I believe the three things that the wife and I are finding so funny about all of this are:
The so-called Judges. They select 32 contestants out of many thousand. They proclaim these are the best. Then the home audiance votes for who they believe the top 12 are, then the home audiance continue to vote down who they believe is best of the contestants the judges have already said deserved to be there. Yet week after week the judges tell contestants they are the best, or they don't deserve to be there, etc.
The Public Uproar: It's amazing at how tightly wound up people get over this show and become so outraged when their favorite is voted off. So we see a 15 year old boy receiving death threats and now a Hawaiian girl being called a "dog eating, flat faced yellow *itch". Why, because more people liked her then liked their favorite?
Teenie Booper Vote: Bottom line, if you look at who gets the boot and who stays, it's very apparent that teenie boopers are the biggest fans of the show. And while some people may think their opinion shouldn't matter as much as their own, those teenie boopers are going to be buying the CDs so get over it.
I'm pretty neutral over the actual talent, however, I will admit that I cannot stand Fantasia...one Macy Gray is one too many for me. I'm not into the nasal screeching.
how can you forget Carol Roberts? she was one of the officials in Florida who overlooked the recounting of ballots, and who determined if a chad was hanging, pregnant, and that those counted for Gore, but not for Bush...
when my husband first joined FR, Carol Roberts was his chosen sign-in name... however, once the election was all settled and people forgot all about hanging chads and Carol Roberts, freepers began thinking he was a woman and his real name was Carol Roberts... haha!
I agree that people take this thing much too seriously. Personally, I'm waiting for the premiere of this new, parody show based upon American Idol.
In this show-which is the exact inverse of American Idol-the least talented contestants are moved to the front of the line.
I second your comment vis-a-vis Macy Gray. However, she does play a convincing drug addicted gang-banger in the remarkable film, "Training Day."
I can't stand Fantasia either.
I hereby predict that if Fantasia loses, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Johnnie Cochran will be claiming racism. There main arguement will be that the phone companies prevented calls from the black neighborhoods from going through.
I hereby predict that if Fantasia loses, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Johnnie Cochran will be claiming racism. There main arguement will be that the phone companies prevented calls from the black neighborhoods from going through.