PFFT. Nice.
The competition was used as a feint the whole time to expose her in front of a live studio audience. No radio silence when you're in person.
Looks like the male lead has a head for this, so that's nice. Rather, isn't it kinda weird to rig a game where the judges aren't made aware? If they're decent judges, they should have experience deciphering this. And actually, they knowingly did this weird competition that wouldn't actually show an author's true strength of revision?