What's happened? No-one seems to be posting here anymore!

This time last year, the discussion thread was 13 pages! http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=560917

This year it's only 4 pages.

was this forum on the main page last year ?

i think so. duno why they havent put it on the main page again this year.

Well, I am. Maybe not a lot of people are now. Or because 'The Apprentice' is back with a vengence-people are more interested in that. I know I like the Apprentice so I spend some time on that forum. Or maybe people are just bored of the show. Or they cannot find it. I know too many 'or's' to make the point.

But I love it this year. Although some of the manipulation etc that is happening on the show this time around is more blatant to see. But I still watch it.

Babeth

^ what manipulation?

It is the first year that I watch this show and I love it. And unlike with the X factor, I can't see the manipulations.

Try this: contestant comes out and sings brilliantly and Randy and Simon say: that was average, I don't like what you're wearing etc etc

Simon was on Oprah last week pushing not just Leona to #1 but also saying David A would win it or Jason Castro (yikes!). That's manipulation, Americans hang on his every word, they are very influenced by him. He clearly wants a male winner, and in the stable of male winners or runners up they really only have to date fat, ugly, old-looking - he wants cutey pie David A to enhance his stable and to sell cheesey records to babies. He won't really want David C who looks like hard work if you are managing him - i.e. has ideas of his own, wants to be an artist not a product.

I'm still here, as last year and the year before that. I just can't watch and be on the 'puter at the same time this year!

Im here but as I watch it on youtube before the show is on here not many are on when im watching. And then when I remember to come on and see whats going on nobodys here.

They used to have this on the main page but it looks like Dancing on Ice has become a permanent fixture there just like Strictly and X Factor before it.

Dancing and Strictly forums are dead when the show's not on, I don't see why they should stay there

It's very quiet. Do you think DS will realise this and possibly put it back as a main Forum?

Its a shame its not on the main forum. Its been very quiet this year

just noticed they put the Apprentice and I'd do anything forums on the main page

The difference between Strictly and the like is that they get higher viewing figures. I've only seen one for AI this year and it was about 600k. Not worth the front page.

So true about the manipulation and pimpage that goes on. They still haven't admitted that Randy was MCA's VP of new artists when Carly was there, and sold an incredible 378 albums on the back of a $2.2m investment.