I'm not an idiot. I get that American Idol is as much a tv show as it is whatever the hell they market it as (a singing competition? pfft). And so the judges have their favorites, and the producers have their favorites, yadda, yadda. I thought this season was a lil over the top with the Unholy Trinity of Adam, Lil, and Danny being SO overly pimped. But tonight was so ludicrous, it went plaid (<--- 5 hugs to anyone who gets the reference). In reality... Allison and Adam were heads above the rest. Allison for her brilliance, and Adam for his audacity.
...Matt and Danny were decent and probably did enough to be safe. On Top Chef or Project Runway, they would be part of that middle pack that the judges would neither criticize nor praise.
...Kris and Anoop were not that good and not that bad, respectively, but because of the current dynamic of the contest, neither performance is going to change their current standings. That means that Kris won't be in the bottom 3, even if he was one of the worst of the night, and Anoop will be in the bottom 3, even though he wasn't.
...Lil is maybe a singer but definitely not an artist, and Scott is definitely neither.
But,
In AI8 world... Allison is somehow "unlikeable"?
... Adam looked like he was sitting on a toilet, but yet still given his third pimp spot of the season so far?
... Kris was "indulgent"?
... Anoop had to give a mea culpa for something I didn't even see him do last week just so that the show can remind us that we don't like him?
... Lil is somehow still a "great singer" even though we've never heard it?
... Danny was somehow genius even though he was, once again, pretty good but not deserving of the wildly excessive praise that the judges give him?
And did you notice: Anoop's clip for the telephone numbers (which all come from the dress rehearsal perfs if you didn't know) made him sound worse, while Adam's clip fixed his out-of-tune final note from the live show.
I just don't get it. Despite the American Idol Rewinds, which I am so sure is killing in the ratings *crickets*, the show itself has no re-run syndication moneymaking potential. Sure it's probably cheap as hell to make, but the post-show money is in the recording popularity of the contestants on the show. And Taylor Hicks notwithstanding, the producers would do well to just let the contest play itself out. Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, David Cook, Chris Daughtry, and Carrie Underwood were not pushed by the producers at all, and they just happen to be the best selling alumni. I mean, Kelly wasn't even supposed to be in the finals--Justin and Tamyra were.
Tonight made me want to puke a little in my mouth. Good thing Real World / Road Rules Challenge starts tomorrow. Saved!
Bottom 3: Anoop, Scott, Lil.
Bottom 2: Anoop, Scott.
Kicked off: Scott.
3 comments:
Chris Daughtry & Carrie Underwood were pimped big time by the producers & the judges. Season 5, Chris was the fair haired boy & has been ever siunce...he was a success because he was the one they chose to promote. Simon Cowelll & Nigel NEVER wanted Taylor Hicks to win. However real music won out & Taylor prevailed. The only problem with his cd sales is NO promotion by AI.
Spaceballs!!! Spaceballs!!
To Anonymous:
No, I totally agree that Daughtry has been pimped SINCE being on AI, but he wasn't while on it.
And for Carrie, I disagree. That was the season that the judges in every interview said that a guy was going to win. I remember pretty clearly that they thought that it was a guy's season to lose... which ended up happening. Once Carrie sang Alone, the judges got behind her, but it really wasn't until then that they started rallying behind her.
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