Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26983547-20190527152245/@comment-32379541-20190604011558

Demon Taka wrote: NTheFoxyRiolu wrote: Let’s be real, this show isn’t rigged, no matter how much you twist the events of the show or disagree with the votes. If it were, we would’ve seen Riana in the Finals and Courtney taking the whole prize home herself. No not necessarily, the show isn't "rigged" in the most common sense, the producers aren't like "we'll just say so-and-so got the most votes". it's more systematic, like "we'll use editing and context to help acts we think will make good tv, and hurt "stupid" acts.", or "the judges will say things to manipulate the voters.", or "we'll milk this act's backstory." ​​​​​ Agreed. A perfect example is this post from that guy behind the Andy Pigkens puppet when asked if he was trying to get 4 buzzers.

"I wasn’t exactly trying for that, but knew going in that it was almost certainly what would happen. My friends Seth & Kevin went on last season dressed like a caterpillar and a robot, and they both told me they were immediately hit with the whole crowd loudly booing them as soon as they walked on stage. I was expecting the same reaction, but in reality the audience laughed as soon as I walked out through my whole time on stage. I think my time on stage may have gotten cut down from 4-5 minutes to 10 seconds for the broadcast because the audience didn’t react the way the producers wanted. The editing in my segment is so bad though. You can see in all the judge shots that the audience is sitting and smiling, and then there are jarring cuts to a completely different audience on their feet booing. It was a little disappointing because I think if they gave me a proper set up I could have had a much better segment like Kevin & Seth got. They took out 100% of my interaction with the judges, which was mostly Simon and Howie annoyed that I wouldn’t break character as the pig and admit that I was a guy with a puppet. Instead they put in Julianne saying a bunch of stuff that I don’t remember her saying to me, making her look like a crazy person as well."