Voting Alterations
Votes have occasionally been altered to accommodate for a lack of couples like 8 or 10 passengers on board the coach or for other reasons; On Day 4 of Series 2 the vote was changed after first John & Irene's early departure due to their ill health then Paul & Heidi receiving a red card later at the previous day's vote and on Day 14 of Series 2 the vote was changed again after first Clare and Kat received a red card at the previous day's vote then Alan & Lorenzo refused to get out of bed followed by stationary traffic with an accident in front and on Day 12 of Series 4 the vote was also changed after a fight had broken out on board the coach between Bruce & Jon and Tam & Jayson before new couple Mark & Mary arrived, this normally results in the couples on board voting for who they want to receive a treat rather than the penalty cards.
Introduced by July 2010 (effective from Series 5), five couples became the new minimum required for a vote to take place. The voting system of awarding a treat was reintroduced during Series 8 and during the first Christmas series.
On Day 17 of Series 1 and Day 19 of Series 3 Brendan decided to skip the vote due to shortages of couples. On Day 21 of Series 2, the vote was suspended due to the contestants learning of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption and the 2011 England riots were not revealed to the contestants before Series 5 and 8 began filming. The Arab Spring protests didn't even begin until after Series 6 and the first Celebrity series have finished filming.
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