[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'256986\' date=\'Feb 11 2011, 07:21 PM\']Yes, the nominees are suggested by the users. Great. Speaking only for myself, I have to say, that if said users selected Joe Cipriano as a nominee over Johnny Farking Olsen, then that userbase is simply not a braintrust whose ultimate opinion I am the slightest bit interested in.[/quote]
For the niche music blog I help write for, users suggest nominees, but the participants are ultimately decided by blog staff. Granted, there's still going to be outliers on both staff-side and reader-side, and it's easier to track metrics of success in music than in game show announcing, but I'd say it's worked for us.