Posted on 05/24/2011 9:19:50 AM PDT by MindBender26
Just heard from old network friend in NY. "Suits" at ABC are in panic mode over worries that Scientologists are flooding telephone and text voting to push Kirstie Alley to victory in tonight's final show of the DWTS season.
Alley is a Level 7 Scientologist and very public in her support of the "church." She credits it with saving her from drugs. The ABC "Suits" worry that Alley would do another "Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch"-type routine and tell America that she won the Mirror Ball Trophy because of Scientology.
That could be disastrous for one of ABC's top rated and most profitable shows. With the demise of Oprah and the failure of her network, DWTS is very popular with "The Great Unwashed".... the women TV is now totally targetted to.
Last season, there were rumors, never proved, that conservative audience telephone voters kept Bristol Palin on the show for an extended time because of their love for her mother. This year, the studio audience has been constantly packed with high-visibility Scientologists, such as Kelly Preston and others. John Travolta even made a special appearance on the show to support Alley.
ABC insiders say there are worries that Scientologists have been instructed to call and text as many times as possible to vote for the overweight and clumsy Alley. Some worry that a large number of calls coming from the 727 area code, covering Clearwater, Florida where Scientology is based, would be an indication of possible fraud in the voting.
Results will be announced tonight. Alley had the worst scores from the professional judges last night, and a victory tonight would certainly give rise to reports of Scientology taking extraordinary efforts to distort the results and buy themselves a victory. That could cost ABC and the Suits millions in advertising dollars next season due to lost viewership and public support.
As I said.... the Suits are worried.
It’s more likely the of, shall we say, less than perfectly proportioned ladies voting by the millions. I say no one else stands a chance.
Judging by the volume of comments on the network’s dedicated fan pages, it looks like Kirstie and Hines are fan favorites while Chelsea and Hines are judges’ favorites. I think that would give the edge to Hines.
My bet is on Hines Ward. He will win DWTS since he was denied a nice big ring back in February. He is the most polished contestant left among the three. Kirstie gave it a very good shot but she will fall short, unless the game is rigged. Chelsie is a consistant second.
Trust me, it’s worse, much worse.
I will say one thing that I think is clear about Kristie’s performance on Dancing With the Stars - she really is a hard and dedicated worker; give her a job to do and she will put her all into it.
I think what that did it for her with the fans was the distinction between her and one of the early favorites - Ralph Macchio. Ralph was seen, even by the judges, as very good, even in the beginning. Then, he didn’t get worse, but he really didn’t get better. Kristie kept improving.
I have never been a big fan of Kristie’s and I still am not. But if effort and determination count for anything, she deserves her success on the show so far, and she MIGHT even deserve winning (even if I am partial to Asians).
I couldnt care less. All these shows are slop.Cottencandy for the mind.
She DID lose weight (who could not when dancing 5 hrs a day?), but I cracked up when she was on Leno and claimed she’s a size 6! Talk about delusional. I have a friend who’s a size 0 due to a naturally tiny frame, and she asked, “In what country?” Of course the designers suck up to people like this. “Sure, Kirstie, what size would FEEL good for you to say?”
I don’t know who was voting for her, whether it was old Cheers fans or Scientologists, but it clearly propelled her over Disney kid Chelsea, whom I had never heard of, but was the better dancer.
I sometimes watch the show, when I have a stack of one dollar bills I can throw at the female dancers that is. oh my!
Too bad Scientology can't save her from food. What a bunch of losers.
Last season, they paired Margaret Cho with Louis Van Amstel, in order to make a Gay Pair. They lasted about four weeks.
This season, they paired Van Amstel with a Playboy Playmate of the Year.
-PJ
After reading all the behind-the-scenes comments at the New York Observer after the retiring of ABC News executive Mimi Gurbst last year, this show just might be a reflection of how their News department operates.
-PJ
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