But guess what. The Winner Is cleverly played off my hankering for game show stuff. Sure, I had to sit through performances from would-be stars. But then came the delicious game show nastiness, as the show offered money to the dueling contestants to withdraw from the competition, if they thought the 101 judges had ruled against them.
Yeah, it's sort of the prisoner's dilemma, except there's no lying involved. For instance, the first matchup featured a soul singer belting out Lady Marmelade vs. an operatic tenor singing an aria. I figured that soul would win with the judges, and I was wrong. Too bad for the soul singer. She didn't take the money when she had the chance.
Nick Lachey hosted with not too much smarminess. I got a little squirmy during the hard luck stories from the contestants before the performances, but that's a quibble. The show was a reasonable way to pass the time.
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