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...You’ve won six Emmy Awards for your work on The Daily Show. What do you do with all your Emmys...
...familiar with Flavor Flav? He used to wear a giant clock around his neck with a giant gold thing. I have one that’s just fashioned out of six Emmys. It’s heavy but it keeps your lats and your traps toned. And it keeps you grounded...
...Naima’s was a familiar course to victory: Along with Naima, Yoanna (Cycle Two), Nicole (Cycle Five), and Danielle (Cycle Six) were all upper-middle of the pack contestants who survived well into the season before rising to the top as their more boisterous and inconsistent competitors fell by the wayside. The same has happened in the biggest reality competition of all time: American Idol. Kelly Clarkson, winner of American Idol’s first season, and Jordin Sparks, winner of the last, both followed the narratives of non-frontrunners who broke out big near...
...spotted a few trends watching these shows over and over (and over) about what narratives don’t work: First, the early frontrunners never live up to expectations in the end. Melinda Doolittle, third-place finisher on “Idol” Season Six, was so talented that the judges began referring to her as the competition’s “consummate pro.” “Consummate pro” doesn’t quite make for an appealing Cinderella story, nor is it ever possible to live up to great early performances...
...Second, the biggest personalities can’t win. Jade (“Top Model” Cycle Six), Melrose (Cycle Seven), and Brittany (Cycle Four) were incredibly entertaining in their insanity and/or obnoxiousness, and so they stayed around until the end: They made for good TV. But Tyra was never going to make Jade—she who spewed crocodile tears in front of the panel and made up words like “tornness” when describing her emotional ambivalence—a CoverGirl. Much the same, our grandparents in Florida were never going to vote...