Thursday, March 29, 2007

'The Great American Dream Vote'

Have you heard of this show?

I hadn't until last night right before I went to bed. It's hosted by Donny Osmond (of Donny and Marie), and people basically appeal to the crowd to vote for them so the show will fulfill their particular dream.

The guy that won last night wanted to get a hair transplant, he looked kind of dorky, but seemed quite genuine. The show seems to be structured in sort of tournament style. You start out with 3 groups of 2 contestants. Each contestant gets to tell everyone in the audience what their dream is, then the audience picks their favourite and they move onto the second round. In the second round, the 6 people have been cut down to 3. Then they tell the audience their dream again, the audience then votes for their two favourite, the least favourite of the 3 goes home. Finally the two remaining are in the finals, and the viewing audience at home gets to vote for who they want to win their dream. The results are announced on the next show.

Now, back to this guy that won the hair transplant. That wasn't all he got, they gave him a crap-load of stuff:

- $25,000 Hair Transplant
- $20,000 Cash
- $10,000 New Wardrobe
- All expense paid trip to Las Vegas in a private jet
- A wind surfing board
- A skydiving adventure
- 40" Flat-Screen TV
- Digital Camera
- Video Camera
- A brand new convertible sports car

All along while they were announcing his prizes, Natasha was saying, '...just watch, he'll get some sort of convertible or something...'. Of course they save the car until last, I was quite impressed that she was right.

This show seems to be a waste of time and a gross waste of money. If they're going to give people their dream, it should be someone truly deserving of having their dream come true. There are organizations that make terminally ill children's dreams come true all the time. I think that they hundreds of thousands of dollars that they spend producing this show could be far better spent if it were donated to a deserving charity such as the Children's Miracle Network, or the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Oh well, I guess everyone needs something to watch on a Wednesday night.

4 comments:

patsyrose said...

You just proved that people will watch any crap on T.V. while, at the same time, wonder why anyone would watch it. Don't be insulted...I've done the same thing many, many times.

Kim said...

Actually I too caught a bit of that horrible show. I missed the end but I was horrified to see two Moms who's "Great American Dream" was to get rid of their dead beat kid! Useless garbage.

Kim said...

Actually I too caught a bit of that horrible show. I missed the end but I was horrified to see two Moms who's "Great American Dream" was to get rid of their dead beat kid! Useless garbage.

Kim said...

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