Selective Hearing Radio

The Selective Hearing staff and a special guest gathered to discuss AKB48’s 10th World Senbatsu Sousenkyo and make bold predictions on the final results. We claim no responsibility for any monetary losses you may incur based on our bullshit. Remember, the opinions in this podcast are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the other Selective Hearing staff and our partners/affiliates. Panel Questions Is This Really A “World Senbatsu”? Theater no longer accepts foreign credit cards Chinese fans use prepaid debit, so this does not affect them Other fans are stuck with Buyee, which has a guarantee on when CDs get shipped to them Amex is still accepted Japanese phone numbers are needed to verify that no fans vote multiple times with a single mobame account Mention the sister groups participating and those that aren’t JKT48 declined because of Ramadan Tons of BNK girls not in as well as a few of TPE girls At least the website is nice – https://www.akb48.co.jp/sousenkyo53rd Live stream of the election – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv72mXOXaE0 Notable girls not participating Teacher Teacher Sells 2.5 Million WTF? How is this possible? I thought 48G was declining? Your feelings about Teacher Teacher single he impact this will have on this year’s election Livetream thoughts. HKT stream constant buffering. Reactions from other group streams Predictions Biggest surprises Kami 7? Top 3? What will be the shocking surprise for #1 this year Quiz Time!