The 2009 American Idol Thread....

[Papa Deuce]

It starts January 13th, and I haven't really seen many promos at all.... and I even work at a Fox TV station....

Are you getting psyched up? Tired of it? What are you hoping for this season?

I'm looking for someone who actually resonates with me regarding the style of music I enjoy. The last one who REALLY did that for me was Bo Bice, though I do enjoy Daughtry.... but I'm a southern rock kinda guy.

 

[dahirsh]

They are going back to running the semi finals the way they did season 1-3, including a wild card round

 

[Papa Deuce]

They are going back to running the semi finals the way they did season 1-3, including a wild card round

I also read that there will be no "Idol Gives Back" show this season.

 

[bicker]

And only two weeks of auditions instead of three, and thankfully a lot less visibility to crappy singers. We're still probably not going to watch the auditions, because of the bad taste we have in our mouths from having watched them during previous seasons, but at least they're doing something this year about the problem.

 

[suzimar57]

we'll be watching, at least during the auditions - hoping for some stand-out talent this year....

 

[dvcfamily41801]

SO glad to see they are not airing all of the crazy auditions. A handful is okay but when they stretch it out that way, it gets really stupid.

 

[Spinning]

I am actually lookking forward to it....
it is a show the kids and I can watch together, can't say that about a lot of shows. It isn't a show about solving murders......it is just entertaining....I like the wild card thing...glad that is back.
Did they add a new judge? I thought I heard rumor they were.

The last one who REALLY did that for me was Bo Bice, though I do enjoy Daughtry.... but I'm a southern rock kinda guy.

Same here...so bummed he never really produced anything great.....I thought for sure his stuff would go to the top......oh well I know he had some health issues after the show. Maybe some day he will produce a great CD.

 

[Liz]

We're definitely watching! Always like the show but it'll be especially fun this year because we know someone who auditioned. He can't say what happened but we're pretty sure he made it to Hollywood. After that who knows?

 

[ckay87]

And only two weeks of auditions instead of three, and thankfully a lot less visibility to crappy singers. We're still probably not going to watch the auditions, because of the bad taste we have in our mouths from having watched them during previous seasons, but at least they're doing something this year about the problem.

I completely agree. I watched the auditions last year and they just felt so....wrong. I won't watch them either.

 

[disneybound2010]

The ONLY reason I watched last season was Jason Castro.I caught him accidentally the first nite, while flipping thru channels. It was instant fandom. I hadn't watched religiously before that and after he left the show I stopped watching. I don't see myself watching this season at all.

 

[Snoopymom]

You all haven't seen the commercial where Simon lets a girl who can't sing through because she's "hot"?

 

[Papa Deuce]

You all haven't seen the commercial where Simon lets a girl who can't sing through because she's "hot"?

I think I saw a tiny bit of it.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I don't know if I'll be watching again this season. I only really started watching a couple of seasons ago, when Chris Daughtry was on along with that other kid, Kevin Covais..the one they called Chicken Little. He was SO cute and teeny..you wanted to put him in your pocket and take him home.

I tried watching last season, but I just couldn't find anybody to root for. If I can't find one single person that I really like during Auditions Week, I'll probably skip it and just wait for summer so I can watch America's Got Talent, which I think is better than American Idol anyway.

 

[asta]

The ONLY reason I watched last season was Jason Castro.I caught him accidentally the first nite, while flipping thru channels. It was instant fandom. I hadn't watched religiously before that and after he left the show I stopped watching. I don't see myself watching this season at all.

I kind of agree with disneybound2010. For me last seasons treatment of Jason Castro revealed that the show obviously has a scripted agenda. I can't see anyone actually believing that the show is being objective after Paula read a review of Jason's song before he had actually performed. And you know, the show never gave him apology but followed up with various and contradictory explanations and then apologized to Paula? I also had questions about how the big finale was put together. Logically it just looked like it was too scripted ahead of time to have been left to the voters' choice. The whole Andrew Loyd Weber and boxing analogy would not have worked with just any of the contestants. I don't think that they would be able to line up Weber or the other talent with one weeks notice. Everything was just too planned toward who the producers obviously wanted to win.

If I watch, it will now be with amusement as to how they are manipulating a gullible public. I can no longer see it as a fair assessment of how we value talent.

 

[bicker]

I don't think AI has ever been about "how we value talent". It has always been about "who we like", and there is no question that promoters always have a say in prompting us to like who they consider those with whom they can make the most money. That's the American Way, and this is American Idol.

 

[Snoopymom]

You all haven't seen the commercial where Simon lets a girl who can't sing through because she's "hot"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBTOeTREl20&feature=related

I actually hadn't seen it, I just kept hearing dh crack up from the living room.

I'll do what I always do, watch it if I happen to, but only when dh is not around. He gets so annoyed that the contestants usually have no knowledge of music or the history of the songs they're singing...he knows if an old Stone's song was originally recorded by an old Blues guy from the
30's, so he can't just watch the show like a normal person.

 

[Poohbear123]

Think I will skip it this year, I am sure there is something on opposite I would rather see.

 

[Papa Deuce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBTOeTREl20&feature=related

I actually hadn't seen it, I just kept hearing dh crack up from the living room.

I'll do what I always do, watch it if I happen to, but only when dh is not around. He gets so annoyed that the contestants usually have no knowledge of music or the history of the songs they're singing...he knows if an old Stone's song was originally recorded by an old Blues guy from the
30's, so he can't just watch the show like a normal person.

That's priceless, the look on Simon's face!

 

[disneybound2010]

I kind of agree with disneybound2010. For me last seasons treatment of Jason Castro revealed that the show obviously has a scripted agenda. I can't see anyone actually believing that the show is being objective after Paula read a review of Jason's song before he had actually performed. And you know, the show never gave him apology but followed up with various and contradictory explanations and then apologized to Paula? I also had questions about how the big finale was put together. Logically it just looked like it was too scripted ahead of time to have been left to the voters' choice. The whole Andrew Loyd Weber and boxing analogy would not have worked with just any of the contestants. I don't think that they would be able to line up Weber or the other talent with one weeks notice. Everything was just too planned toward who the producers obviously wanted to win.

If I watch, it will now be with amusement as to how they are manipulating a gullible public. I can no longer see it as a fair assessment of how we value talent.

I was trying to be nice and leave out the part about Jason's treatment on the show, but ummmmm, yeah, lets just say he is in NO WAY what they portrayed him to be. I have had the honor of meeting him and he is highly intelligent, very genuine and an all around wonderful human being. It really did disgust me to no end to see how they were trying to "cast" the contestants in certain roles for the show.

 

[browneyes106]

I'm excited that the show is coming back. I really want to see how Kara DioGuardi will effect the show. I like the top 24 format better than the top 36/wildcard format. I'm sort of glad there will be less crazy/bad auditions.