Beedle the Bard SPOILERS\Animagi commentary

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 185197

Shelley:
> I got the idea that the TriWizard contest was similar to the 
Quidditch World 
> Cup- people went about their jobs on a daily basis- and then took 
time off 
> right before the "big event" to actually attend the event. 

Potioncat:
In the second event, the contestants were under water and out of sight. 
In the third event, the contestants were in the maze and out of sight. 
None of the spectators or judges had any idea what was going on until 
the young wizards came out of the water/maze.

The question is what were the specators doing all that time? Maybe it 
was just a big party waiting to see the results. But they had nothing 
to watch during the contest.