I love American Idol
I do, I really do. It is so wonderfully catty. Some of the singers are so excessively awful that I just have to wince and laugh. Now granted, some of the remarks the judges make are ridiculously snide and often hurtful and occasionally make me wince more than the person sing...er...attempting to sing. However, I do have to wonder, exactly how it is that some of these folks have convinced themselves that they can sing. On principle I should say that American Idol is a horrible show for the way it handles it's auditions. I mean, they purposefully let the ridiculously bad singers through the first set of judges and in to Randy, Paula, Simon and now Jewel (wait, I thought she was hosting Nashville Star?) and I think it's rather cruel to lead these folks on to think that they are getting through to this foursome based on talent only to find out that it was really a complete lack of talent. That's harsh, and perfectly legal if you've seen the disclaimer that prospective contestants have to sign. And there are some folks who aren't great, but aren't as bad as the judges make them out to be, but then there are the ones who just shouldn't be encouraged to sing...Ev-er. So I never said I wasn't catty, especially when it comes to watching strangers who can't sing, get all high and mighty and insist that they can.