What looks like conspiracy to me is voting system. You can buy more weight for your choice. But what if there is no real voting? Can you ever tell if some billionaire fan/troll bought some option or showrunners themselves just add some point with a simple keyboard stroke?

Just hear me - you can ignore all the voting and just continue with same scenario (cutting scenario costs drastically). Also you can milk those who are really engaged by making them feel that they almost got voting, but need just a bit more to “win”.

And to finish - why make global voting? To make “winners” more engaged and suggest “losers” to buy a bit to “certainly win next time”

For me it makes too much sense in terms of money grabbing, which seems to be the only reason to make this show.