OK, what is the over/under on how many minutes wer are into the show, before the first unwed mother or equally pathetic sob story?
Im gonna guess 32 minutes.
OK, what is the over/under on how many minutes wer are into the show, before the first unwed mother or equally pathetic sob story?
Im gonna guess 32 minutes.
Second half hour. First is to warm us up with a few oddballs and some first cut fodder
you might find this interesting
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2250002/Elimination-Night-book-Is-new-novel-exposing-dark-reality-American-Idol.html
“N’ on a ticket means an absolute ‘yes, they’ll go onto Hollywood’; ‘X’ is a maybe; and a Y’ is definite no but ‘the kid looks like a crier or a psycho, so roll the cameras.’
The book continues: ‘If someone has a good gimmick - y’know, dying kid, mom in prison, amusing facial tic - put a star in the top-right corner.’
A star in the right-hand corner equals more air time, because, the book says, tear-jerking stories are valued higher than talent.
To increase on-screen drama, and to make it look as natural as possible, producers manipulate contestants before they perform with the strategy: ‘Tell the singer the very opposite of the truth.’
LOL—they’ve been at it for 20 minutes and Randy breaks for lunch.
Now that you mention it, I don't think they've had any baby mamas yet. And we're 90 minutes into the show. That must be some sort of record, lol