audience voting: a boon or bane - Page 2

Originally posted by: gursharan

Guys these are reality Shows, and you have to accept the reality. I also don't like how some contestants from a particular region get more votes, but there is nothing we can do about it. If the other contestants are good then they have to proove it in the Music World, not on a singing Competition.

Originally posted by: akanna

I somehow dont agree totally that a contestant from a region will get more votes. I know everyone talk about Bengal vote bank, but majority of the people in Calcutta are immigrants from other states and not real Bengalis, whereas most contestants from W.Bengal are Bengalis. The same goes for Mumbai too. Yashita is originally a Punjabi I think and Vaishali is a Maharashtrian. I dont think Mumbai folks will vote for either one based on their region - if that was the case, Kaushik was a mix of both Bengali and Maharashtrian and he could have gotten votes from both regions - then no one can beat that count!!

Since there are no singers from the Southern states in the show, all the votes from that region will be split for the selected favorite for each voter. How did Mitika get eliminated first - all the votes from Punjab and all the Punjabi immigrants around the nation and overseas would have been plenty enough for her to stay until the finale. And let's not forget Asma - no way she can get that many votes to stay until top six! Guranteed!!

Originally posted by: bellevue

Good job Akannaji, finally one person from this forum said something I wanted to hear for a long time. It is not the bengalis who win these contests only. There is no reason to point out that bengalis vote for only bengalis. Infact, as far as I know bengalis are too busy watching bengali shows (at least that's what I see) , some of them even don't know the names of the contestants and believe me they wouldn't spend three ruppees to vote for their contestants.

Originally posted by: akanna

Oh, thank you bellevue..

I believe that the misconception came up because Bengalis have been winning many contestants - SRGMP 07, L'il Champs 07, Rock n Roll Family, etc. But the truth is that when it comes to music and art, there are so many Bengalis who excel in it... Look at from Tagore to Anamika plus Soumen... So many film directors, music directors, singers, actors, actresses, etc hail from W. Bengal or are of Bengal origin. I have heard from people that many Bengalis have superb voices for singing... So it's not the regional votes but how they capture the audience that they get the votes.. No question, Anamika deserved it 200%, Roy and family were the best on Rock n Roll Family... Though Aneek wasnt my favourite, he wasnt a bad singer either, and so he managed to acquire a fan base around the country and among the NRIs too...

Originally posted by: bellevue

Thanks for your post becuase I feel that there are some members feel strongly against the bengali contestants. Many times they refer to bengal as the particular region, may be because of that they will not vote for them no matter what. I know that you liked 07 contestants like Raja and Amanat. They definitely were talented singers but the moment I heard Aneek sing I didn't support any one but him. I even made it a point to go see him all the way from the East coast to LA. He was amazing and not only that a very down to earth guy. I didn't support him because he was from bengal, becuase I have never seen any one singing any and every kind of song such flawlessly.

Originally posted by: bellevue

Thanks for your post becuase I feel that there are some members feel strongly against the bengali contestants. Many times they refer to bengal as the particular region, may be because of that they will not vote for them no matter what. I know that you liked 07 contestants like Raja and Amanat. They definitely were talented singers but the moment I heard Aneek sing I didn't support any one but him. I even made it a point to go see him all the way from the East coast to LA. He was amazing and not only that a very down to earth guy. I didn't support him because he was from bengal, becuase I have never seen any one singing any and every kind of song such flawlessly.