Seriously, is dancing with the stars fixed or something?

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1721526/synopsis

I read alot of the stuff on imdb synopsis page and every week it seems Bristol is at the bottom and yet every week they send someone else home?

What the hell?

[grace0418]

1. It's not fixed necessarily. It's just further evidence of the mentality of Sarah Palin fans.

They'll waste time and energy voting for someone who doesn't deserve to win.

[LynneSin]

2. teabagger fix

that explains alot

[Frank Cannon]

22. You gotta know those Palinites are working the phone banks for Bristol...

until their fingers bleed.

And it's actually pretty humorous, because she dances like Young Frankenstein.

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[astral]

18. that close your legs comment is gross and uncalled for. nt.

[JonLP24]

4. Reality show contests are interesting

I know there is a law that you can't rig game shows so I'm confident Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy are clean. I'm not sure about reality shows and I'll say why.

I'm a Hell's Kitchen fan, but usually the biggest jerk stays on the show longer than he/she needs to. Ramsey doesn't strike me as a guy that would go along with a rigged formant but I'm sure people watch the show just to see if the jerk gets eliminated. Other reality show contests seem similar. I wonder if they keep the jerks around for higher ratings.

I don't know how Dancing with the Stars work but if it is fan voting, it is probably a bunch of a Sarah Palin fans. I imagine Dems and Liberals don't watch considering how many wingnuts they've had on the show.

[LynneSin]

5. I know with Top Chef and even Project Runway - the crazier you acted the longer you lasted

I remember Angela from season #3 of Project Runway. That woman couldn't design worth a damn but she was such a fricking lunatic and mentally unstable that they kept her around much longer than normal.

[northzax]

17. well here's the thing

look at the ending credits. it will plainly say that judges decisions are made in consultation with show producers. they are perfectly upfront about it. I don't know how DWTS actually decides who leaves (bottom three vote getters and a judge panel decision, right?) but that is likely fungible, if they say so in the credits.

[TorchTheWitch]

6. do you really believe "reality" tv shows have anything to do with reality?

I'm amazed that most people believe any of these shows are real and they have anything to do with the outcome of every program. Reality tv is nothing more than a clever marketing concept to keep people watching by giving them the illusion that they actually participate in deciding how the series will turn out. Pfffffffftttttttt... mega millions if not billions of dollars ride on tv programs - ain't NO WAY they're winging it.

Remember, this is brought to you by an industry that heartily believes and has for decades that the public doesn't know what it wants and needs to be told which singers, actors, dancers, musicians, etc. they like. We now have an entire generation of people that clearly do not know HOW to determine what entertainers are good and what entertainers are not and why.

[nolabear]

7. Team Sarah. I actually feel for the kid.

I think she knows that her life has been reduced to the level of a function for a narcissistic mother. She may well spend her life wondering if anything she does is actually hers, but the lure of attention is strong for anyone, not to mention the money. She's not a good dancer but honestly, she seems like a nice kid with a wretched, mamacentric future.

[Darth_Kitten]

24. perhaps, but people don't deserve to win things they haven't earned.

:(

[TZ]

8. has to do with the way votes are weighed vs. scores

DWTS emphasizes the popular vote over the judges scores so its entirely possible for the person with the worst dancing scores to stay and compete near the top if they get enough votes...I've been a dance instructor and one of the reasons I've stopped watching DWTS (besides putting on total douchebags like the Situation along with Palin's brat) is often one obviously less talented person gets alot farther then they should. MOST of the time, the right person wins (in that they are the best dancer) but its common for a sucky but popular person to get into the top 3 or 4.

[LynneSin]

9. I thought it would be a neat show to watch but hated the music that they used

I mean I wanted to hear real Tango, Waltz, Polka, Rumba music and instead we got bastardize versions of bad pop music.

But I do have this odd thing about reading the shows IMDB puts on their homepage synopsis. Go figure.

[TZ]

10. If its any help to you, I don't like a lot of the music either

but FWIW, I almost always agree with the opinions given by the judges on that show. Which, had this been only a elimination based on scores would have put Bristol out of the competition about 4 weeks ago. Judging from what I've heard about the remaining competitiors, Bristol will probably make the top 4 and then get cut.

[Posteritatis]

11. I just assume all reality shows are fixed. (nt)

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. It's all about ratings, which is all about money.

Look at the "Bachelor" type shows. How many people who have not ever been before a camera, can get away with ignoring the presence of a camera and crew just like professional actors?

PS: Professional wrestling is also not real. Neither are Disney's "sports" psuedopod extensions.

[JonLP24]

13. Bristol Palin Survives `Dancing' Elimination Round With Help of Tea Party

<snip>

“There’s a strong popular movement behind Sarah Palin at the moment and she’s receiving a lot of support from the Tea Party,” Conrad Green, executive producer of the program, said in a Nov. 4 interview. “It’s entirely possible some of those people are behind Bristol for political reasons.”

During the taping of the Nov. 8 show, the 20-year-old Palin wore a Tea Party t-shirt while rehearsing.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-10/bristol-palin-remains-on-abc-s-dancing-as-fans-continue-to-muster-votes.html

[LynneSin]

14. so she's a big of dumbass just like her mother

:eyes:

[Orsino]

15. It's as carefully choreographed as possible...

...as are most "reality" shows.

[Lucy Goosey]

16. It's not a dance contest, it's a popularity contest.

Which to me still doesn't explain Caribou Jr's success, but she obviously has fans.

[astral]

19. It could very well be the show is 'fixed,' however,

I do like Bristol and if I would bother to figure out how to do it I would vote for her to stay. I didn't catch dances episode where she got saved but I saw her get saved and I too, was surprised, but happy. And I am definitely not a Sarah Palin fan, she is an embarrassment to womankind.

I began to have a bad attitude towards both Brandy and that other gal (dirty-dances gal) when they were rude to their dance teachers and neither would admit they were wrong. They are both infinitely better dancers than Bristol. I never realized this show was based more on popularity with the voters than actual skill.

I do wonder, though about other things thrown into the mix, like dances with sexier costumes and sexier dance choreography are going to get better points all other things being equal. Bristol having to get into that monkey suit was a cop-out on the part of her teacher, and if she gets raked over the coals for even wearing something kind of attractive / sexy while there are no comments on the other dancers' occasionally racy and skimpy outfits, it seems the problem is with her mother, not her.

And that's not Bristol's problem. I love her attitude.

[jmowreader]

20. I wouldn't call it "fixed" necessarily...

but remember, Sarah Palin shows up on that shitfest far more often than she should, and those teabaggers, they like them some Sarah Palin...so if the producers keep Bristol on for a long, long time the teabaggers will continue to tune in.

How many people are left? I figure Bristol will get voted off when it's Bristol plus two others.

[blue neen]

21. It seems fixed to me.

That's why I quit watching 3 weeks ago. Bristol should have been out of this competition long ago.

People should just stop watching. Ratings matter even more than politics. :)

[hamsterjill]

23. I don't know if it's fixed or not, but let me make a prediction.

This season's winner is going to be Brandi.

The final three will be Bristol, Jennifer Gray and Brandi.

Totally from the gut...but let's see how this pans out. If I'm wrong, you can (deservedly) give me the wet noodle treatment.