The Arrogance of the Big Winner

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How much does it cost to begin a career in showbusiness? Others have career because they have familial connections, or their parents are established actors. Others get spotted by a talent scout or agent and their skills are fine-tuned through workshops. Others use their bodies to gain favors. However, the most common and shortest route to a career nowadays is joining reality shows or talent searches.

Networks invest in airtime to make the new faces familiar, and encourage the creation of a fan base. Some fans are hooked to the point of obsessively following the careers of their idols on and off camera. The former big winner (BW) in a reality show is no exception to this phenomenon. Although BW’s season did not generate as much interest as the previous seasons of the show, the contestants gained sufficient following, thanks to its loyal viewers. To stretch further interest in that show, love teams were encouraged. Hence, the pairing of BW with a tattooed female contestant (TF) gained a significant number of followers.

The BW-TF fan base has several groups and recently, these groups are having misunderstandings over issues. These issues stem from BW's attitude. Some groups are claiming that BW does not seem to acknowledge the existence of his fan base. They reiterate that they did their best to drum up interest in BW and TF after the reality show ended.

For example, they planned a meet-up (GTG in internet slang) with BW and TF. As the day came nearer, BW said he only knew of such an event from Twitter. The group claims that BW was always tagged. 

Nonetheless, BW could not make it because he had a provincial show to go to. Hence, no GTG happened. The fans feel neglected because they feel that BW is detached from them. Other fans are labelling the attitude of BW as a manifestation of arrogance.

Although BW is a product of a reality show, he cannot reason out that he does not know how to handle his fans. These days, fans are all over social networking sites and even blog sites. These are the same fans who voted for him to be the big winner. The same fans can extend his career, or cut it short if he does not shape up. Even if a network invests in a performer, as long as the fans are alienated, then that performer can only go so far.

Now that the show is over, BW should realize that his winning alone can not sustain his fame as much as his fans can. They may be sensitive, but gaining fans' loyalty would reap more than enough for any performer’s career. As some fans wished BW would realize that before it's too late. Otherwise, "Good luck," is the only thing they can wish for at this point. 

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