudly debated whether the TV was real. She had a seizure in the waiting room. This shit is serious!
A shock is an unpleasant surprise.
@@darkkit1994 was that long term? I'm so sorry that happened
It turns out one of them (Adam Cox) is Lori Vallow Daybell's brother!
The last guy almost got screwed over. I don't get why they don't just admit their mistake? 10000 dollars is nothing to a media company.
It's Singapore dollars not US dollars
@@PointNemo9 so, less? (7,000+)
Exactly. It’s worth millions in good PR. Somebody with half a brain finally did the right thing.
Part about the water contest is that they lost a mother that was willing to brave water intoxication for a Wii of all things. No amount of money can replace that love and sacrifice a mother can/will give you. I hope the family is doing alright. Rest well Jennifer.
The Pepsico lawsuit is fucking hilarious. Imagine finding a loophole that gets you the chance to win a Harrier jet for a fraction of its actual price 😂
With some of the other lawsuits I’ve seen, I’m surprised the judge threw out the case
Any sane person would figure out that it was a joke though. It wasn't a real loophole.
We need to get that man his jet smh 😢
@@screenwriterjohn Hey now, shouldn't the insane be allowed to cash in their prices too? I don't think his state of mind matters! :'D
Wait til PepsiCo evaded the 349 debacle.
I feel so bad for Jennifer and her kids, she wanted to do something for them and now she's gone.
Poor girl. A few salt tablets would have saved her life.
"They signed a waiver" ffs we're talking about water intoxication, not eating hot sauce.
Crazy how heartless those radio hosts were.
And they learned nothing. No legal repercussions, they're both still employed in radio, they're doing just fine.
people working in mass media are quite shameless. I think only a specific kind of a person can work there and it's not a good person.
I’m happy Mr. Shalehan got the full $10,000 :)
I remember that hold you wee for a wii. I was in high school when that contest happened. When the wii came out, everyone was doing whatever it took to get that console for their kids or themselves. Sad what happened to Jennifer.
LET'S GOOOOOO AMGLIMPSEEE
The city government ignoring the rules of their own competition and not naming the building after Mr. Baals despite him having been a respected mayor of the city is so disrespectful...especially when they come up with the most generic, stupid name possible for the building after that.
Yes, but I at least understand their reluctance. His name is *_very_* unfortunate. But why didn't they just use his first name?
@@WobblesandBeanOf course _you_ will empathize given that your real name is Liddell Johnson.
Mayor Baals didn't think his name was unfortunate. Do you hold that opinion because you don't ever want that name in your mouth?
Bless Tony Hadley, what a champ.
Ikr! Such a lovely thing for him to do
They signed contracts so its not our responsibility its ok 😮
Wow what a sick fck to dismiss life so easily.. Im honestly bewildered at how openly callous that is.
am glad the last one got his 10K prize, the radio station was being a bit pathetic.
Yepp... those idiots tried scamming Mr. Shalehan but ended up paying $20k total xD
While most of the stories featured in this video ended up in tragedy, the last one was actually a wholesome story.
He persisted that he won fair and square and even he reached out to Tony Hadley himself to prove his point and Tony backed him up.
Yes all around a good story. I do wonder about the other dude who also had the correct answer, he could have found his answer independently so I hope he received his prize too, if this was the case.
@@Nikolaj11 Well technically, since he answered after the first guy, I don't think he's entitled to a prize
Dang, Tony Hadley is a cool guy
In the Wee Wii tragedy, maybe no evidence of criminal misconduct, but definitely criminal negligence.
I wonder if the release form in the first story said anything about water intoxication and the possibility of death… If that mother would have known she could die, I’m not sure if she would’ve still done it with kids waiting at home…
I’m an ER doctor, and I have heard about the water challenge before. But, as soon as I heard contestants had to drink water nonstop without breaks or able to urinate I instantly started shaking my head with concern of what I knew was going to happen.
Honestly, anyone who has taken a basic biology course has learned about tonicity and osmosis and it’s affects. Something like this absolutely never had to happen.
We're talking about a lady who had three kids by the time she was 28, obviously not the brightest crayon in the box lmfao
@@dukebaloof2540*sharpest.
The irony.
Both versions are valid, now go back to your corner. @@cosmosadorabilis7677
Suddenly learning that the SA/V ratio of a cell is 4/3s makes so much more sense now! -> Iso = 👍🏻
@@dukebaloof2540 considering this was some time ago, three kids by twenty eight was probably the norm.
Excellent production, as always. I stumbled upon your videos a few months ago and have been blown away since. Keep up the amazing work!
I love all of your documentaries! Keep it up, these are some of the most high quality documentaries on a lot of interesting subjects! You deserve more exposure!
I can already tell from the ridiculous premise of the contest this is not going to end well.
FRED DURST SOCIETY OF HUMANITIES AND ARTS
So I heard about this one before, I was suprise that it was brought up in the "Where's my Jet fighter" doc on Netflix....defintiively deserving its own documentary rather than just a segment
Anybody else dying over these internet names? Fred Durst Humanities had me dying.
First: the lady in question had a rare condition that cause her death when all the water was introduced (see the chubby-emu video for details). Drinking lots of water *CAN* be dangerous but the vast majority of people pee long before they drink too much and in thos contest having a wee stopped the drinking. Sadly for this lady the amount she drank was enough to trigger her condition.0
"They signed releases so we are not responsible"
Yeah... that's not how that works. At least here in the Netherlands; If you dare a person to do something dangerous and encourage them to continue, knowing that what they are doing is dangrous, then you are responsible for the result.
Also: as a company you are responsible for what happens to the people in your building. That's a law and it is legally not possible to wave that responsibility (contracts cannot overrule law, "enter at your own risk" is not a thing). If you get hurt by an employee, the company is also resonsible because they had to make sure that could not reasonably happen. Letting this competition happen, when consulting a single doctor would tell them that's dangerous, makes the company responsible.
Also also: If you are aware, or could reasonabily be expected to be aware, that what you do to a person can cause serious harm or even death, then it does not matter what your intent was, you are responsible for the result. They knew drinking water was dangerous, they were warned several timeson-air; that makes them responsible for the result. A court has to decide wether her death was caused by the water or her underlying condition, but if I was a judge I'd make an example of these people and give them some serious jailtime for negligent homocide.
If Tony Hadley says that's how you pronounce his name then that's how you pronounce his name simple as
The fact they were still going with their initial decision is ridiculous
@@Not_AlwaysSorry guys, we’ve decided Tony Hadley doesn’t know how to pronounce his own name
Tell the judge: “they signed releases so we’re not responsible”.
Pepsi once held a contest where the winner would receive a car. They then accused the winner of cheating because they rigged the contest to be impossible to win.
Wow the first Pepsi story was wild. People died because of that mistake. Absolutely wild, I've never head of a lot of these. Will done again! Always so pumped when your videos show up.
At the least id call it negligence, not a mistake.
people died because they decided on those violent and coward riots. pepsi didn't kill anybody
People died because they were murdered. Just because you don’t get a prize you were promised doesn’t suddenly give you a right to start hurling Molotov cocktails and grenades.
@@hardcoredoom5892Yeah :( I know it would’ve been really lousy to get your hopes up, but when you realize thousands of other people are there for the same reason, you kinda have to accept that it was just an unfortunate clerical error…. Y’know, and not throw a fit and injure innocent people.
Therr are few important things to know about water and humans. If you are in a survival situation and only got food but no water, don't eat. Digestion uses water stored in your body. Lack of water will kill you way faster then lack of food. People can survive without any food for about 30 days. It can vary because of body mass, stored fat and quality of your muscles, general state of your health and so on. If you are properly hydrated but your water is finished but you know 100% that you get some water soon then eating is okay.
Water poisoning is a real thing. It should be common knowledge in my honest opinion. A lot of things can kill or hurt you when consumed in excess.
Great vid! But you did leave out how those DJs sued for wrongful termination, they honestly had no remorse.
None whatsoever. And they all got jobs at another radio station!
Your channel is incredible. So pumped I just found it!
My dad won the leather jacket from the Pepsi Stuff campaign and he still wears it to this day. Pepsi is all I've ever seen him drink, literally my whole life.
No Cthulhu Allspark? That baby robbed by her own parents on the day she came into the World
What’s that?
@@willissudweeks1050 a internet poll to name someone's baby. As you might have guessed, the winning name was Cthulhu Allspark.
@@unclefranklin4575 ah shit ok thanks sounds interesting I’ll look it up
Been subscribed for over 6 months now. Keep it up! I'm glad to see your channel growing.
Best promotion ever was collecting Marlboro miles in the 90s and redeeming them for actual good merch. I still have the duffel bag - great quality.
Bro my dad had the same red Marlboro duffel bag, I remember it vividly. I'm sure we would still have it today but I remember my mom let a family member borrow it and they never returned it.
My dad smokes five packs a day. He smoked so much during that promo he got the whole family Christmas gifts with that merchandise. Now he's dying of emphysema and I had no use whatsoever for a backpack I didn't even like.
@@WobblesandBean
I am so sorry to hear that. 🫂
@@A_Ducky Thanks. I recognize it's his own fault, I was simply annoyed he chose to do that rather than just buy the family Christmas gifts. He's always been a bit of a narcissist and won't listen to reason. But I do wonder how much damage he did to himself during that period.
I genuinely love Boaty McBoatface as a name though
The wii contest always makes me feel so sad because I remember my parents went on a scavenger hunt for years until they got me one. Due to the popularity and low price point, it was extremely hard to get it at retail price. Anytime my parents found one, it was more than double what it was worth. That mom probably went through the same thing trying to get her kids that Wii and was desperate to make sure that Christmas was going to be the Christmas they finally got one. RIP super mom! I absolutely hate that she was in so much agony in her last moments just trying to make her kids happy.
Pepsi, where’s my jet? 😅
honestly, letting the population choose names was wayyyyy better! some of them comedy gold, seriously good stuff!
I don't know if I could ever watch a video about this incident, even just being reminded it exists makes me too sad 😢
When I heard "one million pesos prize" I nearly spit my coffee on my keysboard!
My surprise when the Hold Your Wee for a Wii radio hosts moved to Singapore's Gold 905 after getting sacked.
The Pepsi jet scandal is the dumbest moment in the history of sweepstakes
Tony Hadley, you are GOLD!
great vid as always! keep them coming
Remember folks, next time you sign a release, misspell your name on purpose so you can sue later 👍🏻💰
That man who sued over the Pepsi Jet needs to have several seats.
Nurse lady, they already signed the death warrant, bye. Lol
props to Tony Hadley for weighing in
Tony Hadley is a decent guy doing that video.
Interesting stories, keep up the good work.
Dub the Dew : "literal poison" [shrug]
The radio dj's laughing that someone could die is just sickening to hear, how do they sleep at night with that guilt.
The last one was clearly discriminating
How?
Ok that last one is so incredibly weird. It feels like a personal vendetta somehow. It's just so.... illogical, unexplainable, third synonym
wtf guys
Absurd!
For the Pepsi stuff and also there was Marlboro Miles, I was a teenager at the time and my dad had a liquor store near detroit. I would take the bottle returns and remove all the blue caps, I got everything in that Pepsi catalog except for the plane. Same thing with Marlboro miles, our regular customers would bring me back all their miles and I would peel them off the cartons when we would break up single packs. I still have the camping backpack, it's awesome
This story never gets old, people getting push beyond their physical limitations for views and the entertainment of others. Listen to what your body has to tell you and when you’re approaching death try at all cost to avoid it.
How very victim blamey of you.
Where's my elephant!
2:03 …. What? “It’s ok, even if they die we legally don’t have to care!” … just what? What kind of psychopaths?
The bit about the names, Mr. Splashy Pants and Boaty McBoatFace 😂
Actually so underrated
The fact that both DJs are still employed in radio is why I don't have any faith in humanity.
Worse about the radio one, the hosts who were fired went on to be interviewed and have said they don't understand why people are so mad at them and they said it's been really hard getting another job. That is beyond sociopathic behaviour. Imaging replying to a nurse trying to warn you that the contestants will die with "yeah but we're not responsible" and you're shocked when people take that the wrong way. Baffling.
All those terrible contests makes that bogus Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes seem legit. 😠
Cheers mate!
Don't forget me when you make it big
Took me a few seconds to realize the connection between Tony Hadley and the radio station.
I would have liked to have seen Harry Balls as the name plate on a government building. 😁
The jet one is hilarious
I'm literally drinking a Pepsi right now lol. Not a bottle though, a can
I loved Boaty McBoatface
I just watched a video about the lady who came in first place! She had seizures and went to the ER but survived I believe
Pippa Wood got it wrong : this was about holding Corps to their advertising, calling them on blatantly baiting people into guzzling etc etc
The isnack 2.0 was a historic moment in Australia mostly because most people didn't know about the vote from what I remember.
Harry Bawles has a daughter you know, Ophelia.
This is a great essay, thank you!
Harriet Fighter Jet? What the hell would he do with a fighter jet.
Never consult 'the public' on anything too crucial : the ratio of decent/reasonable ppl to the unwell/ill-raised/unstable is way off.
The “hold your wee for a Wii” happened in my hometown. I was too young to learn a lot of details at the time, but I remember my parents and the radio talking about it after it happened. Also the radio station was one of the most popular ones in the region too.
Mister Splashy Pants is mint 👌🏻
Nah pepsi owes john a jet
The one with water intoxication it’s so typical that the police didn’t do anything about it
Bros name was Harry Balls... 😂😂😂
Ow my head hurts 🤕... 😂😂😂
This is why radio died. Some shock jock shows were funny but times changed and radio shows cancelled themselves
I remember listing to this, the channel was 107.9 “the end”. These host deserve much worse then they got
Great video
Did Mohammad at least get a KFLX sweatband? :D
Even back then, we knew that water toxicity is a thing. Anything consumed in excess is toxic. What the f.
Cheese flavored vegemite? wtf is that? 😂😂😂
500 pesos is less than $8 today… i don’t even wanna know what it was in 1993☠️ i do feel bad for the people that thought they won big. but protests and death over a computer glitch.. some people have no morals.
WOW! I recently told a friend who let's his dog play in the ocean for long periods of time about water intoxication. He laughed at first, then got the message. It must've been awful for the children growing up knowing she died winning JT tickets for them. Especially when they really wanted the WII.
I'm not trying to be funny. Joking is risky and sometimes dangerous, in this case, deadly.
The Pepsi contest was pretty interesting. It's horrible that people got violent and victims were killed just to sell soda pop! I never liked Pepsi, Coke cola is my choice on the rare occasion I drink cola. No amount of money can change that!
In the late 60s, Royal Crown Cola had a cap contest. They also sold 16 ounce bottles for a dime less than Coke and Pepsi's 12 ounce bottles. RC cola even tasted better than both and nobody died! Responsible marketing is essential when it comes to a contest. It must be thought through and leave nothing to be assumed.
In the late 70s, I listened to FM radio. I was only 19. Herbal Essence shampoo had a little song in their commercial. At the end of the commercial, a man's voice would say, " Send us your song about your Herbal Essence experience. " So I did! Being a songwriter and very young, I took it literally! I wrote, sang, and recorded a cassette of the song I wrote about a beautiful bath in the morning. I looked up the address for Clairol products and sent it to them. Two weeks later, I received a three item gift set of Herbal Essence products and a letter of apology for the misunderstanding.
The letter said that they liked my song but never expected anyone to send them one.
I don’t know why anyone would want to drink Pepsi voluntarily.
Pepsi really out here committing fraud multiple times and never being held liable for it...
I can understand the Philippines being upset with Pepsi for getting the lottery numbers wrong and giving people false hope (I know I would), but to get extremely pissed off, protest in the streets, file lawsuits, and even resort to murder? They lost my love and respect.
It was clearly an honest mistake due to a computer glitch, those people were all chancers and grifters
"They lost my love and respect." Do you actually live in a world where everything is black and white ? and thinks every Filipinos are a loving person ?
I'm sure all Filipinos are very sad they lost your "love and respect." crazy how you can apply your loss of love and respect to an entire nation.
@princesstamika If that large a number of them turn violent over an innocent mistake, it shows something about the country.
@@PointNemo9I'm sure if thousands of working class people anywhere got the false hope that they could be rich enough to retire and got a 'Whoopsie!' And a compensation fee in return, they'd be more than a little pissed. Also way to exercise your self proclaimed sainthood there.