Thursday, May 31, 2007
Another popularity contest
Anyone watching the new show called On the Lot? It’s another one of those reality shows where the public votes for their favorites, only this one is with budding directors and the prize is a $1 million deal with Dreamworks. I like the concept, but as always I HATE the fact that the first half of the season is nothing but a popularity contest. True the most talented guy was in the top three, but the bottom three seriously did not deserve to be there. They weren’t great, but there were much worse ones that needed to go.
The sad thing is, the bottom three that were voted off were the three foreigners with accents—a girl from Spain, a girl from Italy, and a guy from England. My theory is that the rest of the group, however undeserving, had their mass-voting support group here in the U.S. while the unlucky ones from Europe had their support group overseas and unable to vote for them. This is why I much prefer the shows where the judges do the voting off, like in America’s Next Top Model and Hell’s Kitchen.
Oh well, it’s still an interesting show. I like it tons better than American Idol. You get to see a little more of each person’s personality, which is what I like. I want to be able to relate to (or despise) these contestants. On American Idol it’s just a bunch of people singing. We’ll just have to grit our teeth and stick it out until it become a talent contest later in the show instead one based solely on how big your family and group of friends are.
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