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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:33 AM Original message |
So was American Idol rigged or what? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Adam was CLEARLY the better singer |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't agree. If anything, Idol was favoring Lambert |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. I dunno, but here's a theory |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Electronic voting is hoplessly compromised. |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Kool, we need to talk... |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Can't help you with the auditions, though. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Americans vote and can vote unlimited times and even like different styles of music |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, I do believe it was |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. But thats not rigged - its a group of voters voting many times for their choice |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. I'd agree with you were it not for the fact that my gay friends all favored Kris |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Actually Votefor theworst.com is claiming a big hand in the result |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Some people have not watched the results show.. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Who cares? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh boy... another preaching moment |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I am entertained by things other than being advertised at for hours on end! We don't do TV. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. You are as predictable as farts after a burrito lunch. |
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hewitt (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Bravo, 11 Bravo.... |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. off topic, but you have a hilarious way with words! |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. Never watched it, never will. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Make that two of us. |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm torn. I am ticked. Didn't follow the show, but it was obvious who was the best |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. I pay no attention to idle. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I manage to watch American Idol and still be up on current events |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. It's the Calvinist attitude in a modern, secularized form. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Oh jeez, I hate the BS "as long as bad things are going on we aren't allowed to have fun" nonsense. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. We'll see who really wins a year or so down the line when the sales figures come in. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. i don't really care. i haven't watched the show in years. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am convinced it was a conspiracy |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. reality TV? rigged??? |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. No, when fan voting is a factor, it's a popularity contest and I see lots of young girls voting for |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think it was predictable |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. I stopped watching weeks ago thinking |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. The homophobic bigots and brainless adolescent girls voted for Cris over and over again. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. i hate admitting this, but |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. I didn't watch, and I didn't vote |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. It seems to me that people like Adam, some like Kris, and.... |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. I really supported Allison until she got voted off, but then |
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jimmydale (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yes indeedy. So are all other similar shows. Itza SHOW. |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. It's all awful anyway. If they had panelists like Iggy Pop or Richard Hell, or maybe |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Who Cares? |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. I was very surprised to read in the morning paper that Kris had won. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
39. I don't think so. Two things: Bitter Gokey fans voted for Kris and.. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I dare you to say that 10 times fast "nibble-fingered tween texters" |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I tried. I cannot do it.. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. Nah. Simon Scowl is psychic. He told everyone last week he sensed |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. I don't think it was rigged...I just thought it was wrong |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
47. Not necessarily. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. Definitely flawed in several ways but not rigged. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Rigged so that no matter what your level of participation, you're enriching Rupert Murdoch. |
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