Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20180928052441/@comment-10812216-20181031152301

Erik10101 wrote: I think people overuse the term "rigged" for reality competition shows. Rigging gives the connotation that the votes were rigged, and that the producers decided the winner from the start.

Influencing the vote with last-minute placements, overly positive judge critiques, or higher promotion in general is not "rigging" in the same sense, and it is hardly immoral. Just wanted to point that out because it does bother me when people claim the show is rigged but then use producer influencing as evidence. When you sign the contract to appear on the show, you have to agree that "The producers can choose the winner by any mean they so choose."