The Season of "The Ringers" On Reality TV
David Cook ruined this post. Last week, just as I was predicting David Archuleta to win "American Idol," I had a post half written in my head about the season of "The Ringers" on reality TV.
Think about it: "Project Runway's" winner, Christian Siriano; "America's Next Top Model" winner, Whitney Thompson; "Dancing with the Stars" winner: Kristi Yamaguchi; and the final piece of the puzzle would have been the crowning of David Archuleta.
And maybe ringer is the wrong word. What I really mean is, in each case it seems the contestant the producers and judges wanted to win, won. "America's Next Top Model" wanted a plus-sized winner, they got one. "Project Runway" wanted a hip, young winner with attitude, they got one. "Dancing with the Stars" wanted a woman to win, they got one.
Not that any of these contestants weren't worthy, they were. It's just that it gets the conspiracy theorists out there buzzing when so many winners are winners that you know the producers were hoping for.
Kimmie at "It's All About" had this to say while the competition was still underway:
But ... I think Kristi Yamaguchi is a ringer, and I'll tell you why. She's got the lines and graceful movements that this competition thrives on. She's got the flexibility and work ethic that is required to win. She already knows the exact ... exact ... way to curtsy on ice, er, stage. Yep, she's a ringer. And I like it.
And she was very happy when Kristi won.
But that aside, the only producer/judge darling that didn't win was David Archuleta. If he had won, wouldn't that have been one of the signs of the Apocalypse? What do you think?
