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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, December 09, 2007 - 6:04 am
just noticed the link to the kids' bios great quote from Laurel: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? "In 10 years I will be 22 years old. I know I will still be in school, graduating from college and looking to further my education. I hope I am happy, healthy and grounded and still reaching for the stars. I will still be keeping in touch with all my Bonanza friends who are now spread across the world doing wonderful things to help make this world a little brighter. I will also be in the middle of planning a 10 year reunion for everyone to meet back in Bonanza City New Mexico, maybe we can have a 40 day reunion!" http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_nation/bios/laurel/thoughts.shtml
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 3:24 am
It just makes me wonder what's going on in the background that they aren't showing us.
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Freetimefinally
Member
01-26-2006
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 6:39 am
Before the show started many articles about the show state that each child recieves $5000 for participating. They then have the chance to win more money as they game goes on. This was mentioned many times when the contraversy came up that some parents were upset. I'm pretty sure the girl who keeps nominating herself to win the gold star is the main mom who complained(someone please corect me if I am wrong about this). Divad's mom was also quoted in the article about abuse and such happening. This was talked about in TV Guide pre season article.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:24 pm
Okay, so they are making at least minimum wage - $5000 divided by 40 divided by 16. Not bad for such young kids!! Wherever there are parents and kids, there will be malcontents - it goes with the territory!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 9:51 pm
Eeyoreslamentiiiiiii (lol) said: Biscotiiiiiii - I *think* the yellow ones were laborers once or twice before. I know they started off being cooks for a couple of weeks too. Green was spending a long time in the laborer position at first. Thanks for clarifying, surprised that I haven't remembered Taylor scrubbing outhouses (with likely a whole episode dedicated to her howls). Saying with that Southern Drawl "Beauty Queens Don't Do Dung!"
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:44 pm
LOLOL!!! I love you and Christiii, for all of your extra 'i's. I also like Stacey5389475984368924760942875 for all of the extra numbers after her name.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 3:46 pm
I think there's a youtube clip of a Kid Nation Reunion.
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Kimmy_1
Member
05-12-2004
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 5:26 pm
Here you go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGYAECbz30I Thanks for pointing that out Ketchup.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:47 pm
How about that reunion tonight eh? 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:59 pm
congrats to all the gold star winners and non gold star winners 
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Milosmom
Member
06-10-2006
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:59 pm
I'm not ashamed to say I was crying my eyes out the last 15 minutes! Nice ending.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 7:19 pm
I was crying from the minute the parents showed up.
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 7:22 pm
I really did like this show. I know they got a lot of flak about it in the beginning but I think it was a really nice show. What an experience for all those kids. I would of loved to of done something like that when I was their age.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 7:52 pm
Who won the star? I HAVE to study for two exams (and write a paper) for tomorrow and the next day. So I don't have time to watch til Saturday!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:01 pm
I want to know too. I don't watch the show but am a dedicated lurker here in this thread. LOL. I really enjoy the discussion here.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:12 pm
They gave away one final $20K gold star and three $50K gold stars. The $20K star went to Zach. The $50K stars went to Sophia, Morgan, and Migle.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:16 pm
So Sophia got 70 grand!!?!?! Not sure how happy I am about that. Actually, not sure how I feel about ANY of the 50 k star winners. OK, back to work!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:19 pm
Thx Lori!
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:31 pm
Morgan also made 70,000 too, right?
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:33 pm
Yep, both Sophia and Morgan got $70K in gold stars.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:39 pm
I wasn't surprised about Sophia, and I guess I can understand Morgan, although they didn't allow us to see a lot of the role she played with the town. I was just surprised by the big gold star for Migle. She may have improved in the later days, but why not give a star to someone who had been working hard from the first day? If they were going to give second gold stars to Sophia and Morgan, then why not Laurel? I was really hoping Mike would've been recognized at some point, but I'm very happy that Zach got a star. My heart broke for Emilie. She reaches out to the other girls only to be told to sleep with the chickens, and then she's given the brush-off completely. Then Kelsey's screeching at her in her usual way, and then Migle's jumping in and assuming Emilie was the troublemaker when she was just dumped on. It was just too sad. She obviously thought she had made some good friends, but found out she was wrong. What a sad thing to happen on her last night there. I had a similar experience in the last week of my junior year of college, and it hurt like crazy.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:45 pm
Two of the $50,000 gold stars were supposed to go to someone who had already won $20,000. Just wanted to make that clear to those who didn't watch. Then the last gold star was to go to someone "new". I really enjoyed the finale. I was thrilled to see Sophia get the $50,000 and for Zach to get the $20,000. He was so choked up. I can't wait for next season. I'm going to miss these kids!
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:06 pm
I was going to say that I can't wait for next season also but I stopped short of saying. I'm afraid you may see a ton of hollywood wanna be kids. That is usually what happens after the first show. I hope I'm wrong.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:39 pm
I'm afraid you may see a ton of hollywood wanna be kids. That is usually what happens after the first show. That would really be a shame. I'd like to see all the money they're giving in gold stars somehow be more even. Maybe two gold stars, perhaps not worth as much, given out each episode or something. It just seems unfair having some kids getting $70K and some nothing. Wow, Taylor's gang was so mean to little Emilie, and then Miglie acted like everything was Emilie's fault. I really hope they have KN2 with real kid kids.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:49 pm
So, who was the "unlikely hero" that was mentioned in the article Milosmom posted last week?
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