Posted by Anim8rFSK on 01/12/94 11:53

In article <1153400432.873196.305080@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
daveparks_00@hotmail.com wrote:

> Larry in AZ wrote:
> > Waiving the right to remain silent, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> said:
> >
> > > Yeah, that was pretty stupid. The Hoff and Brandy wanted to pick a
> > > singing act, which would clearly be All That. The question is, who did
> > > Peirs want to put through?
> >
> > He said he wanted something other than another singing act.
> >
> > I think their tactic was to let the voting audience pick the singers, so
> > they
> > could come back with something else.
>
> I thought that as well - but that's not what the "judges" supposed to
> do at this point.
> They should have picked their favorite; letting the viewers then pick
> theirs from those remaining.

Yep. It's stupid to not pick the BEST act. If that means you get all
jugglers, then so be it. But don't pick a bad acrobatic act at the
expense of a good musical act just to mix it up a bit.
>
> I also don't get the "checks/exes" display in these later rounds -
> what's the point?
> The judges can simply state their opinions and move on; the
> approval/disapproval symbols are unnecessary at this stage.

What's really dumb is that they go out of their way to explain how
meaningless they are.

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