American Idol Returns
While I'm not a big fan of the show it is amazing how much it has changed through the years. The 1st year was kind of a joke among show biz kids. It was purely amateur stuff, yet turned out the only true American Idol, Kelly Clarkson. The next year after her validation came more serious competitors and the top three finalists were all given records though the second place finisher, Clay Aiken seemed to have the highest popularity for the teen audience. By the third year it had gotten pretty serious in the competition phase but the emergence of William Hung really made them all look like the making fun of people was more important then producing a quality Idol. The following year could have been the best flock of talent yet with Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice and crowd favorite Constantine Maroulis. But after Constantine lost I stopped watching, I knew the show was no longer credible and Carrie Underwood would win on looks alone. I was glad during this years premiere show, (the 1st hour, I watched Scrubs during the second hour), they showed more talented people and less of the untalented people. Its ok to show people who can't sing but are still trying but I don't like the people who are just trying to get on TV. It doesn't make sense to wait in line to make a fool of yourself for 10 minutes and maybe a shot on TV. You are like the TRL people jumping up and down trying to get on camera. Guess what I was on TV for doing something as a teen and its cool for a few days and then people forget. Being on TV doesn't make you cool, standing in line doesn't make you able to sing, you are holding up the line for respectable people that have things to do. I hope this show get a lot better but its likely I'll skip the show all together.