The show that is obviously rigged-Dancing With The Stars.

How pathetic is that one.

A contestant's line can be tied up electronically thus stopping potential votes from coming in. Similarly, since there is no limit, someone can create an auto-dial voting scheme that can increase anothers votes. It would not be difficult.

For Kate......there is no hope for justice there.

I personally don't watch ANY reality shows. In fact, now that they(Reality shows) have taken over TV that could otherwise be used to educate viewers, I won't waste my time turning on the "tube". DWTS??? The biggest, most obviously rigged show of all!

Jackie Gleason, Ed Sullivan, Red Skeleton, Carol Burnette, Laugh In, ,Dean Martin.Yes, I'm sixty-five years old, but those names

It sure seems like it sometimes.  Of course when you have America voting for things like contestants' performances credibility goes out the window.  Look at how badly we muffed the elections...

Reality what? has anyone checked the dictionary for the meaning of the term reality.

I have never tuned in to any thing of that nature on purpose.

IDIOT TV would be a much better term.

We don't watch any of that crap. Give us Breaking Bad and Mad Men. That's real entertainment.

It is not that I don't like these reality shows, but why must we make the contestants into household names. There everywhere you turn. I don't care what these so called "stars" are up to on a day to day basis. Thers lives are really not all that interesting. Who cares that Kate is fighting with Jon or that Jon is suing for custody of their children. Frankly, Kate and Jon should be embarrassed by how their lives have turned out and start working out their problems in private for the good of their children.

It's all about $$$. The bigger number of viewers, the more they can charge for advertising time. We're talking multi-millions of $$$. So they will rig the votes to get you to hate someone and tune in to watch them fail or to love someone and tune in to watch them win. They don't care which as long as you watch and they can make money.

Enough - these so called celebrity stars are everywhere. I don't care about the day to day lives of these so called "stars". It is just a show for people who can't get real jobs. Of course the show is fixed - do you really think that it is not!

used to watch Amazing Race. at least it had interesting locations worldwide. these shows are cheap to produce, no stars to pay, and very little scripting (no writers). what a waste!

I have never watched reality TV until I got roped in to watching a couple American Idol Episodes. If you think it isn't all about the ratings, watch the early shows when they show all the screw balls that enter these contests.

The performers on DWTS really have nothing to lose because how much is it going to help their careers? In the case of American Idol, it comes down to who is going to sell the most or who is the most marketable.

This year DWTS got the Kate crowd to come over and then you got the teenage boy crowd hoping Anderson's chest would come untethered. Then there was the casting of Buzz Aldrin, is there a lack of seniors watching this show?

They research the demographic, find the people that aren't tuning in, contact people that will fill that gap and cast the show. If the seniors didn't show up in droves, Buzz is gone, if the teenage boys didn't show up Anderson is gone. If you kept people tuning in to Kate 8 you know they will stick with you here, Kate stays even though she couldn't dance a Polka.

I blame MTV for this reality crap. I think someone should come out with a song titled "Reality killed the video star"

Of course they're rigged. Otherwise Adam lambert would have won American Idol.

It's the same thing every year on both Idol and DWTS's. Some viewers simply don't understand the power of fan bases and niche voting. So when someone they don't like (e.g. Kate Gosselin, Heather Mills) gets passed through or someone they love gets put into the bottom 2 or 3 and is even eliminated, then they scream that the voting is fixed. They just don't understand that there are millions of people voting and not all of them are in agreement with themselves.

Well, I don't believe that it is fixed. The person who gets the lowest total will ALWAYS be the one to go home. They have to. There is far, far too much money at stake for them to not be totally honest about the actual lowest vote getter. Too many people would know and someone would blow the whistle. Kind of like the 1950 game shows. Eventually, someone would spill their guts.

Now, WITH THAT SAID. . . do I think they mess around with peoples minds. Yes I do.

That is in the sense that. . .beyond the actual lowest vote getter. . .they are under no obligation whatsoever to actually put the actual 3 lowest vote getters in the bottom 3. They are only obligated to send the lowest vote getter home. Beyond that, they can put anyone . . .That's right. . .ANYONE in the "Bottom 3" for whatever reasons they have. The only thing that really matters is that the actual low voter goes home.

To their credit, DWTS admits that the final 3 may not be the lowest vote getters. Idol never does that. IDOL is always very , very careful to say. . .that a person is "in the bottom 2 or 3" they do not say "these are the 3 lowest vote getters"!!

If your going to hide the total votes..why have public votes (seems a waste and really not counted)?

Just leave it up to the judges on the show..of course show will not last a season, that way!

There's no reality tv - just some shows are more manipulated than scripted. Its entertainment tv, never meant to be real. Kinda like Fox News.

kate Gosselin is like watching Rockem Sockem Robots.....

I wanna see Kate vs Palin..great show!

To keep Kate on the show is nothing more than a publicity stunt. The producers should be ashamed of themselves - to cast off some, who believe it not, were better than Kate, is a sham. With her attitude and lack of dance skill - she should have been #1 off the show. She's an eternal victim and martry in her dialogue on the show. Shame on her.