This is the year that will test the show - either it goes off the air or the voting process will change. In Dancing with the Stars, the scoring is divided evenly between the judges and the viewers at home. At the very least, there is some "professional" control/influence.
Sanjaya is a cute kid, but if the judges (who put him there in the first place) had their way - he would have been voted off week 1. My guess is that he will win this year, proving that the shows voting system is flawed. Really good people are sent home - i.e. Sabrina Sloan, Stephanie Edwards, Constantine, Chris Daughtry, etc.. - and yet Sanjaya remains. He's a cute kid - and I'm impressed that he's enduring all of this criticism....he knows he's out of his league - and yet he still performs to the best of his ability. We'll see what happens.
2007-03-23 01:41:37 · 14 answers · asked by what's up? 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Thanks for answering - I am going to put this to a vote...and see what everyone on YA thinks! I don't know how this could work, but I agree with Brent W: One vote per household; per phone number - and the judges definitely get to vote as well.
2007-03-23 13:59:00 · update #1
this is democracy. the one with the most votes wins.
my suggestion would be to limit each voter to 1 vote only. 1 vote from each phone number only. that would be fair.
2007-03-23 03:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by Brent W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love American idol and I could tell you that I am very disappointed in this years show. From the start it became obvious that it is not based on talent alone. Many of my favorites that are very good have been sent home and the ones popular with all the kids stay because of crushes and all that nonsense.I think I will not watch the show next season if it stays the same.
2007-03-23 08:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bazinga 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this season is like America's most popular club, doesn't matter if you are a lousy singer ; this goes to the heart of America ; vote for the best not the cutest; guess people are voting the idol aspect not he singing aspect; perhaps the joke is now on the creators of the show ; money doesn't make you smarter- now they are doing this fund raiser as part of the program; if I want to fund raise , don't use this show as the medium ; do it on your own time and dime ; another Oprah phenomenon ; we aren't happy unless with taint everything for a dollar ; yes it is great to help people but I am tired of celebrities doing it on our time; the show is about singing not about Africa poverty; keep issues separate ; easy to be on a soap box when you have so much that you now need to buy people for a hobby and publicity; do it when no one is watching , when no one is filming ; do it when you don't have to plaster out there of your good deeds, then you are a humanitarian.
2007-03-23 08:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by sml 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I dont think Sanjaya is very talented but votefortheworst.com has a good point...
"We're back! Votefortheworst.com was started in 2004 to support voting for the entertaining contestants who the producers would hate to see win on American Idol. Why do we do it? During the initial auditions, the producers of Idol only let certain people through. Many good people are turned away and many bad singers are kept around to see Simon, Paula, and Randy so that America will be entertained.
Now why do the producers do this? It's simple: American Idol is not about singing at all, it's about making good reality TV and enjoying the cheesy, guilty pleasure of watching bad singing. We agree that a fish out of water is entertaining, and we want to acknowledge this fact by encouraging people to make an even funnier show by helping the amusing antagonists stick around. VFTW sees keeping these contestants around as a golden opportunity to make a funnier show.
The show starts out every year encouraging us to point and laugh at all of the bad singers who audition. We want this hilariously bad entertainment to continue into the finals, so we choose the contestant that we feel provides the most entertaining train wreck performances and we start voting for them. We don't necessarily vote for the worst technical singer; we take into account many factors like if they have crazy personalities, how well they dance and move around the stage, if they have an attitude, if they annoy the general public or judges, etc. The bottom line is that they have to be entertaining and they have to go against what AI wants to produce in a winner. So we don't just vote for the worst singer, we vote for the most entertaining contestant using our own criteria.
American Idol producers don't like this though, because they've already spent time "pimping" the contestant that they want to win. Because they don't like our site, Fox has called us "hateful" and "mean spirited". Doesn't it seem a tad hypocritical to say that when the show has weeks devoted to making fun of bad auditions? The producers also profited from a "Worst of American Idol" DVD set. How can the producers let Simon mock some of the contestants but then let us be called "vicious" when a campaign exists to help those very contestants? We don't hate the people we vote for, we actually love them!
Vote for the Worst encourages you to have fun with American Idol and embrace its suckiness by voting for the people who the general public and the producers are rooting against. We rally behind one choice so that we can help make a difference and pool all of our votes toward one common goal. Join us and vote for the VFTW contestant as many times as you can each week. Our aim isn't to win every single week, but to get a bad contestant as far as possible. If our VFTW pick is ousted from the competition, we'll move onto someone new. If we can help someone who was supposed to go home inch a spot closer to winning, that's a great success! We care less about succeeding every single week than we do just enjoying the performances as they happen.
People may tell you "VFTW makes no difference, their votes don't count". Obviously this makes no sense, because every vote counts. We're a fanbase just like the fangirls who somehow thought Ace Young was a good singer. It wouldn't make much sense to say that our voting bloc makes no difference and then vote all night for your own favorite, because your votes would make even less of a difference.
We've had VFTW victories in the past with contestants like John Stevens, Scott Savol, Kevin Covais, Kellie Pickler, and Taylor Hicks. We're now gearing up for season 6 of America's Largest Karaoke Contest. So, go on, embrace the cheesiness of American Idol and other television shows. Help us Vote For the Worst!"
2007-03-23 09:33:22 · answer #4 · answered by Cristalena 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something needs to be done for sure...I really dont think Sanjaya should have made it out of the hollywood audition process...they let many GOOD singer go home during that process...and if anything...they need to screen that process better.....Sanjaya is getting the preteen vote right now...they dont care that its a SINGING competition...and he getting the cute factor...Myself...i think he has kind of a creepy smile...lol
2007-03-23 09:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by amyjoyates9034 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard there
is a plot to have
Sanjaya as the winner.
This WILL be the last
show if this happens.
Too bad, because many
people talked about the
show the next day at work.
Oh Well!!
2007-03-23 08:47:41 · answer #6 · answered by Cher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I sure hate that it might not be fair
but the beauty of it all is that the persons
on the show seem to be able to write their
own ticket because of the exposure
2007-03-23 08:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by manoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the judges should have the final say.
2007-03-23 08:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by SweetPea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. they rig the votes always. it's like the presidential election.
2007-03-23 08:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
voting should be changed- vote for someone to leave
2007-03-23 08:45:07 · answer #10 · answered by Daisy Mae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋