Vote for the Girls THAI

Vote for the Girls THAI
200px Vote for the Girls THAI (Vote for the Girls (Thailand)) logo
Also known as	Vote for the Girls Thailand
Created by	Ava Zinn
Presented by	Kanya Kasem
Judges	Phailin Lao Sumalee Som Thia Tola
Broadcast
Original run	20 April 2011 (2011-04-20) – 14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)

Vote for the Girls THAI was a web series in Thailand. The web site was the Thai version of the Vote for the Girls franchise. It was hosted by Kanya Kasem and the moderator panel consisted of Phailin Lao, Sumalee Som, Thia Tola.

The Thailand adaptation of the web site was created by American entrepreneur Ava Zinn based on the American site of the same name. Based on the original US site, and an addition to the Vote for the Girls franchise. The Thailand adaptation of Vote for the Girls started in 2011, which was devoted to voting for the female contestants on the Modernine TV series The Star as well as Academy Fantasia, the Channel 3 television series The Voice Thailand. Smaller campaigns have also been started on the Thai version's site for Channel 3's Thailand's Got Talent.

History

Format

The Thai version of Vote for the Girls followed the format of the American version completely. In all competitions, fans of the site are expected to vote only for female contestants en masse with the Vote for the Girls moderators and to Kanya Kasem's high expectations to vote off the male contestants. Kasem demands that all males be eliminated at the earliest possible without regard to criticism and/or public backlash (meaning that fans of the site must vote for all remaining female contestants each week), introducing the possibility of an all-female finale or all-female final two.

Like the American version, Kasem desires to complete every competition with a Vote for the Girls "victory", but performances by the male counterparts will cause her to call off the competition, if not end the competition with a Vote for the Girls "loss" or end the competition if there are no female contestants left in the competition, and discipline the moderator(s) that have chosen the male contestant that wins the competition with a "Punishment for Failure". Once the competition ends with either a victory or a loss, Kasem determines which moderator(s) (if not all) is the wining moderator(s) for the "VFTG Victory" or the losing moderator(s) for the "VFTG Loss".

The Thai version of Vote for the Girls is somewhat rare of Pop Idol-related websites, all decisions and supported contestants fell under one person, Kasem, instead of a majority vote by the moderators. Additionally, Kasem has the power to override the basic format of the site.

The Host and Moderators of Vote for the Girls THAI

Kanya Kasem

Phailin Lao

Sumalee Som

Malitia "Thia" Tola

Key

(VFTG Pick Name)	Indicates a Vote for the Girls Victory (finale only)
(VFTG Pick Name)	Indicates a Vote for the Girls Make-Up Victory (finale only)
(VFTG Pick Name)	Indicates a Vote for the Girls Victory after last male contestant's elimination
VFTG Loss	Indicates a Vote for the Girls Loss after last female contestant's elimination
VFTG Loss	Indicates a Vote for the Girls Loss (finale)

VFTG-supported contestants

Season	Start	Finish	Record		Show	Victory(ies)	Last Female	Host	Moderators
			Victories	Losses
1	April 20, 2011	September 17, 2011	1	2	The Star Season 7 (2011)	VFTG Loss	Note Panayangool ("Note")	Kanya Kasem	Phailin Lao Sumalee Som Malitia Tola
					Thailand's Got Talent Season 1	VFTG Victory	Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy
					Academy Fantasia Season 8	VFTG Loss	("Praew")
2	2012	2012	1	3	The Star Season 8 (2012)	VFTG Loss	Soraya Thitawachira ("Smile")
					Thailand's Got Talent Season 2	VFTG Loss	Gail Sophicha Langkawi Mongkol
					Academy Fantasia Season 9	VFTG Victory	("Ice")
					The Voice Thailand (season 1)	VFTG Loss	Sarocha Senarat ("Suay") Bongkot Charoentham("Fymme")
3	2013	2013	0	4	The Star Season 9 (2013)	VFTG Loss	Delilian Alford ("Dee")
					Thailand's Got Talent Season 3	VFTG Loss	("May")
					Academy Fantasia Season 10	VFTG Loss	("Tuey")
					The Voice Thailand (season 2)	VFTG Loss	Tangmo Wanlika
4	2014	2014	1	3	The Star Season 10 (2014)	VFTG Loss	Nutnicha Chomdee ("Mook")
					Thailand's Got Talent Season 4	VFTG Loss	Aunt Ruby and Pink deer, there will be
					Academy Fantasia Season 11	VFTG Victory	("Aim")
					The Voice Thailand (season 3)	VFTG Loss	Suthita Chanachaisuwan ("Image")

Reception

Controversy and criticism

During the first season of VFTG THAI, Sumalee Som caused controversy upon seeing pick Gorawan Suttiwongn was not saved by the public vote. Som later said “This is a singing competition…and this shouldn’t have happened”.

During the second season of VFTG THAI, executive producer Myra Lu was accused of interfering with the moderator process after she was seen speaking to Phailin Lao during the Semi-Finals of the first season of The Voice Thailand. Lao appeared to struggle with the decision, at first declaring that she wanted to pick Fymme, but when pressed by presenter Kanya Kasem to name who she wanted to leave out, which resulted in boos from the studio audience and anger over the events were expressed by viewers of the site.

On March 9, 2014, during an episode of VFTG THAI, Malitia Tola had threatened to leave the site (as well as leaving Thailand) if the Thai public did not vote off all the male contestants. This sparked an argument among Lao, Som, Kasem, and Tola, ending in Tola storming out of the studio, shoving host Kanya Kasem to the floor with Tola's resignation upon the elimination of Delilian Alford (Dee) on April 13, 2014, as Tola walked off the VFTG THAI set, saying "disgusting joke." This eventually resulted in Tola's relocation to the United States on January 31, 2015 and the site's cancellation.