I have to confess, as much as I tried, I just couldn’t force myself to watch the entirety of episode 12…
It’s not because I was bored, at least not in the same sense as Dave was “bored”… Some part of me found it quite interesting, however what turned me off was that a show in this genre picked such absolute horrible competitors.
The “IM” world is full of people of varying success, but there are a lot of people out there who try really hard and are successful, but just haven’t taken their business to the next level of actually being a “millionaire”.
So to me, seeing the finalists having so little credibility and having to create their own product seemed entirely superficial, showcasing exactly what is wrong with the industry as a whole!
/rant off
That being said, this article is supposed to be about who I think will win, not why I’m annoyed at the show. :)
My personal vote is for Charles Trippy - while I’m not going to buy his product, I do think it’s rather intriguing and I think it would appeal to a lot of people, even those who aren’t in the IM industry.
Normally, in competitions like this, I assume that when a male is going up against even a semi-attractive female… I know that sounds incredibly sexist, but that’s human nature - and consider that this is Internet Marketing… and on a geeky reality TV show, the demographic is surely mostly male.
However, in this case I think Charles will take the win because he has an interesting product (if I was 8 years younger and more socially adept I would buy it), whereas Jaime is presenting a product that really makes no sense - before the show, she had a government job and then she quit the job to come on the show. Now she’s qualified to teach people how to become successful in 12 weeks!!! WOW.
The sad thing is, Dave is probably right, and people will look at the bonuses and hit the buy button… *shakes his head in frustration*
Ah well, the world is rarely fair…
