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Rule changes
Moderator Showdown and Showcase (continued from VFTG 2014)[edit]
The first Moderator Showcase was scheduled to air in the previous season between Michelle Steele, who the first Fall Moderator Showdown (following the victories of Alex & Sierra and Tessanne Chin) to compete with the first Spring Moderator Showdown (had Christina Grimmie and/or Jena Asciutto won The Voice 6 and/or American Idol 13 for the site's victory). Since Zinn called off the previous season due to the level of conflict with the American public deciding not to support VFTG picks of Christina Grimmie, Tess Boyer, Bria Kelly, Sisaundra Lewis, Audra McLaughlin on The Voice as well as MK Nobilette, Majesty Rose, Malaya Watson, Jessica Meuse, and Jena Irene (Asciutto) on American Idol, and keeping said female contestants out of the bottom group and would have resulted in an all-female finale on The Voice and American Idol, as well as Steele's resignation (on March 6, 2014) and death (on May 10, 2014).
Moderator's Save (#VFTGTwist on SYTYCD)[edit]
Another change in the VFTG format is the Moderator's Save, an element first used in Italy's Vota Femminili (Vote for the Girls (Italy)) and Rösta för Flickorna (Vote for the Girls (Sweden)).[1] The moderators were initially given the power to exercise a veto on two regular competitions (one in each cycle) and one make-up competition and spare the site from a Vote for the Girls Loss for that particular competition. This can only be invoked up until the finales of all competitions (initially the semi-finals of The Voice and American Idol in the regular competition or before the finale of So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent, or Dancing with the Stars). If the Moderators' Veto is used in a make-up competition, the moderators will not get to choose any Vote for the Girls wild card or steal picks on The Voice nor American Idol because no victory nor loss is declared. The Moderator's Veto can only be used once per cycle and it must be unanimous. This was later changed
Additionally, because no loss is declared if the Moderators' Veto is used to spare the site from a Vote for the Girls Loss in the event should the last remaining female contestant is eliminated, none of the moderators will face a punishment for failure.
The new format change was revealed on September 3, 2014. The first recipient of the Moderators' Veto is Valerie Rockey, which allowed the site to finally declare its first (unofficial) victory of 2014 based on the dual-winner format previously used on the ninth and tenth seasons of SYTYCD. A second recipient was awarded to DaNica Shirey, of which Kellie Rock became the winning moderator by default on the seventh season of The Voice on November 25, 2014, and sparing the web site a loss upon Shirey's elimination on December 2, 2014. Two more recipient were awarded to Jax Cole and Nick Fradiani, the latter of which became the first male supported contestant in the web site's history to reach the fourteenth season finale of American Idol, with Ava Zin, Kymberly Alvaraz, and Tracia Ward becoming the winning moderators on May 6, 2015.
Special Episodes[edit]
The first non-competition episode of Vote or the Girls was Ava's Virginity Auction serving as the sixth season premiere episode on July 11, 2014. The episode revolved around the events involving the American Idol season 13 and The Voice season six competitions during and after the competitions aired with a new, specially-recorded interview with Holly Everman, Kathi Jameson, and Kellie Rock.
In a Twitter post by Ava Zinn on October 27, 2014, it was initially revealed that the opening credits will change for the following season[2]. The new introduction will contain, segments from the episode previewed rather than showing the past Victories and Notable Eliminations used in previous seasons, and a shortened version of the previous season's introduction, an introduction that was first revealed on the the Australian version of Vote for the Girls.
Following the elimination of DaNica Shirey on The Voice, the site looked back at previous episodes (or competitions) rebranded as Classic Vote for the Girls, some with a false All My Children-like theme and the opening sequence for Classic VFTG parodies the open of All My Children from 1990 to 1995 featuring past Vote for the Girls picks. These shows are interspersed with commentary from Zinn herself, usually before, during, and after the episode. The first Classic VFTG shows aired in August 2013 with the Duets competition because of over-the-air reception issues that spawned the 2014 Vote for the Girls conflict. The first such episodes aired on December 9 and December 16, 2014 with the respective American Idol 10 and 11 competitions in place of seventh season respective semi-final and final results of The Voice.
After the two Classic VFTG episodes aired, fans of the site speculated the opening sequence of the site's episodes on their YouTube channel would replace the past Victories and Notable Eliminations with the "falling pictures" of previous Vote for the Girls supported contestants.
In another Twitter post revealed by Ava Zinn, [3] it was initially revealed that there will be specials that was planned for the following season. The first such episode was the "100 Women Picked" Special that was dedicated to these viewers who had written to Ava Zinn with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the site's YouTube episodes as well as the web site. In addition to the usual Vote for the Girls opening sequence (of which itself changed at the beginning of the Spring Cycle), a opening disclaimer will shown before the opening credits with the TV14 rating. Zinn's voice is heard saying:"Vote for the Girls contains true stories of female contestants appearing on reality-based singing and make-up competitions. All of the voting calls and results you will see and hear are real. Whenever possible, the actual people involved have helped us reconstruct the events as they happened."
Male Moderator Crew: Leonard Lai and Clark Jones[edit]
This season is officially the first to feature Male Moderators who rotate from one competition to the next that were initially set to appear the following season. The Male Moderators are typically transgender males (F2M's/female-to-male trans) or males. The Male Moderators are given nicknames by Zinn herself and they, unlike the moderator panel (as they are all females and transgender females (M2F's)) make their Vote for the Girls picks while the Male Moderator's job is to make their Vote for the Worst picks (these are typically male contestants) and preventing a Vote for the Girls victory (such as seeing all female contestants eliminated), though the Male Moderator's pick segments are not shown due to agreements and restrictions. The Male Moderators are not allowed to participate in the Dancing with the Stars make-up competitions, yet allowed to participate in the So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent competitions.[citation needed] On December 2, 2014, Ava Zinn confirmed on Twitter Male Moderators on Vote for the Girls are[4]:
- Leonard Lai — A trans man who appeared as anchorman on Terre Haute's WFAZ-FTV and WVTH-FTV. At WVTH, Lai was colleagues with fellow VFTG moderator Kellie Rock. Nicknamed "The Tantrum Transman".[4]
- Clark Jones — A trans man who appeared on Dallas/Fort Worth's WDFW-FTV and hosted "The Texas Debate" on KJTX. Nicknamed "The Dark Beast." (Confirmed on January 9, 2015)
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- ↑ https://twitter.com/aeverinezinn/status/526567031131226112
- ↑ https://twitter.com/aeverinezinn/status/526635724318072832
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zinn, Ava (2 December 2014). Twitter / aeverinezinn: The Male Moderator Crew.... Twitter. Retrieved on 2 December 2014.
