9 Harry Potter Plot Holes That Actually Have Simple Fixes
5. The Triwizard Tournament Was A Very Boring Affair - The Goblet Of Fire
Plot Hole: It is strange to think that the spectators of The Triwizard Tournament were watching either an empty stadium, a dark, still lake or a bunch of bushes for fun right? Thank God we get to enjoy the perspective of Harry and not Ron or Neville or someone else. We get to experience the suspense and thrill that comes along with each task. But everyone else... not so much.
Now the first task of stealing a golden egg from a dragon was set up as a spectator sport, it was only when Harry led the dragon away from the stadium that the students and teachers missed out on the drama. But the other two tasks are set up so that no one but the participants get to experience the elaborate tasks.
How many Galleons were wasted on growing that hedge maze, and acquiring the creatures that dwell inside? Seems like an oversight right?
Answer: In the books, The Triwizard Tournament is started up again by the Ministry of Magic as an economic venture and Professor Dumbledore agrees to it because it encourages, as Hermione puts it, "international, magical co-operation". The tournament takes a lot of government work to make sure it is safe and successful (unlike the ones before it), and therefore a rule is set in place where no-one under the wizarding age (17) can participate.
When Harry's name ends up in the Goblet of Fire everyone is on edge, and when he almost dies in front of everyone in the first task something has to be done to stop the tournament from getting out of hand.
It was a VERY careful choice not to let anyone see the rest of the tasks. The idea of a 14 year old boy dying or getting seriously injured in front of the 3 schools and their teachers would have been enough to change the original plans for the tournament.
You could say that the tasks were already planned out before the Tournament began, but considering Omnioculars existed it surely would have been easy to use magic to make the tasks watchable. It was a choice not to let anyone see.
Although in hindsight, there probably would have been less danger if the judges were able to watch that last task.