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"The Swan" was not spontaneous

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    When they were ready to cut the 9 contestants down to 6 semi-finalists they had the women stand on a podium with 5 in the first row and 4 in the second row 1 step above the first row. Then as they called out the names of the semi-finalists, the woman would walk to center stage. Well, all 4 of the women on the top step/second row got picked as well as the women on the ends of the first row - leaving the 3 losers closest to center stage and the cameras so everyone could see them! What are the odds of that? 4/9 * 3/8 * 2/7 * 1/6 * 2/5 * 1/4 = ~ 1/1400 They already knew who the winners were and positioned the losers so they could be best humiliated. Great trick!!!!!!!


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      When they were ready to cut the 9 contestants down to 6 semi-finalists they had the women stand on a podium with 5 in the first row and 4 in the second row 1 step above the first row. Then as they called out the names of the semi-finalists, the woman would walk to center stage. Well, all 4 of the women on the top step/second row got picked as well as the women on the ends of the first row - leaving the 3 losers closest to center stage and the cameras so everyone could see them! What are the odds of that? 4/9 * 3/8 * 2/7 * 1/6 * 2/5 * 1/4 = ~ 1/1400 They already knew who the winners were and positioned the losers so they could be best humiliated. Great trick!!!!!!!


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      I tried watching this show a few weeks out of curiosity. I found it repulsive. Let's get a group of women who already have low self-esteem, sit them in front of a panel who will tear apart their physical and psychological "flaws", and force them through a rigorous personal re-training session so that they are stripped of themselves and can become pleasant little puppets. I can only hope young girls watching this crap understand it's all bullshit. Of course from a business POV, it is bringing in the ratings so thumbs up. :) BW The Biggest Loser


      "People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
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        When they were ready to cut the 9 contestants down to 6 semi-finalists they had the women stand on a podium with 5 in the first row and 4 in the second row 1 step above the first row. Then as they called out the names of the semi-finalists, the woman would walk to center stage. Well, all 4 of the women on the top step/second row got picked as well as the women on the ends of the first row - leaving the 3 losers closest to center stage and the cameras so everyone could see them! What are the odds of that? 4/9 * 3/8 * 2/7 * 1/6 * 2/5 * 1/4 = ~ 1/1400 They already knew who the winners were and positioned the losers so they could be best humiliated. Great trick!!!!!!!


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        Christian Graus
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        Terry O`Nolley wrote: Great trick!!!!!!! I'd have thought the trick would be to find people dumb enough to watch this drivel ? Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder

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          I tried watching this show a few weeks out of curiosity. I found it repulsive. Let's get a group of women who already have low self-esteem, sit them in front of a panel who will tear apart their physical and psychological "flaws", and force them through a rigorous personal re-training session so that they are stripped of themselves and can become pleasant little puppets. I can only hope young girls watching this crap understand it's all bullshit. Of course from a business POV, it is bringing in the ratings so thumbs up. :) BW The Biggest Loser


          "People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
          Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
          -Hollywood Freaks

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          brianwelsch wrote: I can only hope young girls watching this crap understand it's all bull****. To say nothing of the "extreme makeover" shows. "Hey sis, ya can't feel good about yourself 'till you've gone under the knife..." :wtf: X| The bees will find their honey; The sweetest every time...

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            Terry O`Nolley wrote: Great trick!!!!!!! I'd have thought the trick would be to find people dumb enough to watch this drivel ? Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder

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            I guess I am dumb then (assuming your equivalency statmenet between people who watch it and their intelligence is true)! I love trash TV, schlocky horror movies, etc, etc. Always have. Apparently I am not alone - the ratings for the show are quite good. I have also never adopted a faux intellectualism. I am what I am - a former trailer living white boy, ex army dude who loves bikini bars and playing pool. I've never had a stick up my ass.


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              I tried watching this show a few weeks out of curiosity. I found it repulsive. Let's get a group of women who already have low self-esteem, sit them in front of a panel who will tear apart their physical and psychological "flaws", and force them through a rigorous personal re-training session so that they are stripped of themselves and can become pleasant little puppets. I can only hope young girls watching this crap understand it's all bullshit. Of course from a business POV, it is bringing in the ratings so thumbs up. :) BW The Biggest Loser


              "People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
              Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
              -Hollywood Freaks

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              I never watched the show, but it seems to me that the actual trick is to take women with low self-esteem, have a panel point out all their "flaws", subject them to a few months of painful surgery and THEN tell them that they still aren't pretty enough to win the contest. :sigh:

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                I guess I am dumb then (assuming your equivalency statmenet between people who watch it and their intelligence is true)! I love trash TV, schlocky horror movies, etc, etc. Always have. Apparently I am not alone - the ratings for the show are quite good. I have also never adopted a faux intellectualism. I am what I am - a former trailer living white boy, ex army dude who loves bikini bars and playing pool. I've never had a stick up my ass.


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                Terry O`Nolley wrote: I've never had a stick up my ass. You don't know what you are missing. (so say some) :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                  I guess I am dumb then (assuming your equivalency statmenet between people who watch it and their intelligence is true)! I love trash TV, schlocky horror movies, etc, etc. Always have. Apparently I am not alone - the ratings for the show are quite good. I have also never adopted a faux intellectualism. I am what I am - a former trailer living white boy, ex army dude who loves bikini bars and playing pool. I've never had a stick up my ass.


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                  Terry O`Nolley wrote: Apparently I am not alone - the ratings for the show are quite good. I don't watch TV, as a rule. The ratings are proof of the idiocy of society as a whole. Terry O`Nolley wrote: I am what I am - a former trailer living white boy, ex army dude who loves bikini bars and playing pool. LOL. Well, I listen to Metallica, Dokken and Motley Crue, so I'm hardly claiming to be the last defendant of high brow culture. I just prefer to listen to them while reading a book. Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder

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