RE:Very Good!
by Vijaya Moorthy on Oct 27, 2007 12:32 PM
You are absolutely right about the talented being shown the door in reality shows or coming second and third when they deserved to be the BEST! Does reality in this country mean mediocrity??? 'Reality' in no way means we should depend so much on SMS that the best are left behind because our country is still ancient in mindset despite the fact that we shout on rooftops about being modern and secular. The truth is and it shows that we cannot rise above caste, state, religion and gender even today. Our voting pattern shows! We have latest mobiles to send sms but century old attitudes! Hence, shows should be modeled (by channels and sponsors) in such a way that they do not appear to be farcical and foolish in the end. SMS voting should happen till the contestants reach top ten stage. Then the voting should be done by 3 regular show judges and 2 special judges (panelists) called for each of the final 9 competitions leading to a winner being declared either by eliminating 1 contestant in each week OR better still, alternately by consolidating their scores and like (a Miss India finale)announcing the top 3 in the final show on TV. SMS should not be the medium of selecting national champions - the public is not mature and fair in our country as yet! Otherwise, Amit, Abhilasha, Ankita and the like will keep getting eliminated... and channels and sponsors will keep making money, headless teenagers will keep wasting money on SMS and Wonderful people like Javed Akhtar and Alka Yagnik wi
