The monstrous cruelty of American Idol

[Ranger REG]

Make up your mind. Is American Idol a talent show, or is it about making a pop music star?

It's a singing talent show. After that, they try to make the winner a pop music star. But how you make Hicks looks less like Jay Leno requires miracle surgeries.

 

[dragonhead]

one of my drinking buddys auditioned for survivor series (yes, you have to audition for survivor) my buddy is a advent outdoorsmen and he was rejected. apperently after the boy scout chick, they only want city slickers that cant survive in the wild and hate the outdoors. if you hate the outdoors, DONT GO TO A DESERTED ISLAND FOR A MONTH. "reality tv" isnt real and they only want ratings.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

The only reason the TV show is mean is because that's what we watch.

The TV industry is only as good as those people watching it.
And man am I a sick person.

 

[Ranger REG]

one of my drinking buddys auditioned for survivor series (yes, you have to audition for survivor) my buddy is a advent outdoorsmen and he was rejected. apperently after the boy scout chick, they only want city slickers that cant survive in the wild and hate the outdoors. if you hate the outdoors, DONT GO TO A DESERTED ISLAND FOR A MONTH. "reality tv" isnt real and they only want ratings.

Yeah, I don't really want to watch trained survivalists efficiently living off the land, unless one or two who then had to deal with a tribe full of unskilled city folk who bitch and moan, or just sleep the day to reserve energy for the challenges.

Survivalists are dull and boring until you put them with clueless socialites. Then you can hear survivalists bitch and moan about the incompetencies around them.

 

[Ferret]

I think that whilst the bad people are shown for ratings it can be genuinly funny. The only problem is when you do break some dreams, however 'kind' you try to be.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think that whilst the bad people are shown for ratings it can be genuinly funny. The only problem is when you do break some dreams, however 'kind' you try to be.

Then don't break them kindly nor gently. After all, as judges, you have to go through thousands of participants waiting in line all day. If they're not right for the show, then they're not right, and move them along. Who cares if you broke some hearts, you're not responsible for consoling them. That's their family and friends' duty.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Does American Idol seem like some sort of bizarre modernization of The Gong Show to anybody else?

More like karaoke. On TV. Despite the whining by Simon about contestants acting like they're doing karaoke.... it IS karaoke. The only exceptions are that you're only doing part of the song and WITHOUT the lyrics in front of you. But for all intents and purposes, it's karaoke. Just on TV and in front of a live audience and televised everywhere from a studio with a fancy set and highly-paid critics. And a shot at a recording contract...

 

[Ranger REG]

More like karaoke. On TV. Despite the whining by Simon about contestants acting like they're doing karaoke.... it IS karaoke. The only exceptions are that you're only doing part of the song and WITHOUT the lyrics in front of you. But for all intents and purposes, it's karaoke. Just on TV and in front of a live audience and televised everywhere from a studio with a fancy set and highly-paid critics. And a shot at a recording contract...

You mean all this time, the show cannot afford their own in-house band?!?!!! That they prerecorded the instrumental and backup vocal and playback through the stage's audio system for the contestants?

What a cheap [BLEEP!]....

 

[dragonhead]

Then don't break them kindly nor gently. After all, as judges, you have to go through thousands of participants waiting in line all day. If they're not right for the show, then they're not right, and move them along. Who cares if you broke some hearts, you're not responsible for consoling them. That's their family and friends' duty.

producers are ment to be mean. why do you think that the people who make it are so good or are crap. they listened to their harsh producer, or they had an "everyone is special in there own way" producer. producers arnt your friend, theyre your producer, GET OVER IT YOU WIMPS. simon isnt mean, hes being truthful, YOU SUCK.

 

[buzzard]

Yeah, I don't really want to watch trained survivalists efficiently living off the land, unless one or two who then had to deal with a tribe full of unskilled city folk who bitch and moan, or just sleep the day to reserve energy for the challenges.

Survivalists are dull and boring until you put them with clueless socialites. Then you can hear survivalists bitch and moan about the incompetencies around them.

Actually I have a lot of fun watching Survivorman. He's a trained survivalist. Of course they let him losse with diddly squat in equipment, and the travails are fun to watch as he has to be quite imaginative.

buzzard