I don't think Art's challenge was really fair to Nichole. I like Jamie, and I think she needed to win, but they were saying how she pulled a miracle winning that challenge. It wasn't a miracle, it was more of a set-up. Why was it fair that Nichole had to hold double the weight of what Jamie was holding? If she hadn't had double the weight, Nichole might have won that challenge, and Jamie and Eric would have gone up against each other for elimination. Jamie might not have won against Eric, and then Nichole might have beaten Eric in the finals. Heaven forbid Eric should have won the whole thing, I can't stand that smug idiot. Just imagine how Eric would have whined if he had had extra weight during a challenge. I'm not upset that Jamie won, she was one of the ones I liked, but it bothers me that it may not have been a fair win.

• RE: Unfair challenge,Deonna, 09:28 AM, 04-30-04

I believe that if the weight had been put on Jamie instead of Nichole, Jamie would have caved immediately. Art going into the challenge, had to know that either Jamie or Eric would go out first based on previous challenges. He also had to have known that either one of them would have put the extra weight on Nichole. He (or the producers) intentionally setup the challenge that way. Why I don’t know.

I was pleased that Jamie and Nichole were the final two. Jamie had a strong finish. I thought that she gave the perfect answer when asked why should Alts not pick Nichole to win. As the Alts stated at the dinner table, you don’t build yourself up, by tearing someone else down. Nichole on the other hand, was strong throughout the show. In the challenges that she didn’t win, at least she was a strong contender. I would have given the money to Nichole, base on her performance throughout the show. But I really don’t know what was going on, that I didn’t see. There had to some reason that almost all the TOPs disliked Nichole so much.

Deonna