Oh I forgot to add this one. The best story I ever heard was from a former contestant who once took a 2nd place and complained it did not make any sense because she was simply no where near that good to be "voted" second. She is now one of my regulars and I know she was not "just being modest". She had entered that contest because she was a regular of the other hosts at that time. In other words, the other host has lost out, in agreement with a previous post that stated the KJ always gets the flack.
I have never run a contest, and have refused to every time it comes up, and I keep picking up other hosts' regulars as part of the result.