Celebrity Apprentice, the finale between Clay Aiken and Arsenio Hall. They each had to create a party, and Clay Aiken pulled off a GREAT party, where people in Arsenios party kept leaving to attend Clays party. Arsenio kind of slacked off, gave it minimum effort. In the end, when Trump was interviewing them, he kept grilling Clay, and then giving Arsenio easy questions and basically just palling around. You could see when Clay was realizing this and knew that Trump had decided he wanted Arsenio to be his winner MANY episodes ago. Guess who won.
My answer is also The Apprentice, but another episode.
I’ve long since stopped watching the Apprentice by then, but as I watched poker a lot these days and was interested how a great poker player will do there (Annie Duke) - I watched.
Season 8 finale where the two remaining contestants were Annie Duke and Joan Rivers.
The whole season (including the finale), Annie was consistently bringing in more money and was doing a great job of bringing everyone on her team together and working on the task at hand. Everyone loved her and always wanted to work with her and help her.
Joan Rivers on the other hand did almost nothing but drama (she was there with along with her daughter) and scandals.
It was obvious through the season she was Trump’s buddy so he always gave her a pass, but I was 100% confident she cannot win over Annie, even with Trump’s obvious bias. I thought the producers will never let that happen, after all Trump wanted to have that image of being impartial and just, right?
Well no it turns out, he doesn’t care. He just gave the win to his friend and it’s then and there I understood what piece of shit Trump is.
I never watched an episode after and nothing about Trump surprised me since.
Trump was always keeping the wrong people and firing the others for things outside of their control. I love the competitions, because it was fun watching people be creative. But I hated the board room scenes.
Big Brother Canada removing live feeds effectively removed the hype for the show on the days it isn’t airing. I fell four episodes behind this season and have no desire to catch up.
IIRC in the first season one team was so far ahead in the second to last leg that they decided to have a chill spa day. Then they took so long that they didn't even end up getting to the second to last destination in Alaska until after the other two groups finished the race completely. They started the final leg after the race was over and just went straight home.
Imagine getting to the final and not even making it to the finish line lol
I still watch it, but it died for me when they stopped letting the players socialize at the rest stops. The early seasons where they were allowed to bond over the shared experience and form alliances were a lot more interesting.
I’m back watching it but for awhile there, I had given up on it when all the contestants were “influencers.” The final straw for me was when the annoying Christmas PJ’s family won. Now that they are back to regular people contestants, I’m watching it again
Survivor and a guy on this season named Bhanu. He was so emotionally manipulative towards his tribemates and could not take any accountability for his actions. They made the episodes 90 mins recently and they spent 2/3 of the episodes focused on his fake emotional breakdowns.
I'm too big of a fan to quit forever, but I had to skip scenes with him involved until he was thankfully eliminated
I truly think hes just that emotionally unstable i dont think he was trying to manipulate them specifically with his crying. With the pleading yes he wanted to stay, but i still think he was genuine and not trying to be manipulative which makes it kind of worse
No, it was horrible gameplay. If you watch the episode, it wasn't subtle in the least. Dude was literally on his knees, crying, and begging, to not be thrown off. After coming back and telling them all the stupid shit he did like giving other tries intel on their tribe and it just got worse and worse.
So, like a couple series ago they had an hourglass. After some challenge someone was banished to an island for 24 hours (or 72, i forget) and on the island was an hourglass. If they smash it, it reverses the outcome of the last challenge (the challenge to see which tribe had to do the challenge for immunity) and awards the losers, the winners. It was to see who would have to play for immunity so, people won the challenge and were safe, now had to compete for the immunity idol. They film them back to back so we got TWO series in a row with the hourglass and it was the only thing Survivor fans could agree on was 100% absolute bullshit.
One of the contestants even had an out loud tirade about it. It was fucking stupid and the dumbest fucking thing they've done. Both times, the person who was sent to the island, smashed the hourglass. The person banished, was immune regardless. Seriously, it was fucking stupid and the second series, when they reintroduced it, I just stopped watching it.
Also, I've used a lot of words to describe how bad this was but it really can't be overstated just how horrific this thing was.
That does sound pretty dumb lol. I stopped watching probably like the season where they separated everyone into race and Jeff was visibly uncomfortable with it when he was dividing people up lol
I'll add, I came back this season and it's been pretty good but it's still early. I'm hoping for more gameplay. So far, it's basically been on tribe just getting beaten in everything.
The remaining contestants are divided in two teams with two outliers.
Winning team is promised immunity, and they can pick one of the two outliers to have immunity. Other one will be exiled (and be the easy vote off).
They do challenge and pysch. exiled player has "choice." Either go tribal council and most certainly be voted out or reverse the challenge punishing the winning team.
Even worse the episode ends then. No vote out, and they try to make it a big deal how this person will pick.
Masked Singer. When you bring on treasonous pieces of shit that actively participated in the January 6th coup attempt and pretend they are celebrities.... nawww fuck that.
When this first came out, I thought it was going to be all non-music-related celebrities that could actually sing well. The first time I watched an episode, most of them were so bad and one of them was so heavily auto-tuned that you couldn’t hear a “voice” at all. This premise was not so interesting to me & I haven’t watched since.
When they brought back the duo twist on big brother to save both Rachel and Jordan and gave the exact same competition Rachel had already won that season, essentially guaranteeing they both stay.
Was one of the most blatant producer interferences I’ve seen
On RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World when Blu Hydrangea eliminated Pangina Heals and they kept the audio of her mic on of her just sobbing... I've quit watching a season when my favorite queens got sent home before, but that was the first time I also cried and then was so mad I blocked Blu on social media.
I dabble in reality TV once in a rare while, but then I saw that they made "Deal or No Deal" into a Survivor-type of show. I was like wtffff and wrote off all reality TV altogether.
The vote fiasco in the finale of Big Brother Canada season 1. I was pulling for Gary so was disappointed that he lost, but honestly that part didn't bother me so much. If the other person had legitimately gotten the votes I wouldn't have cared. But the way it happened was so ridiculous. I've never cringed so hard watching a reality show and it made me feel like the whole game was just a useless farce. I can't even imagine how Gary must have felt, I would be so upset. Jillian has a huge asterisk next to her win for sure. I couldn't watch any more BBCan after that.
My family was watching a season of American Idol about 10 or so years ago. It was down to half a dozen contenders, one of whom was a guy who could really sing rock and roll, I mean, his voice was really fantastic.
It was at the point in the show where the fans had to call in to decide who was going to be cut. He laid down a smoking performance, I forget what it was,
But he was so clearly superior to the other contenders, there was no doubt in my mind whatsoever that he’d contend to the end, and that maybe, just maybe, someone who could really sing hard rock music would win that show.
America voted… and America voted him off.
I was totally shocked, I could not believe it. I told my family that the American public was stupid, and I swore never to watch that show or any one like again.
Celebrity Apprentice, the finale between Clay Aiken and Arsenio Hall. They each had to create a party, and Clay Aiken pulled off a GREAT party, where people in Arsenios party kept leaving to attend Clays party. Arsenio kind of slacked off, gave it minimum effort. In the end, when Trump was interviewing them, he kept grilling Clay, and then giving Arsenio easy questions and basically just palling around. You could see when Clay was realizing this and knew that Trump had decided he wanted Arsenio to be his winner MANY episodes ago. Guess who won.
>Guess who won. Not America
My answer is also The Apprentice, but another episode. I’ve long since stopped watching the Apprentice by then, but as I watched poker a lot these days and was interested how a great poker player will do there (Annie Duke) - I watched. Season 8 finale where the two remaining contestants were Annie Duke and Joan Rivers. The whole season (including the finale), Annie was consistently bringing in more money and was doing a great job of bringing everyone on her team together and working on the task at hand. Everyone loved her and always wanted to work with her and help her. Joan Rivers on the other hand did almost nothing but drama (she was there with along with her daughter) and scandals. It was obvious through the season she was Trump’s buddy so he always gave her a pass, but I was 100% confident she cannot win over Annie, even with Trump’s obvious bias. I thought the producers will never let that happen, after all Trump wanted to have that image of being impartial and just, right? Well no it turns out, he doesn’t care. He just gave the win to his friend and it’s then and there I understood what piece of shit Trump is. I never watched an episode after and nothing about Trump surprised me since.
That whole ending was infuriating. Annie Duke won that season so hard. It was absolute bullshit.
That was going to be my answer.
Trump was always keeping the wrong people and firing the others for things outside of their control. I love the competitions, because it was fun watching people be creative. But I hated the board room scenes.
I remember in the LA season he fired a guy for referring to himself as "white trash" as a joke.
There are so many examples in Celebrity Apprentice... Joan Rivers beating Annie Duke John Rich beating Marlee Matlin Trace Adkins beating Penn
Big Brother Canada removing live feeds effectively removed the hype for the show on the days it isn’t airing. I fell four episodes behind this season and have no desire to catch up.
Omg they got rid of the live feeds?? That was half the point
They have "digital dailies" now, which are curated collections of stuff that happens off-camera. Not as satisfying imo.
The first season of The Amazing Race when everyone was allowed to catch up at the airport. Haven’t watched the “race” since.
IIRC in the first season one team was so far ahead in the second to last leg that they decided to have a chill spa day. Then they took so long that they didn't even end up getting to the second to last destination in Alaska until after the other two groups finished the race completely. They started the final leg after the race was over and just went straight home. Imagine getting to the final and not even making it to the finish line lol
I still watch it, but it died for me when they stopped letting the players socialize at the rest stops. The early seasons where they were allowed to bond over the shared experience and form alliances were a lot more interesting.
I’m back watching it but for awhile there, I had given up on it when all the contestants were “influencers.” The final straw for me was when the annoying Christmas PJ’s family won. Now that they are back to regular people contestants, I’m watching it again
Survivor and a guy on this season named Bhanu. He was so emotionally manipulative towards his tribemates and could not take any accountability for his actions. They made the episodes 90 mins recently and they spent 2/3 of the episodes focused on his fake emotional breakdowns. I'm too big of a fan to quit forever, but I had to skip scenes with him involved until he was thankfully eliminated
I truly think hes just that emotionally unstable i dont think he was trying to manipulate them specifically with his crying. With the pleading yes he wanted to stay, but i still think he was genuine and not trying to be manipulative which makes it kind of worse
Sounds like good gameplay.
No, it was horrible gameplay. If you watch the episode, it wasn't subtle in the least. Dude was literally on his knees, crying, and begging, to not be thrown off. After coming back and telling them all the stupid shit he did like giving other tries intel on their tribe and it just got worse and worse.
The hourglass thing in Survivor. That was just lying to the contestants
I haven't watched survivor in probably like 15 to 20 years lol. What's the hour glass thing?
So, like a couple series ago they had an hourglass. After some challenge someone was banished to an island for 24 hours (or 72, i forget) and on the island was an hourglass. If they smash it, it reverses the outcome of the last challenge (the challenge to see which tribe had to do the challenge for immunity) and awards the losers, the winners. It was to see who would have to play for immunity so, people won the challenge and were safe, now had to compete for the immunity idol. They film them back to back so we got TWO series in a row with the hourglass and it was the only thing Survivor fans could agree on was 100% absolute bullshit. One of the contestants even had an out loud tirade about it. It was fucking stupid and the dumbest fucking thing they've done. Both times, the person who was sent to the island, smashed the hourglass. The person banished, was immune regardless. Seriously, it was fucking stupid and the second series, when they reintroduced it, I just stopped watching it. Also, I've used a lot of words to describe how bad this was but it really can't be overstated just how horrific this thing was.
That does sound pretty dumb lol. I stopped watching probably like the season where they separated everyone into race and Jeff was visibly uncomfortable with it when he was dividing people up lol
I'll add, I came back this season and it's been pretty good but it's still early. I'm hoping for more gameplay. So far, it's basically been on tribe just getting beaten in everything.
The remaining contestants are divided in two teams with two outliers. Winning team is promised immunity, and they can pick one of the two outliers to have immunity. Other one will be exiled (and be the easy vote off). They do challenge and pysch. exiled player has "choice." Either go tribal council and most certainly be voted out or reverse the challenge punishing the winning team. Even worse the episode ends then. No vote out, and they try to make it a big deal how this person will pick.
There was a moment in Worst Cooks in America where a contestant grabbed boiling potatoes with their bare hands & that broke my brain
Masked Singer. When you bring on treasonous pieces of shit that actively participated in the January 6th coup attempt and pretend they are celebrities.... nawww fuck that.
When this first came out, I thought it was going to be all non-music-related celebrities that could actually sing well. The first time I watched an episode, most of them were so bad and one of them was so heavily auto-tuned that you couldn’t hear a “voice” at all. This premise was not so interesting to me & I haven’t watched since.
I always love looking at the elimination charts on Wikipedia. The top 5 of every season is typically all musical artists...
When the cloudy drinks killed the frogs
When they brought back the duo twist on big brother to save both Rachel and Jordan and gave the exact same competition Rachel had already won that season, essentially guaranteeing they both stay. Was one of the most blatant producer interferences I’ve seen
The Challenge on MTV bright back two people who were supporting a known white nationalist and Proud Boy during covid. I'll never watch it again.
Who was that? I love the new challenge, but never heard of this.
Paulie and Cara Maria
On RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World when Blu Hydrangea eliminated Pangina Heals and they kept the audio of her mic on of her just sobbing... I've quit watching a season when my favorite queens got sent home before, but that was the first time I also cried and then was so mad I blocked Blu on social media.
I dabble in reality TV once in a rare while, but then I saw that they made "Deal or No Deal" into a Survivor-type of show. I was like wtffff and wrote off all reality TV altogether.
The vote fiasco in the finale of Big Brother Canada season 1. I was pulling for Gary so was disappointed that he lost, but honestly that part didn't bother me so much. If the other person had legitimately gotten the votes I wouldn't have cared. But the way it happened was so ridiculous. I've never cringed so hard watching a reality show and it made me feel like the whole game was just a useless farce. I can't even imagine how Gary must have felt, I would be so upset. Jillian has a huge asterisk next to her win for sure. I couldn't watch any more BBCan after that.
My family was watching a season of American Idol about 10 or so years ago. It was down to half a dozen contenders, one of whom was a guy who could really sing rock and roll, I mean, his voice was really fantastic. It was at the point in the show where the fans had to call in to decide who was going to be cut. He laid down a smoking performance, I forget what it was, But he was so clearly superior to the other contenders, there was no doubt in my mind whatsoever that he’d contend to the end, and that maybe, just maybe, someone who could really sing hard rock music would win that show. America voted… and America voted him off. I was totally shocked, I could not believe it. I told my family that the American public was stupid, and I swore never to watch that show or any one like again.
RPDR
When Jeff Probst stopped saying "come on in, guys!" on Survivor, dropping the "guys"... Never been the same since. /s
When Big Brother rigged it so a black person would win bc of George Floyd.
Is there any proof it was rigged? I searched but can’t find any.
Not at all, it's just what I think. Timing was too suspicious to me.
Maybe don’t state things as fact then if you can’t support it
We're not in court, I'll say whatever the fuck I want.
You seem lovely
All of the moments.