During the Teen Choice Awards Sunday night, August 10, Vine stars, Cameron Dallas and Matthew Espinosa, exposed a possible scandal by revealing that the award show had actually contacted winners days before voting closed. Savvy Twitter users quickly posted screen grabs of the tweets and the hashtag #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards started trending.
That's honestly annoying. We voted our asses off and it didn't even count. #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/RHTHNseeBc
— ur not Taylor Caniff (@Hayitschloeee) August 11, 2014In addition to the Viners' tweets, some tweeters also posted screen grabs from last year's show stating that producers have the final say on the winners.
HOLY SHEETT #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/Y10fwDRxRR
— *:･ﾟ✧⋆ Ella ⋆✧ *:･ﾟ (@ridedallas) August 11, 2014Needless to say, Twitter flipped the flip out.
the perfume picture was days before the voting closed,yet they're dressed the exactsame #teensdonthaveachoiceawards pic.twitter.com/dkEXzyOHJd
— One Direction ♕ (@1DirectionFabs) August 11, 2014My childhood has been a lie. All the times I spent voting for nothing, lol. #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/4PXaMvUVMI
— TYSM CARTER (@BeliebinMagcon) August 11, 2014I'm probably just gonna vote for the People's Choice Awards........ #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards
— Adrian çåštrœ (@adriguzcas) August 11, 2014Just look at how many times Adam Sandler has won for funniest male and you can tell it's rigged #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards
— Christopher Palumbo (@Veroswene) August 11, 2014Reading the reaction to the news that the Teen Choice Awards were rigged. In a related story, I can't breathe. #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards
— Austin Shinn (@untitleduser) August 11, 2014No one is watching next year! I know I'm not I'm super pissed... #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards
— cara hemmings/malik (@caramckeown) August 11, 2014#TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards I love Ariana but there is no way Beyoncé could have lost to her unless it was rigged which it was
— THANK U AUSTIN ILYSM (@RocinKidrauhl) August 11, 2014And of course some cynical tweeters had to jump in and give their opinions.
The #TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards hashtag is hilarious if you want to see kids learning for the first time nobody cares about their opinion.
— Maître Esquire (@SpicyTunaTroll) August 11, 2014#TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards This hashtag brought to you be the #RainIsWet Institute.
— Nick Sestanovich (@Nsestanovich) August 11, 2014The practice of producers contacting winners has reportedly been in place at various award shows for a while. So though it probably won't change anything, the Vine stars should rest assured that the unexpected backlash against the show was pretty much the equivalent of giving the Teen Choice Awards the #SmackCam.