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AMERICAN IDOL: Kneel Before The Return Of The Biggest Show On Your TV!!
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Is “American Idol” the matter to AICN’s antimatter?
It’s the big show. And AICN is a big site. Can there be any overlap? Is it possible for any human being to love both Christian Bale and Paula Abdul?
Why are we not more aboard this bandwagon? Is it too much Aguilera and JLo and Madonna? Not enough Weezer and Foo and Stripes? Is Randy Jackson a studio-musician god or a colossal blowhard? Is Ryan Seacrest a crack broadcaster or the biggest dunderhead this side of Dane Cook?
Awaken, angry preteens in talkback. We give you now the opportunity to mock your hot older sister’s favorite weekly 90 minutes. And we’ll see if any of the readers is willing to brave your hatred and confess to archiving all the episodes in hidden laptop files.
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I'm a die-hard geek who also loves him some American Idol. If for no other reason than those early weeks of watching atrocious singers convinced they're good, and watching Paula get her slur on.
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yay!
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Even if they think you're a MILF, it's still a bad touch, Paula.
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I blame William Hung for my addiction to this show. I only watched it because I wanted to see his audition. I had to watch a couple episodes of the other auditions before they got to his, but by then I was hooked. Well, after Hung sung I wanted to see who advanced, and then who won. Two years later, I'm counting down until it all starts again. Good times.
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its Idol season baby! im glad Herc is recognizing its return- it is the big show, after all, and will dominate once again.
Paula is only getting worse, she should be in AA with Lohan, g-damn! Simon is as right as ever- and always will be. And Randy seems to be mellowing as the seasons go on. while we'll still never see anyone knock it out of the park like Kelly Clarkson did, its fun to watch what happens.
Rumor has it that one famous Beatle will guest judge this season... who isn't excited for that?!
im sure this talkback will get over run with haters and catch phrases and "idol is whats wrong with music today" and pop-music-haters, but before that happens, remember that American Idol isn't for them- its for people who don't take life so seriously and who like to just have fun and watch something stupid and entertaining. everything doesn't have to be Lost, 24 or Heroes to be great, you know. expand your horizons!
besides, how will you function with the rest of society for the next 6 months if you're not keeping up with Idol?! you'll be shunned out of every conversation that matters. you'll lose your job and your wife/girlfriend will leave you and your life will fall apart. all because you don't know...
Who's the next American Idol?
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I'll tell you how big of a dork I am- I actually thought about buying tickets to the AI concert when they came to Austin. Elliott Yamin was thing to come out of last season. And Lisa Tucker has a career in front of her, mark my words.
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my girlfriend just told me that she likes Coldplay even better than the Beatles. That and the events of 24 (won't say what) has made this a tough night. I'm numb.
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she didn't say she likes them better.. that can be forgiven I guess. no she said they ARE better. good grief.
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Yeah I can't not watch this show. It's just sooo good. I wonder if there's anyway under the sun they'll be able to top last year. I mean Taylor's crazy dancing, Kellie's dumb remarks, Chicken Little's Chicken Littleness, Paula's drunkeness. It's gonna be hard to match.
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but I watch every now and then. The train wreck contestants in the first few episodes are the best to watch, though.
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I watch it too, almost religiously. We all have to have our vices.
The first episodes it's fun to watch the rejects, then as the show settles in I get fascinated by the poseurs and how they made it to the finals. but I always start rooting for someone at some point. I really liked the "rock" guy last year ( the one whyo sang like FUEL). -
I recognize no AI winner as a celebrity, Not even that fucking whore the fat sloppy middle american baby machines love. Not that little queer piece of trash who didn't even fucking win. The other people don't even exist and they won! William Hung represents the entire industry of Amrican Idol.
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Fuller is the mastermind behind this and the 42 pop idol shows he cotrols around the world. He is behind the beckhams coming to america and he sold his management company recently for 103 million. you will never see him, he never gives interviews and from what i hear he is not a shouter or a screamer but he does drive a hard bargain and he has now moved into sports managament he became the financial consultant for the uk football team. He remains the president of 19 entertainment even though he sold the company for 103 million to CKX.
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I live in Ireland and we have just had the atrocity that is soapstar superstar. Then there is celebrity car crash that is Cbb. Celebrity big brother last year had the leader of Respect, socialist and former Labour MP George"youve got nothing on me senator"Galloway. CBB put all the victims into leotards. However the higlight was They all had to pretend to be animals and poor George got to be a cat. His fellow role player was rula lenska and she gave him an invisible bowl of cream, which galloway started to drink. That was one of the tv highlights of the of 2006. In 2005, they re-unified brigiette Neilsen with Jackie Stallone, which was very cruel. But it gave jackie a chance to try out her favourite pass time Buttockology. seemingly she can people's backsides. I shit you not. This year they allowed in Jade Goodie and her family to stay in the house while all the celebs or should that be plebs, waited on them hand and foot. Enough of this rubbish.
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My girlfriend, boss, and family are all severely addicted to American Idol, particularly once the final 20 or so start performing, because they love musical performances and we can't afford concerts. So one does watch it, and I have to say I was happy that Taylor won. Soul Patrol! hehehehe
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Sorry, but people were shitting on 24 last night so I couldn't resist. Well at least I know what I'll be hearing all the middle aged women clucking about in the office for the rest of the week...kareoke night! Oh and you people don't really think those contestants in the commercial who were comically bad are real do you? Meh.
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involved in the show. according to an entertainment reporter on fox news this morning, Idol has brought in $900million in revenue from ad, ticket, music and merchandise sales.SO...if you're hot older sister, or younger sister, mom or dad watches it, and you don't, that's cool. the bottom line is, fox doesn't need you. they've got almost a BILLION dollars anyway, and the thousand people or so who read AICN each day don't really matter to them. as Herc says, if you're a pre-teen reader, you prolly don't have much in the way of discretionary income so fox isn't trying to reach you in the first placebut your hot older sister however, who I hope is stripping at my local joint, has a tremendous amount of discretionary income, and that's precisely who fox is trying to reach. me too by the way...
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...is her manager's erect penis. She was awful. Bring on the talentless!
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You do a Lost TB and every other person bashes the show. Now we have an Idol talk and everyone is agreeing they like it. I'm done you you people, your insane. No wonder I can never agre with you guys, your all a buncha Idol watchers.
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....and it's amazing to have witnessed AI's progression from a small hit for FOX into this massive pop culture juggernaut. What I love about the show is how much of an unstoppable machine it has become. 'Idol' can plow through anything....it's now gotten to the point where other great shows like 'Lost' and 'Friday Night Lights' have shifted their air times just to get out of its way. There's something really fascinating about that, and the way the industry works and revolves around this TV phenomenon.
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It's fucking karaoke, people! Karaoke is only tolerable if you are completely drunk off your ass and you know someone up there who is willing to make a fool of themselves. WHy the hell would you put yourselves through that torture with complete talent free (yes ALL of them they all suck) attention whore strangers? It's not funny, it's just sad and pathetic. This Primetime gameshow format is a cancer on the asshole of modern television. It's part of the dumbing down of society. And you are just enabling them. Yes, I accuse ALL OF YOU! YOU are the reason shows like Firefly and Wonderfalls and (Fill in the blank) get cancelled. WHy should the network exec vampiresspend their resources on quality when they can just shovel this shit into your face? And you happily lap it up! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
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Most reality shows take people with no talent except to irritate others and place them so they irritate each other. A few reality shows take and try to evaluate people with some level of talent (American Idol, Project Runway) and even the viewers can judge (if not always vote) for themselves if they enjoy the talents displayed. (How we're to judge the taste on Top Chef, I'll never understand.) American Idol is the state of pop music. There are extremely few singers who can sing very well, and few of those can entertain live audiences at the same time. So the music industry cranks out personalities whose voices are enhanced, and their life becomes a product. Which, oddly enough, is what every contestant on Idol wants! Inappropriate melisma rules!
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dont care if your into it or not... it has the ratings and it is a powerhouse, and it is fun to see people make fools of themselves .... and the show was big enough to scare the shit of lost that they packed up and moved to 10pm
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I bet he still hurts.
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Wrong.
2 stupid people or decisions do not make a smart one any more than 30 million would. This show is an abomination and clear representation of everything wrong with Christian based western culture.
It's an idiotic game show; a mean spirited, soulless, creatively absent shiny but ultimately worthless rock that Fox dangles in front of a horde of overweight worker bees. The more bees that show up the more that follow.
Between this show not dying and Ugly Betty winning awards I declare this the absolute low point of television as a medium. Please don't prove me wrong. -
I totally get why people who like the music enjoy the show, I would too if I enjoyed that kind of pop music. But I don't. I mean, I really don't. I hate the songs they sing and could care less who wins. Somebody earlier wondered if non-Idol fans felt left out because everybody else talks about it. Well, no offense, but my circle of friends (and family) don't discuss it, so it's not that big of a deal. The only time I hear about it is on the news or during commercials. And that's the way I want it.
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Jesus...you people wonder why all the great shows get cancelled...why there's no Arrested any more, or Freaks and Geeks or whatever...it's because of fucking reality TV, including shite like American Idol.
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That's what I think is lacking from American Idol. Way too subdued in the singing department. Nobody ever wails it out any more.
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...obsessing over guys in tights and pastel-colored underwear is perfectly alright. I see. There is SO much more to this show than the godawful music. Where else can you see some of the world's most delusional and untalented people WILLINGLY go on a television show and make complete jackasses of themselves? Besides Battlestar Galactica, that is.
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Don't know if any TBs have tweenagers, but this is a wonderful show to watch with the tween crowd. I mok you not. Of course, I can't handle the mokfest known as the first cuts. Too painful for me, although I did catch by sheer luck Soul Patrol's harmonica entrance last year. Sweet. But once we get to the 20, that's when the magic happens. Would I still prefer to watch Firefly? Sure, but can't do that with my kids.
For you haters, tell me you won't be able to resist the show when the final 8 have their time with Peter Cetera! Peter Fraking Cetera! Or the final 6 sing duets with Kenny "I ain't related to Ali" G! Admit it. You'll watch. -
One of the best shows on television bar none. My costant explanation is that it is several shows in one, progressing effortlessly throughout its different stages, with people you can often care more about than, say, your favorite baseball team.
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Just like last year, Hugh Laurie (fresh off his Golden Globe win) and his poweful drama, my personal favortie along with Dexter, gets bumped for the popcorn fluff that is American Idol. It's funny that FOX would treat their one of two golden boys (Keifer's the other one) so crappy. House has had one new episode since holiday break only to be put on the back burner again. I also find it humerous that a show that is a ratings juggernaut can't seem to get a winner to sell more than a handful of albums. Kelly Clarkson was the exception - but she hates those guys now. Give me Rockstar over Idol any day. You have to be more than a person with a nice singing voice and being pretty to make it in music (okay reality contradicts that but it should be that way). At least on Rockstar they have talent, write songs, sing, play instruments and best of allow Canadians! By the way - Canucks have won both Rockstars. Canadian Idol is lame too. Thety should just caslll it North American Idol so the whole continent can suffer together. The only good thing about Idol is the burning question "Is Paula really that annoying or is she just drunk?"
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even if she didn't win the actual contest, give this show any sort of legitimacy? I don't know. But I guess it's a small price to pay for Jennifer Hudson. I'm in love with her.
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what part of the world are you located in?
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And I can't believe some of you people actually think those embarrassingly bad people they show on the commercials are actual contestants. And if they were, why is it funny to laugh at them? Anyway, someone needs to beat the shit out of that limey prick.
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Boy, did you go down in credibility. This whole IDOL shite shows how civilization is declining.
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Yes, I'm a nerd, and I like American Idol. My mother says I'm "well rounded" in my tastes.
That's Mom-speak for "I have no idea how you can even think of liking such a wide range of stuff. Pride and Prejudice and Timothy Zahn? Disney and anime? Mythbusters and American Idol? What's going on with you?" -
...never watched it, never will. Mainly because it celebrates the type of music I cannot stand, pure vocalists. Give me a band that writes its own material and had to work its way up through bars and gin-joints any day of the week.
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Oh you suck? Floor opens up and swallows them up. That's good TV right there.
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... if it weren't for the horrible music. And the contestants. And Paula Abdul's haggard ass. And Randy, that brown-nosing sycophant.
If AI was 90 minutes of nothing but Simon Cowell berating stupid people for looking and acting like complete fools, I'd watch it every week. Until then... not so much. -
and wont go away
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I would have expected more haters with more originality. "pop sucks" and "its karaoke"? really? nothing new to bring to the table? at all? If it didn't produce actual music talent, it would have been cancelled long ago (remember "Pop Stars"?) but because of Kelly, Clay, that fat one from Dreamgirls, and Carrie Underwood- the show is a proven success, if you like them or not other people do. Yeah, you can say you hate pop music, but it doesn't make you cool, it makes you a pop music hater, congrats! that doesn't make Idol BAD, it makes Idol a popular music factory. You aren't super awesome for liking bands no one has heard of- that makes your different and strange and probably in possession of black eyeliner. if you like that, then go for it, no one is gonna hate you for it. Idol's success means that mainstream pop fans (read: LOTS OF PEOPLE) have to recognize idol as a legit outlet for new talent now. it works, we've seen it happen. :) oh well... its idol night! should be a fun time had by all!
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Give me a 'Gong Show' dvd set. Come on Chuckie Baby. Give the fans what they need. Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.
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well put man, well put
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western civ's decline is because of idol? western civ's decline is illustrated by idol? are you kidding me? do you guys even know what the decline of civilizations is all about? I love aicn-always good for a laugh!then there's this whole thing about how making money doesn't mean it's good. again, I love aicn. so funny you guys! keep it up. I always know I can count on this site to help regain my perspective in life.
on the other hand, spice-orange has the right idea, 100%. so does orionsangels, but in a different way completely. then again 100proof is also on the right track. -
Jan 16, 2007 9:17:58 PM CST
Kneel Before The Return Of The Biggest TAINT On Your TV
by s-mart shopper
lick it!
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Granted, it's only the first show, but that mess was proof positive that the entire Midwest needs to be nuked.
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zarles, listen man, that awful mid-west quasi-michigan accent makes me wanna choke every single one of 'em. and truth be told, I'm a pretty passive guy.
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Idol's wicked hahdcawh, dontcha know?
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one of my very best friends for the last 16 years married a girl from detroit, an amazing woman mind you, but that voice, oh man that voice! every time I call over there and semi-talk to her I want to kill her. and it's not her fault!s mart, my friend, you are out of control. out of tainted control!
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THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD IS OUTTA CONTROL AAAAAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! :o
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on idol--he's singing like some sort of raspy "rocker" kind of awful thing. completely out of control.
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Mind numbing affairs. Hate you all.d -
Is it *just* drugs, or is it something else?? People should start taking bets on whether she will last the whole season before having a total on-air meltdown.
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When the show gets down to the last ten or so contestants, I find myself watching it. And even then, I only watch singing and some judge comments. I don't watch the time-wasting result shows, or moronic music video kinda things. Anything before the last handful of shows is too painful to watch. I hate that so many people love to watch the terrible, embarrassingly bad and pathetic tryouts. Not to mention the fact that many are obviously there only to be ridiculous enough to be shown on TV. But, in those last few shows, there actually do end up being some talented people. I don't even care who wins, really. Although that gray haired, epileptic guy beating that hot brunette with the big cans was a travesty!
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but I admit ... I can't stop watching. At least the early episodes. I just love the train wrecks. Once they get the goofs out of the way, it's unwatchable. And watching "stars" like Jewel, Stevie Wonder, Prince and even Manilow pimp themselves out because of the "impact" of the show just makes me ill. Still, though, give them credit for working the hell out of the concept. Modern music is so completely devoid of innovation or soul as it is that it deserves "American Idol".
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The audition part of this show is extremely meanspirited. It encourages everyone to watch these people who are terrible singers and laugh and them and make fun of them. Some of the people seem to actually be mentally deranged. As in, they need professional help. But let's laugh at them. And isn't Simon so great with all his offense, spirit-crushed insults? (Yeah, that's right, I'm a hypocrite! @#$% you!)
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The bible was mis-translated. "The rivers will flow with blood" I think actually reads "The airwaves shall flow with excrement." This overblown karaoke contest is the most unwatchable thing ever. If I want to see some cookie-cutter wannabe pop singer destroy a Queen song, I'll go to the corner bar. At least I can get drunk there.
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And no, i'm not a preteen girl. The audition, i admit, are probably staged and are annoying to get through. But once you get through semifinals and see the real talent, it's a really great show. And deserving of its ratings. And as people pointed out in this talkback, remember, Jennifer Hudson may not be on the path to the Oscar right now if not for this show. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Clay Aiken are all hugely successful artists. This show, despite its corniness, is quality, and i'm glad to be a fan. By the way, Christian Bale is cool, and SW is the best!
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These are obviously staged, so i don't see why so many people find them exciting to watch. i watch them just to see the good singers who'll make it to the finals. But people are just too bad to be real, so you're really watching a scripted show, until Hollywood week at least. As for the haters out there, i'd take American Idol over the Matrix sequels any day of the week. Geekdom, which we're all a part of, is great, but like anything, it has its bad apples. American Idol just makes life a little happier!
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...if THOUSANDS of people line up for it?
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