How TV4 is influencing the audience in the voting competitions

I'm watching the dance show competition in TV4 every week. Don't know why, because I don't like the presenters much, and the jury is quite predictable as well as the voting results. But I just like to see when they dance. It makes me want to dance too.

What makes me a bit annoyed is how TV4 seems to do their best to influence the results in all voting competitions. I get the impression that they want to decide who should end up in the final.

One way of getting rid of the feminist the other week was to tell the audience to follow the former preminister and vote for her. The former preminister is absolutely not popular and that comment made her look like she was part of the establishment. Smart, since her voters typically don't like the establishment.

This week it was obvious that TV4 wanted the young upcoming singer to stay in the contest. To avoid having him to leave the show (which was expected), they gave him the most sexy dance they could find, as some sort extra dance. They rather wanted to keep him than the middle aged man who happens to be a brilliant dancer. Guess they bring in more money on commercials that way. And maybe it wasn't so smart of the middle age man to do commercials for the company that delivers the video service to a competiting channel. Who knows?

The young girl who for some reason can't wear high heels as the other women do, gets the best music and the best dances. She is very sweet. The old carpetenter who hardly can dance at all is funny, but... Well, I guess they make it a good show.

I've noted that some of the participants get a lot of compliments on their bodies. Why? It's not a beauty contest is it? It seems those comments give them votes.

In Idol, it's obvious that when they bring in family members of the competitors in the show, the general impression and the votings typically change. Immigrants tend to loose votes at that point. Guys with single mothers never seem to win Idol, but I don't know if that's a rule or just a coincidence.

Let's see what spicy details the TV4 management want to dig up to influence the rest of the "Let's dance" competition...

Or maybe I should skip watching and go dancing instead? I actually joined a workout dance class this week.. Much more fun than watching dance on TV.