There's been some talk about the After Dark Miss Horrorfest contest being rigged, especially thoughts that SuicideGirls.com might be the corporate sponsor that gets to pick the winner, despite how many Youtube votes a contestant receives.
How is the contst represented? YouTube viewers can vote for their favorite contestant on the Horrorfest video page. When it comes to the 8 finalists, 3 contestants were chosen from YouTube and the remaining 6 from auditions across the country. The 8 semi-finalist went to Los Angeles to film webisodes where viewers can vote for their favorite. The first was supposed to air on the 22nd of October. After Dark posted the first webisode on YouTube on the 26th, in the latter part of the evening. The video features all 8 finalists, but it is still very unclear how we vote for each one individually, which is how the winner is supposedly chosen.
Read on for more questionable facts...
The following announcement is on the Miss Horrorfest YouTube page:
THE MISS HORRORFEST 2007 SEMI-FINALISTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED
The women competing for horror's most illustrious crown will be Melissa Jones, Lorrisa Julianus, Nixon Suicide, Shannon Lark, sisters Molly and Bonnie Morgan, Jeanette Roberts and Rainey Welch. The contestants will live in a house and compete in a series of chilling competitions, all of which will be broadcast on YouTube over the next week, giving viewers the chance to vote for the next Queen of Scream. The top 3 finalists will be announced right here on Youtube.
Another posting from contestant Rainey Welch's site:
The three finalist will be announced sometime next week, and footage from us competing in L.A. will be posted on YouTube starting Monday Oct. 22. The winner of the new Ms. Horrorfest 2007 will be crowned in New York on Halloween. You will be able to vote on each contestant at www.horrorfestonline.com starting monday, by giving the contestant of your choice five stars. Every vote counts, and youtube is the place to do it!
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Today is October 28, 2007 and we still don't have a clear place to vote. The first webisode is just a compilation of footage that's already been available to few on YouTube and features all 8 girls. Here's where it gets interesting.
The following websites state that the 4 finalists have already been chosen!
The first announcement was dated for today from Suicide Girls stating:
The Miss Horrorfest contest announced the finalists yesterday afternoon and our very own Nixon Suicide is one of the final 4!
Nixon's competition to become the next Queen of Scream are...
Countess Bathory
Mistress Malice
and Sweet Dead Sarah.
Horrormovies.ca also made announcement and stated:
YouTube users had the ability to influence the selection of Miss Horrorfest by viewing the entries and ranking them with stars. This year's winner, who wins $50,000 and a one-year contract as After Dark Films' spokesperson, will be crowned in New York City on Halloween.
Why didn't Horrorfest announce this on their site? It's very clear to me that YouTube viewers DID NOT influence the final 4 (even though the sites say there should be only 3?), and contestants Shannon Lark and Cheiko (with the exception of Nixon) had the highest ratings on YouTube (Shannon Lark tied with Nixon with 4.5 stars, and Cheiko 3.5 stars).
Why only Nixon? How were these finalists decided? Is this a fair competition, especially when these girls are competing for $50,000?
