This is what I mean - Dance India Dance Little Masters Season 3 - not Cute India Cute Little Masters Season 3!!!
As
I said in a previous post, I haven't watched this show since the end of
March because I felt that Anushka was being favoured for being cute and
at that time her dancing skills were way below that of most of the
other contestants. Later, she was selected in the Top 16 but I didn't
think the partiality of the powers that be in the show would be so
blatant. Then I heard she was in the Top 4 at the expense of some
outstanding dancers who were eliminated and that floored me.
Today,
in the Grand Finale, I still decided that I would not watch but checked
in for a few minutes for the announcement of the results and was very
disturbed by the results. If this is really a dance show then the best
dancer should win - not sure of the integrity of the results because as
has happened in many of these reality shows, it appears that we don't
know what happens behind the scenes and apparently, the results
are sometimes rigged.
By most accounts, Sadhwin was the
most consistent and best dancer of the 4 and I also understand that
Teriya and Hardik were very good but that Anushka was still not on par
with these 3.
My heart went out to Sadhwin and his reaction is
understandable because for children things are black and white - most
don't understand grey and that's why he cried - in his mind by this time
in the competition, he, like the other contestants, knows who is good,
better and best so when he was announced as being third, his
disappointment came to the surface because he knew for sure in his heart
that he was a better dancer than at least Anushka if not Teriya - I
just wanted to hug him at that point. Geeta Ma is seen pointing her
finger at Sadhwin and appears to be scolding him for crying but RESPECT
to Varun Dhawan for instinctively realizing what just happened and not
only consoling but holding Sadhwin up in his arms at the right moment in
time and I want to thank him for that kind and understanding gesture.
What
happened to Hardik?? Did he not win anything?? In my opinion, if
Hardik did not win anything and he was in the Top 4 then all 4 should
have got something otherwise make it Top 3 - don't play with the
emotions of children!!!
If in fact, these reality shows
are rigged then it's time for the audience to rethink their support of
such shows after all, these unethical things prosper when good people do
nothing!!!