Vote for the Girls (United States) lore
The American Vote for the Girls lore is a collection of information that fans retain and share.
Contents
Episodes
The following is a selected list of memorable events that have stood the test of time and are considered common knowledge by VFTG fans:
2010
2011
- The Thrill of a Vote for the Girls Win... (May 12, 2011, Ava Zinn, Holly Everman and Robyn Hurd vs Dave Della Terza, American Idol 10)
- Sparked by the early elimination of female contestants in the first five weeks of the American Idol 10 finals that led some critics[1], including Zinn, Everman, and Hurd to believe that it was partly due to the demographic of the voters being skewed towards females who tended to vote for men led to criticism of bias against women. The last of these five girls to be eliminated was a presumed front-runner and Vote for the Girls pick, Pia Toscano, and her elimination drew considerable criticisms, with various former Idol alums and notably Zinn's longtime friend Alec Dailey[2] and Kristy Habiby expressing shock and surprise.[3][4] Toscano's elimination saw
Idol producer Ken Warwick said, "It's no secret that most reality shows are female driven, either by moms or by young girls. It does mean we're going to get a heftier amount of female votes and it's always bent towards the boys, obviously, we are very much aware that the voting can be skewed towards the boys."[5][6][7] In response to the criticism, the producers considered tweaking the voting format for the following season to correct the bias.[8]
comment made by Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who had said three weeks earlier that the Bears were crybabies and quitters when the going got tough, Chicago crushed Washington 73–0. This game currently stands as the most onesided victory in NFL history. Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh was interviewed after the game, and a sportswriter asked him whether the game would have been different had wide receiver Charlie Malone not dropped a tying TD pass in the first quarter. Baugh reportedly quipped, "Sure. The final score would have been 73–7."
led to criticism of bias against women and Zinn, Everman, and Hurd . Idol producer Ken Warwick said, "It's no secret that most reality shows are female driven, either by moms or by young girls. It does mean we're going to get a heftier amount of female votes and it's always bent towards the boys, obviously, we are very much aware that the voting can be skewed towards the boys."[7] The voting also provoked considerable criticism after the last of these five females, Pia Toscano, a presumed front-runner, was surprisingly eliminated in ninth place.[3][9][10] In response to criticism, the producers considered tweaking the voting format for next season.[11] However, after Toscano's elimination, the next five eliminated contestants were all males, leading to the first Top 3 with two females since the sixth season.
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
See also
- List of Vote for the Girls (United States) seasons
- Vote for the Girls (United States) moderator rivalries
References
- ↑ Sorry, ladies. 'Idol's' just not that into you Female hopefuls keep getting the boot, while guys who aren't as good stick around
- ↑ "PiaRoll'd". Vote for the Girls. No. 11, season 2. Retrieved on 29 February 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwomen_problem - ↑ Us Weekly (2011-04-08). Jennifer Hudson, Tom Hanks Outraged Over Pia Toscano's 'Idol' Elimination | Rolling Stone Culture. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2011-08-06.
- ↑ "Why did Pia Toscano leave 'Idol' so soon?". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-04-08. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/04/why-did-pia-toscano-leave-idol-so-soon/1. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ↑ 'American Idol': Voting methods, judges are to blame for the girls' downfall. Blog.zap2it.com (2011-04-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 'American Idol' EP Ken Warwick: 'Maybe we change the voting system slightly next year'. Blog.zap2it.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Voting_system_change" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 'Idol' considers voting tweaks to fix boy bias. Today.msnbc.msn.com (2011-04-20). Retrieved on 2012-04-21.
- ↑ "Nobody saw this coming: An 'American Idol' shocker". Content.usatoday.com. April 8, 2011. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/04/an-american-idol-shocker/1. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ↑ Us Weekly (April 8, 2011). Jennifer Hudson, Tom Hanks Outraged Over Pia Toscano's 'Idol' Elimination | Rolling Stone Culture. Rollingstone.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-06.
- ↑ "American Idol" mulls voting tweaks to fix boy bias
External links
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
