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Nissan rogue with safety shield technologies. The only thing left to fear is your imagination. Get 0 financing, up to 1,000 back on the 2015 nissan rogue. Innovation that excites. Number one in 60 seconds. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. What if you could live in a world populated by only Beautiful People . Thats the concept behind an exclusive Online Dating site that uses strict standards to keep out the rest of us. They say they reject most applicants. But if youre genetically or surgically blessed enough to get in, true love is just a click away. Maybe. Heres abcs nick watt. Reporter these people are beautiful. Officially beautiful. Theyre in an elite club. And theyre radiating in a bar on sunset boulevard, hollywood. Im not going to walk into a bar and, yeah, it might be a fat girl or whatever girl looking the way she looks. And like, oh my god, she might have an exciting personality. She might be the best woman ive met on earth. Oh my gosh. I say, you know what . Eh. Reporter well, on the outside at least are members of an exploding Online Dating site. Have you ever dated an ugly dude . Yeah, i lost my virginity to one. I learned real fast. Not to go there again . Exactly. No, went there once not going back. Reporter members of the site only vote you in if they think youre gorgeous. Based on one picture. Its called simply Beautiful People. Beautiful people is based on a fundamental principle of human nature. And that is that we all, at least initially, want to be with someone we find attractive. It might not be politically correct but its honest. If the Online Dating club was for Beautiful People. Beautiful people dont have to be bothered by ugly people . In a nutshell. If youre in a bar or a social situation, if youre going to approach someone youre attracted to them. Did you get on the first time trying . No the first time no. It was before i had my nose done. It did help me get on the site. You think . Well i wasnt accepted before the nose job, so i think afterwards if i was accepted i would blame it on the nose. Are those eyelashes real . No, theyre fake just like my boobs. Reporter i cant speak to that. But this is tawny lins bedroom. I had to have this picture framed above my bed. And its absolutely amazing. Reporter tawny is an actress model. I made some enhancements. Now im perfectly on the site making lots of connections and meeting lots of people. Reporter here are some of the others who have gone to extremes to join the elite club for the exquisite. They like to claim the site is a motivator for people to live well and take care of themselves. Thats the spin. Theyve even launched a mentoring Program Coaching rejects for another try. I want to help other people pay it forward. The rules to the game is like okay, i was buck toothed. I got my teeth done. Reporter 10 grand he spent on those teeth. A lot of people want to get on the website theyve had no surgery or have had breast augmentation or whatnot. Youd be surprise surprised. A facelift that was on a woman that was not 30 years old yet. The fact that a woman would undergo Plastic Surgery to alter her appearance so significantly to be deemed attractive on some website makes me very very scared for whats going on in our heart and mind. Reporter back at the beautiful mixer, tawnys meeting lots of people. Greg has his eye on the door. We have someone at the door who screens people. Looks at the pictures from the site and makes sure they look as good as theyve represented themselves online. Really . Yes. And they have been coined the beauty police. People show up and dont look like theyve represented themselves, dont look like their picture, theyre quietly asked to leave and removed from the site. Reporter one woman in attendance tonight, who we wont show was deemed too ugly and asked to leave. That person sent home how are they feeling right now . Theyre feeling terrible. Its the most difficult part of the job. I saw that woman. And she was nervous. And she was kind of you know, trembly. She wasnt comfortable. But unfortunately, you know shes put up a picture on the site that didnt look anything like her. Our members pay a premium. They pay that premium to be invited to events where theres attractive people. Reporter he sounds like a totally awful person. But the most unsettling thing about greg is i really liked him from the moment i saw him. Maybe thats just because hes good looking. We are now, more than ever conditioned to care about the immediate and the external. Think selfies, instagram, tinder. Giving and receiving instant likes and swipes. Were becoming so focused on Immediate Gratification and initial impulse decisions and immediate reactions to the external that were going to get lost somewhere along the way. And not only lose ourselves but lose amazing opportunities for love when we discard people who maybe on first glance arent perfect, but on Second Glance are extremely attractive and perfect on the inside. Reporter Beautiful People launched in denmark in 2003. Its now global with 800,000 members. Okay im sorry. I have to try this. What kind of lifestyle am i trying to project . I dont want to scare them off. Chris, maybe you should take it for me. Okay. Remember, the life im trying to project is kind of you know dangerous. Reporter members of the site then vote yes or no. Women vote on men, vice versa. Is part of the attraction of being on the site having that power to theyre addicted to it you love it. Youre selfpolicing but guarding the velvet ropes yourself, deciding who comes in and who doesnt. Saying that i see people in here i wouldnt necessarily have voted in myself. Reporter the exception rate is just under 30 . 7 Million People and counting have been rejected worldwide. If a womans not necessarily beautiful, not in the classical sense, if she looks kind of sexy or showing skin, shes got a good chance of getting in because men are dogs. Women look at the bigger overall picture. Does this guy look like he has money . In the next 48 hours, strangers will determine my fate. They will vote whether im beautiful enough. To be amongst them. Or not. Sometimes ill just feel bad when ugly people are submitting and say, yes yes, yes, yes, just to give them a chance. Thats thats very generous. Magnanimous of you. Reporter maybe theres hope for me. And i can track realtime how im doing. What bothers me is that so few people get in. From a business perspective, when people get turned away its byebye dollar signs at the end of the day. Reporter once youre in youre still not safe. Profiles are reviewed. Periodically. Weve removed numerous people over the years for letting themselves go. Reporter by the way, my application was not successful. I was overwhelmingly humiliatingly rejected. I had the absolutely not tally. I shouldnt be here. Any moment gregs going to show me the door. Im nick watt for nightline in hollywood. Next meet the amazon allstars whose reviews are so trusted theyre bombarded with free products. And later on nightline, a sin city success story. No more demons for the band imagine dragons. Having chantix as a partner made it more successful. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. Chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. Some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. Some people had seizures while taking chantix. If you have any of these stop chantix and call your doctor right away. Tell your doctor about any history of Mental Health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix or history of seizures. 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Imagine having packaged goodies you didnt order arriving at your door all the time. For amazons top reviewers, its not christmas come early, its everyday life. These critics are so trusted, a digital thumbsup from them can result in major sales. But keeping up with the onslaught is practically becoming a fulltime job. Heres abcs brandi hitt. Lets open some packages. Two rubber iphone cases. This is a coffee mug. Headsets. Reporter in a world where everything has a price, bob debaez managed to get all this stuff for free. Usb charger. Reporter by day an i. T. Specialist in washington, d. C. By night, hes an Amazon Celebrity. A box thats full of surprises. Reporter hes gained celeb status on amazon by reviewing hundreds of products over the years. For most like bob, it started off small. A review here or there. And now . This is a speaker i did get sitting here on the shelf Reporter Companies september him product for free. He gets around 30 a week. Its something i enjoy doing. Its my slice of my 15 minutes of fame. Reporter bobbys in the top ten of amazons trusted reviewers. And has been in what they call the reviewers hall of fame for the past five years. These headphones are very light. Less than seven ounces. Reporter for him its more than just a hobby. He spends three to four hours a night reviewing. Its time consuming to be a hobby. Reporter and he goes allout. Setting up photo shoots for his reviews. And doesnt mince words writing comments like what i received was next to worthless. He even posts video reviews. All in the hopes of raising his rankings. 25 separate compartments. I think its a very nice wallet. Reporter and their words can oftentimes make or break a product. Manufacturers hoping to cash in on their high standings shower them with goods because that golden star of approval translates to big money. Thats what amazon is. Its like its like the new mainstream. Reporter mandy is number nine on the Amazon Celebrity list. A political consultant and single mom she spends her spare time building up a review count on amazon. How much stuff are you getting on your doorstep . It varies. Its slowed down. I slowed down a lot. But around christmas time i was getting sometimes, you know 15 to 20 boxes a day. Reporter many of mandys free items include clothing like scarves, household goods, lotions, Beauty Products jewelry. All free under the guidelines that she cant sell them. Its a little locket. Looks very expensive. How do you review jewelry . Based on taste . Ive done that. That again will be a fivesecond review. I might take a picture of it. Whats the biggest item youve reviewed . A washing machine. Thats an expensive item. Yeah, pretty expensive. Reporter amazon says the number of reviews doesnt necessarily help the persons rankings. Its the number of helpful votes that plays a bigger role in reviewers reaching amazons top rank. Theyre hugely powerful. They give on average they do between one and five reviews a day. They sell tens of millions of dollars worth of product. Reporter pr specialist Howard Bragman says amazon reviewers are often in the same circles as other online celebrity celebrities. The famous people who have huge twitter followings or facebook followings or youtube followings. We trust this person so that person gets taller by nature. Reporter to some reviewers theres a negative consequence. Have you ever gotten threats before . Yes. When initially told me what a horrible mother i was and a cheat and a and i think i said, lets coexist, lets agree to disagree or something. He emailed back and said that he would not coexist with me on this planet. So it had a very threatening tone, the email. I called the police. You went as far as calling the police . It was a little scary. Im not the only one whos been threatened, im sure. Reporter overall, these issues arent frequent and havent escalated past online trolling. Thats the nature of the world we live in. If we love a product and somebody else doesnt, were not happy about it. But i can tell you being in the crisis pr business, Death Threats are pretty commonplace in this world. Reporter and while it sometimes may seem like a fulltime job, this hobby and all of the products isnt for everyone. For one thing youre inpaid. You dont make any money off of this. I wouldnt buy most of this stuff. Its not that it was bad. If i was in the market for silicone barbecue gloves then maybe i would. And what do you do with all of it . Reporter many reviewers give the extra products away. But with close to 100 billion if revenues last year amazon hopes these reviewers keep on giving their opinions. Do you think this is glamorous . Not at all. This is actually a little embarrassing. And i may have no life but i dont want people to know i have no life. Reporter as for bobs social life, his wife certainly has an opinion. She hates that we come home from Work Together every day and when she sees a package or two or three piled up in the driveway, i invariably get a dirty look. Shed rather i spend time doing chores around the house or bathing than doing amazon reviews. Reporter for nightline, im brandi hitt in los angeles. And next grammywinning band imagine dragons takes us back to their beginnings before radioactive. With a secret concert to celebrate. Welcome to the most social car weve ever designed. The allnew nissan murano. Nissan. Innovation that excites. mom when our little girl was born we got a subaru. Its where she said her first word. little girl no saw her first day of school. little girl bye bye made a best friend forever. The back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. What . announcer the 2015 Subaru Forester girl what . announcer built to be there for your family. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. For a bunch of rock stars, the members of imagine dragons are surprisingly down to earth. They may win grammys but nobodys keeping their dressing rooms at a perfect 72 degrees or picking out all the green m ms. Tonight these charttopping musicians are returning to their hometown to say thank you. A little place you might have heard of called las vegas. Heres abcs rachel smith. Im on top of the world heh reporter feeling on top of the world isnt just a catchy lyric for this band. Hitmakers imagine dragons seem to have the formula down for charttopping pop rock anthems like radioactive. Welcome to the new age welcome to the new age the new age how does it feel . Essentially being on top of the world . Every day, we still go onstage thinking, really . Are 20,000 people coming to see us tonight . And they come. You have the piano bar right there. Reporter they started booking gigs in small las vegas bars, struggling to make ends meet. We did play the salon of beauty right there. Maybe theyll let us in. Reporter a few years later theyre selling out stadiums. Vegas kept us alive because we went to the hotels and begged to play their lounges. They said, if you earn 100 covers well let you do a sixhour stint and pay you a little bit of money, enough to survive and eat lima beans, ramen. Reporter these oncestarving artists invited me back to their hometown fare a surprise Charity Concert right on the vegas strip, benefiting music programs at local schools. Imagine dragons now were en route to their secret show. Dont really know much about it. Hence, secret. Theyre going to do about three songs. Whoo whoo whoo so i buildet my Life Reporter performing the hit song i bet my life. They come across like the ultimate unrock stars, who say they arent motivated by the awards and fame. Youve seen bands come and go for any number of reasons. Whether drug abuse, relationships within the band are deteriorating. Yeah, we just want to avoid all of that for as long as we possibly can. It was never i want to join a rock band to get girls, to be popular. It really was literally because we love music. I feel it in my bones reporter it seems fame keeps finding them. Welcome to the new age to the new age reporter netting a grammy last year for best rock performance. When you feel my need look into my eyes reporter rocking the big stage at the American Music awards. Its when my demons high reporter night vision making to it two on the billboard charts. Smoking mirrors releasing later this month is already getting buzz. What is the Creative Process like with it . Our lives have changed in a lot of ways in the last couple of years so that finds its way into the record. Weve had so many highs and lows. You lose a lot of friends along the way because you youre never home. Then you make a lot of false friends along the way because suddenly your bands successful. I feel like it captures the emotions of a young band that has gone through what weve gone through, which is a lot of crazy transitions. Radioactive, radioactive reporter back on the strip, performing radioactive, they seem truly grateful to these hometown fans that set off the wild ride to stardom they hope is just beginning. We love you, las vegas reporter for nightline, im rachel smith in las vegas. Good for them. Its a reminder of whats been said. There are only two kinds of people on this earth. Those who are humble and those who will be humbled. Thank you for watching abc news. Tune into Good Morning America tomorrow. As left side, were online at [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ahh yeah yeah thank you. And welcome to the show. Im your host, terry crews. Some of you might know me from brooklyn nine nine but today is all about millionaire [cheers and applause] todays first contestant is a blackjack player who once won and then lost 5,000 in a single night. Were hoping hell win it all and then keep it all today. From glendale, california, please welcome alex croll [cheers and applause] whats up, alex . How you doing, man . Come on in here. Wow. Whoo. Now you have a story about your 21st birthday and you won big. What happened . Wemy friends and i went to a casino to celebrate my 21st birthday and we just went up big real early and then we decided we were gonna reenact the hangover. Oh, boy. And so we blew through pretty much all of that in a single night. Were going, can we get up to the penthouse . Can we do all of this stuff . No tiger, but we did lose a guy. You lost a person . Yes. Where did you find him . We found him trying to break into part of the closedoff hotel, just downstairs about 4 00 a. M. , banging on a door nobody answeri