Eliminations or Torture Treatment?
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Eliminations or Torture Treatment?
Admin | Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 07:51 pm     I think the way eliminations are done is pathetic! Is is necessary to humiliate 3 people up on stage when only one is going home? It's just a way to drag the show out to 20 minutes (30 mins - 10 mins commercials). It's like a torture treatment!! It's humiliating! just my  |
Ketchuplover | Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 08:02 pm     How is it humiliating? |
Azlen | Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:21 pm     I think it actually helped Nikki. It does two things to help them out; it lets them know they are going to have to put on a much better performance to stay around and it lets their "fanbase" know that they have to vote alot to keep them in. That being said, I would prefer not to be the one standing there in that situation. |
Rissa | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 07:37 am     I have missed the 30 minute elimination show twice now, so am hoping someone can answer something for me about the voting. Are the eliminations based more on the performance the night before or their fan base? What I am asking, I guess, is.... are the votes pretty consistant from week to week regardless of how they sang? Christina was one of the low votes but she definately outsang a few others, was she also low last week when her performance was much better? Ryan was low this week too, was it because she sucked on Tuesday night (sorry Ryan but Simon was right) or was she also low last week just because she doesn't have as many fans? Did that make sense? LOL I think Tamara, Christina and Kelly can all outsing Justin (who royally annoyed me on Tuesday too) but it seems to me that he has the biggest fan base so will win, no matter how he does in the weeks to come. As for *torture*? I think that the industry inflicts worse and this is just a shot of reality. There are a couple who need to start actually listening to the judges suggestions instead of getting their backs up. Rejection is part of the job, Paula knows this.. that's why she overcompensates so much with the compliments. LOL |
Jenhavins | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:03 am     I think some fans will turn on a dime. There were quite a few Justin fans that were very angry in the way he behaved (that is why they took some time with him on Live T.V. to explain his actions). I really think the best person will win based on performance and talent. At the beginning (when Jim and A.J.were picked as finalists) some of the fans were a wee bit mental...but as the performances have progressed, it seems like the right people are leaving, My personal opinion is Jim and A.J. were voted off based on performance. Ryan has a fan base, but her performance was not good. Christina's performance was not as good as it has been and Nikki did a better job by a fraction (Christina lets that vibrato get the best of her and was off-key by half a note in the beginning and in the end). I do think that when it gets down to the final 3, the judges decide. I don't think America casts the final vote, but of course, I could be wrong. I Love R.J.'s voice. I think it is pure and beautiful. I have never heard him hit a bad note (I am sure he has, but I choose to ignore that as I am swooning over him as much as possible). However, his stage presence is just so-so. I would love to see him win, but unless he starts shaking his groove thing and shimmying onstage, it is not going to happen. I think that Kelly, Tamyra and Justin are the best at this moment in time even though I am a DIE HARD fan of R.J.'s. |
Realfan | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 11:44 am     That elimination method seemed cruel to me, too, Admin. But Azlen makes a good point about how Nikki came back and improved. She seems so mature compared to some of the others. Of course, she's 23 and a mother--no doubt that helps. I think she will become the lead singer in a rock band. That would be a perfect fit for her, regardless of how this competition ends up. I'm betting she gets several offers to do just that. Jen, I also thought Christina was off-key. Glad I'm not the only one, even though Simon didn't mention it (shock!). And her vibratto is so fast, it's weird and hard to hear. It does give her an individual and unique sound, though, and of course, she's gorgeous. |
Jenhavins | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 12:10 pm     Real, she is beautiful...and did you notice that (if you watched last night) that Simon tried to say that Christina was not her best on Tuesday, and Paula interrupted him and said "But last night you said she was Amazing", and Simon ignored her. I think that Simon's little crush influenced him to say she was Amazing. |
Kitt | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 01:57 pm     I think revealing the last three is a good thing, for the reasons you all have said above, but do they have to make it so suspenseful for the contestants? They keep going to a commercial break at the worst moments... sure it keeps us guessing but I think that's just cruel. The ejectees have all reacted really well though, you have to be proud of all they've done. |
Admin | Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:42 pm     It's humiliating because the contestant has to stand on the stage and be singled out as one of the 3 with the lowest votes, even though only one person is being voted off. So now everyone knows that Ryan and Christina had the lowest votes, other than the guy that got voted off. It's humiliating! Nobody knows what the votes were of others? Maybe someone else only beat them by one vote. I don't know...I'm glad I'm not a pop star. :-) |
Djgirl5235 | Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 12:02 pm     Having Been-There-Done-That throughout my career as a performer - I can tell you that although it does seem to be humiliating, it's part of being in show business. I can't tell you how many auditions I've been to where they have 10 people groups auditioning in front of each other, with say 4 judges, and they do an elimination. It is humiliating, but part of being a performer. |
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