American Idol 5: It Starts!
So, use my blogspace to make any and all appropriate comments about Paula, Simon, Randy, Ryan, and the various idiots and standouts of this season. I have not yet seen this first week's auditions episodes, but feel free to start.... How many episodes until Carrie comes back?
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Ah, the first weekly installment of AI5. Just when you think you've seen it all, there's always a few that make you howl. Yeah, Dawg!
(And please God, don't let Boston embarrass me!)
Ok, it's a new season, so we might as well ease into this slowly...
The evil that is Paula Abdul must be stopped. In the first few episodes she manages to give false hope, criticise Simon for being blunt, and openly mock contestants to their face.
There's a weird, freaky guy named Dave in the first episode that jumps around like a slinky on speed, and while vaguely entertaining, he clearly is not meant to be a singer. Paula votes to let him through to hollywood, and she says she "has her own reasons" (Can you say "Corey Clark"?)
The best thing about this season so far is they often leave the last vote for Paula, making her be the tiebreaker on whether they come to hollywood or not. Hard to be sunshiney while crushing people's dreams.
I don't know if there are a lot of hearing-impared viewers of American Idol, but it still has the closed captions, which can be a great aid to a tone-deaf person such as myself. All the bad singers captions begin with "[off-key]", which cuts down on the time I would normally spend wondering if it was just me.
But it is nice to know that some things never change, and on American Idol, much like greek tragedy, the greatest sin is hubris, and it is swiftly punished. Every time you have a contestant that swaggers and brags about how amazing they are, and how they are going to be a bigger star than Kelly Clarkson or Clay Aiken, you know they are in for a big fall. I suppose if you can't sing well, being cocky is the only way you'll make it onto the show at all. I like the fact that I can always depend on AI for a morality play. Kelly Clarkson - humble, Clay Aiken - humble, Ruben Stoddard - humble, Carrie Underwood - humble. Scott Savol - arrogant jerk.
But now the real question is "Who will be this season's John Peter Lewis?"
Ok, a couple of news items to add -
Kelly Clarkson relents and lets Idol use her songs:
Which is a suprise to me, since I would have thought their contracts from the show would have already allowed for that. I wouldn't be shocked if the producers owned the name "Kelly Clarkson".
And, Idol twins charged with Forgery, theft:
Which takes care of this season's law-enforcement requirement. The only question I have is, will there be more arrests this season? (It is still pretty early)
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