Bates Family Part 6

[accountingstar]

2 hours ago, ladyaudley said:

Well, someone certainly reads here, because Alyssa has posted a photo on IG - of Allie. Smart move!

John and Alyssa both posted today and it's the basically the same photo of Allie Jane. Allie has a different look on her face, but it is taken from the same angle.

From John's Instagram:

From Alyssa'a Instagram:

 

If anyone is interested in the official rules to the #20 Bates Contest, here is the link: https://offerpop.com/Contest.psp?c=756170&u=1306606&a=448952861833126&p=296917979085&rest=0&v=Rules

Here's the highlights:

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HOW TO ENTER: 

A.          Twitter, Instagram or Facebook:  Membership on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook are free.  Registration for Twitter can be obtained by going to www.twitter.com and entering the required information to register or by downloading the Twitter application. Registration for Instagram can be obtained by downloading the Instagram application and following the Entry Platform’s onscreen instructions to open an account.   Registration for Facebook can be obtained by going to www.facebook.com and entering the required information to register or by downloading the Facebook application.  The Twitter, Instagram and Facebook websites and/or applications shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Entry Platform(s)”.  To enter the Sweepstakes utilizing one (1) of the following Entry Platforms:  

Follow “UPtv” on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/UPtv and click ‘Follow’ and send a Tweet (with or without a photo of yourself) adding the hashtag #20thBates.

Follow “UPtv” on Instagram here: http://instagram.com/up_tv and click ‘Follow’ and post a photo of yourself adding the hashtag #20thBates.

Follow “UPtv” on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/UPtv  and click ‘Like’, then click on the “20^th Bates” tab and post a photo of yourself.

Note: Entrants must have their Twitter, Instagram or Facebook accounts linked with settings set to "unprotected" or "public" and (if using Twitter or Instagram) must add #20^thBates to the Entry (as defined below) AND follow UPtv on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook and post their Entries on an “unprotected” or “public” basis in order for the Sponsor to be able to view the Entry and contact the potential winners.   Facebook Entries must be accompanied by a photo to be eligible.

Entries must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.  Sponsor reserves the right to delete any Entry that contains any such material.

WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION:  At the end of the Sweepstakes Entry Period, Sponsor will select one hundred (100) finalists (“Finalists”) in a random drawing from all eligible Entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Entry Period.  The drawing will be conducted by Sponsor or its designee, using randomization methods selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  Decisions of the Sponsor shall be final and binding in all matters related to the selection of the finalists.

Each Finalist will be invited to submit a video (“Video”) explaining why he or she should be selected to be the “20^th Bates family member” for a day.  Videos must not exceed five (5) minutes in duration and must be received by August 6, 2015 in accordance with instructions given by Sponsor in order to be eligible for the judging phase of the Sweepstakes.   Finalist’s Video must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

A panel of judges as determined by Sponsor will select one (1) potential Grand Prize Winner (“Potential Grand Prize Winner”) from among all eligible Finalists, based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):

·        Passion for the subject matter (34%);

·        Creativity in dealing with the subject matter (33%); and

·        Sincerity (33%).

The Finalist who receives the highest score will be deemed the potential grand prize winner (“Grand Prize Winner”). In the event of a tie, the Finalist’s Video receiving the highest score for Passion will be deemed the Potential Grand Prize Winner. The Potential Grand Prize Winner will be notified on or around August 13, 2015.

This is my personal favorite part of the contest detail:

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The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,750.00). 

That girl will be receiving a 1099-MISC for that amount and will have to pay taxes on it. I hope it was worth it for Emily Bauman. It wouldn't be for me.

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Travel dates for the Set Visit are currently undetermined but a tentatively scheduled to occur between September 15, 2015 and October 15, 2015.

 

[accountingstar]

There is another 20th Bates Contest going on right now.

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Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) starts at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on December 31, 2015, and ends at 9:00 a.m. ET on March 11, 2016.

There's 66 days left to enter. Who wants to take one for the team?

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The "Be the 20th Bates for a Day" Sweepstakes is back! Enter here for a chance to spend a day with the Bates. The more actions you complete, the better your chances of winning an opportunity to spend a day with your favorite family!

 

Link to contest: http://uptv.com/shows/bringing-up-bates/news/up-tvs-be-the-20th-bates-for-a-day-sweepstakes/

[accountingstar]

Here are some of the entries on twitter

1st Contest

Lindsey Snyder ‏@queenienoel29
I sure hope @UPtv tells us soon who won the #20thBates contest! I am hoping I win so i can meet @lawbates

Barry Ryan ‏@lyricsource
#20thBates If I win the contest and buy the chicken maybe Michaella can whip up some of her parmesan chicken.

Taylor Lilly • ‏@taylorelaine14
When you find out your not the #20thBates #IOnlyCriedFor40Min #IllBeFine @BringingUpBates @lawbates @zachbates

There's a whole bunch of finalist videos posted to YouTube

Here's one:

2nd Contest

Allie Souders ‏@asouds
Sorry in advance to my followers because the #20thBATES contest is back and that may be all I tweet about

Taylor Lilly • ‏@taylorelaine14
I know I've said this before but I really want a man like Chad!! #ChadIsTheMan #20thBates @BringingUpBates @UPtv

Note: she is trying again

There is one woman on Instagram posting a new photo everyday.

I had no clue that they had some crazy fans out there.

 

[grandmadugger]

I noticed in the video where the meet Emily Zach had some major side eye going on.  I can't say that I blame him, I would be worried about safety too.  

[Exjw2015deed]

2 hours ago, 16strong said:

So they criticize the use of birth control, but are shocked when their healthy 19 yo sister gets pregnant very soon after marriage? I do not understand these people.

It makes no sense to me either. I have the episode on my DVR. Their exact comments were: "I can't believe the lady is only 19, she's only 13 months older than me." Tori. 

"You're only 19 and you're pregnant?!"-carlin.

"I'm 22 and I don't even have a girlfriend."-Lawson.

"she's young, but she's mature, wise beyond her years." Gil.

Alyssa defended herself by saying she ll be 20 in a couple of weeks.

Again, I agree. what did they expect? Maybe because she has expressed that she doesn't want 20 kids, maybe 10 the most. To have only 10, is impossible without contraceptives. Maybe she expressed interest in waiting to have kids. I also think they tried hard to stall the relationship the best they can by waiting until she turned 19 to officially court. 

 

 

[singsingsing]

Holy shit, you guys are taking their comments literally. I actually saw that episode. They were clearly teasing her, not expressing genuine shock and bewilderment. If you think that any fundamentalist is going to be shocked when a young newly married woman turns up pregnant, you're out of your mind. Alyssa would not be the first married and pregnant 19-year-old in their general acquaintance, trust me.

[EyeQueue]

On Monday, January 04, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Dandruff said:

I knew a guy named Cary, who would now be in his 50's.  Name was inspired by Cary Grant (his mom was a big fan).

That is my dad's name, and for precisely that reason.

[formergothardite]

It would be amazing if a FJ member managed to be the 20th Bates. 

[CatNap]

13 hours ago, MissBitters said:

Check out the 7th and 13th pics from Kelly's sister's wedding. Carlin is showing a lot of shoulder

 

She is! She is completely sleeveless and showing a lot of under arm skin. Alyssa is sleeveless too, and their parents are present. I'm glad to see some of Alyssa's "immodesty" rubbing off on her sister. Maybe more will follow.

[nastyhobbitses]

Kelly's sister looks GORGEOUS! I want her dress!

Also, Carlin, I'm glad you're taking up the defrauding ways of your older sister, you're growing into a very beautiful young lady, but if you're going to do that wide open-mouthed LOOK HOW WACKILY HAPPY I AM YOU GUYS facial expression in your photos, take your nasty-ass chewed up gum out of your mouth.

[Peas n carrots]

Well I may take one for the team. But honestly, to win these kind of contests I think you generally need to display stalker level crazy. If I were a celeb I would be very adverse to agreeing to these types of contests.

[quiversR4hunting]

9 hours ago, accountingstar said:

This is my personal favorite part of the contest detail:

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The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($2,750.00). 

That girl will be receiving a 1099-MISC for that amount and will have to pay taxes on it. I hope it was worth it for Emily Bauman. It wouldn't be for me.

I agree, not worth it to me. Now if they gave me $2750 in cash and then I had to pay taxes on it, no problem but for a trip to TN of almost $3000; nope not worth it.

The amount made me think, I wonder if the contest came up with that amount based on how much each cast member gets paid per episode. If each member that is on TV gets $2750/day of filming, not bad for basically doing nothing.

[nastyhobbitses]

6 minutes ago, Peas n carrots said:

Well I may take one for the team. But honestly, to win these kind of contests I think you generally need to display stalker level crazy. If I were a celeb I would be very adverse to agreeing to these types of contests.

I would be really tempted to do it if I wasn't on a different continent and paranoid about how appearing on a reality show would look on my resume. I'd be kinda down because I'm a big ol' heathen (Jewish, feminist, socialist, bisexual, have had loads of premarital sex, wear miniskirts like they're going out of style, recipient of a very worldly education), and I'd love to see how the Bateses and I would interact. Though I am a stealth-heathen, because none of the things that make me a heathen are immediately obvious if I'm in a long skirt and not making out with a girl.

[formergothardite]

9 minutes ago, Peas n carrots said:

Well I may take one for the team. But honestly, to win these kind of contests I think you generally need to display stalker level crazy. If I were a celeb I would be very adverse to agreeing to these types of contests.

Channel your inner fundie crazy fan! You can do it! 

[JMO]

I'm thinking of getting rid of cable, which would mean no more UP tv.  For those without it, where can you watch it and how long after it premieres?

[Screamapillar]

I get more enjoyment than I should out of their promotional family photos. A wedding cake made of hay complete with Bride and Groom topper! Bah! Next time I propose they do the laying on top of each other dressed as colors of the rainbow awkward family photo thing.

2 hours ago, Peas n carrots said:

Well I may take one for the team. But honestly, to win these kind of contests I think you generally need to display stalker level crazy. If I were a celeb I would be very adverse to agreeing to these types of contests.

I might throw in one entry and then be really irritated if out of everything I've ever tried to win; the lottery, shopping sprees, concert tickets, the thing I finally won was to hang out with the Bates family.

That Emily girl is crazy obsessed. 3,000 entries! You have to wonder how many people actually submitted for this thing. 90% of the entries might have been all hers.

[Thorns]

13 hours ago, accountingstar said:

John and Alyssa both posted today and it's the basically the same photo of Allie Jane. Allie has a different look on her face, but it is taken from the same angle.

From John's Instagram:

From Alyssa'a Instagram:

 

 

In the thread were it belongs (and not in the upcoming babies - thread were I misplaced it); my concern for Allie's slight squint. Hopefully they have had it checked out.

[HereticHick]

Think of how many hours Emily "20th Bates" could have put in working at a soup kitchen or animal shelter instead of applying to the "Be a Bates" contest 3,000 times.

 

[accountingstar]

2 hours ago, JMO said:

I'm thinking of getting rid of cable, which would mean no more UP tv.  For those without it, where can you watch it and how long after it premieres?

Amazon only has the 17 episode of season 1 of Bringing Up Bates for sale.

http://www.amazon.com/Meet-the-Bates-Part-1/dp/B018IYXLSM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452015603&sr=8-1&keywords=bringing+up+bates

Lily and Ellie posted the following:

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UP TV has created a way for fans to watch previously aired episodes of Bringing Up Bates online. gMovies.com, a family-centered and faith-friendly alternative to Netflix, features more than 300 uplifting films, television series, and documentaries, including the entire first season of Bringing Up Bates.

This service costs $4.99 per month--the price of renting one or two movies on other websites--and allows subscribers to stream videos on their computer or mobile device. gMovies is also available to DISH customers. (Call DISH at 800-333-3474 for more information.)

I went onto the website gMovies.com and discovered that it is operated by Up. I was able to search and they have season 2 episodes available to watch. I don't know when they will have season 3.

http://vod.gmovies.com/gmovies/genre/bringing-up-bates/73

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gMovies is operated by UP, America’s favorite television channel for uplifting music and family entertainment, so rest assured that you are being offered the very best in faith conscious entertainment. The Parents Television Council™ has twice awarded its Entertainment Seal of Approval™ to UP for being “an authentic family-friendly cable network.” UP is the only television network to be so honored.

 

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2 hours ago, JMO said:

I'm thinking of getting rid of cable, which would mean no more UP tv.  For those without it, where can you watch it and how long after it premieres?

I don't know if I am allowed to share on here but I have found some less than legal streaming sources that typically get the episode by the weekend after it airs. 

[JMO]

Thanks for info! 

[PennySycamore]

Why does gMovies sound like something I'd not waste my money on?

[Yomoaw]

17 hours ago, Exjw2015deed said:

Actually her sisters all made comments on the show that she was too young. Carlin and Tori both said "she's only 19, years old". So I do believe this to be true that her family did feel some type of shock. 

The cynical side of me thinks that might just be a PR move. If they openly acknowledge on the show that she's young, make a fuss and move on, then they've just addressed it and controlled the conversation. It always looks worse when you try to hide or downplay something instead of just being open and moving on.

[JemimaPuddle-Duck]

7 hours ago, Thorns said:

In the thread were it belongs (and not in the upcoming babies - thread were I misplaced it); my concern for Allie's slight squint. Hopefully they have had it checked out.

Here we go again. One squinty-eyed photo (which I don't even see) does not a medical condition make. 

[singsingsing]

1 hour ago, Babycakes said:

Here we go again. One squinty-eyed photo (which I don't even see) does not a medical condition make. 

You're telling me it's not our responsibility to diagnose other people's kids with vision problems, hearing problems, autism, down syndrome, ADHD, dyslexia, developmental delays, marfan syndrome, and/or ebola??? But what if we're concerned?