Do you think the competition is honest?

[RoxMeOff]

First off the studio audience does not appear to be a for real crowd. They are told what to do and how and when to do it= a vanity crowd.
On the official website many posters were complaining of being unable to vote and almost all of those posts were deleted.
If the band is laying down the tracks for the next album while the competition is going on, how? how can the end result not be preordained?

[Omaha connection]

Without a doubt it is fixed. I conversed with a couple of people who went to the taping's and said that the producers edited stuff out to make certain contestants look bad or good. Its hollywood baby. Its a sham!

[RoxMeOff]

When it was proven that Burnett faked footage and scenes he said "I don't care, I am making great television" google it if you want proof.
MSN is doing everything it can to mislead the suckers who prefer glitz over truth.

[cwalton]

Well, not exactly. Here's the story from a couple years ago. I'm sure they edit stuff for TV, but I can't see how this would negate anything that the people do on stage. JD is still JD and he still sucked with We Are The Champions.

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8237,00.html "Survivor" Guru Admits Reenactments - May 09, 2001 - E! Online News

Guess what? CBS' Survivor was rigged--and executive producer Mark Burnett admits it!

Well, sort of.

The Survivor creator admitted Monday that he would sometimes use reenactments of challenges to ensure that the editing room would later have "camera-free" shots for a pristine look on his hit Outback adventure.

For example, during a swim challenge, shots from an aerial helicopter showed many cameras filming the action. "So we had stand-ins reswim the race" for the helicopter crew, he said.

But Burnett, well aware of the ethical debate about to ensue over the fudging, told The New York Times, "I absolutely couldn't care less--I'm making great television."

The acknowledgment, though small, is likely to add fuel to the fire surrounding the controversy over what is and is not reality television. But in a statement, CBS backed Burnett's decision to use the reenactments.

"What Mark is talking about is nothing more than window dressing," a network spokesperson said. "It doesn't involve the contestants and doesn't in any way influence the outcome of any challenge, tribal council or change the view of reality as it occurred. The series is exactly what it appears to be--16 people battling the elements and each other."

Ironically, Burnett--who has always insisted the show was real--made his confession Tuesday at a Museum of Television & Radio panel called "What is Reality on Television?" Burnett and other filmmakers discussed the standards for "real" television.

[DrivMCr8zy]

Originally Posted by RoxMeOff

First off the studio audience does not appear to be a for real crowd. They are told what to do and how and when to do it= a vanity crowd.
On the official website many posters were complaining of being unable to vote and almost all of those posts were deleted.
If the band is laying down the tracks for the next album while the competition is going on, how? how can the end result not be preordained?

Totally agree. Like I said in another topic, if its not fixed or they haven't choosen their lead singer why did JD front line their new song US. They all rehearst, it knew the lines. I think the rockers already know who is being sent home and they also know what song they will be made to sing if elimented. Some people get bottom three 3x's they go home another still there looking sweet..NOT.