I love this show, but just noticed this notation on the screen at the end of the show:

"The judges considered their scores and input from the producers and Bravo in reaching their elimination decisions".

Are you kidding me??? Why in the world would the "producers" and "Bravo" have ANYTHING to say about who gets eliminated??

Geez, sounds like the show is rigged to me

Kelly
Just about ALL the reality shows allow "input" from the "producers" and whatever station it is on. They want good "TV" personalities--which is why there is always a good-guy and a villain who go far on all these shows. You will see this same disclaimer on Project Runway, all the cooking shows, etc. I think that ONLY the Bachelor and Survivor series do not do this (And I believe that even those two shows have some sort of input into outcomes). Although I don't believe it, there have also always been claims that shows like SYTYCD and even AI have had voting "rigged" somehow---how would the viewing audience actually know anyways?

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Is anyone else a bit tired of all the elimination shows ?

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Other than MXC, I don't have the patience for them.

Really? I've never seen that disclaimer, but I'm going to look for it in the future.

I can understand the "show" wanting a certain type of contestant, but once the show starts, the judges (or tv audience or whatever) should be making all the elimination decisions.

Yeah, the producers want to keep the contestants who provide drama. Lisa, on Top Chef was always in the bottom three but she go to the finale. Omarosa from the Apprentice stayed around for awhile too.

If you watch most of them also list the writers at the end(esp. survivor). There is nothing real about reality shows.