On The Lot Episode 3 Recap

I must have missed something here. I thought I had seen every episode of On The Lot that had aired thus far, but I guess I must have missed one. From what I remember at the end of episode 2, the TV show was down to 24 contestants, waiting to cut things down even further to the final 18 contestants in episode 3, yet when episode 3 started up tonight, the list of contestants had already been worked down to 18 finalists. Maybe I’m just confused, but I swear six contestants just vanished without explanations.

With that being said, tonight was the first 1-hour “film premiere” episode of the reality television show’s regular schedule and all 18 contestants screened their 1-minute comedy shorts for the judges. Some of the short films were loved by the judges, some were misunderstood, but oddly, none were completely hated. Though the judges didn’t really care for a few of the short films, they almost shied away from criticizing them. It may be the fact that I’m used to the two soft judges and one hard-ass judge style of American Idol, but it seemed fairly obvious to me that the On The Lot judges were big fans of the positive-negative-positive style of giving feedback. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the blood-thirsty sadistic drama-monger in me wants to see one of the judges tear apart a contestant’s work.

The most notable films of On The Lot episode 3 were by far that of Andrew, Zach, Adam and Shira-Lee. Andrew did a great short film on a cop pulling over a UFO full of drunken aliens. Zach did an awesome short all in one take on safety in an incredibly unsafe lab. Adam’s short featured a man that communicated only through interpretive dance and Shira-Lee offered a sexy take on security screening at the airport. All in all, the night’s films were great! At this point, my pick to win it all is Zach Lipovsky, a special effects guru and hometown boy from Vancouver, Canada.

On a side note: Fox Television has seriously screwed up with On The Lot! They have one contestant from Spain, one from the U.K. and even a local boy from Vancouver, BC Canada, yet voting is only open to residents of the Unites States. What exactly is the point of promoting the fact that the contestants come from all over the world, and even taking contestants from all over the world, when people outside the United States can’t even support their contestants? Being from Vancouver, a big fan of On The Lot and a fan of Zach Lipovsky‘s work, I’m rather pissed that I can’t show my support and vote for my favorite contestant, or any contestant, for that matter. Seriously guys, reality television shows broadcast to countries all over the world and, when you use that fact as a way to draw in viewers’, you should at the very least support those viewers votes. I’m very disappointed in Fox TV for this one.

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