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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.

1 posted on 03/17/2024 7:59:34 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

“The nation became hooked on American Idol”

Well, TV addicts, maybe.
Never seen it


2 posted on 03/17/2024 8:04:04 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: DallasBiff

Never watched the show. Give me Swamp People.


3 posted on 03/17/2024 8:05:23 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: DallasBiff

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


4 posted on 03/17/2024 8:07:04 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: DallasBiff

Never watched it


5 posted on 03/17/2024 8:07:26 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: DallasBiff

Reminds me of Quiz Show.


7 posted on 03/17/2024 8:10:43 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: DallasBiff

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


8 posted on 03/17/2024 8:13:51 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (It is far easier to fool someone, than to convince them that they've been fooled. )
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To: DallasBiff
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".

9 posted on 03/17/2024 8:17:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DallasBiff
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.

10 posted on 03/17/2024 8:18:20 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: DallasBiff
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."


11 posted on 03/17/2024 8:21:43 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: DallasBiff
The nation became hooked on American Idol

Speak for yourself ...

12 posted on 03/17/2024 8:23:11 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DallasBiff

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


13 posted on 03/17/2024 8:28:12 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: DallasBiff

Because it’s on TV?


14 posted on 03/17/2024 8:28:28 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: DallasBiff
Now it's a staged woke Hollyweird production.

From twenty years ago (2004)



16 posted on 03/17/2024 8:34:21 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DallasBiff

It’s a $10,000 question...


20 posted on 03/17/2024 8:54:34 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DallasBiff

Our elections are rigged. Why should we believe that other contests aren’t also fixed? That state, I’ve never watched that show, or others of a similar genre.


21 posted on 03/17/2024 8:57:44 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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There used to be some show where the contestants were stranded on a deserted island, but it was more like a Hotel in California where you can never leave.

Poor Gilligan and Skipper too.


22 posted on 03/17/2024 8:57:46 PM PDT by algore
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To: DallasBiff

These are not “Reasons Why American Idol Might Be Fake.”

These are examples of evidence that it is fake.

The reason it is fake now is to make it sell better. And probably to a different audience.

I watched a few years at the beginning and enjoyed it. The performances were real and the musicians were amazing, even if the singer wasn’t. Can’t speak to the voting, although it was probably more accurate than our elections.

The reason I stopped watching it was the way they portrayed every singer’s past as tragedy. “They’ve had so much to overcome that it is a miracle they are even here.” Vote out of pity. That was nauseating.


23 posted on 03/17/2024 9:00:18 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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It was great with the original judges. It sucks big time now.


26 posted on 03/17/2024 9:06:07 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: DallasBiff

I like it because it wasn’t really PC in terms of Simon telling people they suck at it.


27 posted on 03/17/2024 9:17:59 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: DallasBiff
Reasons Why American Idol Might Be Fake

Reason I don't watch America Idol.

I don't believe in fake smash hit, top of the charts, number one hit celebrity by cell phone votes in prime time.

From day one I knew the modus operandi was fake.

28 posted on 03/17/2024 9:21:35 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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