Screw the director for his incompetent handling of the pace. You moron! You allowed Ryan “I’m NOT Gay, Dammit” Seacrest to babble endlessly with the bush baby and his forearm-less friend while the actual results — it IS a results show, you brainless twat — are cut off. And screw the producers for somehow managing to make Bette Middler look like a talentless hack. And screw the audience for giving standing ovations to every fart and yawn that emanates from the stage. Your ballyhoo-at-the-opera behavior is a cultural embarrassment.
My heart goes out to Joe Perry, who was visibly uncomfortable being onstage with Hula Boy. He knew he was a sold-out whore, and he disappeared as quickly as he could when the song was done. Oh, and if I ever have to see another clip of Sanjaya running like a ballerina with his outstretched arms to give someone an over-the-shoulders hug, I’m going to hurl. While I’m at it, screw the producers for making him into a big deal to begin with.
Finally, screw America for voting out the best singer in favor of a female Constantine who had to change up a Bon Jovi song because she couldn’t reach the note. For next season’s predictions thread, I’m going to try to think like a text-messaging twelve-year-old who can’t tell the difference between music and a cupboard full of pots and pans falling down the stairs.
Oy, I was hoping you were pitting those who wasted their time watching the damn show. Like, calling anyone who watched the show and American Idiot. Oops.
Well, I thought it was going to be about Bush, even though I was just in the American Idol thread. :smack:
I liked the extra cheesiness of it, I have to admit. It’s a bit of surreal fun. Just look at it with a lot of snark in your heart and it’s a good time. Try that next season.
What Liberal said. Even Simon is reported to have said that he would have liked to see either of the two finalists have to go up against the big singer.
Jordin is sweet, pretty, and has a good voice. She’ll be just like a lot of other innocuous female pop singers out there.
Actually, I thought they should have given Bette and Tony both a bye, and had Michael Buble fill in. Neither one was in shape to give a live performance.
American Idol/Idiot is a US version of a British program, “Pop Idol”, that has died.
It died, IMO, because its output was too bland. It has been replaced by “The X Factor” (also set up by Simon Cowell) which claims to look for artists who will be popular, but are different. They take on groups, have age brackets including seniors, disabled people - all that matters is they can sing, and they can entertain. There are still bland acts that get through, but it’s a much more entertaining program. I predict that American Idol will go the same way as “Pop Idol” and be replaced by “The American Factor” or something.
I hate to disagree, but they are gaining viewers and selling records by the truckload. They may eventually die out, but I don’t think it will be in the next couple of years.
You know, I wanted Melinda off since they got to Hollywood, and every week after that, when she’d come out and sing every song exactly the same, then showcasing her disappearing-neck magic trick, I wanted her off more.
Then I had a realization. The show’s never been even mediocre quality. But that’s because the show is 10% singers, 90% Simon Cowell. Without him, the show’d be done faster than microwaved instant coffee. I have never bought any product that had anything to do with American Idol, and no matter who won this year, that trend would have continued. Fact is, I don’t care who wins or loses immediately after the show is over. I TiVo, so on a 60 minute show, I’m mildly entertained for a good 15 minutes; 25 minutes on a two-hour adstravaganza. That is about where it ends for me.
For you Melinda fans, rest assured, she’ll be producing a record that relatively few will buy – but at least for you, it’ll be available.
Picking the smallest of nits: 74M votes doesn’t equal 74M people. I can’t recall seeing ever seeing any stats, but my off-the-cuff estimate would be that the number of people voting is around 1/10th the number of votes. Maybe even smaller, given that this week’s voting period was four hours, double the time from earlier in the season.
Despite the fact (often hammered at by Simon) that AI is theoretically a singing competition, the fickleness of the voters means that factors other than vocal talent can sway things. IMO, Melinda definitely had the best voice of the top three. But she didn’t have Blake’s stage presence / beat-boxing gimmick (plus his presumed teeny-bopper voting block) or Jordin’s “OMG, she’s only 17!!!” factor.
Then there’s the possibility of voters assuming that X is safe, but definitely want Y to beat Z, so they cast all their votes for Y. Other voters feel the same way switching Z and Y, leaving X with fewer votes overall.
Not that it really matters. Anyone from the top 5 or so who gets a good fan base will usually get picked up for a record deal. Daughtry has been getting a lot of radio play on the mainstream stations I listen to, and he came in, what, fourth?
Yes. She was the only real singer in the whole bunch. And Blake and Chris were the only entertainers. Blake for his stage presence, and Chris for his head twists.
I doubt it. American Idol first aired about 9 months after Pop Idol did. Pop Idol lasted 2 seasons: 15 episodes in the first, 9 in the second.
AI just completed its 6th season. The first had 24 episodes, each season since has had around 40.
That’s 24 episodes vs. 230. I think the TV programming is just set up too differently in Britain to be a good indicator of what will be successful across the pond.
Well, I would say you don’t have a very good ear for music. Listen to her sing My Funny Valentine, then listen to her do some traditional Motown. Night and day. Granted, it was her voice singing both songs, so it would certainly sound the same to some extent.
This was my first year watching Idol for a whole season, and I was very much surprised at how nuanced her singing came across vs. any previous contestant I had heard on the radio.
Neither one was in shape to give a live performance.