[emailking]

Season 6 premiers January 16th. I know I can wait. I hope we can get in a good 5 more seasons before the crash.

[PolestaR]

Make sure you record it, that way if you manage to work out how to breed your kids can laugh at you.

[cynicalheretic]

American Idol? You are whats wrong with America

[emailking]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cynicalheretic', 'A')merican Idol? You are whats wrong with America

[TITAN]

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[emailking]

If that's your entire argument I would say it's not very strong.

It's entertainment. It's like watching a football game. Neither accomplishes anything, and both waste electricity. I like both, so I watch both.

[caliginousface]

This show is horrible. I agree with selling hopes of stardom...but how many idols can there be? I thought it was a one time deal, you know, Kelly Clarkson won, she's the idol, game over.

[emailking]

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[emailking]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('caliginousface', 'T')his show is horrible. I agree with selling hopes of stardom...but how many idols can there be? I thought it was a one time deal, you know, Kelly Clarkson won, she's the idol, game over.

[emailking]

Well, the auditions are over. And now AI is in the brutal Hollywood phase. I plan to provide weekly updates once the competition with the audience begins in a few weeks.

[Kylon]

I don't watch American Idol, but I think that's on par with the football, or the Superbowl. Or any entertainment. It's a waste of resources, but it generates pleasure for the viewer.

The same with most TV now days.

[dinopello]

It's low brow (pardon the derogatory cave-man reference) but it's certainly nothing new. There was the gong show in the 70's and I'm sure some other talent-search TV show like it in the 50's, a radio show before that, a carnival show before that etc etc

[emailking]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') don't watch American Idol, but I think that's on par with the football, or the Superbowl. Or any entertainment. It's a waste of resources, but it generates pleasure for the viewer.

The same with most TV now days.

[emailking]

Results as promised:

The top 24 contestants have been announced and will compete in front of a live TV audience for the first time this week. You at home can now determine who goes home! Two males and two females will be voted off this week.

Here are the top 12 females:
Alaina Alexander
Amy Krebs
Antonella Barba
Gina Glocksen
Haley Scarnato
Jordin Sparks
Lakisha Jones
Leslie Hunt
Melinda Doolittle
Nicole Tranquillo
Sabrina Sloan
Stephanie Edwards

And the top 12 males:
AJ Tabaldo
Blake Lewis
Brandon Rogers
Chris Richardson
Chris Sligh
Jared Cotter
Nicholas Pedro
Paul Kim
Phil Stacey
Rudy Cardenas
Sanjaya Malakar
Sundance Head

[strider3700]

I saw about 5 minutes of one episode and this chick pointed out that she's a crack baby and they said she could go to hollywood. Did she make it through to the finals? Has anyone had signs saying "Go crack baby" or anything similar?

[emailking]

There isn't an opportunity for people to hold signs at this point. There has been no public audience until tonight. (The 3 judges control everything until we get to the top 24.) Such a sign wouldn't be allowed in the studio. And to be honest I'm a little put off by the implication...that girl's story was nothing short of tragic. I guess you think she was using the story to try and gain sympathy, but American Idol tries to use that stuff for ratings. It's not her fault.

That girl did not make the top 24.

[frankthetank]

I can honestly say i've never watched an episode of that show. Not sure if i'm missing something, but i really don't care. I'd rather watch my ass hair grow.

[Heineken]

I tried watching a few of these reality and mud-wrestling and worm-eating shows when they started cropping up. Including "American Idol."

IMO they're all crap. They manipulate shamelessly. They're cruel, stupid, greedy, and disgusting. And everything is rear-end-presentingly submissive to the commercials, which occupy at least half of the actual airtime of a given show. Christ, there's hardly anything to watch except the Prell, Toyota, and US Army recruiting spots!

Commercial television always used to have at least a few really good, funny, imaginative shows---I Love Lucy, Star Trek, Mash, Cheers, Seinfeld, etc.

Now there is nothing.

Yet another sign that our civilization is on the down escalator.

[jboogy]

I gotta confess I've watched the special "blooper" american idol, remember william hung / "she bang she bang " , dat shit was funny! I do watch survivor and seinfeld reruns and football so I'm not sure I can claim intellectual superiority over anyone , however, if you do watch springer or nancy grace or fox news you really need to stop , take a deep breath and take a long hard look at how your spending your time . IMHO