"The Devil's Gambit 3" explodes with "wrong answer"! Sharp-eyed netizens corrected the male idol and passed the test after answering the wrong question
Contestant Zheng Hyun-kui answered incorrectly but was judged to be correct. The audience recalculated and found that the correct answer should be 8 instead of 7.
Quick Look
- The Netflix variety show "The Devil's Gambit 3" returned on the 10th.
- In the first episode of the math game, contestant Jung Hyun-kui shouted "7" and got the correct answer.
- However, after the audience recalculated, they found that the correct answer should be "8", which caused Korean viewers to question the fairness and judgment standards of the show.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
"The Devil's Gambit 3" returned on the 10th. The production team stated at a press conference on the 5th that this season will return to pure brain competition and improve the fairness issues that were much discussed in the first two seasons. The new competition system will pay more attention to the actual game performance of the contestants, and will no longer be directly eliminated just because the chips in hand return to zero.
Netflix's brain-burning variety show "The Devil's Gambit 3" returned with force on the 10th. Jang Dong-min, Hong Jin-ho, Ha Seok-jin and last season's champion Jung Hyun-kyu (formerly translated as Zheng Hyun-kyu), a total of 16 brainpower experts competed on the same scene. Unexpectedly, just after the first episode was aired, an embarrassing controversy broke out that the production team may "even calculate the answers wrong."
The first episode of "The Devil's Gambit 3" was released, and Zheng Hyun-kui, who was caught online, got the wrong answer and passed the test. (Courtesy of Netflix)
Hyun Kyu shouted "7" in a math game and was correctly judged on the spot. Unexpectedly, sharp-eyed viewers recalculated later and found that the answer was "8." This caused an instant quarrel on the Korean network. Some people even questioned: "It was obviously 8, where did 7 come from?" The brain-burning battlefield that Netflix claims to be fair competition fell into doubts.
Korean media reported that the controversy arose in the first episode of the "Counting Rectangles" game, in which contestants must find a rectangle whose sum of all numbers meets the specified target in a grid full of numbers, and quickly answer the number that meets the conditions.
As the video was released, some Korean viewers turned into math teachers on the sidelines. Not only did they re-study the number arrangement, but they also listed all possible rectangles one by one. Finally, they claimed that there were a total of 8 qualifying combinations, questioning whether the production unit had missed one.
Ironically, the production team of "The Devil's Gambit 3" only vowed at a press conference on the 5th that it would return to pure brain competition this season and improve the fairness issues that were much discussed in the first two seasons.
Producer Zheng Zhongran emphasized that the new competition system will pay more attention to the actual game performance of the contestants and will no longer directly eliminate them just because the chips in their hands reach zero. Producer Choi Yoon-hee also promised that he has carefully reviewed past audience criticism of the rules and program structure.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The production team will issue a statement or apology regarding the controversy over the answer to the first episode of the math game
Likely · Within days
The show may re-examine the verdict of the controversial game
Possible · Within days
Open Questions
- Does the production team admit that the answer was calculated incorrectly?
- How will the show handle this judgment controversy?
- Will contestant Jung Hyun-kui’s qualifications be re-examined?
