Template:VFTG USA 6 Spring Controversies
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Pink Team Moderators' Picks[edit]
After posting their picks, moderator Holly Everman was subject to much criticism, particularly on Twitter, over her Vote for the Girls picks. Everman posted on her Wordpress site defending her decision to allow Riley Bria and Nick Fradiani as VFTG picks. Fans compared Everman's picks were just as bad as Ava selling off her virginity the year before. She also defended the fact that the winning moderator of the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, this entitled her and her fellow Pink team moderators allowing Riley and Nick as VFTG picks.
Facility Renovation[edit]
Before the beginning of the cycle, Ava Zinn, announced that a schedule conflict between Vote for the Girls and the renovations of the Aeverine Zinn Holdings facility was found, with the renovations and the twentieth season of Dancing with the Stars began on the same day (March 16,) causing a dispute. Zinn brought Jackson Steele, CEO of NoSirGifts Venues, the company that syndicates the site, on stage to stress that under no circumstances that a cycle of Vote for the Girls is to be interrupted for any reason. As Steele exited the stage, a member of the audience threw a shoe at Steele, knocking Steele unconscious.
Lanise White comment[edit]
Upon seeing that her pick of Lovey James was not saved, Lanise White said "I hate this nigger country," right before the top 24 results were announced. White was ejected, but she received a standing ovation as she left the set, and the crowd quickly became hostile and dangerous. Fans went so far as to throw coins at the purple team moderators (Julia Passalt, Rhonda Rhodes, and Kendra Ray) after White's ejection. Ava Zinn was absent as she was dealing with the facility renovations, while Holly Everman recalled being scared to even vote because of the hostile crowd.
White apologized for her actions on March 7, 2015 and was given a suspension for her remark (effectively disqualifying White for the Voice and Dancing with the Stars) and received a 12-week suspension from NoSirGifts.
Dancing with the Stars 20 Purple team picks[edit]
After an audit of their their picks, Kymberly Alvaraz initially chose Chirs Soules & Witney Carson as her pick due to Carson's hometown of American Fork, Utah is located in the Salt Lake City market. However, Chris Soules' hometown of Arlington, Iowa is in the Cedar Rapids market, which is a secondary market of Team Kendra. Holly Everman, as the winning moderator for the previous season of DWTS, decided to allow the entire Purple Team (Teams Ava & Kymberly, Team Kendra, and Team Rhonda) to allow Chirs Soules & Witney Carson as pick.
Episode Delays[edit]
Follow the arrest of Ava Zinn, fans of the web site began to complain about the web site's inability to post the episodes' result programs on the web site's YouTube channel but voting info being posted on the web site.
