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WME/IMG: NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING BACK STEVE HARVEY AS MISS UNIVERSE HOST

Harvey and first unner-up Miss Colombia
Harvey and first unner-up Miss Colombia

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Despite the blunder committed by host Steve Harvey in crowning the wrong Miss Universe, the comedian and game show host will be coming back next year in Belize and several more years after that.

WME/IMG, the new owners of the Miss Universe Organization, said that they have no choice — Harvey signed a multi-year contract to host the annual international beauty pageant.

A source close to production tells Entertainment Tonight (ET) that the 58-year-old Family Feud host signed a multi-year contract to host Miss Universe just days before the pageant aired Sunday, and that his paycheck is “more than they’ve ever paid before for a host.”

The source says the deal is for at least three years, possibly even as many as six or seven.

But not to worry, WME/IMG has taken steps to prevent a repeat of this year’s pageant fiasco.

In future editions of contest, the new Miss Universe will not be crowned for at least four minutes following the final announcement by Harvey.  During that time, the top three finalists will be shown the cue card which contains the names/countries of the 2nd runner-up, 1st runner-up and Miss Universe. Once all three have confirmed the results, they will all give a thumbs up.  Only then will the crown be placed on the head of the new Miss Universe.

All’s well that ends well.

STEVE HARVEY INVITES MISS PHILIPPINES AND MISS COLOMBIA TO ‘FAMILY FEUD’

imageNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – In an effort to repair his reputation as a television host after that Miss Universe gaffe on Sunday, Steve Harvey has extended an invitation to Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia to appear on his syndicated show, ‘Family Feud.’

“I hope that both Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and Ariadna Guetierrez will accept my invitation for them to be my guests during the show’s special Miss Universe edition, ” Harvey said.

“Family Feud” is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes.

For the special Miss Universe edition, there will only be two individual contestants — not families: Miss Universe and the first runner-up.

No crown and no prizes will be at stake, but Harvey hopes that his gesture will settle once and for all the controversy surrounding his mistake during the pageant finals in which he announced Miss Colombia as the new Miss Universe only to reverse himself moments later to say that it was actually Miss Philippines who won the contest.

“This invitation is also made in the spirit of sincere apology, camaraderie and world peace,” the TV host concluded.

And the survey said. . .

MISS UNIVERSE HOST STEVE HARVEY CAN’T READ, CAN’T SPELL EITHER

Harvey
Harvey

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – It was the most embarrassing and awkward moment ever on international live television when Miss Universe host Steve Harvey (‘Family Feud’) announced the wrong winner, apologizing for misreading the names of the first runner-up and the Miss Universe winner in tonight’s pageant in Las Vegas.

Harvey announced Miss Philippines as the first runner-up and Miss Colombia as the new Miss Universe, only to correct himself and say that Miss Philippines was actually the winner in the beauty contest.

Soon after, he followed up his TV apology with a tweet.  It was yet another disaster.  He misspelled both countries represented by the ladies : Miss Philippians and Miss Columbia.

It will be a long sleepless night for Harvey.

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