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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on August 08, 2002, 11:26:06 AM
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Anyone totally baffled by last nights dimissal of Chritina Christian? That truly amazed me. She was good. I\'d say she would probably have come in fourth. But my word, Nikki and AJ SUCK and they are still in it. I really think something is up...
Here is a good write up here about what\'s going on so far.
http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article2100.art&page=1
Anyone else watching the show?
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Nope sorry, dont watch it. What is it about?
Im not spamming or just blabbing on, because if i was you would definetly know, trust me on this. Okay, i\'m not crazy........
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I watch it. Yeah Christina was hot too. I\'m sick of that flamin\' homo AJ.
I wouldn\'t be surprised if votes were fixed. Thats why I don\'t waste the effort to call in any votes. But, yeah, I thought Christina was the best. Oh well.
And Paula Abdul is a ditz. But she\'s hot.
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Christina was not only a hotty, but she goes to The University of Florida!!!
Damn she rocks..
She\'ll have a career anyway. She\'s good looking, can sing, and people already know her name.
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She\'s my girlfriend.
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I thought AJ would be booted. I really don\'t like him, compared to the rest of them, his vocal talent BLOWS. And christina IMO was in the top three.
Don\'t get me started on the dismissal of Ryan Star....
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You liked Ryan? Those songs just weren\'t her. She kind of got a raw deal since she probably hated that style of music and she was being forced to sing it.
Tamyra has it in the bag. That chick has been top notch every week.
Justin has a hair up his ass. This just in, your shit really stinks.
Kelly is very cute. She seems like a great person too.
AJ, why are you even there? Hello!!! NEVER WEAR WHITE ON TV YOU IDIOT!
Nikki has a kid. That\'s pretty cool. I bet she is great in the sack too.
Christine should still be in this thing. It\'s a freaking scam.
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I liked Ryan \'cause she was a rocker. Unfortunetly for her, she had to sing pop shit.
Yeah Tamyra has it in the bag.....except I have a fear that Justin might win due to the fact that the only people who call in and vote, are Teenie Boppers.
Speaking of Justin, I hate that Kid. He\'s so god damned full of himself, and isn\'t that good looking IMO. But then again, I usually can\'t judge if a guy is good looking, except for a few movie stars. Like Mel Gibson....if I were gay i would..ugh....never mind...
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I stopped watching ever since my friend got kicked off the show.
But he finally came back to work at Famous Dave\'s w00t.
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AJ... isn\'t that one of them boyband fags?
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I\'ve seen a few episodes while at work. I\'m always hearing about how that one judge is a jerk.
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Yeah and he now has an agent so he will probably ask for mega cash for american idol 2 which will definitely happen. It will be interesting to see if they bring him back.
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Simon is a jackass.
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simon is the guy behind American Idol, or at least I think he is. He\'s the guy who will sign the winner to a record deal. He\'s also Exec Producer.
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I cannot stand that gay British judge, whats his name? Simon?
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You guys get the show in Australia? Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch owns a channel there too doesn\'t he. Or his son does anyway.
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Simon is the only one who tells it how it is.
Paula Abdul is useless. All she is is eye candy.
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Originally posted by theomen
Don\'t get me started on the dismissal of Ryan Star....
Tell me about it :)
And yeah, I think simon kicks ass. He\'s the only reason I started watching the show. Maybe I\'m just an asshole, but I love seeing peoples reactions as he makes cruel comments in an attempt to crush their hopes and dreams :D
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Originally posted by Videoholic
You guys get the show in Australia? Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch owns a channel there too doesn\'t he. Or his son does anyway.
Excuse me, but Rupert Murdoch is an Australian, at least he was until he disowned us all. Yes, he owns some media company here. American Idol is on some dodgy cable channel here. I watch it from time to time.
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Don\'t worry about Ryan Starr...she already has a movie deal, and supposedly modeling and a record deal on the horizon. She\'s going to make it regardless.
The most talented singer on the show is Kelly. She hasn\'t missed a note yet, and she\'s got a great range.
I use to think the same of Tamyra, but in the past 2-3 weeks I\'ve heard a few notes go flat.
AJ...I thought his name was RJ. Anyway, I don\'t think he belongs on the show and I hope he gets sent packing next week.
Justin...he\'s okay. He doesn\'t have very much of a range, but he\'s got looks...that\'ll take him into a record deal or something.
Christina was really good, but not American Idol material. She\'ll get a record deal anyway.
Nikkie will be lucky to last another 2 weeks. Her performances have been a trial of misses and hits...definitely will get something going in the future, but doesn\'t stand a chance against the likes of Tamyra and Kelly.
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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Excuse me, but Rupert Murdoch is an Australian, at least he was until he disowned us all. Yes, he owns some media company here. American Idol is on some dodgy cable channel here. I watch it from time to time.
Um, pardon sir for my ignorance on who is an aussie, but you are terribly confusing me with someone who gives a rats ass. Rupert Murdoch is a meniacle asshole so you are more than welcome to stake claim to him. And it is his son who owns the network in Dingoland.
ah, that felt good.
You\'re right Ginko it is RJ. I forgot AJ got the axe a couple weeks ago. That dude blew chunks as well.
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There is only one reason why shows like that are created.
And no, it\'s not to find real musical talent. The real reason for them being made is for:
[cash register]Ch-ching[/cash register]
[SIZE=10]MONEY!!![/SIZE]
Yes, that\'s right, the producers only make them for the money.
And that prick Simon, you Americans are welcome to him, can you not send him to camp X-ray or something. WE DON\'T WANT HIM BACK.
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Hey Jaye.. Quick question.. Can you name one show that isn\'t done for money?
Oh wait a sec, I\'ll take it a step further...
Can you name absolutely anything that isn\'t driven by money?
If TV shows didn\'t make money then I would have been living in my car for the past 9 years.
Wait a sec, I probably wouldn\'t have a car!!!
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No.
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I never liked American Idol. I saw it once just to see the british guy make fun of people but he didn\'t do much so I stopped watching it. It was a stupid show anyway. FOX makes crappy reality shows.
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I didn\'t think that Who Wants To Be the Next Playmate show wasn\'t too bad.
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I never saw that one. HOW COULD I MISS IT :(
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What, you weren\'t a fan of Temptation Island? :)
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Fox\'s best reality shows were Temtation Island and the Playmate thing....imo.
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the world is driven by sex and money.....
anyways, I\'m really surprised at how many people dislike simon. He\'s the only one on the show, that tells the truth. Sure he has no tact, but oh-fuk\'n-well, the world\'s a tough place get a helmet. I personally like the guy, because if I were in his place I\'d be saying the same exact thing....well without the accent.
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Temptation island was stupid, but I still had to watch it. Kind of like driving by a bad traffic accident.
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Originally posted by shockwaves
What, you weren\'t a fan of Temptation Island? :)
That show f*cking rocks!
Boobies....
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masterbation-piece theater
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Originally posted by shockwaves
What, you weren\'t a fan of Temptation Island? :)
Why watch a crappy FOX show when I could see hotter girls online ;) (not talking about porn, just girls with boobies in general)
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SAN FRANCISCO –– Producers of the hit Fox show "American Idol" say the talent contest is being slammed by "power dialers" trying to influence the results by making as many as 10,000 votes a night from a single phone line.
With fast Internet connections and powerful computer autodialing software, about 100 "phone phreaks" are casting thousands of votes with the touch of a button, producers acknowledged this week in response to questions from The Associated Press.
"They\'re all over the country and they tend to be slamming the system at all ends," said Michael Eaton, vice president of home entertainment for FreemantleMedia, the show\'s London-based producer.
So far, these calls have had a "statistically insignificant" impact on the outcome, Eaton said, but he wouldn\'t release any data on individual contestants and their vote totals.
Still, an individual viewer who lacks this technology doesn\'t stand a chance at matching the influence of the power dialers. Redialing manually maxes out at a few hundred calls per evening, Eaton said.
He also said that 95 percent of all calls are getting through to the toll-free numbers representing each competitor. The calls then are tabulated to determine each week\'s survivors and loser.
The show\'s producers could have frustrated efforts to skew the results by imposing stricter ground rules or insisting that each voter punch in a code or number during the call, said Dave Hoch, an expert on telephone systems.
"There\'s different levels of security. This is no security. What it is, is a very dumb system which is great for generating call volumes, but does nothing for security," said Hoch.
Instead, Fox Broadcasting Co. has been promoting the calling volume as a sign of the show\'s success. Vote totals have grown during the show from 9.2 million on July 30 to 14.5 million Tuesday, and the show has been among the top 10 in the ratings, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"We\'re actually thrilled that America is so obsessed with the show that they\'re willing to log in this many phone calls," said Fox spokeswoman Michelle Hooper, who insisted the system is fair.
Viewers in each time zone have a two-hour window of opportunity to vote after each Tuesday night show, which airs live in the East and is tape-delayed elsewhere. To prevent voting overlap, AT&T blocks calls from regions of the country where the show has not yet aired.
Week after week, the field of performers is narrowed as the lowest vote-getter is cut. The last singer standing on Sept. 4 wins a recording contract with BMG, one of the world\'s largest music labels.
If the power-dialing volume skews votes toward one of the four remaining contestants, Eaton said they may contact the people responsible and ask them to stop.
"We know who these people are and we\'re tracking them, and if it gets to a point where they\'re starting to support a specific person over another then there are steps that we have discussed that we may take at that time," Eaton warned.
The vote skew could get much worse, said Hoch, president of Technology Arts, which makes a speed-dialing device used by concert ticket resellers and golfers trying to secure coveted tee times.
Hoch\'s device pales in comparison to the technology people are using to slam "American Idol." Based on the volume of power-dialing Eaton confirmed, Hoch said they are likely using broadband connections and powerful software that can generate thousands of calls simultaneously.
Determined fans with access to a broadband network of unused phones or numbers – such as in a business office after closing time – easily could generate 250,000 calls in about two hours, Hoch said.
Some fans of the recently booted "American Idol" beauty Ryan Starr think power dialing is unfair because not everyone has access to the technology.
"If I could have had that knowledge, I would have done that for Ryan Starr in an L.A. second!" said Brian Perfetto, 44, of Palmdale, Calif.
Perfetto said he cast a mere 1,000 votes in two hours in a furious feat of manual redialing.
"I woke up the next morning and my thumb and index finger were still jerking back and forth. I thought I had injured myself," Perfetto said.
Aaron Pinto, 24, of Wichita, Kan., runs a Web site dedicated to the perky performer who saw her luck run out on July 31. He figures a few geeks smitten with Nikki McKibbin could be to blame for keeping what he considers a less-talented contestant in the game.
"I think Nikki might cater more to the computer nerd group," Pinto said. "A lot of these computer nerds, they\'re kind of like closet anarchists."
I think we know why some people have been voted off...damn powerdialers