'Shindig'
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I wish they would put some teeth into things and be more orderly:
a) eliminate 2 people at the end of the episode this week
b) can only use the judge's save one time per contestant (no saving a person from week to week if they hit the bottom 3 multiple times)
c) do a results show, but air it online (Fox, Netflix, Amazon) to get more revenue and might shorten the show.
Apparently this is the most despicable group of BB houseguests ever, but we'll never see it on TV. I can't decide if this means I should quit watching, or do a lot of secondary reading to keep up on who's the worst.
The pizza guy apparently called some of these racist tools on their BS, so there's at least one person to root for. So far.
If you choose the reading part, you should link me to the good stuff
one BB article: [link]
SYTYCD: If they must have only one show a week, I'd much prefer that they do the eliminations at the end of the show as they did last year. I doubt Nigel would give up the drama of doing the eliminations on TV. He'd never put them online. I think if a couple got eliminated, they'd probably just eliminate that number, no? There would be no point making them dance if they were both out anyway. I don't have a problem with how the judges use the save because its been that way since they started doing it on this show. And while I do think they use it to prop dancer sometimes (like with Jade last night) they also have used it in the past to keep dancers around who were actually really good but just not connecting with the audience for some reason. I was really glad to see them send Alan to safety last night, for example. I think they often biff who they boot off but that's more because America tends to not send the right people to the bottom, IMHO. And yeah, that's as a result of a lot of egregious judge pimping, but that's a whole other problem. In sum, no results show is crap. Bring me my two nights of dance!
BB: I read some of the stuff the one girl said, the model? Amazing. Does she not know she's on camera all the time? I mean, really? In 2013? Wow.
It's kind of cracking me up that she (and one other so far) have no idea they've been fired over this crap.
Thanks for the article link!
The pizza guy apparently called some of these racist tools on their BS, so there's at least one person to root for.
Oh, that's good to hear!
Oh, also, apparently BB After Dark is on TV Guide channel this year? I wonder how they are going to work that -- must be with a delay. But also I guess that means I could watch it, if I'm ever up late.
I'm only up through teh elimination on SYTYCD, but I had to come in here and say that I think putting all that emotion at the beginning of the show is a bad idea for teh structure of the show, never mind making eliminated dancers perform and dncing for your life knowing you've got more dancing to do no matter what. It's all bad and they should stop it immediately.
It was confusing last year when someone who danced really well in the current episode was eliminated for the previous week's performance, but this way is so much worse. And I guess they need time for America to vote, but that's really where the problem comes in, isn't it?