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10/16/06

Putting the "Fake" in Reality TV

Filed under: Posts — jwallis @ 12:27:48 pm

A Filipino friend and I were discussing the recent Reality release by fox, Celebrity Duets. Of the cast, I had picked Lucy Lawless to win, as the choir i'm in performed with her 2 years ago and she has an incredible voice. Mikey put his money on Jai Rodriguez because he's hot (oh yeah, and he has the most incredible voice ever).

I have never seen an Asian not behind the wheel of a car get as angry as he did when Jai was eliminated by the "votes" received by callers. He went from having the most votes every week to the least. Both Mikey and I cried foul. It seemed oddly like the producers got tired of the token gay contestant and eliminated him despite the fact that his voice was better than just about everyone there.

It brings up a good point though: how are we supposed to know the votes are being calculated correctly? Every reality show that has public voting uses a computer program to tabulate, but programs can be altered. And when we see Ruben Stoddard beat Clay Aiken, we start to wonder who's running this show. ESPECIALLY 3 years later when Ruben is off the map and Clay is releasing his third album.

If the public is voting, then my battle cry will change: STOP VOTING FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCK!!!!! Otherwise, if the producers want people to keep watching, they will need to make sure they are very careful about what they will do for ratings, because loss of trust of the show=loss of viewers=cancellation. Just ask Jennifer Garner and the cast of Alias.

Comments

  1. LOL-- i voted for Carlton (fresh prince) and I screamed so loud the neighboors came over-- his voice is beautiful-- Lucy was okay but she sounded fake-- that's coming from a singer--- anywayz-- keep the political thought evoking blogs coming lol

    Comment by Ecclesia [Member] — 10/16/06 @ 13:17

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