The thing is, we don't know what Chef's musical tastes are. Trent played guitar, not a violin. Chef is an ex-military man, he may find the violin soothing, or he may hate it with a passion. Considering Chef was the judge, he very easily may have given it a good or bad score. Since he didn't get to, he had to grade Harold's beatboxing, which he obviously enjoyed.

As for the cooking challenge, Chris was shown enjoying the dish, yet they forgot to give it a score...I think it was done to keep the score close, since a 15-2 score would mean the dessert would be worthless. By giving them a score of 9 to add, it stays close. 15-11 is still close while had Harold's dish been score like Beth's apparently was, a 7,8, or 9 that Chris appears to have likely given the antipasto would still make it 22-11, impossible for the Gophers to score well...unless Chris were to really enjoy the dessert and give it the 15/10...but still the 6 from the custard would make the final 28-26 with a 15/10, still in favor of the Bass. Plus, Chris didn't like the dessert anyway, so it wouldn't matter.

I think the writers saw that grading Harold's dish would make it too hard for the Gophers, who were seen struggling, even come close. If they wanted to keep it close, they should have said that the antipasto and pasta were combined to a 15, or just had Chris say he didn't like it, or just rate it low, rate the pasta lower to add the antipasto in, etc...it was either a major goof or a mini-plan to ensure that the challenge would remain close. Either way, Chris was shown to have liked the antipasto well more than the dessert, while it can only be speculated if Chef would have like Courtney's violining.

Because the Gophers also didn't bother to do their job. Heather waited for Lindsay and Beth to protect her and other than Owen and maybe Leshawna, no one else did their job. Courtney also didn't hide and therefore she ended up to be safe. At least The Killer Bass tried to do their job. The fact that the Gophers barely tried doesn't really put Harold or the others at fault. Owen could have tried to go after Courtney, but decided to go after DJ and Duncan.

Agree 100% there. Great points given as well.

One point not a "landslide" like some of you have been saying.

I just dont get this.
Harold wins in episode 10.
He however got no score.
" The lack of a score was probably just to keep things close"
Yeh RIGHT
21 to 12
It was probably an error in the writing
But I agree with you if Harold's was scored it WOULD have gotten a better score then Courtney
And therefore its a win?

If that is the case then "Not Quite Famous" SHOULD be a tie.
As Chris said Courtney was the "best prospect on the team" in the Episode 6 recap. Not to mention episode 6 was written by one of the makers of the show.
Of course Harold is included in that.
So that just shows that Chris admit's that Courtney was better then Harold.
Although Chris wasn't the judge Chef was.
Chef was shown to strongly like music like that (the harp)
And when Chris said "best prospect" to Courtney maybe Chris knew that Chef really liked the violen. And that's why Chris said she was the best prospect.
I think Courtney would have gotten a perfect score just like Harold.
That's debateable. (I spplt that wrong)
But she probably would have.
So if Harold wins in episode 10 then it's fair for it to be a tie in Episode 5.

Yes I know Harold was out in the cooking challenge cuz a writting error.
And Courtney was out cuz her voiled died.
But does it really matter WHY they got it?
Becuase now ppl get credit if they lose something even though it's not there fault!

Ok wait a sec.
Now that you guys are giving credit to ppl for doing bad in challenges when it's not their fault then I guess we have to give another tie!

In Episode 11 The Trust Challenge.
Courtney was in one thing in the trust challenge and her little team with Saide lost.
It was however NOT Courtney fault.
We dont know if Courtney would have gotten the apples of Sadie's head.
And we never will.
She never got a chance.
And if ppl get credit for not having a chance then it's a tie here to.
I know ppl might find this unfair.
But I see no difference with it and Episode 10.
Do you see a difference?
Cuz I dont

Episode 9.
Courtney's isnt seen until the very end and she just has a small moment with Duncan.

She didn't get shot which is exactly what she was supposed to do.
Most of you say
"Owen NEVER FOUND HER! SHE DIDNT HAVE TO DO A THING IT WAS TO EASY FOR HER!!!!!!!"
Yes Owen never found her
Cuz she obviously never went where Owen was going.
Therefore she hid from him which was exactly what she supposed to do.
Now hiding from Owen was easy.
So for Courtney she had a very easy time.
And she still got a perfect score for the deer.
Harold ALSO had a very easy time.
How hard was it for Harold/Bridgette/Geoff to shoot the Gophers when they were fighting like that?
Pretty easy.
And if Harold never did shoot Bridgette and Geoff alone couldnt have shot just as many Gophers.
So Harold didnt "single handedly" win it for the Bass and neither then Courtney.
How is it a win for Harold here?
I say its another tie.

Since you like to assume things, here's some questions:

How would Courtney have done in the sand castle building contest on TDA? She wasn't there, but she's a great camper and a leader, so why couldn't she build one?

Harold used buttresses to build a magnificent sandcastle. The only problem was that seagulls knocked it down. Would Chef have liked it? We won't know since it got destroyed, but you like to assume, so apparently if Courtney didn't make it, it's a 0 since it didn't get a score...

How about the surfing challenge? Harold was almost eaten by a shark and barely made it through it. How would Courtney have done? Would she have beat out Harold, even Duncan? Apparently, since you guys say she's a better camper than Harold.

You keep making assumptions, Chris said she was their best prospect, WAS. How do you know that Chris didn't mean that Courtney was great, but Harold's beatboxing was even better? He never states it, but hey, you like to assume.

If you are going to try to say that we are assuming Chris would rank Harold's dish better and that it's only an assumption, I'll stop you right there. He showed a clear liking of the dish, he gave it a thumbs up, they played happy success music, he smiled, and said it passed. Compare that to the reaction for Courtney's dessert, a frown and an "Ehhh..." I can clearly see the difference in scoring here, he just never gives a numerical value for Harold.

But hey, apparently Courtney must win because of that, despite that stellar review from Chris compared to Courtney's.

At least Harold contributes more and tries, he's won challenges and tried his best in all of them. Yes, he's messed up, but Courtney has messed up way more. Not jumping, complaining about everything, leaving teammates behind, trying to KILL other campers, and just plain sucking in challenges. Harold isn't the best at everything, but he gives his best, and succeeds more than he fails, unlike Courtney who just plain fails.

I will say that Courtney isn't the worst, but she is nowhere near Harold's abilities. I'd rather have Harold on my team than Courtney, he's shown to be quite intellectual and can make things from nature.

Here's a good question:

Why does Courtney give the bank loot to Duncan's team and not the Grips? Because she wants Duncan to succeed if she can't. Granted she didn't know she would be on the other team, but hey, guaranteed she would have changed her mind instantly to be on Duncan's team if she knew what would have happened. She doesn't care about anyone else but herself, she saw that Duncan was on the Gaffers, and wanted him to win, not even caring about the other team. How is that a respectable player? How does that show leadership qualities? She wanted Duncan to win, so she gave him the loot and not the Grips. She was biased in her decision. She even shows how she would have preferred to be with Duncan and his team.

"Who's to say he wasn't just trying to make her feel better"
Cuz Chris isn't talking to Courtney he's talking to the audience
Courtney would have probably never heard that

Harold wasn't there when he was grading the antipasto, therefore he never heard what Chris said about his dish. So saying Chris was just trying to up Harold's spirit has the same problem that you say his comment about Courtney has...they never would have heard it.

And yes, I do know that it is a cartoon, which is why I'm so aggravated that you continue to deny the evidence we've provided...not because of the show itself, but because you don't want to listen to the evidence...

Oh my a lot of questions
I think I can answer them! Here I go!

How would Courtney have done in the sand castle building contest on TDA? She wasn't there, but she's a great camper and a leader, so why couldn't she build one?
IDK how she would have done!
I'm no Canadian writter and there was evidence of her having sand castle building skills.
Same with the other campers
But I though we were comparing Courtney and Harold in TDI?

Harold used buttresses to build a magnificent sandcastle. The only problem was that seagulls knocked it down. Would Chef have liked it? We won't know since it got destroyed, but you like to assume, so apparently if Courtney didn't make it, it's a 0 since it didn't get a score...
0.o
But Courtney wasn't in the challenge LOL
I dont compare challenges the campers werent
But I guess that's your new thing
0.o
Freaky

How about the surfing challenge? Harold was almost eaten by a shark and barely made it through it. How would Courtney have done? Would she have beat out Harold, even Duncan? Apparently, since you guys say she's a better camper than Harold.
Yes she's a better camper then Harold.
But she's at all the campers at everything
I never said that.
We never saw much of her in the water.
I'd say she'd do a LITTLE better then Gwen but hey I have no clue.

You keep making assumptions, Chris said she was their best prospect, WAS. How do you know that Chris didn't mean that Courtney was great, but Harold's beatboxing was even better? He never states it, but hey, you like to assume.
Ha Ha Ha He SAID that as it WAS in the past when he said that.
Here was his exact words
"Bridgette's clumbsiness pretty much knocked out their best prospect Courtney"
This was in episode 6 which is after episode 5 so he obviously already saw Harold's act and apperantly he thought it was better then Harold's.

If you are going to try to say that we are assuming Chris would rank Harold's dish better and that it's only an assumption, I'll stop you right there. He showed a clear liking of the dish, he gave it a thumbs up, they played happy success music, he smiled, and said it passed. Compare that to the reaction for Courtney's dessert, a frown and an "Ehhh..." I can clearly see the difference in scoring here, he just never gives a numerical value for Harold.

Why? Maybe the producers originally had the scores thought out and the writter by mistake put that in.
Wouldn't that explain a lot?
I do not recall Chris never grading the Gopher's apitizars like you have constantly said.

But hey, apparently Courtney must win because of that, despite that stellar review from Chris compared to Courtney's.

Ah yes but Harold got a ZERO.










(JK) LOL You were probably freaking over right there.

At least Harold contributes more and tries, he's won challenges and tried his best in all of them. Yes, he's messed up, but Courtney has messed up way more. Not jumping, complaining about everything, leaving teammates behind, trying to KILL other campers, and just plain sucking in challenges. Harold isn't the best at everything, but he gives his best, and succeeds more than he fails, unlike Courtney who just plain fails.

I will say that Courtney isn't the worst, but she is nowhere near Harold's abilities. I'd rather have Harold on my team than Courtney, he's shown to be quite intellectual and can make things from nature.

Ok thats ur opinion.

Here's a good question:

Why does Courtney give the bank loot to Duncan's team and not the Grips? Because she wants Duncan to succeed if she can't. Granted she didn't know she would be on the other team, but hey, guaranteed she would have changed her mind instantly to be on Duncan's team if she knew what would have happened. She doesn't care about anyone else but herself, she saw that Duncan was on the Gaffers, and wanted him to win, not even caring about the other team. How is that a respectable player? How does that show leadership qualities? She wanted Duncan to win, so she gave him the loot and not the Grips. She was biased in her decision. She even shows how she would have preferred to be with Duncan and his team.

No it was cuz she just likes Duncan....
The Grips didnt deserve the money cuz They Never Ouunce made it to the Wicket and therefore did not deserve to win.
It was just a prize.
Courtney knew that.
Not something that let you go farther in challenges.