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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 5:03 pm
And my dh just looked over my shoulder and said "you can't write that!" at my comment about Jimmer being a naive fool - I hope he and all of you realise I was completely joking on that! Lol, Kitt...since Jimmer is neither naive nor a fool, I knew you were joking, but honestly, I don't think Repubs are out there 'cheating' for her to stay. I do think she is getting a lot of votes because of who she is that she may not deserve, but I'm a Repub and I abhor cheating. Does she belong in the finals...no, but Brandy and Jennifer just haven't been as likeable this year as other finalists. I really don't see Kyle as that much better than Bristol, but no one is screaming that he's there. I truly respect you so much, therefore, I hope you don't really believe this is some right wing conspiracy. If Hukd likes this gal, many many people of all sides must like her. I wouldn't be happy if she won because of politics or who her mother is. She is a natural beauty who is unassuming and maybe that's what has drawn people in. I guess this show really isn't about the best dancer, but the most liked personality. I hope ABC can figure a way out of this and perhaps this will teach them to start bringing in more stars and less reality or political peeps.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 5:07 pm
Im glad it's happening and I hope Bristol wins. Maybe finally the changes that need to be made will be made concerning contestants and voting. I mean if Derek is such a good choreographer/teacher then put him with a Bristol or Kate G for christs sake. I think all this outrage is misdirected. It's not Bristol's fault. It's the system. Big Brother completely revamped the game and rules after season one because of vote rigging.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 5:22 pm
I am kind of shocked at the amount of passion on this topic! The devil in me now wants Bristol to win so that the boards explode! 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 5:52 pm
Lakecat, yes, people have gone on and on about how unlikeable Brandy is/was. That's why I don't think Bristol has been treated any more badly than anyone else. Thank you. And yes, that may have limited Brandy's votes. But I also think Bristol has lasted week after week over other people who ARE likable. So no, I don't believe that's the only reason Bristol won out over Brandy.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 5:53 pm
FWIW, I don't think people are all *upset*, it's just an interesting discussion, that plays on our sense of fairness, in a variety of ways.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 6:03 pm
Well, I'm a flaming liberal and can't write what I think about Sarah Palin without getting banned, but I like Bristol. She's a kid and she started off with the grace of a heffalump and now I think she's really dancing. I think she's got grit and she's worked really hard, too.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 7:32 pm
I think Mark has done an amazing job with Bristol. And he seems to really enjoy working with her and they are cute together. He's such a sweetie, I like how he's so supportive of her. But you could see by his face, that he knows that a huge injustice has been done with last week's votes. I've said it before, I'm also a flaming Liberal, and I loathe Bristol's mother with a passion. But I don't have any personal gripe at all against Bristol herself. I would be thrilled for her if she had improved to the point of earning the prize. But she just isn't nearly as good a dancer as she needs to be at this crucial point in this contest.
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Jag2000
Member
07-01-2009
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:15 pm
Someone posted that Kyle is no better than Bristol and he is still there and is not being critisized as is Bristol. I feel that the diff- erence is that people like Kyle because he puts his heart and soul into his dancing and makes it fun to watch. Bristol is just there following what she is told to do without any flair or joy. It looks like it is a task to be there, she never smiles and to honest I think that she wishes that she were somewhere else then on a dance floor. She justs seems so uncomfortable and wishes that she were voted off a long time ago. All Jennifer does is complain that she hurts here..she hurts there. Enough already. And, she is going to win. It was a given from the 1st.show. As I have said before, it is only a mirrored ball on a stick and that and $2.00 will get you a cup of coffee.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:19 pm
come on! no one agreed with my outrage over Florence!? where is the justice?! when someone so totally groovy gets voted out before her time
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:30 pm
Hey Pamy, wanno go picket the studio? I'm still bummed about Audrina and my delicious Tony. ;);)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:50 pm
No, I don't think it's some right wing conspiracy, but I do think some people are voting for Bristol to stay for reasons beyond her performance on the show, and that reason is most probably politics. And again I'll say if you watch the show you can vote for whoever you want for whatever reason you want, but to my mind it just isn't fair to spoil someone else's enjoyment by voting on a race you have no interest in, except to prove a point in a subject completely unrelated to that race.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 9:58 pm
You have a point about people voting who might not watch the show, Kitt, but somehow, I can't help but feel that is more talk than action. Just because a message stated, "You don't even have to watch the show" I doubt that many people would know the exact time to vote if they didn't watch the show. It wouldn't be fair if that were happening. I'm the one who compared Kyle to Bristol, Jag and you do have a point that Kyle seems very happy to be there. I do feel Bristol was ready to go home at least 3 weeks ago; however, now she is really trying, as she actually thinks she has a chance. She does seem more into it now and also Kyle has been acting, so maybe that's why he comes across better on TV. I still feel some of Bristol's votes come from that "Vote for the Worst" bot, but surely ABC knows about it by now and has found some way to make those votes not count. Mameblanche, I completely agree about Audrina. This might be a whole different ballgame if she was still on the show. The judges scores need to be more accurate and they need to count more than the call-in/online and e-mail votes. Also, the judges might not want to be so harsh on the decent dancers if they flub one week like they were with Audrina just before she went home. They need to look at overall performances and realize how very much their remarks might play into how the votes go.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 6:05 am
I'm very curious if the judges will intentionally score Bristol lower than they have been. I think they've been very generous to her never thinking that the voters would pick her despite her inferior dance skills. I think it's very plausible that people are voting Palin just because they've been asked to, never having watched to show. We will never know though.
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Lostfan
Member
03-10-2010
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:08 am
One can only hope that this outcome will be like when Marie Osmond made F3 ..... she was a horrible dancer also, her fans kept her in over much better dancers, but she didnt make F2 ... so hopefully people will wake up at the end and vote for the other more deserving 2 .... Idont even know who Kyle is, but I would have to go with him over Jennifer ... (she is way to cocky to me .... too much plastic surgery on her bothers me ... she doesnt even look like her anymore ) and I have never been able to stand Derek... he bothers the heck out of me. So I guess I will have to root for Kyle this may seem shallow, but dont people on DWTS usuall lose weight and develop better bodies .... why does it seem to me like Bristal looks like she is getting heavier instead of thinner?? doesnt look like Dancing has doen anything for her weight at all JMO though
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:11 am
Kyle either Lostfan. It seems to me Bristol ballooned up and maybe has recently lost 5-10 pounds.
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Hypermom
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:18 am
Kyle's lost 18 pounds, fwiw.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:25 am
TPTB want stars with a large fan base because they will tune in. And maybe decide to stay.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 8:55 am
True-I thinks thats why the judges gave Bristol such high scores right before the finals to insure she made it.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 9:20 am
I thought the people's vote was just to give extra fun to the fans of the show but that in the end it's the producers who decide the outcome (keep thinking it's otherwise if you feel better). I think Brandy's elimination was necessary to make Jennifer the obvious winner. But now I'm not so sure, it would be too predictable and the show producers may like the controversy to go on. I almost want Bristol to win to make the many fans angry and force the producers to re-think the whole people's voting idea (even though I still don't believe that matters in the end, if you believe someone can prove the online vote was greater for Bristol, okay, I also know the producers could give you a different result if they wanted to.) Too bad if the producers wanted Jennifer to win at the expenses of Brandy, why not eliminate Bristol and have a decent final showdown. Now, we'll end up with either an 'obvious' winner or the controversial winner, Bristol, if that was the intention all along. Have merci, no more Sarah Palin every time Bristol is on ET or The Insider! I need more of Cher's input on the matter).
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Lostfan
Member
03-10-2010
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 9:45 am
From a recent article with Bristal .... even she admits to losing NO weight ... "Bristol Palin, who made it to the final three of Dancing With the Stars, hasn't lost any weight from the grueling daily dance training, but her legs are firmer than ever." http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-fitness-and-health-in-national/bristol-palin-i-haven-t-lost-weight-on-dwts-but-my-legs-are-toned I just remember how much weight Kelly Osbourne lost on dancing ... and others, even Marie osmand... (and it even showed during and at the end) I also believe that it is the producers who "really" decide the final 3 AND the winner. There really is no way for us viewers to know the final numbers in the voting ... same with donald trump .... he chooses his "friends" to win (Peirce) lol
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Not sure if anyone's posted this yet... so here it is: Maksim Slams DWTS: "This Season Has Just Been Ridiculous"

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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 1:04 pm
I was hoping Brandy would fulfill Bruno's request to do her freestyle on the Tuesday show, but on The View on Thursday she made it seem like she wasn't going to. She said it was because they don't really have time to practice, but I'm sure it's tempered with bitter disappointment that a superior dancer was booted from the show.
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Jag2000
Member
07-01-2009
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 1:41 pm
I just read that Kelly Osbourne lost 20 lbs. on DWTS and it gave her the start to lose another 30. She looks great. I don't understand how Bristol hasn't lost any weight. Too much moose meat every time she goes home to visit (only joking).
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 4:00 pm
Kelly said she lost but then started to gain back but she heard the voice of the female pro from her season saying "fat b...ch" as Kelly would pass by and thought nope.. not going to give this up. She looks just great.. she was a guest on The Talk (Julie Chen's talk show) and she and Sharon also talked about what they all went through when Sharon was diagnosed with cancer. Kelly got a call saying her mother had "terminal cancer".. she stopped recording and turned down a part in a movie and just came home to be with Sharon. Shraon says her kids keep her going to doctors. But it is nice that Kelly took something so positive from her hard work (and bashing) on DWTS.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 4:04 pm
I'd have been much more positive about Brandy if she had FOUND the time to practice and perfect her freestyle.. Guess we know it was all about winning and not learning for her. But she did tell us ad nauseum that she wanted to WIN more than anyone. As for Maks.. pfft.
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