Dancing With the Stars: A Spinoff Investigation – Who Counts the Votes When the Votes Don’t Count?
This afternoon, whilst catching up on last night’s Dancing With the Stars episode, I realised that I hadn’t yet voted for my favourite dancer and all-time person Pam Corkery. I still haven’t got my head around the logistics of the voting system, but I was embodied with nothing more than a pure desire to keep her in the competition.
Thinking nothing of it, I picked up my phone and did the deed, and began a terrifying conversation with the robot at the heart of the MediaWorks empire:
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Alex Casey
Alex Casey is a senior writer at The Spinoff with over a decade of experience writing about popular culture and social issues in Aotearoa. She lives in Ōtautahi and likes watching reality TV and walking the dog, occasionally at the same time.
