I got that impression too --

I think you're not going to get any of the "older" contestants to go along as blithely as George did (poor George, that sucked) -- and they didn't want another Bo incident (standing between the groups, which was awesome) so I'm not surprised they would plan something.

Still sucks.

I hope that now they'll abide by the rule of 3's and NEVER do that again.

Rule of 3's? What's that?


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I'm not so sure anymore that Bo decided to stand in the middle by himself. I bet that was scripted too.

Could be, Dweeze, wouldn't surprise me.

The rule of 3's is a comedy/theater thing...

If you're going to use a gag, use it 3 times. Twice isn't enough to establish it as a 'bit', and 4 times is too many, not funny anymore.

(of course, this 'bit' wasn't EVER funny.)

I must have missed the boat (and the season) on George Huff...what happened??

It was season...3? Yeah I'm gonna go with season 3 and after Ryan had formed 2 groups of 3, George Huff was asked which group he thought was safe and to join that group. George, not knowing which one was safe, went to the bottom three instead of the top three. If it rings any bells, this is the week that Fantasia, Latoya London, and Jennifer Hudson were all in the bottom three.

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the update! I felt out of the loop!

I don't care how much they try to deny it every reality TV show is scripted in one form or another. They can say all day long that it isn't and I won't believe them.

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The directing, editing, and scripting thing appears on every show.

And if they are going to edit things or even rig votes (my subjective belief), why don't they make sure that the best singers make it to the finals?

Instead, they focus on trying to make the contestants feel bad, like with the Taylor incident. I wish he had thrown a tomato at the producers.

--Singer

But at the same time, if it's that scripted, he shouldn't feel bad. Basically, he's been told "go stand by those ones over there". He doesn't have to make the choice of who's top 3 or who's bottom 3. And if even the handshake deal was planned ahed of time, that makes it even less likely that he'd feel bad.


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The script can really backfire on a contestant.

I started watching AI in season 2. There was a female contestant who had red streaked hair, in a calmed down punk style. I remember her having the typical sit and chat with Seacrest after her performance. He got her to say something negative about Simon (I think) and it ended up being a factor in her getting the boot. I wasn't lurking here at the time so it might have already been discussed to death. I did feel sorry for her.

I think that 90% of everything is now scripted. This year it seems like more and more of the show is set ahead of time.

I think it would be great if one of them actually had the guts to say, "No, I refuse to do it," then tell them to quit playing silly little games.

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They may want to do that, but this is their shot at a major recording contract. At this stage, they don't want to blow it by not going along with the flow!