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Male Moderator offer

One change to the site is the introduction of the first new element of Vote for the Girls the Male Moderator offer, which was introduced on December 3, 2013, offering a buyout to the moderator(s) to quit the respective competition before the program's results are revealed. A male moderator, whose appearance and voice are not shown, will phone down to Zinn's phone on the podium. The Male Moderator and Zinn will converse (the Male Moderator's voice is never heard) and Zinn will then inform the moderators of the Male Moderatror's "offer", the amount of which depends on the number of female contestants remaining in the competition, in exchange for not to continue with the competition.

Depending on the number of female contestants in the competition, the amount associated with each contestant by process of elimination. Throughout the competition, after a contestant's elimination, the male moderator offers the moderator(s) an amount of money and/or prizes to quit the competition, the offer based roughly on the amounts and female contestants remaining in play and the demeanor of the moderator panel, the male moderator tries to 'buy' the VFTG pick(s) for a lower price than the amount of the eventual winner of the competition. Cash (or the moderator's salary) is offered prior to the Semi-finals of the respective competitions to be split evenly among the moderators that accepted the offer. In the Semi Finals and Finale, each individual moderator could choose to take a buyout consisting of cash and various prizes (a trip, Mini Cooper, or home makeover in the semi-finale) and a bigger prize (usually a luxury trip or a car in the finale) cash.

Each VFTG moderator then answers the question, choosing:

• "Deal", accepting the offer presented and ending the competition, or
• "No Deal", rejecting the offer and continuing the competition.

This process continues, until either all VFTG moderators accepts an offer to 'deal', or all offers have been rejected and the values of all contestants revealed. Should a VFTG moderator end the game by taking a deal, a pseudo-game is continued from that point to see how much the VFTG moderator could have won in the competition. Depending on subsequent eliminations and offers, it is determined whether or not the VFTG moderator made a "good deal", i.e. won more than if the competition were allowed to continue.

Since the range of possible values is known at the start of each game, how much the male moderator offers at any given point changes based on what contestants have been eliminated. To promote suspense and lengthen the episode, the male moderator's offer is usually less than the expected value dictated by probability theory, particularly early in the competition. Generally, the offers early in the competition are very low relative to the values still in play, but near the end of the competition approach (or even exceed) the average of the remaining values.

If one or more moderators chose to take the buyout, the value is deducted from the Moderator's jackpot. If at least one moderator chose to continue with the competition, the competition continued. If one or more female contestants advanced, the cash award is added to the Moderator's jackpot.

Payout

In the Male Moderator's offer (similar to Deal or No Deal), the values hidden in the 48 contestants typically range from $0.01 to the Moderator's jackpot (an example is a jackpot of $10,000,000):

$.01	$10	$25	$35	$50	$100	$200	$250	$350	$500	$750	$1,000
$2,000	$2,500	$3,000	$3,500	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$15,000	$20,000	$25,000	$30,000	$35,000
$50,000	$75,000	$100,000	$150,000	$200,000	$250,000	$300,000	$350,000	$500,000	$750,000	$1,000,000	$1,500,000
$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$6,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000	$8,000,000	$9,000,000	$10,000,000

Vote for the Girls Hall of Fame

Angie Miller became the first non-finale Vote for the Girls pick to be inducted into the site's new element, Vote for the Girls Hall of Fame, following the victory of Alex & Sierra

A second new element to Vote for the Girls was the Vote for the Girls Hall of Fame introduced at the beginning of the season. The Vote for the Girls Hall of Fame with photos of Zinn and past victories of Melanie Amaro (The X Factor season 1), Cassadee Pope (The Voice season 3), Candice Glover (American Idol season 12), and Danielle Bradbery (The Voice season 4). Tessanne Chin and Alex & Sierra, as well as non-finale participant Angie Miller to be in the Vote for the Girls Hall of Fame alongside the five.

The site's Hall of Fame is featured on the site's Twitter page and on the web site's app.

Moderator Showdown

A third new element to Vote for the Girls was the Moderator showdown that debuted on February 18, 2014. The top four VFTG Moderators play in the order of the value of her winnings thus far, with the VFTG moderator who has won the most spinning last. In the rare event two, three or all four moderators are tied in winnings, a coin toss, random drawing, or other metrics used by Zinn determines which moderator spins first.

The wheel contains 24 sections showing values from 5–100, in increments of five, plus a jackpot wedge. Two Male "Stopper" wedges and one Female "WILD CARD" wedge are present. The VFTG moderators are allowed a maximum of three spins. The first player spins the wheel and may choose to stop with her score or spin again, adding the value of the second and/or third spin to their first. The second, third, and/or fourth individual then spin the wheel and try to match or beat the leader's score; if they fail to do so, they must spin again. If their total score is either less than that of the leader, lands on the male wedge twice, or over $100, the VFTG moderator is eliminated from the showdown. The moderator whose score is nearest to $100 without going over wins a spot in the Moderator Showcase. If the first two (or three) players go over $100, the last player automatically wins a spot on Moderator Showcase, but they are given one spin to see if they can hit $100 and/or the Female Wedge, of which acts as a wild card (and getting the 100 score by default).

Any player whose score equals $100 (from either one spin or a combination of three spins or less and/or stops on the Female space) receives a $100 bonus and a bonus spin. In the bonus spin, the wheel is positioned on $5 and the player takes their spin. If the wheel stops on $5 or $15 (which are adjacent to the $100 space and painted blue), the player receives a bonus of $1,000. If the wheel stops on $100, the individual wins an additional $2,500. If the wheel stops on the Female WILD CARD, the individual wins $5,000. If the wheel stops at the jackpot wedge, the player receives $10,000 and plays for the jackpot in the Bonus Round. If the wheel stops on another space or fails to make two complete revolutions, the player wins no additional money and does not get to spin again.

Two or more players who are tied with the leading score compete in a spin-off. Each player gets one additional spin and the higher scorer gets the Moderator Showcase spot. Multiple spin-offs are played until the tie is broken. Those who hit $100 in their spin-off spin still get $100 and a bonus spin. If two or more players tie with a score of $100, their bonus spins also determine their spin-off score. Only the spin-off score, not any bonus money won, determines which contestant wins the Moderator Showcase spot. A tie in a bonus spin spin-off means the ensuing second spin-off will be spun with no bonuses available.

Each spin must make two complete revolutions in order to qualify. A player whose spin does not make two complete revolutions is traditionally booed by the audience, and is required to spin again, except during a bonus spin, when the player's turn ends. However, if the bonus spin was also part of a spin-off, the contestant is required to spin again but does not have an opportunity to win any bonus money, similar to a tie-breaking spin after a bonus spin.

Moderator Showcase

The winner of the Fall Moderator Showdown (after the fall cycle should a female win and a VFTG Victory) won $1,000, and plays seven words of six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, or twelve letters to try to set a time for the winner of the second Moderator Showdown (after the spring cycle) between four other moderators (very similar to Scrabble Sprint). That player would try to beat the time set by the first player, and if she did so, they would win $2,500, and advance to the next round.

Seven words were played and the clock would start counting up when Zinn says "go" and each word started with two letters for the moderator to choose from each time a letter was called up until the last possible letter was put in the word, when only one letter would be displayed. In order to guess the word the player had to hit a plunger to stop the clock. If the contestant either guessed incorrectly or failed to come up with an immediate answer at any time, 10 seconds were added to the time as a penalty. If all the letters but the last one were revealed, a player had 5 seconds to hit the plunger and give a guess; guessing incorrectly or failing to guess resulted in the contestant being forced to play a make-up word.

After the Fall Moderator Showdown winner played their set of words, the Spring Moderator Showdown winner played hers with the clock counting down.

For fairness, both players began playing the same set of words. A wrong answer or no answer now resulted in 10 seconds being deducted from the remaining time instead of being added to it. If the Spring Moderator Showdown winner managed to complete their set of words within the set time, she won $5,000 and would move on to the Jackpot Round. Otherwise, the Fall Moderator Showdown winner won and the Spring Moderator Showdown winner left with whatever she had earned to that point.

The first Moderator Showcase was scheduled to air in May 2014 after Michelle Steele won the first Fall Moderator Showdown to compete with the first Spring Moderator Showdown, but due to Zinn calling off the season and Steele's death, this was delayed until the following season.