Daily Hive<\/a> reached out to Z95 for comment, and director of programming Zach Bedford confirmed that the $100,000 prize was awarded in full compliance with the published ZFX Contest Rules & Regulations.<\/p>\n\u201cAs stated in the rules, all decisions of the Contest Organizers are final and binding, and each guess is evaluated against a pre-recorded reference of the sound,\u201d said Bedford.<\/p>\n
Bedford stated that the guess, \u201cthe laundry detergent spout popping back after dispensing,\u201d is the release of the laundry detergent dispenser mechanism and the action that actually creates the \u201cbonk\u201d sound heard in the contest audio.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe earlier guess you referenced from Alanna, \u2018Pushing the button on the laundry detergent dispenser where the liquid comes out \/ taking the measuring cup off the laundry detergent,\u2019 describes different actions that do not produce the specific sound used in ZFX.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest ZFX contest had been running since early September.<\/p>\n
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Listeners of the Z95 contest were not so convinced that they were different.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to push the button in order for it to pop up,\u201d read a comment on Instagram. \u201cThose two things cannot happen independently; they are one and the same. Alanna should\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReally disappointing,\u201d said another person.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenuinely hope Alanna sues for this one, this is just ridiculous,\u201d posted another follower.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only reason Paige won is because she didn\u2019t read the previous guesses, no one who did homework would guess the laundry dispenser pressing the button because it was already guessed. It\u2019s the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Not all listeners felt the same, though, with others insisting that the guesses provided by Alanna and Paige were not the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cTotally disagree,\u201d said one person. \u201cThe noise isn\u2019t pressing the button. The noise is releasing the button.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was our guess, too. Heard Alanna guess and knew she was close, but her guess was not correct.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bedford added that while both guesses involved the same general object, a detergent dispenser, Alanna\u2019s guess did not correctly identify the sound-making action that was recorded and locked in as the official ZFX sound.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn past campaigns, ZFX has had a tape measure retracting, which sounds different from pulling out a tape measure,\u201d Bedford said. \u201cSimilarly, one of the sounds was picking up a shopping basket, which sounds different from putting one back in the pile.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs outlined in our rules, the Contest Organizers have the discretion to determine whether a guess correctly identifies the sound. In this case, Alanna\u2019s guess was reviewed and ruled incorrect at the time it was made. Paige\u2019s later guess accurately described the precise action that generated the sound and was therefore declared the winning guess in accordance with the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bedford also thanked listeners for their passion for the contest, and added that he understood that big prizes naturally generate a lot of discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur priority is to run ZFX fairly and consistently for all participants, and to follow the Contest Rules & Regulations as written.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you feel that Alanna\u2019s ZFX guess should have won the $100,000 jackpot? Do you think that her guess was not close enough, and Paige is the rightful winner of the Z95 contest? Have a listen to the sound and let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the largest cash prizes in Vancouver radio history has just been awarded, but the Z95 contest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-306895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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