There have been many conspiracy theories this week on why Bristol Palin is still on DWTS while celebrities who are better dancers, notably Audrina patridge and rick Fox, have been voted off. Here are some examples:- Sarah Palin demanding that her "entire Tea Party brigade to text like crazy after the end of each episode"
- The robo-callers are used for DWTS rather than the elections
- The producers are fixing the results to keep her on the show in a effort to increase ratings
- Christine O'Donnell cast a spell on DWTS phone lines (my favorite)
Another example would be Marie Osmond. Marie is actually a favorite of mine, but she did have the lowest judges' scores in 5 of the ten weeks and finally finished third.
The reason she stayed around so long? A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR HER.
And the same is true for Bristol. She must have a solid, dedicated fan base. The problem with such a polarizing figure of course is that there is probably a significant number of people who don't want her to win and would never vote for her, meaning she won't pick up as many votes from the celebrity leaving as some of the others might.
A popularity contest? Absolutely. That's why half the score is based on the viewers vote.
The aim is to identify the best dancer in the eyes of the judges and viewers, not to rank them or to only take account of their technical skills.
Now, if she manages to win, I'm going with the Christine O'Donnell theory…
Conspiracy theories? NO! How about reality? Or have you been under a rock for the first weeks of this season. Sarah has indeed pleaded for her seed on social networks repeatedly. Robodialers do two things...a) they get votes in for their candidate, and b)because they redial so fast and can use so many phone lines symultaneously they jam up the 800 exchanges. Tried to get in to cast a vote at all this season? It's never been harder to get a phone call through at any other time in any other season other than this season. So Bristol gets votes and others with only human callers do not! Did AT&T shut down half their 800 exchanges? I think not. Add to that the judges have never given Bristol the low scores she deserves (Woz, BillyRay, Kate, all got 3's & 4's) so she stays within mathematical shot of staying in the competition each week. They repeatedly ignore stumbles, stepping on Mark's feet, and missed timing to give her decent mid range scores for horrible dances. Yes, there has always been the dark horse strange competitor in every season. But they either got good or went home by mid season and let the dancing competition shine as the season rushed to the finals. This season is a sham because a blatantly lousy dancer has been bouyed up by biased judging and outside campaigning while people who put in the effort and had talent have been artificially eliminated. The ABC VP of late night and specials shows claimed the secret to DWTS is that they never mess with the competition. Really? What about small dance floors, unqualified judges, and this week the competitors don't even know what song their dancing to! In each case we, the viewers, get lesser quality dances and competition. That allows someone like a Palin to survive. She's a bad dancer and should have been gone a long time ago. Her name should be Sanjaya Palin. She's doing the same thing to DWTS he did to American Idol. The beginning of the demise.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention people create multiple email accounts to vote (I know someone with 50 email addresses to vote).
ReplyDeleteThis is one of major reasons I'm pushing for the show really to change the voting so that the judges scores be weighted more (55-45%)
I have to admit a number of people (including some Bristol supporters) have mentioned they have trouble getting through on the phone.
ReplyDeleteAll I have to say is if she is not voted off this week I will never watch DWTS AGAIN!!!!! Bristol should have gone home many weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteThere must be some inside politics. There is no way that Bristol's dancing has kept her on the show. Oh yeah, most people lose weight on this show. She gets bigger and bigger every week! WTF?
ReplyDeleteBristol Palin has to be one of the worst dancers the show has ever had, yet she is still in the competition. She has absolutely no coordination, timing, talent or personality. Let's face it she can't dance and has had very little improvement. She obviously forgets the dances (she looks dazed and confused half the time), she misses steps and has no timing. She should have gone home weeks ago and let some of the other dancers get a chance to improve. The show has to be fixed, and frankly after watching this week I dont think I will ever watch it again.
ReplyDeleteOh, and by the way....the show is called Dancing with the Stars. I wasnt aware that Bristol Palin was a star? She is a poor role model for young girls (unwed, pregnant and has a child at what 17, high school education. How does that make her a star? I guess having a famous parent makes her a star.
The show has lost all credibility (if it ever had any). I'm done with it after this weeks results
It's also shocking to me that Len, who is the most critical of the three judges, has been so lenient on Bristol. I always admired Len for telling the truth even when the audience booed him. I'm stymied by his false praise of Bristol.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this vacant, depressing girl has made the final three! I had to go on line to make sure I wasn't the only one that thought this was insane! I won't be watching DWTS anymore either, she's ruined the show for me.
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