I enjoy watching "Dancing with the Stars." I think the dancing is phenomenol. But I don't for one minute believe the results of the judging. I can understand the popularity of an average dancer getting more viewer votes simply on the basis of popularity, but for judges experienced in dance to give perfect scores to an average dancer over much better contenders is a travesty. Letting the viewers decide is one thing, but manipulating the judges' scores in order to maintain a balance of minority contestants is patronizing to viewers and contestants alike. And in the final show, the fix was apparently in again. The winner was deserving, but you could see the machinations. Shawn and Derek inexplicably re-danced what they knew would bring in a low judge's score, thereby affirming that Malissa would win, while still maintaining their own artistic integrity. So there were no losers, really. (And besides, the rules state that the winner is chosen by a combination of viewers and judges' votes, but they never break the combination down.) I don't mind, except for the falsity, because I don't care who wins: I like watching the dances and listening to the music, kind of like American Bandstand or the Ed Sullivan Show.
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