Deal or No Deal ? - Marianne Wong

On Christmas Day I watched the "Deal or No Deal" Show. This is the show that has given Noel Edmunds his media career back again.  I believe the show was his brain wave. It has netted him a handsome amount of money over the years. Now where am I going with this? Well I heard that one of my colleagues a minister in the Church was featuring on the show along with an amazing lady called Mariannne Wong. The show spoke of her selfless attitude in helping people and how she has been instrumental in building and supporting an orphanage in Kenya. All good so far.  However as the show proceeded it became obvious that Marianne was not going to be successful in winning money for her oprhanage . In fact she was very unlucky becoming the 18th person to have only won a penny. I felt for the woman. Here she was on Christmas Day making a bid to help some of the poorest children in the world and she went home without a deal. The amazing thing is that Edmunds didn't offer anything in terms of a consolation prize except for the usually  holiday for two sort of thing. Oh he did say the "No Deal" penny box was a collectors item. Big Deal. I guess Marianne will sell her prizes and make a few bob for the project in Kenya.  But I can't help feeling that they were used a bit by Channel 4 to promote their TV Show. So maybe we should get a petition up to help them raise 1 million from the 1p they received from Channel 4. Any comments, am I reading this incorrectly?

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Posted By: Marissa Wong   On: 6 Aug 2009   At: 10:16pm

Hi italker (:

I’m Marianne’s 14 year old great niece. She is a role model to me, completely self less and inspires the people around her to try their best.

I’ll admit the game could’ve had a much better outcome, which is an understatement, but my Aunt is content with the results.

Thank-you for saying you’ll fund raise, my Aunt will be ecstatic when she hears there’s good, supportive people out there who are willing to help her. x

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Posted By: karen   On: 10 Jan 2009   At: 5:52pm

Marianne Wong….a living Saint.

I watched Deal or no Deal on Christmas Day and was in total awe of MW. I really did think that Noel Edmonds would have gave a donation. The guy that won £71k, was also given generous gifts on top of the money he won. To me it did not make sense at all. It kinda spoilt my day when misery guts Scrooge Noel gave nothing away. Thanks Gordon Whyte for the website to leave donations.God Bless you Marianne Wong and your family….....x

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Posted By: jackie   On: 29 Dec 2008   At: 4:53pm

I have watched this show many times,  it is a total gamble,  you pick the numbers you may win or you may lose just like the lottery, horses, etc   There have been many good people on the show with charity like cases,  not all can be taken on board.  We have to ask would God really want us to be involved in a programme that really is gambling - a game of chance.  As for Noel, well we dont really know what he gives away, some people dont always want to shout tooloud about what they give to charity,  but we all know that we will be judged for our good works and Noel will be not different.

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Posted By: Gordon Whyte   On: 28 Dec 2008   At: 12:38pm

Hi italker - I was interested in your reaction to the show - I had the privilege of being invited by Marianne to take part in the filming of the show.  By the time the show was recorded in early November, organisations were already more enthusiastic about helping Marianne because of her ‘award’.  For example, in previous trips, airlines refused to allow her to take on additional baggage full of clothes and toys and other donated goods.  Suddenly, airlines were happy to help and offered free additional space.  So when we gathered on the day, she was able to say to us that she had already won her prize, and the money was almost irrelevant.  I think she knew that winning money would complicate matters and dilute public support, despite the impact a one-off sum could have had in Kenya.  I hope, as does Marianne, that people do feel moved to contribute to the work she is doing - this can be done via the website at http://www.kenya-aid.org.uk . It is early days, but I think that rather than having been used by the show, Marianne, in time, will do the using.  Thanks for your interest and caring.

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Posted By: Carl Evans   On: 27 Dec 2008   At: 7:30pm

Sharon and I didn’t see this show but we did catch the end of one of the Christmas Star specials.  A guy was nominated by his sister and family - the guy had broken his neck and was now in a wheelchair - we missed the rest of his story.  Anyway, he went on to win £71k.

The point is that the game is totally random - no luck or skill required.  I’ve often thought if I went on the show I would pick numbers incrementally from 1 to 22 and let God’s hand be in the game.

 

My point is that God may have other ways and use other people to raise the funds for the orphanage.  It may not be part of God’s purpose to raise the cash so easily on the back of a game show win!  Would you have the Vine Trust supporters network you have now if Willie Mc had simply gone onto Who Wants to be a Millionnaire? and answered the 15 questions correctly ...

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