Many Dancing With The Stars fans were shocked last night by the DWTS results. There were so many fans in shock last night that some are now asking if Dancing With The Stars voting is rigged. Celebrities that have low judges scores are nevertheless on the show, which isn’t unprecedented, but is unusual. Safely center-of-the-pack Shannen Doherty was sent packing off the show. Did voting really favor a star that seems to need cash now, or did the producers have a heavy hand in this DWTS result?
Dancing With The Stars results
When it comes to what the judges had to say, the DWTS results should have had Buzz Aldrin and Kate Gosselin fighting for their spot on Dancing With The Stars 2010. When audience votes were tallied up, though, Pamela Anderson and Shannen Doherty found themselves facing the votes. When DWTS results left Shannen Doherty and Pamela Anderson on the chopping block, fan votes saved Pamela. Many DWTS results watchers are now thinking about how many hundred thousand votes more than Shannen did Kate Gosselin get to keep her on Dancing With The Stars?
How DWTS results are tabulated
DWTS results are tabulated on a half-and-half system. The judges’ votes count for half the score, and the call-in votes count for the other half. Put simply, Buzz Aldrin’s moonwalking cha-cha-cha needed twice the call-in votes of Shannen Doherty’s dance. The exact tabulation formula for Dancing With The Stars results is not disclosed publicly by ABC, but it’s certain the internet loans some credibility to the idea that the formula may not be entirely fair.
Is DWTS voting rigged?
As with every other “reality” show, the producers of DWTS get many say in how the show is made. Some fans are asking if the Dancing With The Stars results are now part of the producer’s preview as well. With her low scores and a seemingly frustrated fan base, many believed that Kate Gosselin was a natural choice for DWTS results elimination. If not Kate Gosselin, then Buzz Aldrin, who had the largest point deficit for making up. Instead of Buzz and Kate, the bottom two were Pamela and Shannen. Are the producers of DWTS playing with the results to create more drama? Or is the mom of eight pulling in enough votes to keep her in the spot legitimately? What are your thoughts?
