2 posts tagged “american idol”

Some people think American Idol is too mean. They don't like the way Simon treats the contestants, and they criticize the producers for choosing to air the auditions of so many angry and inherently untalented people. I just cannot agree, as this meanness is precisely the reason I watch.

I think Simon is great. I cackle maniacally and pump my fists in glee when he asks the sad sack standing hopefully before the panel, "Whaaaat was that?" with his snooty British accent. "Thaaat was terrible," he'll snidely, affectedly sputter.

Yet, for whatever reason, the Simon haters prefer to coddle poor performers and spare their feelings. They hate his honest approach because it often makes people feel bad. Sniff. I think he's doing these delusional freaks and pathetic no-talents a favor.

The freaks themselves and their families love to hate Simon for this. Usually they manage to make themselves look even sillier than their singing did by ranting nonsense. During the San Antonio auditions earlier this season, the angry mother of a rejected contestant asked why Simon didn't just go back to France or wherever he is from. Ryan Seacrest helpfully pointed out that Simon is actually British, not French, which prompted the mother to suggest he "go back to British."

Honestly. If this woman doesn't have enough sense to know the correct form of the word would have been Britain or even England, it is no great suprise that she's not a good judge of her daughter's singing talents, either.

Here's my bottom line: If you put yourself and your singing out there for public scrutiny, you don't have the right to get your panties in a wad when you don't like the response. Simon is performing a public service by telling people the truth about their lack of talent. If no one else has leveled with them yet, it is high time someone does, and Simon is the man for the job.

WTF is up with Melinda's song choice? Every week it seems to get worse. Ick. This is supposed to be a pop competition, not the entertainment at an AARP meeting.

I was disappointed in LaKisha's song choice tonight. First off, I was really hoping she'd listen to Lulu, because I think she'd have been dynamite singing that other song. Second, my brain was super bummed when the entry of the song didn't lead into Kanye West's, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone." I was ready to jam! Anyhoo, that song was boring and kinda creepy, IMHO. She's super talented, but I've enjoyed her more in past performances.

Jordin is so talented. What Simon said about wanting to jump off a bridge actually made sense to me in a weird "Simon" kind of way. She was that convincing in her performance. She did awesome.

I really enjoyed Blake's performance tonight. I loved what he did with his beat boxing and the acoustic guitar. Really smart and cool.

The bad? Gina was so, so, so, so terrible. Oh.my.god. Yeah, she's a rocker blah blah blah, but she was no match for such a great song. It was painful for me, and I'm not just saying that to be mean.

Everyone else was somewhere in the middle for me. (Except for Sanjaya, of course, who seems more like a drag queen every week.)