Sep 29, 2010
Oops! It's the wrong winner
SYDNEY - The showpiece finale of a popular Australian reality modelling show ended in a toe-curling blunder when the wrong winner was announced on live television.
Australia's Next Top Model's two finalists had already made their winner's and loser's speeches when presenter Sarah Murdoch, daughter-in-law of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, revealed the mix-up.
'Oh my God, I don't know what to say right now. I'm feeling a bit sick about this,' Murdoch said during Tuesday's broadcast. 'This is what happens on live TV, folks. This is insane, insane, insane.'
A bewildered Amanda Ware, 18, finally accepted the award and made a brief victory sashay down the catwalk, as 19-year-old Kelsey Martinovich took the bizarre defeat gracefully.
'It's an honest mistake, it's fine,' she said, consoling the red-faced Murdoch.
Broadcaster Foxtel blamed the error on a 'miscommunication' between backstage operators, and offered Martinovich a cash gift and a trip to New York as compensation. Local media rated the error as one of the most embarrassing moments on Australian TV. - AFP.-------------------------
Check out the YouTube video of the finale here. I feel really bad for Kelsey! Kudos to her for handling the situation with so much grace, maturity and poise.
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