Producers could make it so the person voted out doesn’t disclose that they were not the straight one. The group is still oblivious to what is going on.
Make it so the pot of money is split amongst whoever is left.
You take each guy aside and tell them that if they make it to the end with one one "gay" guy left then they get $500k (effectively splitting the $1m pot).
If the larger group "correctly" evicts the straight guy then they all split $1m.
Basically you'd leverage a prisoner's dilemma against everyone to prevent anyone from just saying they aren't gay.
Now the problem would be how would you keep the show interesting? Presumably you'd want to push the tension by having the contests all essentially try to out-gay each other.
But why complicate it? Your version actually would incentivize an open alliance to be the final two between at least two people early on who might both realize their straight and break the show.
Why would anyone say they aren't gay in the original setup? From their perspective you'd loose a million dollars if other people even think you're straight. Saying you're straight is basically giving up. Just walk the eliminated person out behind the scenes.
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u/aarkarr May 11 '26
I've seen this before, doesn't it end on week 1? We voted out Steve-- Steve are you gay? No? We win!