Reasons Why American Idol Might Be Fake

Nicki Swift ^ | 5/7/19 | Stassi Reid

[DallasBiff]

When American Idol first started, it was a breath of fresh air on TV, great and bad auditions, Simon Cowell's biting critisism, etc.

Now it is a staged woke Hollyweird production.

[doorgunner69]

“The nation became hooked on American Idol”

Well, TV addicts, maybe.
Never seen it

[mass55th]

Never watched the show. Give me Swamp People.

[NWFree]

I don’t think the kind of people that watch these type of shows even care if it’s rigged they’re so hard up for entertainment

[nuconvert]

Never watched it

[HighSierra5]

Me neither.

[Night Hides Not]

Reminds me of Quiz Show.

[Golden Eagle]

We quit watching when Haley Reinhardt finished 3rd. The constant attacks on her by Randy were disgusting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83b0MZti310

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSEmUukonE

Great performances since:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ipXA9lJzc0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwbL4s1Rr4

[MinorityRepublican]

The show — which appeared to be so authentic when it first aired — took a weird turn.

The same thing happened to the Super Bowl. I remember when it was "authentic".

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Reasons Why American Idol Might Be Fake

Because reality tv is no such thing?

It is edited, trimmed, re-shot and reworked until it is interesting. You need conflict, drama, surprise twists.

People in their natural state are not that interesting.

Mr Hitchcock said that movies were life with all the boring parts cut out and that was why we liked them. He was correct.

[fidelis]

Everything on TV is fake now--cringeworthily so. That's why I don't watch it anymore. Everything from those people facing some danger in nature to those who are remodeling their homes. It's insulting to to the viewer to try to pass it off as unrehearsed and "real."

[NorthMountain]

The nation became hooked on American Idol

Speak for yourself ...

[Newbomb Turk]

America IDOL and Dancing With the Stars...Just two reasons why I only turn on my TV during College Football Season.

[monkeyshine]

Because it’s on TV?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

H. Allen Smith, in one of his books, tells a story about his father. The elder Smith lived way out in the sticks, and had reached the age of 60-something without ever having seen a television set (this was sometime in the early 50s). He came to visit H. Allen and spent several days just glued to the set, watching everything he could. At the end of that, he said, “That ain’t the way people act,” and never looked at a TV again.

Old man Smith was onto something.

[T.B. Yoits]

Now it's a staged woke Hollyweird production.

From twenty years ago (2004)

[DallasBiff]

Because reality tv is no such thing?

It is edited, trimmed, re-shot and reworked until it is interesting. You need conflict, drama, surprise twists

I maybe wrong, but with the classic 39 Honeymooners episodes, everyone was given a script and there was no rehearsal, so everything was spontaneous, and thus they are still watched today.

[DallasBiff]

What was his name, I can’t remember, he was so bad, he became a novelty hit and probably made some good money.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They might have done it without rehearsals but there was a script.

[Paladin2]

It’s a $10,000 question...