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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
TARAsia Fan:
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--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on September 24, 2008, 02:52:22 PM ---I told this to ap in a PM, but I'll put it here. Cloris is reaching out to AARP to appeal to them to vote for her. As we know, AARP is a very active voting block.
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What a sneaky old bag :funny: omg so sorry hehehe
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Well, what happened? Third one to stay.
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Ken, as a fan of Dancing With the Stars, I am sure you know that the order in which staying teams are presented on the results show has no relation to their actual position. Cloris being third to be announced has no meaning beyond that she is staying for one more week. There just can't be that many seniors willing to overlook her obvious lack of dancing talent for much longer.
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I'm very well aware of that, ap. But knowing that Cloris needed her late afternoon nap, I'm sure the producers decided to make the announcement early so she wouldn't become irregular. :lol: :lol:
(remember ap, that's a joke.)
RealityFreakWill:
I am enjoying the new season and love the diversity of the dancers. Who are your early favorites?
I'm rooting for Cody/Julianne, Lance/Lacey and Brooke/Derek.
I hope Cloris/Corky gets eliminated soon. She's an embarassement and can't dance for nothing!
marigold:
An interesting article:
Ted McGinley leaves Dancing; even its judges don’t understand elimination show order
At the end of its fifth hour of the week, Dancing with the Stars 7 eliminated its second celebrity: Ted McGinley. In part because it featured the Jonas Brothers and very little Cloris Leachman, it was long, drawn-out, and relatively boring.
To maintain drama, those who’d received the lowest scores from the judges were saved early on, while apparently favorites such as Lance Bass were kept around until the end. And they were kept around, because the show’s eliminations remove contestants from the danger of elimination in random order, which is pretty sketchy, mostly because no matter how many times the hosts say that elimination is random, the effect is that those who are saved early are safe and those who stick around received fewer votes.
Even Len Goodman, the show’s lead judge, doesn’t understand the process. “I find it very surprising that the pair of them are in the bottom two,” he said when asked for his comments. Literally seconds earlier, Tom Bergeron told Toni Braxton and Ted McGinley, “you are not necessarily in the bottom two, but unfortunately, one of you is definitely in the bottom one.” If even the show’s own judge doesn’t get it after six seasons, will viewers?
Because the perception that those remaining are at risk is so strong, the producers can easily use that to encourage or discourage votes. Those who are saved early in the episode appear to be safe while those left in the spotlights at the end appear to be at risk and in need of votes, so by removing, say, Cloris Leachman early, she seems comfortably safe, and her fans might not vote as much last week—and she actually could have had the second lowest number of votes this week. Likewise, someone placed in the not-actually-bottom-two bottom two might have been popular, but their results show status might lead their fans to vote even more, siphoning votes away from others.
The real problem is that it’s not random order, it’s dramatic order. The producers can play around all they want, but they actually need to end up with the bottom two (or four) at the end of the process, just like happens on American Idol. That show doesn’t reveal vote totals because that could lead fans to lose interest in someone who’s doing well, and that makes sense, but at least it’s honest about who doesn’t do well.
Link: http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/dancing_with_the_stars_7/2008_Sep_25_elimination_order
Kiwi Jay:
i like clpris. she wont go far though
marigold:
Dancing With The Stars Ratings:
Thursday, September 25, 2008
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
FAST FACTS OVERNIGHT RATINGS (FOR 9/24)
ABC Takes Second on Wednesday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, While Winning the Night Among Adults 18-34
For the 3rd Evening in a Row, "Dancing with the Stars" Wins its Time Slot in Viewers and Young Adults and Stands as the Most-Watched TV Show of the Night
"DWTS Results" Generates ABC's Top Results in The Time Period Since Last November
Earning Second in its Time Period, "David Blaine: Dive of Death" Draws the Net's Biggest Audience in the Slot Since April and Top Adult 18-49 Rating in Over 7 Months
Wednesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC delivered a solid second-place finish on Wednesday night in Total Viewers (10.4 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.9/8), while ranking No. 1 among Adults 18-34 (2.2/7). ABC was also the highest-rated broadcaster on the night with Teens 12-17 (1.7/6) and Kids 2-11 (1.5/7).
"Dancing with the Stars Results" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
On the third evening of its 3-night live premiere event, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" finished a strong No. 1 in its time slot, topping second-place Fox's "Bones" by 6.0 million viewers (15.6 million vs. 9.6 million) and by 13% in Adults 18-49 (3.5/10 vs. 3.1/9). It was the 3rd night in a row that "DWTS" won its time slot with both viewers and young adults. Actor Ted McGinley was the second celebrity dancer to be eliminated from the contest this season. Also in the hour, "DWTS" towered over NBC's highly-promoted series debut of "Knight Rider," more than doubling the NBC premiere in viewers and outpacing it by 46% in the key Adult 18-49 sales demo ("Knight Rider" = 7.3 million viewers and 2.4/7 in AD18-49).
* For the 3rd straight night, "DWTS" registered as the most-watched TV show. With musical performances by the Jonas Brothers and Jesse McCartney, "Dancing" was also the No. 1 broadcast program on Wednesday night with Teens 12-17 (2.0/8-tie) and Kids 2-11 (2.3/9).
* "Dancing with the Stars Results" attracted ABC's biggest audience and highest Adult 18-49 number to the time period since last November - since 11/28/07.
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