Posted on 11/08/2010 4:55:01 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
DWTS Season 11 enters its eighth week of competition tonight (Nov 8) and thus, the Bristol Palin enigma continues.
'Bristol the Pistol' has taken aim & shot down better qualified & much more fiercely talented candidates in her quiet wake to win the coveted mirror ball trophy.
But the burning question remains: how does Palin continue to linger on the competition & stir the ire of many DWTS fans who view the show as a talent (not popularity) contest?
While continually scoring at or near the bottom of the Judge's leader board since the onset of Season 11, Palin has somehow beat out competitors who have outscored and outperformed her, i.e., Florence Henderson, Rick Fox, and even Mike The Situation Sorrentino who exited the show at Week 4.
But what is really at the crux of the Bristol Palin matter is not the fact that Palin continues to receive enough votes to stay on DWTS. That part is evident.
The real question is why & where those votes come from. That is, are those votes generated by Sarah Palin supporters, or are they cast because people really like Bristol?
Hopefully, it's because people truly like 'Alaska's Favorite Daughter', find her refreshing and just want to see her win because of who she is.
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They said I already reached my limit and I hadn’t voted.I just tried again and Bristol’s number is busy.
Hopefully Kurt. I mean he seems like a nice guy, but...Bristol has to work it a lot harder than he does.
Btw, couldn’t get the Chrome thing to work. Wouldn’t take my votes. I guess I’ll make up more emails! Vote Palin.
You could be right. The worst costume was the MONKEY suit. Jennifer would never have put that monkey suit on.
I’ve never tried Chrome.
Now I can’t get through.
Bristol did a great job for a non entertainer unlike the others even Kurt knows how to please a crowd.
My second favorite is Brandy after Rick Fox left, but I like Kurt third.
Yes! It’s fun to vote Palin again!
I am not sure. Carrie Ann went off on him about not starting the dance right away. He took it as an insult about his choreography.
He has a blog. can’t wait to see what he has to say about it.
Keep trying... You’ll get though.
I go by
http://stars.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp
and now Bristol is in 1st so the phone calls are working, lets work on the online voting as well
I had a lot of trouble getting through as well, about every 5th call connected so keep trying. I’m voting on every line I have, about to call my mom and ask her to give it 5 successful connects too. And maybe my mother-in-law too, they’ll be happy to help.
Kyle and Brandy are on the bottom of the dial a score thing right now. This is a definite trend for both. That’s what caught up with Audrina, and I was so surprised.
Did Maks ask for them to show some appreciation?
We should remember that Jennifer Grey has been dancing for 40 years—that’s twice as long as Bristol has been on this earth.
;)
Whether she stays or goes may depend on whether the producers feel like they have a “captive” audience without Bristol or not. If they think she has drawn enough new people to the show who will stay to see the last two shows, they will send her home. I still say, when she goes, I go.
How true...:)
It would kill Brandy and Jennifer to see that.
OK I took your advice and so far got through 3 times.Line is busy which is good.
WOW!
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