The PR game and more.. - Page 3

Originally posted by: purpleymatter

Gauhar's win was guaranteed because general public sympathized with her common man strategy & she faced everything alone. Her journey was tough & deserved the win, which is why last season was a success in terms of TRPs.

So this year they tried to ape the same formula by choosing a victim material aka Gulati & then spoon fed him the entire season. The problem was that their choice was an undeserving crybaby & the favoritism was not balanced by an equal opposition like last year's Tanisha Arman. It became too one-sided & that is why everyone lost interest & the TRPs suffered.

Gulati's PR here is a form of nepotism & blatant favoritism by the host & channel. Its not popularity, its herd mentality, he will be a nobody again soon after the show ends like every other winner. The channel's economy depends on that so they are supporting him, glorifying his phattoo antics. But the fact is overall this season was a colossal failure.

Originally posted by: Pr1yanka

You put in words what I always wanted to say

Like seriously

Bravo!

Originally posted by: sweetshruti

For starters read my post.

No where did I say PR's don't exist. I infact said PR's do exist and most probably ALL contestants have one. NOBODY works for free. PR's have to be paid irrespective of the popularity or winning status of the contestant.

When did I say, you said PRs don't exist? But you tried to underplay PR as only writing articles, but in reality they do a lot more. It could go as far as fixing the show.

Hiring A PR agent may or may not cost a lot of money but hiring a PR agent who is as "influential" as people claim here does cost a lot of money. Its like buying a dress from a store vs buying one from a designer. The influential PR's with a very big network come at a cost.

You are just assuming the cost factor to be as high as beyond their capacity. It's not right. PRs won't cost more than a contestant earns from the show itself. If a PR asks more than a fraction of the winning money from the show, that PR will remain jobless. None will make a deal with loss.

And you do realize that its not just about paying the PR. You have to shell out money for all the other thinks u mentioned too. Its not easy to buy the production house, awards, media, websites, voters etc as you think. Like I said assuming all the contestants have a PR they would all be vying to get articles, trends, votes etc. So how does a website decide which article they want to post?? Obviously based on who pays them more to do it. 😛...So MONEY is a BIG factor in this industry believe it or not.

All parts of the PR payment and as I said before, you are blowing the cost in your imagination to argue that GG doesn't have that apacity. Wrong.

And coming to the show being fixed. Endemol and Colors are HUGE production houses. They make a LOT of money. So a production house which spends crores every week and make crores every week will need to be paid in crores for them to "fix" anything. Merely paying them a couple of lakhs will not make them do anything.

As I wrote, which you did not read; as u are doing selective reading. For fixing it's not always money in cash. If a PR is able to connect to sponsors or there are so many ways of I direct favors to fix a show, apart from cash money

Also what does Endemol gain by fixing it in favor of GG over others?? in bollywood awards SRK agrees to host a show, dance etc and in return they give him an award. Now SRK is very popular and him performing in the show gives the makers TRPs so its mutual benefit. What is GG's usp??

GG doesn't have any USP ... BB contestants hardly has USP to sell. Channel makes someone hero by content and projection. So if it's fixed for someone, they will promote him. Your point actually makes it more credible that the show is fixed, or else why would they promote a vegetable like GG having no USP

We both agree GG was a nobody before the show . So why would they "fix" anything in his favour unless 1) he paid them a HUGE amount of money OR 2) He was so popular prior to the show that he could guarantee them high TRPs by being in the show. Since both of this can't be true its safe to say he can't have "fixed" it.

Yes, if that's fixed, only then they will promote a nobody

He is popular NOW after the show and hence they are keeping him there and very well might make him win ONLY becoz he IS POPULAR and is getting them votes and viewership. Simple as that.

He is popular NOW.. Is the key for this to be a fixed show. I'm not sure how popular he is, but he was favored by the channel, because it was fixed. That started from day one.

In this industry its ALL ABOUT THE MONEY HONEY. 😛😉

You are right Honey 😉 that's why I said, it's fixed by GG's PR...so it's about money

PS: Just a serious question what makes u think GG's PR is more influential than say a Tanna's, Puneets or Upen's PR?? Where is that assumption coming from???