On Mar 31, 10:57 am, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > As I understand the scoring system (as it stood a couple seasons ago,) they > rank the judges scores and phone/text votes separately and the worst > combined rank goes home, with the phone-in vote breaking any tie. > > If I do my math correctly, the person with the lowest scores from the judges > will return if they beat the second-lowest score in the vote (or the > third-lowest score by at least two places, or the fourth-lowest by at least > three places, and so on.) Given that information, Pamela (4th place in the > scores) and Shannen (7th) must really have stunk up the viewer vote to wind > up as the bottom two. (And Buzz and Kate must have a hell of a lot of people > voting for them.) > > This is the first time that I can recall where the person booted first > actually showed some real promise.
At the top of Monday night's show, Bergeron said that if there had been an elimination last week, the first contestant booted would've been "one of our most talked-about stars." Which seems to set up that Pamela Anderson (who is not exactly loved by the older women that make up "Dancing"'s most loyal audience) and Shannen Doherty (ditto) were marked women. In the past, it's been proved that anyone with a devoted fan base can stay on "Dancing" far longer than the judges (or the producers) want them to (which means that even if He Who Must Not Be Named has two left feet, he would have a good run on the show--right, Melissa?). There's also the "vote for the worst" factor, although that web site is more interested with "Idol" (and wants you to vote for Tim just to piss Simon off)--the only times they were active with "Dancing" was to urge voting for Marie Osmond and Cloris Leachman. There were enough Morning Zoos out there that kept Master P on past his sell-by date. Right now, I'm suspecting that Kate Gosselin has more fans, especially in Bible Belt America, than us snarky wiseacres on this board think actually exist. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
