Look, you know it’s either Justin or Tamyra. But you keep draggin’ this out week after week.
Yes, I admit it, I got hooked in your first show. Some of the funniest TV I saw this summer was when people with absolutely no singing ability thought they were the next teen pop sensation. I even watched your second show when you broke it down even further to 30 contestants. Some funny, interesting stuff there. I still thought this beats re-runs anyday.
But then 4 shows to get the final 10. And now two more shows to get to the final 8. I’ve heard 'em all now, some several times . . . and everyone knows it’s either Justin or Tamyra.
So knock off the bullshit and get this over with. Just have us vote on the winner. No car washes, no trashing a millionaire’s home, and no more inane, contrived comments from the two dickhead hosts.
Just get this over with & put me out of my misery.
Yes, I’ve watched the show a few times and have seen one or two very talented kids. What I hate about it is how they let that Simon guy get away with talking to them like that. Why is he still even on the show? Calling kids that are brave enough to get up there on stage and sing on live TV “idiots and losers”? Maybe it’s just me but that’s just wrong to continue to allow him to do that. The show sometimes loses focus on the artists and it ends up being all about Simon and him being an ass.
He wasn’t able to make tonight’s show (something about a prior commitment in the UK) and maybe that’s what contributed to my disappointment. Although I find some of Simon’s comments to be painful to some of the contestants, I also generally agree with his opinions of the singers (but I’m not so vitriolic).
However, this show is over. I firmly believe Justin is going to win (ever since I saw the first show). Every time they show this guy, Paula Abdul swoons — EVERY DAMN SHOW!!
Please, Fox, just end it & give it to Justin. I just can’t take 8 more episodes of this!!
I agree with his opinions of the singers too, But there’s absolutely no reason to talk to them that way. Yeah, tell them they aern’t “Pop Star” material or not good enough singers, whatever. But Losers and Idiots. No.
Yeah, I mean: what’s it to Simon anyway? It’s not like they’re working for him, on a show or movie, and he’s entitled to expect world-class performances. A simple “Next” would suffice.
Actually, the winner signs a contract with Simon. So he does have a vested interest in how they do. If I were him, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to put up a bunch of money so that Jim Verraros could release an album. Oh, wait…
Also, I consider myself pretty much in line with the average American woman in terms of who I think is handsome–so could someone PLEASE explain Justin’s appeal to me? I’m literally boggled at how many women think he’s cute.
Thank god someone else has said it! I was thinking this exact same thing last night. I don’t even really watch the show, but it is on in the background sometimes and the girls at work always talk about it.
They are dragging this thing out WAY to long. They shouldn’t have started out with 30 contestants if this was how it was gonna be.
FWIW, Tamyra is fucking hot as hell. That RJ kid needs to fire his makeup arteest. He looks like George Michaels little mini-me.
I like Simon. I don’t recall him calling anyone an idiot. Maybe I missed that episode. Anyway as The Wrong Girl said, he does have a vested interest and while his criticisms are harsh they are usually right on the money! Some of those contestants were wretched! My God, Jim Verraros. He absolutely got the sympothy vote and that’s not what this game is about. Count me in as one who doesn’t get Justins appeal factor…
Totally Sideshow Bob, Pstarr. I think that’s what they call him on the Television without Pity boards. Simon’s not the wittiest guy in the world, but watching Randy and Paula try to be funny last night without him was painful.
Damnit, where did that AI thread in Cafe Society go?
It may seem harsh, but Simon on his harshest day with a side of harsh sauce seems like Fred Rogers compared to that bastion of fickle, stinging harshness known as the American public.
I feel a little bad for the kids, but really, what do they expect? And why, if I can sit in my living room and say “This guy SUCKS!”, can’t someone with better credentials and a pretentious manner say it on TV? Eventually they’re going to be harshly judged, better sooner than later, so the thick skin can grow.
Interestingly, the fact that he’s such a cock to some contestants makes his praise of others seem more genuine. And every time one of the other judges is less than overwhelmed, the warning bells go off.
Why am I so interested in this piece of crap show?
Simon’s on the show because he’s what keeps you tuning in. Sure you can wring your hands and exclaim, “Why’s he gotta be so cruel,” but you agree with him most of the time. He’s a staple ingredient of reality TV: The Villain.
And, he created the show in the UK and then brought it across the pond to us. The winner of Pop Idol has “number one smash hits” right now, according to the website.
I’m having flashbacks to '80s MTV lust from seeing Paula Abdul weekly on that show. She still looks the same. As a matter of fact, the Paula Abdul poster that I bought on eBay just came in the mail yesterday. Once I get it framed I’ll have some ultimate kitsch. Straight up now.
So last night we 86ed Ejay Day, the Pig Latin named, Quest for Fire looking motherfucker, so now A.J. and R.J. have got to go. I thought Jim would outlast those waxed-eyebrowed freaks on pity points alone. [psycho beach party]My mother was blind…My father was deaf…My sisters were MIDGETS![/pbp]
