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This has been bugging me for quite a while and I just can’t let it pass without writing to you.
My friend, Cara auditioned for a major contest MC on television which will be aired soon. While she was singing, she was so good that her fellow auditioneers were clapping their hands in appreciation.
Unfortunately, she was not chosen, but she wasn't bitter about it.
After that, she met up with her friend HF who's a member of the production team of MC. Cara told HF that she did not pass the audition. She was shocked by the revelation of HF that MC's selection process/ system is just like that of their other reality shows - that contestants have already been chosen or pre-selected long before the announcement of audition. In short, the alleged audition is just for show because everything is already a done deal!
My very disheartened friend asked HF why is it that they have such a very unfair system? HF answered that they could not do anything about it since they are just there to follow orders. When asked who selects the ‘done deal’ contestants, HF answered that it's the producers who do the selection, and “we just take orders from them.” Cara asked what happens to those who pass the "mock auditions,” she was told it's direk DK who takes care of that aspect.
It's just so sad FP, that they had to resort to fooling us this way, their loyal viewers. I feel for my friend, and to others like her who only dream and want to be given a chance. The least they ask is to be treated fairly, right? Cara and the rest are made fools – the legit auditioneers being fried in their own fat by this network . They don’t realize the hardships that a contestant had to deal with just to answer their call for auditions - especially the poor ones who live in the provinces who have to borrow fare money, getting hungry, falling in line for hours under the extreme heat of the sun – only to be told that EVERYTHING IS ALL FOR SHOW?!!
And then they have the nerve to show the aerial view of the kilometric lines of auditioning contestants, to brag that their much-hyped show had attracted that much crowd! Must they always milk the poor to satisfy their greed? Enough of their lies!
Thank you for giving me a space here, FP. More power to you.
Sincerely,
Gigi
Note: Letter is edited for brevity
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