The Third Task Audience

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 25552

Just occured to me why Ive never had any problem with what the 
Audience was seeing during the Third Task in GoF... 

Comes from having Orienteering as my sport years ago.  That takes 
part in forests and so on and basically the competitors are not 
visible to the audience. Competitors have to navigate from control 
point to control point in the course, chosing their own routes.

In major championships though there are 'reporting points' at 
selected locations so the progress of competitors is flagged. It can 
get quite exciting. What I subconsciously assumed in the Third Task I 
realise is that as each champion encountered one of the obstackes a 
commentary flashes up in a form the Champions can't detect. ( " 
Potter runs into the boggart and its a dementor - away goes a 
Patronus from Potter!  And he keeps his head and uses Riddiculus!" )  

This rather magnifes the problem of what happens between Harry and 
Cedric grabbing the trophy and Harry getting Cedric's body back as 
the audience would have known the contest had ended ...

Edis