Thursday, January 18, 2007
American Idol
I’m a reality TV fan but have never watched American Idol. I’ve had friends and family mention that they love to watch American Idol so I thought I’d check it out. So I pulled up the programming guide and set the DVR to record the entire series of Season 6.
Todd and I have so far watched 2 days of auditions. I guess I should say that I’ve watched it while Todd has glanced at it while working on his laptop.
Of course I knew a little bit about the show. I had known that Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson were the judges and that Ryan Seacrest was the host.
Over 100,000 people audition in 7 cities. I’m wondering why there are so many really bad people that they show on TV. Seriously – I have an average voice but could do so much better than the people they say no to. Anybody that can carry a tune could. It doesn’t take long to realize that the people that are really bad are just there for the show’s entertainment purposes. Simon is terribly mean with his comments, Randy spends most of his time laughing at them, and Paula either covers her face or turns around completely in her chair when they are bad. Obviously if they audition that many people and only show 25 or so per show then they just want to make fun of the people who are bad. Even the ones that I consider good get negative comments made to them by Simon. Very few escape his wrath.
I feel bad for these people that get on national TV and are made fun of. I also wonder why they are there? Who told them they could sing? Who encouraged them to go on the show? I would hope and pray that if I decided to go on American Idol and couldn’t sing that someone that loved me would tell me before I went on national TV and made a fool of myself. Maybe people just want to go on to be “famous”?
Well after watching it for 2 nights now I’m still not sure what I think of the show. Yes – at times I did laugh at the people that were bad. It was entertaining to a point. But I also felt like it was so cruel and mean spirited. I felt bad about laughing at times. I just hope the people that got rejected will not be scarred for life. LOL! Who knows – maybe they will become “famous”.
Todd and I have so far watched 2 days of auditions. I guess I should say that I’ve watched it while Todd has glanced at it while working on his laptop.
Of course I knew a little bit about the show. I had known that Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson were the judges and that Ryan Seacrest was the host.
Over 100,000 people audition in 7 cities. I’m wondering why there are so many really bad people that they show on TV. Seriously – I have an average voice but could do so much better than the people they say no to. Anybody that can carry a tune could. It doesn’t take long to realize that the people that are really bad are just there for the show’s entertainment purposes. Simon is terribly mean with his comments, Randy spends most of his time laughing at them, and Paula either covers her face or turns around completely in her chair when they are bad. Obviously if they audition that many people and only show 25 or so per show then they just want to make fun of the people who are bad. Even the ones that I consider good get negative comments made to them by Simon. Very few escape his wrath.
I feel bad for these people that get on national TV and are made fun of. I also wonder why they are there? Who told them they could sing? Who encouraged them to go on the show? I would hope and pray that if I decided to go on American Idol and couldn’t sing that someone that loved me would tell me before I went on national TV and made a fool of myself. Maybe people just want to go on to be “famous”?
Well after watching it for 2 nights now I’m still not sure what I think of the show. Yes – at times I did laugh at the people that were bad. It was entertaining to a point. But I also felt like it was so cruel and mean spirited. I felt bad about laughing at times. I just hope the people that got rejected will not be scarred for life. LOL! Who knows – maybe they will become “famous”.
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I think we felt the same way about AI. I think I will watch some more before I have a real opinion.
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